Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs, Adjutant General, Record Books of Claims for Arrears of Pay and Bounty, Volume 1: June 6, 1864-August 31, 1866 (Nos. 1-3230), Indexed; Volume 1: Record of Additional Bounty, 1867-1870; and Volume 2: 1866-1867 (Nos. 1-990), Indexed, This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., Arranged chronologically by dates claims were received. A record of claims of arrears and bounty due to Pennsylvania Volunteers who fought and died in combat during the Civil War. Entries generally show soldiers' names, ranks, companies, and regiments, the dates and places of death, the claim numbers, the dates of the certificates and of filing, the monetary amount received, and the applicants' names, postal addresses and relationship to the soldier. Remarks which record why a claim was rejected, for example, because a soldier was drafted or was a substitute, also appear.
