<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I have an instance for a man but not quite as old as your example. This man was age 51. His Union Army service was family lore. I was skeptical, but, his widow, Lucinda, received a government pension for his service. I also obtained his service record (enlisted for a 60-day tour of duty in July 1862 and died of a bullet wound in September 1862).<br> <br> Kathy<br> <br> Kathy Gunter Sullivan<br> Charlotte, North Carolina<br> <br> <br> <br> <blockquote cite="mid:FC39FA74B1F94F5782C906288A033EB8@bdf5474e5" type="cite">  <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.5921" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style><br> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"> <div class="OutlookMessageHeader" dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us"> <hr tabindex="-1"> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org">apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org">mailto:apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>JUDY A RIFFEL<br> <b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 24, 2010 8:25 AM<br> <b>To:</b> APG Public List<br> <b>Subject:</b> [APG Public List] Civil War question<br> </font><br> </div> <br> <div>How common would it have been for a man in his mid to late 60s to have served in a Union Cavalry unit during the Civil War?  [Snipped.] Plus, there is a pension file that lists a widow with the same first name as the wife.  I don't have the actual pension record, so I don't know if her maiden name matches.  But the names are unusual enough that it would be too much of a coincidence.</div> <div> </div> <div>Many thanks.</div> <div> </div> <div>Judy Riffel</div> <div>Baton Rouge</div> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> <hr size="4" width="90%"> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>