Duncans in the Civil War - Mississippi

Information about Confederate Soldiers in Mississippi can be obtained from the following books:
      "Mississippi Confederate Grave Registrations" Vol.1, A-L, by Betty Couch Wiltshire, pg.107 (FHL book 976.2 M2w, and from Gloria Baker 1992) The index includes the Name, Service Unit, Years of birth and death and county or state where born, county where buried. There is a note by the compiler that the registration cards at the MS Archives, which were the source of this book, used the heading: "county or state where born" although the county or state of birth could be in error and could have been the place where the soldier enlisted or resided at enlistment.
      "Mississippi Confederate Pension Applications" Vol.1, A-G, by Betty Couch Wiltshire, pg.252-253 (FHL book 976.2 M2wb) The author notes that Pensions were given to indigent soldiers, sailors and their widows for service during the Civil War. This was done primarily after 1900. A few were given in the 1890's but these applications provided very little information which would be helpful to the gen. researcher. The pension applications dated after 1900 are very informative, usually giving name, age, place of residence, service unit, names of unit officers, date of discharge, length of service, medical condition, property ownership and income, and person or persons with whom the applicant lived. In the case of widows, it generally gives the husband's name, date and place of marriage, and date and place of the husband's death.
 

Pension Index Card File, alphabetical; of the Veterans Administrative Contact and Administration Services, Admin. Operations Services, 1861-1934; Duff to A-J Duncan (negative FHL film 540,888, some cards very faint); Joseph Duncan to Dunn (positive FHL film 540,889, some cards very dark)
      Cataloged under Civil War, 1861-1865, pensions, indexes; does not say if Confederate or Federal, but probably Federal. Negative film, some cards much too faint or dark to read, some cards blurred or faded, particularly the service unit and the dates of application. Most of the very faint or dark cards were in a slightly different format, with space for years enlisted and discharged which were sometimes filled in. Many of these were for service in later years, although one or two were for service ca 1866.
      Name of soldier, alias, name of dependent widow or minor, service (military unit or units), date of filing, class (invalid or widow or minor or other), Application #, Certificate #, state from which filed (sometimes blank), attorney (sometimes blank, MAD: did not usually copy), remarks. Sometimes the "Invalid" or "Widow" class had an "s" added to it before the application #; occasionally the area for the service information included a circled "S". The minor's name was frequently that of the guardian rather than the minor.
      The military unit was frequently the Company Letter, the Regiment Number, sometimes US Vet Vol Inf. (US Veteran Volunteer Infantry), L.A. (Light Artillery), H.A. (Heavy Artillery), US C Inf (US Colored? Infantry), Cav. (Cavalry), Mil. Guards, V.R.C. (?Volunteer Reserve Corps?), etc. Sometimes there were several service units given.
      Cards appear to be arranged by the last name, first name, middle initial if any, and state (including "US") of service.
      Duncan, Daniel, widow Duncan, Mary, minors Duncan, Mary Jane et al; G 6 US C. H.A.; 1890 Aug. 11, Invalid Appl. 853244, no cert., Miss.; 1891 Oct. 6, Widow Appl. #528899, no cert., Tenn.; 1910 March 17, Minor(S) Appl. #938115, no cert., La.
      Duncan, Florence Crofton, now Crofton, Florence; nurse Med. Dept. USA; 1924 July 9, Invalid(S) Appl. #1504002, Cert. #1254068, Miss.; remarks C2394136.
      Duncan, Gabriel; E 6 US C. Inf., E 2 Miss. Art., E 5 US C. H.A.; 1891 Dec. 7, Invalid Appl. #1077761, Cert. #788535, Mass.
      Duncan, George; A 70 US C. Inf.; 1890 Sept. 4, Invalid Appl. #909441, Cert. #1033618, Miss; remarks C2544138.
      Duncan, John B.; G 2 Miss. Inf.; 1903 March 11, Invalid(S) Appl. #1297387, Cert. #1233690, Miss; remarks C2412452.
      Duncan, Joseph, widow Duncan, Rose A., Con. Wid. Duncan, Elizabeth; H 2 Miss. H.A., H 6 & H 5 US C. H.A.; 1889 Jan. 25, Invalid Appl. #686830, Cert. #609045, Miss.; 1902 July 8, Widow Appl. #767326, Cert. #567263, Miss.; 1898 Aug. 10, Con. Wid. Appl. #680771, no cert., Miss.
      Duncan, Lawrence, mother Duncan, Mary; K 66 US C. Inf.; 1886 April 26, Mother Appl. #338312?, Cert. #380621, Miss.
      Duncan, Richard A., father Duncan, Erasmus D.; M 2 Miss. Inf.; 1898 Dec. 14, Father(S) Appl. #688267, Cert. #661474, KY; no remarks. (MAD: see ?? Erasmus in Tippah Co. MS?)
      Duncan, Robert, widow Duncan, Lizzie; H 11 US C. Inf., H 6 & H 7 US C. H.A., H 1 Ala. H.A.; 1884 April 28, Invalid Appl. #511738, Cert. #527924, Miss.; 1908 May 25, Widow Appl. #894740, Cert. #655652; remarks: Special Act.
      Duncan, Robert, sister Goosberry, Mary E.; G 83 US C. Inf.; 1887 May 31, Sister Appl. #371734, no cert., Miss.
      Duncan, Samuel, alias Warren, Samuel; I 51 US C. Inf., I 1 Miss. Cold. Inf.; 1895 Feb. 2, Invalid Appl. #1163915, no cert., La.
      Duncan, William, alias Walls, William, widow Walls, Nannie; Pioneer Corps US C. Inf., Unassd. 63 US C. Inf.; 1887 May 12, Widow Appl. #354837, no cert., Miss.
 

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