Ms. Patton,

It appears that he and she both applied for Federal Indigent Soldier's and Widow's Pensions. His in 1879 and her's in 1918. Several of the numbers are almost illegible on the index card from the microfilm that is posted on Ancestry.com. I have ran into this several times with other people I have research and when I look at the actual microfilm it is pretty legible.

As stated in the previous post, you can obtain these pension through this message board (top center of the page, flashing icon). They are fast, efficient and cheaper than the National Archive and it helps support this message board.

I hope this helps.

Respectfully,

Gerald D. Hodge, Jr.
War Between the States Historian
Historian: 39th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
http://39thgavolinfrgt.homestead.com/39thHomepage.html