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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06264 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1900s |
| Title | Elementary manual of practice. Civil war claims. |
| Date | 1900 |
| Author | Eldridge, W. C. (fl. 1900) |
| Additional authors | Ginn, L. R. (fl. 1900) |
| Document Type | Book; Government document; Legal document |
| Content Description | Manual regarding Civil War pension claims published by the Government Printing Office. Compiled by Eldridge and L. R. Ginn for the office of F. H. Morris, Auditor for the War Department. Includes information on Bounty Acts, veteran's status, heirship in bounty, desertion, death after discharge, recruits, volunteers, drafted men, substitutes, and instructions to African American soldiers, among other topics. Contains a sticker and imprint from Dover Public Library, Dover, New Hampshire. Includes handwritten numbers and letters underneath the title on page three. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Pay African American History Pension Desertion Conscription Recruitment Military Substitute African American Troops |
| People | Eldridge, W. C. (fl. 1900) Ginn, L. R. (fl. 1900) Morris, F. H. (fl. 1900) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Banking & Economics; African Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |