Approved Pension File for Margaretta S. Meade, Widow of General George G. Meade (WC-219235)
The documents in this file describe the process by which widow Margaretta S. Meade obtained a pension based on the military service of her husband, General George G. Meade. The document featured is the widow's declaration for a pension. A prominent general officer during the Civil War, Meade rose from division and corps command to lead the Army of the Potomac during the last two years of the war. Meade died on November 6, 1872, and his widow applied for a pension on December 2, 1885. The pension was approved and she received $30 per month.
Meade’s pension file (WC-219235) is part of the series of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents in the Civil War and the War With Spain maintained initially by the Pension Office in the War Department and later by the Veterans Administration (Department of Veterans Affairs). There are separate series for disapproved widows’ claims as well as approved and disapproved survivors’ (invalids’) claims. Learn more about pre-World War I pension applications
Approved Pension File for Margaretta S. Meade, Widow of General George G. Meade (WC-219235). National Archives Identifier: 23872218
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