GILES COUNTY VA PENSION APPLICATION:  WHITE, CHARLES T.
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WIDOW OF A DECEASED
SOLDIER, SAILOR OR MARINE FOR A PENSION. 

NAME:  Charles T. White, age 75 in 1912, farming

GILES COUNTY, VA--Pembroke

MEMBER OF: 24th VA Regt., Company F.

**Letter from the Pension Clerk saying in May, 1919, that they had received a
bad report and asked if he could give the circumstance of his soldier-ship,
and about Petersburg or City Point and if  he had any recollection of being a
prisoner of war, and being sent to Washington.

In a sworn statement, White's reply is as follows:  

Dear Sir: In answere to your inquiry May 2 as to my soldier ship in the latter
part of the war in and about Petersburg.  I was in 24 Virginia regiment C. F
Terry's Brigade Picket's Division Long Street Core Army of Northern Virginia. 
Part of my division was between Petersburg and richmond, the other was at the
right of Petersburg when we started to fall back.  The Division got together. 
Then we went in direction of Five Forks, by me being wonded they put me in
quartermaster department, a helper so I could ride in the wagons.  Between
Five Forks and Appomattox Court House about 300 of us was took prison and
carried to Washington, reached there on the 11 day of April next morning we
were told that General Lee had surrended we could be released if we would take
the oath of Aggegian, and be true to our country or go to prison in Elmire, NY
so we took the oath.  If you need any other information as to my soldier ship
let me know as ther are several of my Company living yet.  Signed: Yours Truly
C. T. White.

War Department record relates that Prisoner of War records show him with
remark, "Rebel Deserter" received by Provost Marshal Washington, D. C. April
12, 1865 from City Point, VA.  Took oath, transportation furnished to
Harrisburg, PA.

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