Registers of soldiers' claims expedited

By office and therein by register letter.

This series consists of bound volumes describing types of claims filed by Civil War veterans and actions taken by both the federal and state government. The claims pertain mainly to overdue pension and bounty monies but there are also claims for commutations of rations and back pay.

These registers were maintained in the Buffalo, New York, and Washington offices. The location of the claims registers for the Albany office is unknown. Each register, regardless of office, provides the claimant's name (including relation to soldier due money if deceased) and rank; company and regiment; dates of enlistment and discharge; by whom paid and date; by whom discharge was signed; amount of claim; actions taken by the agency (names of state and federal officers with whom corresponded, dates correspondence was received or sent, etc.); and a signed receipt or statement stipulating that the claimant has received his (her) money and/or related papers such as certificates of discharge. The Buffalo Agency registers often provide additional information relating to the claimant's military service record; if the claimant was filing for an invalid pension, a detailed description of the disability and how it occurred is included.

Series A4136, Register of Soldiers Who Visited the Washington Offices

A4137, Case Registers of New York Medical Agents

A4138, Superintendent's Ledger Regarding Field Offices' Accounts

and A4159, Register of Bounty Claims, contain additional information on claims, requests, and needs of soldiers.

Alphabetical name index in each volume except for Washington registers; there is a general name index to these.

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