In this issue of Casefile Clues, we look at a 1914 letter[1] in a Civil War pension file where the writer claims the widow of the veteran was not his legal wife. This pension file was obtained as a part of a larger research project on the widow in question in hopes that the file contained significant information on the widow.
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[1] Letter to Commissioner of Pensions, 15 December 1914, C. M. Stewart of North Liberty, Iowa, veteran’s pension application no. 352,246, certificate number 216,497; service of Thomas M. Graves (Pvt., Co. B, 42nd Mo. Vol. Inf., Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications, 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D. C.
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