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British colonies in North America have provided pensions for soldier's years prior to the Revolutionary War for more than a century. [1] It wasn't until the war broke out that the United States government provided three types of pensions for soldiers during the war: A disability pension was granted to a soldier who was injured in the line of duty, a service pension was granted to any veteran ...
In 1828, Congress enacted legislation granting pensions to all remaining American Revolutionary War veterans. These pensions were administered by the secretary of the treasury. [1] In 1833, Congress created a "commissioner of pensions" within the War Department and transferred the Treasury's pension function to this new office. [2]
The 1832 Pension Act, formally titled "An Act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution.", 4 Stat. 529 (1832) was passed June 7, 1832 by the 22nd United States Congress as a final supplementary pension act for Revolutionary War veterans.
The United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions was a U.S. House committee, established on January 10, 1831, that superseded the defunct Committee on Military Pensions to assume jurisdiction over issues related to pensions for service in the American Revolutionary War. [1]
In 1789, the federal government started paying for some pensions as well. [2] In 1818, the federal government under President James Madison passed a large pension bill for veterans of the Revolutionary War at his urging. The bill didn't require applicants to provide evidence of poverty or disability to be granted benefits, unlike previous programs.
Irene Triplett – the 86-year-old daughter of a Civil War veteran – collects $73.13 each month from her father's military pension.
Southern Campaigns: Pension Transactions for a description of the transcription effort by Will Graves; Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War; South Carolina Line: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Regiments; List of North Carolina militia units in the American Revolution; List of United States militia units in the American Revolutionary War
It's real, and retirement applications are on paper. In a rural part of western Pennsylvania, about 230 feet underground, sit hundreds of federal workers whose job it is to process thousands of ...