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