MAINE MISCELLANEOUS
 

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, Charles L., widow Duncan, Carrie L.; enlisted 1861, Naval Service; Acting Master Mate; (date blank) Invalid Appl. #45879, Cert. #30605; 1921 Feb 21, Widow Appl. #1170451, Cert. #908687, Maine; remarks Died Feb. 9, 1921, Kittery, Maine. (MAD: son of Charles Duncan of 1850 York Co. ME census)
      Duncan, Daniel; G 28 Maine Inf.; 1880 Feb. 27, Invalid Appl. #349442, Cert. #290234.
      Duncan, Edwin A.; D 17 ME Inf.; 1867 March 18, Invalid Appl. #123580, Cert. #112121. (MAD: 1850 York Co. ME census)
      Duncan, Ernest J.; B 3 Conn. Inf.; 1927 June 28, Invalid(S) Appl. #1584737, Cert. #A-1-13-28, Maine; remarks C2597648.
      Duncan, Francis H. alias Franks, Henry; F 7 Maine Inf., F 1 Maine Vet. Inf.; 1882 Oct. 11, Invalid Appl. #462204, Cert. #414572, NJ. (MAD: 1880 Mercer Co. NJ, 48 VT; ?? 1870 Cumberland Co. NJ)
      Duncan, John H., widow Duncan, Mary; Corp. F 8 Maine Inf.; 1865 July 13, Widow Appl. #101861, Cert. #52952.
      Duncan, Milton C., widow Duncan, Elizabeth; E 2 US Art.; 1917 Aug. 28, Widow Appl. #1106701, no cert., Me.
      Duncan, Richard M., alias McDermott, Richard; B 6 NY Inf., I 11 Maine Inf., 8 Co. Unassd. Maine Inf.; 1892 Oct. 13, Invalid Appl. #1134724, Cert. #1046050, MO; remarks C2539224.
      Duncan, William H.; H 3 Maine Inf.; 1891 April 1, Invalid Appl. #1006322, no cert., Mass.
 

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