Janet, Do you know if the widow got a pension? You can probably find out general information from two ancient series of books. The first is the War of the Rebellion series, about 80 books that had a history of every organization in the war and casualties. There are also books about all the KY military units, and many county histories include info about units in their area. The second is the 1882 list of pensioners, a five volume set that is arranged by state and county. It should have the widow listed and a pension number and maybe a date. From that you can order her pension file using a Form 80 from the NARA, National Archives. You can also get a military file for your ancestor using the same form. Most genealogy libraries have these forms and you can go to the http://www.nara.gov web site as well. Cindy Birk Conley Carmi, IL > > Subject: [KYWBTSVETS] Williams-Widow's Pensions > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:42:48 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > I am trying to find out information on my gggrandfather. His name was William > Williams, served in the Civil War in 8th KY Cav. He died in the war from the > records I have been able to locate. He was from Eubank, KY. His widow was > Peggy. Are there records available for him and also records for Widow's > Pensions? All I have on these people is their names. Their son was George > Lincoln Williams, born 1862 in Eubank. I got the parent's names from a > wedding certificate. Can anyone help me? Please? Thank you, Janet