Military Pension Index Cards, 1861-1900Microfilm reel Nos MF 4628 – MF 4635
Descriptive InformationRepository: Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka) Creator: Veterans Administration, Contact and Administrative Services, Index Division. Collection Title: Pension index file : service organization : 1861 – 1900 Alternate Title: Organization index to pension files of veterans who served between 1861 and 1900. [1949?] Collection Dates: 1861-1900 Collection Identification: Microfilm MF 4628 – 4835; lab no. 51063 – 51070. MS. collection no. 2015 (MC 2015). National Archives microfilm publication ; T289. Collection Size: 8 microfilm reels ; 16 mm. Shelf Location: Microfilm cabinets in the Research Room Abstract: Card index to pension applications of veterans who served in Kansas regiments of the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. Each card gives the soldier's name, rank, unit, & terms of service; names of relationships of any dependents; application & certificate numbers; and the State from which the claim was filed. A few Iowa and Kentucky regiments are also included. Forms part of: records of the U.S. Veterans Administration (MS. collection no. 2015). Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, [2000]. Microfilm of originals in: National Archives (Washington, D.C.); records of the Veterans Administration (record group 15); records relating to pension and bounty?land claims, 1773?1942 (subgroup 7); pension application files based upon service in the Civil War and Spanish?American War (series 3). Series: no. MC 2015.07 (3); Arranged alphabetically by State, within State by unit and then by individual. “V.A. job no. C.O. 2.” Collection Level Access TermsThe terms listed below may include names, places, subjects, occupations, titles, and other words describing this collection. These terms are used in the ATLAS online catalog used by the Kansas State Historical Society and affiliated libraries in Topeka as well as libraries and archives subscribing to OCLC, a national library/archives database. Searches on these words should produce a description of this collection as well as other books and collections that may be of interest. Corporate Names: Geographic Names: Subjects Administrative InformationThis section provides more detailed information about this collection that may be helpful to those wishing to use it, including its history, restrictions, copyright information, other formats and a suggested citation form. Purchase: Scholarly Resources/National Archives,
2000. Accruals: Accruals in the form of acquiring the microfilm for States other than Kansas are possible but not anticipated. Processing Information: Finding aid written by Robert L. Knecht, October 2000. Some of the descriptive text was provided by the National Archives (U.S.) (Washington, D.C.). Agency HistoryThe Veterans Administration was established as an independent federal agency by Executive Order 5398, 21 July 1930, in accordance with an act of 3 July 1930 (46 Stat. 1016), which authorized the merger of the Bureau of Pensions, the U.S. Veterans Bureau, the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and functions of the Office of the Surgeon General concerned with providing artificial limbs and other appliances to veterans. Predecessor organizations that provided military pensions and related services included the Military Bounty Lands and Pension Branch (ca. 1810 – 15), Pension Bureau (1815 – 33), & Office of Commissioner of Pensions (1833 – 49) in the War Department; the Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior (1849 – 1930); the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Treasury Department (1914 – 21); the Rehabilitation Division, Federal Board for Vocational Education (1918 – 21); the Veterans Bureau (1921); and the U.S. Veterans Bureau (1921 – 30). Homes for disabled soldiers were formerly a function of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers of the United States (1866 – 73) and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (1873 – 1930). The Office of the Surgeon General in the War Department supplied artificial limbs and other devices to veterans (1862 – 1930). At the time these records were created, bounty?land grants and military pensions were administered by the Bureau of Pensions within the U.S. Department of the Interior by an act of 3 March 1849 (9 Stat. 395). The Veterans Administration administered laws relating to benefits
and relief for veterans and for spouses and dependents of disabled or
deceased veterans. The successor agency is the Department of Veterans Affairs. Organization of the recordsThe cards for most States are arranged alphabetically by State, thereunder by arm of service (infantry, cavalry, artillery), thereunder numerically by regiment, and thereunder alphabetically by veteran's surname. In Kansas, however, because some units were not clearly infantry or cavalry, the cards for cavalry and infantry regiments are organized numerically by regiment, disregarding the arm of service. Artillery regiments are at the end. Scope and Content NoteThe index cards reproduced on this microfilm publication refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish?American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars. The information provided here is virtually the same as that in the
General Index to Pension Files, 1861 – 1934, National Archives
microfilm publication T288. Unlike the alphabetical General Index, however,
this index groups the applicants according to the units in which they
served. The Kansas State Historical Society owns only those rolls containing information on Kansas military units. A few units in Iowa appear on the first roll; similarly, a few Kentucky regiments are on the last roll. Detailed Description of the Collection
Additional InformationThis section includes lists of sources used in the preparation of this finding aid, collections on similar subjects that may be of interest to researchers, items cataloged separately, and items removed from the collection. The Kansas State Historical Society has extensive information on the Civil War and veterans’ service in the Civil War & other conflicts. Consult catalogs and other finding aids for descriptions of related material. |
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