I've tried to post to the files below facts that would be of interest to a genealogist or decendent. Some have been submitted by others. These notes were made from photocopies of the original documents. Some of the pages in the files were blank and some only cover sheets with their name and case numbers.

In the 1870s, southerners claimed compensation from the U.S. government for items used by the Union Army, ranging from corn and horses, to trees and church buildings.