John Bass, Soldier's Application For Pension
Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Chere Lee
Date: April 26, 2012

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SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION.

I, John Bass, a native of Louisiana and now a citizen of
Louisiana, resident at Pineville 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
date of my enlistment until the close of the civil 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 an 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. In what town, county, State, country and year were you born?
   Answer: Burn at Chicot, St Landry Parish La in 1839
2. When and where did you enlist, and in what command?
   Answer? In 1861, at Alexandria La, 1st La Reg. Co B
3. Give the names of the regimental and company officers under
   whom you were serving at the date of your discharge or parole
   Answer: Col Wm Vincent, Capt J.C. Wise, 1st Leiut Caufield,
   at time of enlistment, at the time of surrender Col Hayo
4. Were you wounded? If so, in what battles, and if not, state 
   under what circumstances during the war you received injury 
   or injuries. 
   Answer: Wounded through right wrist, at Paines Farm, Va, Eyes
   affected by powder burns at Malvern Hill
5. What was the precise nature of your wound or wounds, if any?
   Answer: Wounded by minnie ball through wrist breaking bone &
   destroying use of right hand for all practiceable purposes. 
6. If you have lost a limb or an eye, state when, where or how.
   Answer: No
7. Were you discharged from army by reason of wound, wounds,
   or from the effects of service?
   Answer: No
8. If discharged or paroled from the army, where were you,
   and what did you do until the close of the war?
   Answer: Never discharged until close of war
9. What was the name of the surgeon who attended you when
   discharged?
   Answer: None
10. Where were you at the surrender?
   Answer: At Natchitoches, La. on Furlough