Contrary to popular belief, many Confederate veterans did receive pensions. They were provided not by the U.S. Federal government but by the individual southern states. Although Confederate pension files typically contain fewer documents than Union ones, they are nonetheless very useful for family researchers.
The last widow of a Civil War veteran was not eligible for his pension.
Records about Confederate soldiers are certainly less prevalent than those for their Union counterparts. But many more Confederate records exist than are widely known – and many of those records are online. In some cases where access to these records requires a subscription, they are available elsewhere for free. Here we offer a chart showing
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