Mathews County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Military.....Callis, Eli T., 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Confederate Pension Application; Eli T Callis; Mathews County, VA FORM 2 APPLICATION of Disabled Soldier, Sailor or Marine for Disability by Reason of Disease or the Imfirmitoes of Age. I, E T Callis, do hereby apply for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902 entitled an act to aid the citizens of Virginia who were disabled by wounds received during the war between the States while serving as soldiers, sailors or marines of Virginia, and such as served during the said war as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia who lost their lives in said service, or whose death resulted from wounds received or disease contracted in said service, and providing penalities for violating the provisions of this act, and I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the State of Virginia resident at Diggs in the County of Mathews in the said State, and that I have been an actual resident of the said State for two years, and of the said city (or county) for one year next preceding the date of this application, and that I was a soldier of the State of Virginia in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, as a member of (here state specifically the command and branch of service to which the applicant belonged and the names of his immediate superior officers) the Artillery Company of A D Armstead was Captain and of the batallion which Col Starke was Col or Commanding Officer and that I am now disabled by disease (here state the nature of the disease and the causes from which it resulted) by reason of a gunshot wound received on April 1862 as of which right hand is totally disabled and rheumatism contracted during the war and that from the effects of such disease I am now permanently disabled from following my usual and ordinary occupation or any other occupation for a livelihood (in the case of disability from the infirmities of age, strike out all relating to disability by disease and proceed as follows:), and that I am now sufferin g from the infirmities of age, and permanently incapacitated thereby from following my usual and ordinary occupation, or any other occupation, for a livelihood (here state specifically the nature and character of the disablility which prevents the applicant from following any occupation for livelihood) as before stated rheumatism and the wound received on my right hand in 1862 and that during the said war I was loyal and true to my duty, and never at any time deserted my command or voluntarily abandoned my post of duty in the said service, and that by reason of such disability I am now entitled to receive under the said act the sum of Thirty ($30) dollars annually. And I do further swear that I do not hold any national, State, city or county office which pays me in salary or fee one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor have I an income from any other employment or any source whatever which amounts to one hundred and fifty dolllars per annum: nor do I receive from any source whatever money or other means of support in value of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; nor do I own in my own right, nor does any one hold in trust for my benefit or use, nor does my wife own, nor does any one hold in trust for my wife, estate or property, either real, personal or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the assumed value of five hundred dollars; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and that I am not an inmate of any soldiers' home, or of any other public instituition; and I do further swear that the answers given to the following questions are true: 1. What is your age? 63 2. Where were you born? Mathews, Va. 3. How long have you resided in Virginia? All my life 4. How long have you resided in the city or county of your present residence? All my life 5. What is your usual and ordinary occupation for earning a livelihood? Mariner. 6. How long have you followed such occupation or employment? About 16 years. 7. Have you followed such occupation or employment, or any other occupation or employment within the last two years. If so state when and where, and the amount of your annual income from same. No but have followed oystering and farming a little. 8. State specifically the nature of your disability or disease. Wounded in the hand in 1862 and rheumatism. 9. What were the causes which led to the disease which has resulted in your disability? Wound and rheumatism. 10. How long have you suffered from such disease, and when did you first become aware that you were afflicted with the same. 1862 11. With what disease or sickness did you suffer during the time of your service? Rheumatism 12. Are you totally disabled because of such disease or the infirmities of age, from following your usual and ordinary occupation or employment, or any other occupation or employment, by which to earn a livelihood? If not totally disabled thereby, but only partially, state the extent of your partial disability. Very near I can do but very little on account of my wounded hand. 13. When and where did you enter the service of Virginia or of the Confederate States. Mathews Virginia 1861 14. In what command and service were you engaged during the war between the States? Colonel Starks command and Artillery served 15. How long were you in the service? Two years and six months 16. When did you leave the service, and under what circumstances. Honorably discharge during the year of 1863 17. If suffering from disease, state what physician or physicians have attended you for same. Dr Henley and Dr Thrasher 18. Give the names and addresses of two or more in the service of your command, if any such be living, and if not, so state. Capt Labon Hudgins and John R Soper 19. Give here any other information you may posseess relating to your service, or disability, that will support the justice of your claim for aid. Blank 20. Is there any Camp of Confederate Veterans in the city or county of your residence? Yes Lune Diggs Camp 21. Is there any one living, the residence and address of whom is known to you, either comrade or otherwise, who has knowledge of your service, and of the cause of your disablility? If so or not, state. Yes Filed at court 4/7/1904 (D) Certificate of Physician I, C C White, a practicing physician in the County of Mathews, in the State of Virginia, do certify that I am personally acquainted with Eli T Callis, whose name is signed to the annexed application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved April 2, 1902, and that from a personal examination of the said E T Callis, as to the disability set forth in his application and the cause thereof, I am clearly of the opinion that he is disabled by reason of (here state specifically the nature of the disability and the cause there, and if such disability be total, whether the applicant is deprived thereby of all ability to pursue his usual and ordinary occupation for a livelihood, or any other occupation for a livelihood, and if the disability be partial, to what extent the applicant is hindered thereby from pursing such occupation as aforesaid) near totally disabled on account of gunshot wounds to the righthand received during Civil war and suffers from rhuematism. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dana Callis (djcallis@mindspring.com), before Jun 2008. Re-formatted (Jul 2011) by Southampton Co. File Manager Matt Harris. file size: 8 Kb file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/mathews/military/civilwar/pensions/c4200001.txt