From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Mar 12 14:34:47 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2CLYljb000982; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:34:47 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2CLYlOs010236 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:34:47 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k2CJ4NFI010366 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:04:23 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k2CJ4NKc010365 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:04:23 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k2CIt3FI010284 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:55:03 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k2CLPF7I029175 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:25:15 -0700 X-Envelope-From: LyleH29423@aol.com Sun Mar 12 14:25:15 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2CLPFjb029145 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:25:15 -0700 Received: from imo-m18.mx.aol.com (imo-m18.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.208]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2CLPEwh005500 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:25:15 -0700 Received: from LyleH29423@aol.com by imo-m18.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.3.) id e.2ca.513b41c (48624) for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:24:57 -0500 (EST) From: LyleH29423@aol.com Message-ID: <2ca.513b41c.3145eba8@aol.com> Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:24:56 EST To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: Thunderbird - Mac OS X sub 24 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Pension for Civil War Substutute SouthPawTgilly recently wrote: Do you happen to know if the person who paid to have someone take his military duty for him was eligible for a pension or did it go to the man who did the fighting? My 2g Grandfather, Hope Hendrickson, was a substitute and was paid for taking the place of an Aug K. Lane in 1863 as reported . Years later, he applied for a disability pension for an injury he claimed he suffered as a soldier. The pension was denied on the basis of no such injury being reported in his military records. . However, after his death in 1896 at the age of 77, his wife Isabella, applied for and received a pension as the widow of a Civil War soldier. It would appear that the answer to your question is that pension benefits were payable to the man who did the fighting. You might get confirmation in the military records of your 2g grandfather by writing to: GENERAL REFERENCE BRANCH NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 7TH AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW WASHINGTON DC 20408 Ask for both pension records amd military records