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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 8:51 AM
Subject: Edward Milburn Pace 1842-1864
Hi Betty and Mira,
I wrote the NA for a copy of the pension file for Edward's daughter,
Anne
Francis. Included in the file was the following statement by Sgt.
Thomas
Goodman re the death of Edward. I think this must be the
definitive account
of his death and thought you might like it for your records.
The pension application was turned down. According to the military
records
Edward was mustered out secondary to completion of service requirement on
Sept 20th and the massacre was Sept 27th. He was a civilian at time of
death.
Interestingly, Anne's family applied for her again in 1877 and this
time she
was awarded a pension although there seemed to have been some dissent in
the
chart notes. As dependent pensions were only until age 16 she received
her
pension for just under two years.
Jane
Note: Many thanks to Jane who has done so much research on
PACE family and shares her information. -Betty
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Application #142212 filed 14Feb1867
Application of Guardian of Minor Children In Order to Obtain Army Pension,
Act of July 14,1862:
Charles W. Pace for Anne Francis Pace
State of Iowa, Page County I Thomas Goodman do solemnly swear that I am
the
identical Thomas Goodman who was a Sargent in Co. C. of the First Missouri
Engineers in the War of 1861-5 that I was on the train that was captured
by
the Gurrella Bill Anderson at Centrala Missouri on the 27th day of
September
1864 and was with twenty six other union soldiers by the said Bill
Andersson
and his band of Gurrillas taken off the cars and marched off and all but
myself were shot down and murdered by them in cold blood at Centrala
Missouri on the day last aforesaid.
That I was well and personally acquainted with Edward M. Pace who was a
Private in Co. Who was on the cars on his return home from the service
from
which he had been honarbly discharged and that he was one of twenty six
men
who was so shot down and murdered by the said Bill Andersson's gang
aforesaid. That I am the only surviving witness that I know of that act
and
can testify from my own personal knowledge that he the said Edward M. Pace
was one of the twenty six men so shot down and murdered and I was
compelled
to stand by and see it without being able to render them any assisstance
That I have no interest in the application for pension where in this
affidavit is to be used but make this affidavit as a mear act of Justice
to
the parties.
Thomas M. Goodman
Subscribed by the said Thomas Goodman in my presence and by him sworn to
before me this day of August AD 1876 and I certify that I am personally
acquainted with the said Thomas Goodman. The he is the person he
represents
himself to be and ca creditable witnes and that the foregoing affidavit
was
read over and fully explaned to him before he signed it and that I have no
interest in this claim nor am I concerned in its prosecution. Joseph E.
Hill Clerk Dist Court
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