Department of the Auditor General, Records Relating to Military Service, Military Claims File: Claims Settled, November Continued-December 1863, 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 year, and thereunder alphabetically by surname. Indexed internally, alphabetically by name of claimant, except for the years 1875-1882. These files resulted from the Acts of April 16, 1862 and April 22, 1863, providing for the Adjutant General, the Quartermaster General, and the Commissary General to act as a board to adjudicate and settle claims for pay of Pennsylvania volunteers, officers, and enlisted men. Included are affidavits, certifications, and declarations that provide the militiaman's name, signature, rank, company, regiment, unit, and county of residence; date warrant was issued; the amount of pay that was received; the period of service covered by the pay; and the place where the claim was filed.
