Military Pension Files for Sergeant James H. Jackson, 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Co. D & 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Co. B. Special Examination by W.T. Cathcart. Summary. p. 2

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acquaintance with claimant while here and did not know him in service.

I recommend further examination for the testimony as to identity, of

Thomas Holland Sullivan, Muskego County, Michigan

Warren Allen Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan

Hezekiah S. Stewart Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan

and

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[Researcher Note: The Bureau of Pensions confused Hezekiah Stewart of the 54th Massachusetts and Hezekiah S. Stewart of the USCT, and this is one example of that confusion.]

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• No. 922,015
• James H. Jackson
• Company D 54 Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
• Company B 55 Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
• Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

• • Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
  • May 3, 1906

Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, District of Columbia

Sir:

I herewith return all the papers in the above designated claim for pension and submit my report therein. The claim came to me, noticed waived for the testimony of Aaron A. Dyson and John Hicks.

The Adjutant's deposition shows that he was admitted to Central Branch as James H. Jackson. Hicks and Johnson may be TBD fair in this case the others are good.

In interviewed Simon Douglas Company D 55 Massachusetts. John W. Buckey Company E and D.W. Sampson Company D but they had no

See also Special Examination Index

National Archives Catalog #300020. "Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934."

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