Carol, members of the EMM were not eligible for Federal pensions. However, those who served in the Provisional EMM were. If you resubmit your request to the National Archives listing only the 2nd Provisional EMM as the unit you might have a different result. Regarding S.O. 63, the 2nd PEMM was considered to be a Radical Unionist regiment. In 1863 Conservative Unionists controlled the state government as well as the Union military hierarchy in Missouri. The 2nd PEMM was disbanded via Special Order 63 in the days leading up to the November judicial elections so it could not have an influence on those elections. Many of the men who belonged to the 2nd PEMM went on to serve in other units in late 1864 when the political climate changed. For more on the differences between the EMM and the PEMM as well as the reasons PEMM units were disbanded, see http://civilwarstlouis.com/militia/federalmilitia.htm and also http://civilwarstlouis.com/militia/Mutiny.htm Kirby Ross --- Carol Greathouse <snooper1@iland.net> wrote: > Hi List, > > I have two family members who joined the 50th EMM at > Kirksville, Adair Co., Mo. One joined on March 14, > 1863, the other on Oct 1, 1862. Both served until > March 31, 1863. They were both privates in Co II, > and served under Capt. Feller. On April 1, 1863, > they were ordered into active service from the 50th > Reg't EMM, into the 2nd Reg't Provisional EMM. > They were relieved from duty October 28, 1863, by > Lt. Col. Wm P. Harrison, per S.O. 63, Headquarters > Reg't. > > What was special order 63? > > Neither wife was able to collect a pension. One > wife was told they could find no record of her > husband serving (this one served the longest). The > other wife was told her husband only served 17 days. > > > Your help is appreciated, > Carol > > > ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send ONLY the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to the utility address > MO-CW-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM If you are trying to > unsubscribe from the Digest list, use the same > utility address but change the -L- to a -D- > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs