Lewis C. Bass, Soldier's Application For Pension Rapides Parish Louisiana Submitted by Chere Lee Date: April 3, 2012 ************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************** [Handwritten at top of application] All private papers returned on request from Mrs Bass Feb 4th 1900 Furlough. orders from illegible, and illegible at Alexandria dated June 15th 1865 SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION I, Lewis C. Bass, a native of State of Louisiana and now a citizen of Louisiana, resident at Sycamore in the Parish of Rapides in said State of Louisiana, and who was a soldier, (sailor or marine as the case may be) from the State of Louisiana in the Confederate States army (or navy as the case may be) in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under Act 125 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana of 1898; and I do solemnly swear that I served the Confederate States honorably from the day of my enlistment until the close of the war, (or until discharged or paroled as the case may be,) as shown by my answers below, and that I remained true to the Confederate cause until the surrender, and that I am now in indigent circumstances, and unable to earn a livelihood by my own labor or skill, and that I am not salaried or otherwise provided for by the State of Louisiana or by any other State or government, and am entitled to receive the benefits of said Act No. 125 of 1898, as further shown by my answers to the questions below, which I swear to be true and correct: 1. When were you born? Answer: February 17th 1838 2. Where were you born? Answer: at Bayou Chicot. St Landry Parish La. 3. When did you enlist in the Confederate service? Answer: September 24th 1862. 4. Where did you enlist? Answer: At Camp Vincent Ascension Parish La. 5. In what command? Answer: Co. G. 2d La Cavelry 6. Give the letter of your Company? Answer: Co. G. 7. Give the number of your regiment? Answer: 2d La Cavelry 8. Give branch of service, Artillery, Infantry, Cavalry or Navy: if in navy, give name or names of vessels you served in, or in what capacity? Answer: Cavelry 9. Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you enlisted, and under whom you were serving at the date of your discharge or parole? Answer: Col W.G. Vincent Regimental Commander, and Capt Jeff Stafford command of company, and was serving in Co. F. 2d La Battalion Heavy Artillery. Lieut Col Logan commander of Battallion, and Capt A.A. Cann. Command of company when paroled. 10. Were you wounded? If so, in what battles, and if not, state under what circumstances during the war you received injury or injuries. Answer: Relapsed from severe case of measles and afterwards had two attacts of Pneumonia which has affected my lungs ever since. 11. What was the precise nature of your wound or wounds, if any? Answer: Was not wounded 12 If you have lost a limb or an eye, state when, where and how? Answer: Have not lost any limb or eye. 13. Were you discharged from the army by reason of wound, wounds, or from the effects of service? Answer: Paroled at close of the war. 14. If discharged or paroled from the army, where weere you and what did you do until the close of the war? Answer: Was never discharged until legally paroled.