Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Manuscript Collections
Reunion booklet of the 19th Michigan Infantry from 1893.
Advertisement for Soldiers' Homesteads with no date provided. In May 1862, President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. The act sought to encourage settlers to migrate west.
Washington, D.C.
William Anderson's Statement of facts in regard to Service in the Army which caused disease of stomach dated August 23, 1889.
Letter from William Anderson to the Bureau of Pension dated January 24, 1888. The letter states William's service chronologically.
Thompson Station (Tenn.), Shelbyville (Tenn.), Bristol (Va.), Lynchburg (Va.)
Anderson, William, Gun Plain. Enlisted in company B, Nineteenth Infantry, Aug. 7, 1862, at Gun Plain, for 3 years, age 22. Mustered Sept. 5, 1862. Wounded in action June 29, 1864. Discharged for disability at Detroit, Mich., Jan. 10, 1865.
Letter from Representative Samuel S. Smith to William Anderson dated January 24, 1900. In the letter, Samuel W. Smith responds back to William Anderson regarding his pension case for his service in the Civil War.
Program for the reunion of the 19th Michigan Infantry dated August 26-27, 1891.
Constantine (Mich.)
Letter from the Bureau of Pensions to William Anderson dated September 16, 1892. In the letter, the Bureau of Pensions informs William of the length of time it takes for pension claims to process.
Letter to William Anderson from Attorney P.J. Lockwood dated June 30, 1892. In the letter, William is notified that his delayed pension claim was completed in August 1891. He is also given an application for his pension by his attorney under the Dependent and Disability Pension Act of 1890.
Letter from William Anderson to Commissioner of Pensions John C. Black dated March 28, 1888. In the letter, William addresses John C. Black to add to his Statement of Service when he was a prisoner of war.
Martin (Mich.)
Letter to William Anderson from an unspecified person on an unidentified date. The letter provides advice on using the words yes and no.
Letter to William Anderson dated September 11, 1895. The letter details William's travel itinerary for the 19th Michigan Infantry reunion in St. Joseph, Michigan.
Martin (Mich.), St. Joseph (Mich.)
Signed on June 27, 1890 by President Benjamin Harrison, the Dependent and Disability Pension Act provided pensions for Civil War veterans serving at least 90 days. This announcement provides a summary of the act and the various pension rates.
Photograph of the 19th Michigan Infantry Band taken December 1863 by J. Fletch. Woodward from McMinnville, Tennessee.
McMinnville (Tenn.)
Letter to William Anderson from Attorney P.J. Lockwood dated May 15, 1891. In the letter, the attorney asks for William to state why he cannot receive a testimony from a fellow comrade or officer in his company, proving the existence of his disease during service. William provides the statement on the reverse side of the letter.
Letter for the Thirtieth Annual Reunion of the 19th Michigan Infantry dated September 18 and 19, 1895.
St. Joseph (Mich.)
Pension claim of William Anderson dated 1892.
Allegan County (Mich.)
Letter by William Anderson dated March 24 and 26, 1869. The letter outlines William's state of health in March 1869 in hopes of obtaining his pension.
Letter from the Bureau of Pensions to William Anderson dated December 13, 1892. In the letter, the Bureau of Pensions informs William of the length of time it takes for pension claims to process.
Two affidavits from J.D. Peters and G.B. Nichols in compliance to William Anderson's pension case. Both physicians provide a professional opinion on the health status of William Anderson after the war.
Pension Certificate of William Anderson dated March 18, 1876.
Letter from William Anderson to the Bureau of Pension dated January 24, 1888. The letter states Williams service during the Civil War.
Allegan County (Mich.)
