Confederate ancestor: How to?

[Donald Hash]

In the past half hour, I discovered my great-great-great grandmother applied & received a widow's pension. Is it possible to use this pension number to discover which Confederate regiment my gramps was attached? I'm way over my head here.

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Applied for in: San Jacinto County, Tx

George Washington Smith
Confederate Army

Born: 1835
Died: 1903

*He was from Alabama, so I read. I see that I can receive a copy for 10 cents, minimum $1.00... Would his regiment info be on the application (assuming the wife knew it)? I want to know what this guy did during the war... I even found a nifty picture of him online.

Thank you!

[jrboddie]

Here is a link into footnote.com

bit.ly/dPRoZE

There you will find confederate civil war records for George Washington Smith from Alabama:

Second Battalion, Light Artillery and

Thirty-fifth Infantry; Thirty-sixth Infantry

These are possibly two different people.

These records are transcriptions of original records and should give information about muster in dates, leaves, hospitalizations, etc.

You should also search for other variations, e.g. GW Smith, George W Smith, etc.

To see the actual records, you will have to sign up. There is a 7 day free trial or you can just subscribe for a month.

Regarding the pension application, it is likely that the application will specify the unit as the applicant wants to certify that the soldier did serve.

[Donald Hash]

This is amazing. Thank you very much!

[stuart]

Try this one:

www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/

[Donald Hash]

Amazing - I'm still waiting on a copy of his pension in the mail. I can't wait to enter his information in and learn more about him. All I know of him is that my Grandpa was named after him, and looked exactly like him.