LaSalle-Catahoula County Louisiana Archives News.....NONE April 28, 1900
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The Banner-Democrat [Lake Providence, LA] April 28, 1900
The Banner-Democrat [Lake Providence, LA], April 28, 1900
	Representative J.E. Ransdell, through a fortunate interview with 
General Fred Ainsworth, chief of the records and pension office in the war 
department, is enabled to render one of his constituents, a destitute widow, a 
very important service.  Mrs. Susan E. Corley, of Catahoula parish, the widow 
of Harrison Corley, late of Company A First Louisiana Cavalry, applied for a 
pension twenty seven years ago.  On investigation it was found that the 
records charged her husband with desertion, which fact barred her case from 
receiving further consideration.  Recently she wrote to Mr. Ransdell a very 
pitiful letter, explaining that she was old and infirm, and was in destitute 
circumstances.  On visiting the war department Mr. Ransdell consulted General 
Ainsworth, who had the soldier’s record examined.  The representative was able 
to supply some important information to the effect that the soldier, instead 
of being a deserter, was confined in the hospital when his company was 
mustered out.  Mr. Ransdell has received notice from the war department that 
the charge of desertion has been removed.  The widow’s case will now receive 
attention at the hands of the commissioner of pensions, and in due time she 
will receive a handsome sum as back pension. – Ruston Daily Leader.


Additional Comments:
Harrison L. Corley served in the 1st LA Battalion, Company A Cavalry Scouts in 
the Union Army.  His widow is listed on the 1890 Veterans Schedule in 
Catahoula Parish.  

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