Confederate Pension Application for Thomas J. McMichael, Acadia Parish, La. Submitted by Thomas C. Cardwell Louisiana Archives, Confederate Pension Records, Reel CP1.95 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Confederate Pension Parish of Acadia No. 2682 Soldiers Application for Pension T. J. McMichael P. O. Evangeline Company and Regiment: A, La. Cav. Filed: Mar. 26, 1904 Allowed: 7,50 Quarterly Allowance, $: blank Pension Allowed From: blank Rejected: blank Signature of President and Secretary, Board of Pension Commissioners is unreadable Company and regiment or Naval Service? Blank Date, Place and Nature of Wound received? Blank Disability-Where and How Occasioned? Blank Where and When Paroled or Discharged? Blank If discharged, Where Remaining until Surrender? Blank Soldier's Application for Pension I, T.J. McMichael, a native of Louisiana and now a citizen of Louisiana, resident at Evangeline in the Parish of Acadia in said State of Louisiana, and who was a soldier from the State of Louisiana in the Confederate army in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under act 125 and 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 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 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 wear to be true and correct: 1. When were you born? Answer: In May 31, 1839 2. Where were you born? Answer: In Livingston Parish, La. 3. When did you enlist in the Confederate service? Answer: About spring of 1861 4. Where did you enlist? Answer: In Plaquemines , Iberville Parish, La. 5. In what command? Answer: In 1st La. Regiment Cavalry 6. Give the letter of your Company? Answer: Co. "A" 7. Give the number of your regiment? Answer: First Louisiana Regiment 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: In Cavalry 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. John S. Scott, Lt. Col. Jas. Nixon, Major Gervais Schlater, Capt. Calvin Keep, Lt. Sam'l Matthews under whom I enlisted; The Co. surrendered in Ala. M, 1865; I never surrendered but left Co. and went home; Col. Scott, Lt. Col. Nixon; Capt. Matthews 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: Yes; in right shoulder in picket fight or skirmish near Louisville, Ky. In 1863 11. What was the precise nature of your wound or wounds, if any? Answer: Bullet wound in right shoulder that's still in there just over the arm pit 12. If you have lost a limb or an eye, state when, where and how? Answer: No, stayed with my Command till war was over. 13. Were you discharged from the army by reason of wound, wounds, or from the effects of service? Answer: No; I stayed in camp for several weeks from my wound but served till end of war. 14. If discharged or paroled from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war? Answer: I stayed with Command until it surrendered but refused to surrender with several others and returned home. 15. What was the name of the surgeon who attended you when discharged? Answer: Nobody 16. Where were you at the surrender? Answer: With regiment near Gainesville, Ala. I left just prior to surrender of regiment. 17. If a prisoner, in what camp, and where were you released, and to where sent? Answer: Never a prisoner. 18. Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government at any time during the war? Answer: Never 19. If so, when, where and under what circumstances? Answer: See answer to preceding question. 20. How long have you been a resident of the State of Louisiana next preceding the date of this application? Where have you resided during that period? Answer: Always; have lived in Acadia Parish, La. Since 1890, before that near Franklin and prior to that in Livingston and E. Baton Rouge Parishes 21. Are you married, or have you been married? Answer: Not now. My wife is dead. 22. If so, what is the size of your family? Answer: Have three living children 23. What are the respective ages of your wife and children? Answer: Oldest Fred, 24; Alice, wife of Cardwell, age 22; J.R. McMichael, Age 17. 24. How many children have you and how many of each sex? Answer: two boys and one girl 25. Are you engaged in any business? If so, what do you earn? Answer: No, Can't work. 26. Have you any estate in your own right, real or personal, and what is its value? Answer: Nothing 27. Has your wife any estate in her own right, real or personal, and what is its value? Answer: No 28. How have you derived support for yourself, and family if you have one, for the last five years? Answer: by trying to work at day labor and raising a small rice crop. 29. What prevents you from earning a living now? Answer: My wound, age and informaties arising from my wound. 30. Do you use intoxicants to any extent? Answer: No 31. Have you an attorney to look after this application? Answer: No 32. Give his name, address, and the compensation agreed between you? Answer: Nothing. 33. Give name of two or more of your comrades with their post office addresses? Answer: Andrew Gay and Fred Robertson Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, La. Edgar Booksh of Grosse Tete, La. 34. Give your post office address and that of the two witnesses? Answer: Evangeline P. O., Acadia Parish, La. Crowley, Acadia Psh, La. for my two witnesses. Witness my hand this 22nd day of March, 1904. Signed: T.J. McMichael, applicant Witnesses: Philip S. Pugh J.E. Barry State of Louisiana, Acadia Parish Personally appeared before me, D. B. Hayes, Chief Deputy Clerk of the District Court of said Parish, the above named Thos J. McMichael, the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted and having the application read and explained to him as well as the statements and answers therein made made oath that the statements and answers are true. Witness my hand and seal of office, this 22nd day of March, 1904. Signed: D.B. Hayes, Clerk State of Louisiana, Acadia Parish Personally appeared before me D.B. Hayes, chief Deputy Clerk of the district Court of said Parish, the above named Philip S. Pugh and James E. Berry, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application with whom I am personally acquainted, and know to be citizens of veracity and standing in this community and who make oath that they are personally acquainted with the foregoing applicant, and that the fact set forth and statements made in his application are correct and true to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest in this claim, and that said applicant's habits are good and free from dishonor. Witness my hand and seal of office, this 22nd day of March, 1904. Signed: D.B. Hayes, Clerk of Court