Files relating to soldiers' pay, bounty claims, discharges, commissions, and regimental issues, 1862-1893.

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Files relating to soldiers' pay, bounty claims, discharges, commissions, and regimental issues, 1862-1893.

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Discharge records include soldier's name, rank, company, company captain, regiment, date of enlistment, term of enlistment, date of discharge, place of discharge, reason for discharge, birthplace, age, occupation at time of enlistment, physical description, signature of discharging officer, and rank of discharging officer. Bounty claims often include letters of support for the claim.

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Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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