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by Brian Rhinehart
Isn’t it all online? Part 3– War of 1812 Bounty Land applications
The government allowed many veterans of wars before 1855 to be granted bount...
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by Brian Rhinehart
Isn’t it all online? Part 2– Civil War Compiled Military Service Records
A common misconception out there is that most of the Civil War record...
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by Brian Rhinehart
Isn’t it all online? Part 1-- Union Army Civil War pensions
A common misconception out there is that most of the Civil War records are onlin...
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by Brian Rhinehart
Why are there all these names on this pension card, and how are the men connected?
This is a question I get quite often. The short answer is, ...
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by Brian Rhinehart
What records are available for War of 1812 soldiers at the National Archives? There are four main record groups:1. Compiled military service record...
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by Brian Rhinehart
Today, April 12th, is the 160th anniversary of the first shots fired during the Civil War. After South Carolina seceded from the Union, the US Arm...
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by Brian Rhinehart
Have you seen the movie Glory? The movie focused on the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, one of the first regiments in the Civil War made up of African...
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by Brian Rhinehart
Do you have a photo of your Civil War ancestor in uniform? If so, consider yourself very lucky. Photos of soldiers weren’t taken very often. When ...
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by Brian Rhinehart
Was your ancestor seriously injured during the Civil War? There may be a clue on his pension index card that could indicate that.
Look at the ...
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by Brian Rhinehart
Why does he have an alias? Occasionally you may find two names on a Civil War pension card, with one listed as an alias. Why is that?
It’s har...
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by Brian Rhinehart
Did you know there are multiple versions of the same pension index cards out there? Ancestry has one version in their database, and Fold3 has anoth...
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by Brian Rhinehart
What do all those red numbers mean? The short answer is that they are serial numbers. And while the numbers do have meaning behind them, they reall...
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