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Map of Winchester

This is a map of Winchester, Virginia, the place where John Beck spent most of his military service, due to his sickness.

Map of John Beck's Philadelphia Residency

Shows the different places that John Beck resided within the city of Philadelphia.

Google Ngram Viewer: Typhoid Fever

This is a text mine for "typhoid fever" and it depicts the word frequency of these words between the years 1800 and 2000.

City Directory Listing for Sidney Flower, 1889

Flower, Sidney E. artist, picture frames, etc, h 13 E Front st

Horace and Maria's marriage license

Witnesses include L. Van Slyck and Lucy Van Noble.

Horace and Maria's marriage license

Certificate that shows the legality of their marriage and gives the date of when they were married in 1867

Muster In CMSR Card

This document is a CMSR card that shows the dates that John Beck enlisted in and mustered into the American Civil War. It is the first CMSR document on file for John Beck.

Sick at Winchester/Discharge CMSR Card

CMSR Card that shows the dates that John Beck remained sick at Winchester while his regiment moved else ware. It also shows the date and place of his eventual discharge from the war due to disability.

Hospital Muster Roll that includes Horace's hospital invoice

Explained the daily pay for the hospital between October 24th to the 31st.

Application for reimbursement from Hattie L. Beach that contains a detailed breakdown of Maria's medical expenses and burial costs

Application for reimbursment that contains a detailed breakdown of Maria's medical expenses. Hattie L. Beach swears that Maria died on April 1, 1891

Claimant's Oath of Allegiance that swears Hattie Beach upholds the law

Claimant's Oath of Allegiance from Hattie in which she pledges to uphold US government laws

Funeral bill for Maria's death

Funeral bill that details the expenses of Maria's death and funeral

Application for reimbusement from Hattie L. Beach

Application for reimbursment containing detailed breakdown of Maria's medical expenses

Claimant's Oath of Allegiance that swears Hattie Beach withholds the law

Claimant's Oath of Allegiance from Hattie claiming that she upholds the laws of the US government

Funeral bill for Maria's death

Funeral bill detailing the expenses of Maria's funeral and death

Record of John Beck's Life

Health Office- Registration Department's Record of John Beck's Life, describing vital information of John Beck's life

Affidavit by Herman Berberick

Physician's Affidavit

Affidavit by Herman Berberick Page 2

Physician's Affidavit

NY 44 Company Muster Roll that records the dates Horace was marked present

States that he was present between May and December 1863

NY 44 Company Muster Roll that records the dates Horace was marked present

Horace was present between January and August of 1864

Form of a Pension Application that shows Horace appointed a lawyer

Horace was a farmer before his time in the service and worked as a clerk in Dakota County, Minnesota after the service

Form of a Pension Application that shows Horace appointed a lawyer

Horace lived in Dakota County, Minnesota and was a clerk. The document also lists all things necessary in order to receive pension

Franco-Prussian War Map

This is a map showing the change of country boundaries as a result of the Franco-Prussian War that occurred 1870-1871

Base or General Hospitals During the Civil War

Article that details new hospitals that began to emerge during the American Civil War, and the problems they encountered

Rejection of widow's pension application because Horace's death by bowel inflammation wasn't caused by any injury or disease contracted during the war

Maria's pension application is rejected because death by acute bowel inflammation cannot be attributed to any disease or injury Horace contracted during his service. The rejection includes a timeline of relevant information: Horace enlisted October…

Rejection of widow's pension application because Horace's death by bowel inflammation wasn't caused by any injury or disease contracted during the war

Maria's pension application is rejected because death by acute bowel inflammation cannot be attributed to any disease or injury Horace contracted during his service. The rejection includes a timeline of relevant information: Horace enlisted October…

Letter of Rejection and the reasoning

Shows she was rejected and tells why from the medical examiner

Affidavit by J. Van Buskirk

Physician's Affidavit

Rejection of Maria's widow's pension application

Maria's widow's pension application is rejected because there is evidence she remarried

Rejection of Maria's widow's pension application

Rejects Maria's application, claiming she did get remarried

Company description record that records Horace's transfer from the 121st to 65th unit

Horace is being transferred from the 121st to the 65th by special order. He has blue eyes and is 5'9" tall

Cover letter of claim for reimbursment from Maria Rice

Cover letter of claim for reimbursement from Maria Rice

Verification by a notary public that Horace's neighbor said he was in the room when Horace died, and verification of the legitimacy of the notary public

The witness is a Charles Houghtagling, a second neighbor of Horace's who was in the room when he died.

Verification by a notary public that Horace's neighbor said he was in the room when Horace died, and verification of the legitimacy of the notary public

The witness is a Charles Houghtagling, a second neighbor of Horace's who was in the room when he died.

Increase of Pension Surgeon's Certificate 1885

Surgeon's Certificate for John Dailinger's application for an increase of his pension in 1885.

Examining Surgeon's Certificate for Pension Application 1873

This is the examining Surgeon's Certification for John Dailinger's original Pension Application in 1873.