]> obhc_union_army_pension_claims Finding Aid of the Civil War Union Army Pension Claims Collection, 1890 - 1925 Processed by: Sarah Downing; machine-readable finding aid created by: Stuart Parks II &hdrNcDncsa; 2008 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: October, 2008 Description is in English Finding Aid of the Civil War Union Army Pension Claims Collection, 1890 - 1925 Outer Banks History Center &tpNcDncsa; Descriptive Summary Outer Banks History Center Williams, Gregory W. Civil War Union Army Pension Claims Collection, 1890 - 1925 33MSS-21 Materials in English 1.4 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Outer Banks History Center. North Carolina, a state with divided political allegiances during both the Secession Crisis and the Civil War years, seceded only after President Lincoln called for troops to suppress the states in rebellion. In May 1861 North Carolina became the tenth state to join that rebellion. After the capture of Hatteras Inlet by Federal forces in August 1861 and the successful Federal Burnside's Expedition into coastal North Carolina in February through April 1862 much of coastal North Carolina became occupied by Union forces. The occupation created a situation that presented North Carolinians the opportunity to join either Union or Confederate military forces. Collection includes photocopied Federal pension applications and affidavits for soldiers and windows who resided in Dare or Currituck County. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], 33MSS-21, Civil War Union Army Pension Claims Collection, Outer Banks History Center, Manteo, NC, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

Donated by Gregory W. Williams

 Processing Information

Processed by Sarah Downing, 2000

Encoded by Stuart Parks II, April, 2009

 Historical Note

North Carolina, a state with divided political allegiances during both the Secession Crisis and the Civil War years, seceded only after President Lincoln called for troops to suppress the states in rebellion. In May 1861 North Carolina became the tenth state to join that rebellion. Early in the Civil War, in August of 1861, Forts Hatteras and Clark on the tip of Hatteras Island were seized by Union troops under the command of General Benjamin Butler. In February 1862, in a campaign that lasted through April of that year, Roanoke Island came under Union control in a top secret amphibious land assault, the first of its kind in military history, led under the command of General Ambrose Burnside in what has become known as the Burnside Expedition. After the capture of Hatteras Inlet by Federal forces and the successful Federal Burnside's Expedition into coastal North Carolina much of coastal North Carolina became occupied by Union forces. The occupation created a situation that presented North Carolinians the opportunity to join either Union or Confederate military forces.

 Collection Overview

Collection includes photocopied Federal pension applications and affidavits for soldiers and windows who resided in Dare or Currituck County. The original documents were produced by the United States Bureau of Pensions and are housed at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.

Collection Arrangement

The Union Army Pensions Claims are arranged in alphabetical order.

Online Catalog Headings

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Subject Terms Military Pensions--North Carolina North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Geographic Locations Currituck County (N.C.) Dare County (N.C.) Related Collections

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 Container List Pensions, 1890-1925 (4 boxes, 102 folders) 1:1.1 Finding Aid Pensions 1:2.1 Nelson P. Angell, #18599 1:2.2 John L. Austin 1:2.3 Joseph Austin 1:2.4 Joseph W. Austin 1:2.5 Wallace B. Austin 1:2.6 William D. Austin 1:2.7 John G. Ballance 1:2.8 William A. Ballance 1:2.9 William Benjamin Ballance, #1173 1:2.10 John Barnes, #1609 1:2.11 Hezikiah F. Barnett, #9490 1:2.12 Oliver N. Basnett 1:2.13 Robert B. Basnett, #16272 1:2.14 Zachariah Basnett, #11092 1:2.15 William D. Best, #9869 1:2.16 Zachariah Burrus, #9885 1:2.17 Bernard Carawan, #8519 1:2.18 Christopher Carawan, #8440 1:2.19 Banester B. Casey, #10424 1:2.20 John Thomas Daniels, #9356 1:2.21 Francis Farrow, #9773 1:2.22 Lancaster Farrow, #3430 1:2.23 Richard G. Farrow, #9771 1:2.24 Stanford L. Foster, #6889 1:2.25 Allen W. Gray, #9524 1:2.26 Banister M. Gray, #4304 1:2.27 Davis Gray, #10150 1:2.28 Edmund D. Gray, #9529 1:2.29 Jesse Gray, #4809 1:2.30 Jesse N. Gray, #9492 1:2.31 Levin P. Gray, #9526 1:2.32 Little Anderson Gray, #2433 2:2.33 Malachi B. Gray, #2429 2:2.34 Oliver N. Gray, #9699 2:2.35 Robert W. Gray, #4307 2:2.36 Saunders P. Gray, #2436 2:2.37 Samuel R. Hazen, #4050 2:2.38 Abraham F. Hooper 2:2.39 Cyrus K. Hooper 2:2.40 Edward O. Hooper, #1929 2:2.41 Edward R. Hooper 2:2.42 Ezekiel Hooper 2:2.43 Isaac Hooper 2:2.44 William W. Leary, #10209 2:2.45 Meekins, Gray, Smith 2:2.46 Daniel S. Meekins, #6728 2:2.47 James K. Meekins, #9737 2:2.48 John B. Meekins, #10912 2:2.49 Silvey B. Meekins, #2883 2:2.50 David. O. Midgett 2:2.51 Ebenezer Midgett, #3043 2:2.52 Edward S. Midgett 2:2.53 Fields Midgett, #19300 2:2.54 George W. Midgett 2:2.55 Ira Midgett 2:2.56 John A. Midgett 2:2.57 Nathan O. Midgett 2:2.58 Riley Midgett, #19293 3:2.59 Watson L. Midgett 3:2.60 William R. Midgett 3:2.61 Bateman P. Miller, #2244 3:2.62 Hezediah C. Miller, #2245 3:2.63 Tilman D. Miller, #2436 3:2.64 David K. O'Neal, #11225 3:2.65 John B. O'Neal, #1215 3:2.66 John F. O'Neal 3:2.67 Joseph S. O'Neal, #16229 3:2.68 Thomas C. O'Neal, #16209 3:2.69 Warren Davis O'Neal, #3493 3:2.70 William B. O'Neal, #9442 3:2.71 William P. O'Neal, #9512 3:2.72 Barney F. Peele 3:2.73 Christopher W. Peele 3:2.74 William E. Peele 3:2.75 Edward S. Price, #3709 3:2.76 Noah Price 3:2.77 Tilman F. Pugh 3:2.78 James I. Quidley, #4811 3:2.79 Arnold Scarborough, #11227 3:2.80 Banister H. Scarborough 3:2.81 Marous Scarborough, #16279 3:2.82 Richard Scarborough, #4484 3:2.83 Zion F. Scarborough, #3498 3:2.84 Alpheus W. Simpson, #9445 3:2.85 Caleb B. Stowe, #1055 3:2.86 Nathan L. Stowe, #16207 3:2.87 George W. Tolson 3:2.88 John N. Tolson 3:2.89 Riley Wetherington 3:2.90 James H. Whedbee, #10984 3:2.91 John B. Whedbee, #1126 4:2.92 Levin B. Whedbee, #11087 4:2.93 William R. Whitson, #15783 4:2.94 Evan G. Williams, #9536 4:2.95 Ervin H. Williams 4:2.96 Isaac James Williams, #2860 4:2.97 Joseph Silvey Williams, #2882 4:2.98 Joseph M. Williams, #18522 4:2.99 Merchant G. Williams 4:2.100 Nasa S. Williams, #2875 4:2.101 John H. Willis, #1646