When we discovered Jim's great grandfather served in the War between the States, we just assumed he served in the Confederacy. Even though he was a Southerner, he served in the Union army. Since service records for Confederate soldiers can be found in our state archives, I assumed that Union service records as well as pension records would be there as well. Wrong again. Union service pension records are located at the National Archives in Washington, DC.
At some point in the near future, I plan to order the records. Even though I would love a trip to DC, I guess I'll order the records from the archives.
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