Civil War Pension Reconsideration: William A. Loftis 1889: Halifax County, Virginia, Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by D. Gayle Loftis, dgloftis@aol.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet,these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities, when written permission is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices and submitter information are included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Untitled handwritten application of William A. Loftis seeking reconsideration of pension sum awarded spelling errors are part of the document April the 5 1889 Mr. nattan masige audior of publick accountes of Virginia desond sir fileas reconsidion my applicashion as apenshioner and allow me to draw $30 yearly I hav not lost a leg but I am worse off than what I wood have ben if my leg had ben taken off I hav not bin abel to doo any lobos worth speaking of not since last october. I have proved in open corte that I was not abel to doo manuel labor by 3 respectful witnesses I can prove by all my nabos that I am unabel to work on the accounte of the wounds that I receive in the batsnose between the north and south my foost and leg is all the times swelled way large and smarting all the time I am oblige to youse cautches or a cane all the time I am in greate nead of healpe pleas reconsider my applicashion and enlow me to show the full enmgunte I am not abel to labor yours respectfully William A. Loftis Redbanke So. Halifax Go with no 112