, 1880-09-11
REBEL PENSION CLAIMS.

NOT OH: Af.OSE, l,UT nf,f;AT MANY HAVE
nEEN FILED. At,,1E IN TIT: Pension UrFlct:
ASn Gnf:AT SttstiaEtsY WITH CLAIM AGENTS.
Uf*ptith fo CfnctnnHft Gitetft.
WASHINGTON, Sept. e.-fho application
{ora pe,,sI"n masc Ivy Ro1,est IEn"na, Ut
South Carolina, al4d iilcd IN the Pension
Darcau n nauth or two ago. has attracted
m,tcl, attention because ilanna served
tl,n,lgh tho War IN tho llcbol army. TlIts
application Inns hccn regarded rs tho only
one ur lis kind. This Is n mistake, for many
Rebrf soldiers ilaye tuken TIM necessary steps
to procure pensions from tho Government
agniast which tl,ev fougtlt. It Is mt know,
that these applications have been flied In the
pnnsinn Bureau, but thcre ts reasnn to beluyo
tl,at hundreds nf them l'ave bcc'! placed IN
IS is s ese % cas ills'0 nrriSs ss IL II t's e"sssiabs s
numbers. They Dcgar to b.. forwarded from
thu Su!tth 10 varInns Pension Agents here
immediately after tle Democrats got control
actlnlly iiied III the Pension O'iice by. t;il-
mnre IL Gu. Of t1.ts city, and WIS pasartt ninnE
in tho regular order of tho. work until 1t
rea;lled u" point wlnrs application Il nade !,
tl,c in inliitary iistory Of tic M appiicant from
the inuster rails. This application wns r.
tur,Ietl i,.prscd "h1 such regiment" Tho
cnsn was then referred to Gilmore & Co., who
spsd at te t SniI isi, ~ 9assst@Sn h,, @ ws rs
Mr. George f.. I.c,aol,, onc Of tho most
prominent 0i the I'enslnn ARn!Its1f Wnshlng-
pflcatinns within the lust f0nr Or five yrars
irn,n Rebel snitIers Or tei ir heirs. These all-
rllcntlous had been p1aced on Ills fl1cs all 1ie
| thought they wcro sill thnrp, hut as these
made by colIteleratc* could not be pfekcti
out for examination witl'outn long md labo-
iii. i.c1non lacked Mt his flies. a,ul III n few
minutes lofNi tYo Or tt!r.9 g 9f these Hppll.
bnvitison Ahram Miller applied July 81,
| 1916, Tor A1r. I.Gnoil's aid IN procuring for
@ vSiecr Sss IL S ihe fft fityf SaSs Sort ies esr 70
| lfn0 Regiment, his officers faving been Capt.
Ea1 saEc 81 con!ey Go"; a p1ys tyIs ris IT,,
| to aee If there Ii my chance fUr II pension, Of
whicl, nil iii Rreatnesd."
Application wns malo also by Mrs. Cello
Hubbard. nl 1''s1ISk 9!ItS County, Virginia,
meut, III March, 1893. !lo tliG,l n the service
Question whether. slle, lad ever aided or
abetted tle Rebellion she answered: :. have
waricA to hef, which included ane ~ which
asked II her I,i.sbafut WIS III tho Northern
nrmy;. TWAS nut Until tltp list wn! returned
| tIlat 1ll0 ,It'al nuLuIG 0L ln0 hpNlchtluH OG"
ca.nc known to tho a9ont.
4 sllait4r nppIisa.lon, -, was mGtlo BY M5s.
ginla, whose husband enlisted IN the Fifty
first Virginia. Regiment. Fioycsf brlgnde;, In
Angllst lStt.., nlltl died III tho service, Having
six children. She asserted that sio lll.d not
aided or al,Ntteu Tie Nubulllun.
Mrs. Sarah q. MIyd, also of Patrick Co,lll-
ty, lirglnfa';, appsfeS on account Of i,e1 i,e1
III Alnrcll, 1ai3. In Company +,
died III 1874. Accompanying thlx app!l'
rni'rnasi nnss Eiyen 10 Dny,t IN April, 1872, by
Norfolk, NJ a result OF his exemption from
further military duty. Upon this. Boyd l,aa
tlescriheu Its residence NJ "anywhorU III tho
Confederate Sntes," 4ltlottor Is his certificate
Of exemption, signed by Cnl. Taylor. Cnpt
Elliott. antt Capt. May, of tho Twelfth Vlr.
kfnfa Regiment Another Is q certtilcatG
signed by Capt. i. y. .COpps, Of tho Ninety.
eighth New York VulMDteers. snttlng furtl
tint Boyd took tho oatl, of allegiance July
9U, tHlI,
a resi.!cnto Patrick County, Virginia, gave
to Mr. Lemon tho Ianes of ilvo willows awhc
lnst,n llo snys, "tllelr husbands In tho Into
War III the sorYice Of THO United States, and
get from the Government"
Mr. LgInUtl In rGly Inquired II tho dead
mon Ind been FctleraI or Contr,erut,
soldiers, Alltl the representative Of the wldhws
| answered that they lad EcrH Confederate
soldiers. lio Was Informed thnt tho unitet
States was not paying such clairns. Mr.
Lc!Dnll snys TINT tho Krenter pArt ul tho (:ntl
fetleratc applications wern received III lS1b.