Series Information
COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY
(Bounty Papers)
1864-1868
S627
Series Description
Correspondence and other documentation submitted by persons or
their agents claiming Civil War bounties under the provisions of
Chapter 15, Acts of 1864 and supplementary acts. Documents
include affidavits of slave ownership, affidavits of freedom,
bounty certificates and lists, death certificates, discharge
papers, draft notices, manusmissions, muster rolls, pension
claims, powers of attorney, and substitutions. No apparent
arrangement.