My great great grandmother received $12 a month in 1894 for her son's service. But the big payoff was receiving his back pay which was about $10,000 minus charges for uniforms etc. How much of that she ever received though is still a mystery to me - though she clearly claimed it. The NARA records contained the pension boards audit and the figures involved. It took her about three years to get the pension because she had remarried and they confused the son's last name, Campbell, with hers which was Wilson - but she definitely got it. Lynne -----Original Message----- From: nyc-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyc-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JackLangton@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 7:34 AM To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] I found my 2nd great (maternal) grandfatherin1870census for ... In a message dated 5/31/2010 10:40:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, loreenwl@gmail.com writes: I got my ggrandfather's pension file. He mustered out in fragile health and was never able to work much after that. He died in 1887 without applying for a pension. His widow filed for one Per the above, I have a pension copy of a widow who had to run the pension gauntlet for years because her late husband had spelled his name O'Brian when mustering in, and O'Brien when mustering out. I'm not sure she ever did get it, though a legion of upstanding citizens swore in her behalf. Now that I think about it, does anyone know what the average pension payment was, after all that travail? Jack Langton ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message