Bounties, Military -- Illinois
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Edward D. Sweeney account ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS 121
Abstract
The Edward D. Sweeney account ledger, 1860-1869, primarily contains the business records of Edward Sweeney, a Rock Island lawyer, particularly related to bounty claims following the American Civil War. Most of these claims were initiated by widows, parents, or legal gardians of orphaned children seeking pensions for family members who died in combat, but many claims are related to back pay of discharged soldiers. Sweeney kept his records in a ledger formerly owned by Emanuel J. Pershing, a...
Dates:
1860-1869
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections