Duncans in the Civil War - Maryland

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, Absalem; I & F 13 Md Inf.; filed 1883 Apr. 23, Invalid Appl. #480945; Cert. #497765, OHIO. (MAD: ?? 1860 Frederick Co. MD; 1880 Warren Co. OH)
      Duncan, Andrew, widow Duncan, Ann E.; Con. Sgt. Purnell Legion MD Cav.; 1886 April 21, Widow Appl. #338072, Cert. #251631, MD. (MAD: 1870-1880 Harford Co. MD)
      Duncan, Charles, widow Duncan, Elizabeth C.; H 14 Conn. Inf. & H 39 NY Inf.; 1890 Sept. 24, Invalid Appl. #946744, Cert. #886321, MD; 1922 Nov. 3, Widow Appl. #1196256, Cert. #959326, VA.
      Duncan, Charles V., alias Barnetz, Charles, widow Duncan, Prudence; E 1 P H B Md. Cav., Navy; 1890 Aug. 9, Invalid Appl. #874258, Cert. #679776, MD; 1904 June 8, Widow Appl. #808054, Cert. #654700, MD. (MAD: 1880-1900 Baltimore City, MD)
      Duncan, David, widow Duncan, Caroline; Indp. Battn. Al? Maryland L.A.; 1890 July 7, Widow Appl. #427818?, Cert. #316993, MD. (MAD: 1880 Baltimore Co. MD)
      Duncan, George W., mother Duncan, Tracie; L 1? P.H.B. Md. Cav. (or L 1? T.H.B. Md. Cav.); 1888 Oct. 27, Mother Appl. #384004, no cert., Md.
      Duncan, George W.; F 7 Del. Inf.; 1925 Oct. 1, Invalid Appl. #1525475, no cert., Calif; remarks C2330357. (MAD: ? 1850 Montgomery Co. PA, 1860 Kent Co. MD, 1870 Talbot Co. MD; 1910 Imperial Co. CA b.1846 DE)
      Duncan, James H., widow Duncan, Larrenza B.; H 7 Md. Inf.; 1866 May 4, Invalid Appl. #107646, Cert. #76228; 1912 Dec. 12, Widow Appl. #997965, Cert. #753159, Wash. (MAD: ? 1850-1860 Baltimore MD census, b.1844 Germany)
      Duncan, Jeptha H.; F 2 Tex. Inf.(S), Capt. 345 US Inf. (WW), Capt. 17 US Inf., Capt. 12 US Inf., Capt. US Inf.; 1929 Jan. 31, Invalid(S) Appl. #1634008, Cert. #A-6-19-29, Md; remarks C906780 combined.
      Duncan, John, widow Duncan, Alice; I 19 US C. Inf.; 1890 May 29, Invalid Appl. #778491, Cert. #972838, Md.; 1893 April 7, Widow Appl. #573997, no cert., Md.
      Duncan, John P., widow Duncan, Thelma; B 1 Md. L.Art.; 1893 May 17, Invalid Appl. #1150880, Cert. #1017146, Va.; 1924 Sept. 25, Widow Appl. #1223901, no cert., Va.; remarks C2554063. (MAD: 1910 Frederick Co. VA, b.1838 MD, wife Selma J.; 1900 Frederick Co. VA b.1840 MD; 1880 Frederick Co. VA b.1841 PA)
      Duncan, John T.; E 12 & H 4 Md. Inf.; 1890 July 24, Invalid Appl. #833536, Cert. #660993, Md.
      Duncan, Nokar, widow Duncan, Eliza; I 19 US C. Inf.; 1890 Sept. 20, Widow Appl. #460249, Cert. #352788, MD. (MAD: name as written)
      Duncan, Peter; I 7 US C. Inf.; 1890 Dec. 6, Invalid Appl. #988049, Cert. #1073669, Md.; remarks C2520646.
      Duncan, Samuel; B 2 Md. Inf.; 1903 July 20, Invalid Appl. #1302143, no cert., VA.
      Duncan, Thomas, widow Duncan, Gertrude; Musc. 9 US C. Inf.; 1884 Dec. 1, Widow Appl. #322662, no cert., Md.
      Duncan, William; A Parnell Legion Md. Cav.; 1890 Aug. 12, Invalid Appl. #901764, Cert. #882084, Md.
      Duncan, William, widow Duncan, Harriet A.; C 24 US C. Inf.; 1890 July 17, Invalid Appl. #834604, Cert. #617822, Md.; 1899 March 27, Widow Appl. #695044, no cert., Md.
 

Many volumes of records of the Maryland Archives are available online as of 3/1/2002. Go to:
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/
      Choose "Archives of Maryland" This brings you to:
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/index.html
      You can choose an index to all volumes, or an index to a specific volume, or an individual volume and page to look at.
      Choose "All volumes" for a list of all volumes, by volume number and title:
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/volumes.html
      The following volumes may contain Civil War information:
      Volume 366 - History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-6, Volume 2
      Volume 367 - History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-6, Volume 1
      Volume 371 - The Maryland Line in the Confederate Army. 1861-1865 by W. W. Goldsborough
 

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