This paper is from the Civil War Pension File of my third great-grandfather. It is dated over four months after his death. He had qualified for a Civil War Pension by serving in the Union Army in Company I of the 215 Pennsylvania Infantry for a short time at the end of the war.
Following his death, my third great-grandmother had to legally file to receive his pension. Her attorney was W. V. Sickel, an attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who specialized in pensions.
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Bills of Repairs September 24,1904
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