Civil War Pension File of Louis Castor

This is the entire pension file of Louis Castor as I received it from NARA.  I scanned and named the files in the order that they were in the packet I received.  Some file names end in a, b, or c, which usually indicates they are the other side, or another page of the same document.  The reverse sides often contain nothing but date stamps or folder information, but I've included them because they are part of the complete file.

Throughout this file Louis' name is spelled "Lewis," however, this is the spelling used by the Americans.  Louis himself was illiterate, so did not spell his name in any particular way.  I use the spelling more common among the French-Canadians, which is "Louis."  Louis was French-Canadian and was born Ludovic Firmin Bachelet dit Cassista and assumed the name Louis Castor when he settled in Vermont, and later in New Hampshire.

In the index, the files are in chronological order, as much as possible, which is not necessarily the order they were in in the packet.  In a few cases there was a small amount of information on a very large sheet, so I trimmed the excess "white space" to reduce the file size.  If the page was a form, I did not trim it, even if there was nothing on the lower half.

The file sizes are rather large, but making them smaller made them difficult to read.

Descriptions in Blue indicate that the document contains genealogical information

You are free to copy and use any of these scans in any way that you like, as long as you don't charge a fee for accessing them.

• Certificate number for Louis Castor  This is just the card with the certificate number for Louis' pension claim.

• File Jacket listing chronology

• File Jacket listing chronology

• File Jacket listing chronology

• File Jacket noting that Louis had died

• Undated Apparently a reply to a request for records

• 3 Sep 1883 Statement by Louis Castor about his service related disabilities and how his discharge papers were lost

• 3 Sep 1883 Second page of above statement

• 3 Sep 1883 Third page of above statement

• 3 Sep 1883 Fourth page of above statement

• 22 June 1885 Statement by Louis' regarding his service related disabilities

• 22 June 1885 Reverse of above statement

• 8 July 1885 Statement from Eugene A. Bates, M. D., regarding Louis' condition

• 8 July 1885 Continuation of above statement

• July 1885 Statement from Charles Martin regarding Louis' condition

• July 1885 Reverse of above document

• 24 July 1885 Rejection of pension request

• 24 July 1885 Statement from Willard Farrington about the loss of Louis' discharge papers

• 24 July 1885 Page two of above statement

• 11 Aug 1885 Request for records from War Department regarding Louis' injuries

• 9 Sep 1885 Surgeon's certificate

• 9 Sep 1885 Reverse of above certificate showing locations of Louis' gunshot wounds

• 7 Oct 1885 Statement by Louis about his injuries

• 7 Oct 1885 Page two of above statement

• 7 Oct 1885 Reverse of above statement

• 30 Dec 1885 Statement by John Martin about Louis' condition

• 30 Dec 1885 Page two of above statement

• 30 Dec 1885 Page three of above statement

• 15 Mar 1886 Certificate from Surgeon General's office about Louis' hospital confinements for fever

• 17 Mar 1886 Document showing Louis' enlistment date, and that he was in camp during the times he claimed to be injured

• 25 June 1886 Document showing that John Martin was in camp during the times covered by his statement

• 25 June 1886 Reverse of above document

• 17 Dec 1886 Reply to request for hospital records, stating none were found

• 21 Mar 1887 Statement by Louis about his service related injuries

• 21 Mar 1887 Reverse of above statement

• 23 Mar 1887 Statement by Wesley C. Williams about Louis service related injuries

• 23 Mar 1887 Reverse of above statement

• 9 Apr 1887 Request to Wesley C. Williams for further information about Louis' injuries

• 15 Apr 1887 Reply from Wesley C. Williams to above request

• 25 Apr 1887 Statement from Louis' about his service related injuries

• 25 Apr 1887 Page two of above statement

• 25 May 1887 Document stating that Wesley C. Williams was present in camp during the times covered by his statement

• 15 May 1887 Reverse of above document

• 29 Feb 1888 Surgeon's certificate

• 29 Feb 1888 Reverse of above certificate

• 5 July 1889 Physician's Affidavit

• 5 July 1889 Reverse of above document

• 31 July 1888 Instructions for requested medical examination

• 31 July 1888 Reverse of above document

• 8 Oct 1889 Statement by Louis about his wounds received in combat

• 8 Oct 1889 Page two of above statement

• 8 Oct 1889 Page three of above statement

• 14 Oct 1889 Resubmitted pension claim

• 11 Jan 1890 Document stating that Henry D. Belden was in camp during the time covering his statements about Louis

• 5 Feb 1890 Surgeon's certificate

• 5 Feb 1890 Reverse of above certificate

• 30 May 1890 Statement from H. N. Stoliker regarding Louis service related problems

• 30 May 1890 Continuation of above statement

• 30 May 1890 Reverse of above document

• 17 June 1890 Request for further information from H. N. Stoliker

• 18 June 1890 Document showing that Horatio Stoliker was present in camp during the time covered in above statement

• 22 June 1890 Reply to above request for more information from H. N. Stoliker

• 24 July 1890 Affidavit from Edwin L. Davis about Louis' service related disabilities

• 24 July 1890 Reverse of above affidavit

• 23 Dec 1890 Affidavit from Daniel Oliver and Ambrose Cook regarding Louis' condition

• 23 Dec 1890 Reverse of above document

• 23 Dec 1890 Affidavit from Joseph Lambert and Peter Greenia regarding Louis' condition

• 23 Dec 1890 Reverse of above document

• 2 Jan 1891 Document showing that Edwin L. Davis was in camp during the time covered by his statement

• 2 Jan 1891 Request to Edwin L. Davis for information regarding Louis condition

• 7 Jan 1891 Affidavit from Joseph Lambert about Louis' injuries

• 19 Jan 1891 Reply from Edwin L. Davis to above request

• 7 Jan 1891 Affidavit from Peter Greenia regarding Louis' condition

• 7 Jan 1891 Affidavit from Ambrose Cook regarding Louis' condition

• 7 Jan 1891 Affidavit from Daniel Oliver regarding Louis' condition

• 21 Mar 1891 Request for increase in pension

• 21 Mar 1891 Reverse of above document

• 26 May 1891 Request for increase in pension

• 2 Sep 1891 Surgeon's certificate

• 2 Sep 1891 Reverse of above certificate

• 5 Sep 1892 Request for increase in pension

• 5 Sep 1892 Reverse of above document

• 22 Feb 1893 Surgeon's certificate

• 22 Feb 1893 Reverse of above certificate

• 6 July 1894 Request for records regarding Louis Castor's injuries showing he was captured and paroled the same day.

• 22 Jan 1894 Affidavit from John Tibedou regarding Louis' condition

• 22 Jan 1894 Reverse of above document

• 22 Jan 1894 Affidavit from John Harvey regarding Louis' condition

• 22 Jan 1894 Reverse of above document

• 6 Feb 1894 Affidavit from Louis about how he received his wounds

• 6 Feb 1894 Reverse of above document

• 5 Mar 1894 Affidavit from Louis about his service related injuries

• 5 Mar 1894 Reverse of above affidavit

• 6 May 1895 Affidavit from Louis about how he was injured

• 18 Sep 1895 Request for increase of pension

• 18 Sep 1895 Reverse of above document

• 26 May 1897 Surgeon's certificate

• 26 May 1897 Reverse of above certificate

• 17 Aug 1897 Affidavit from Anthony Oliver regarding Louis' condition

• 17 Aug 1897 Reverse of above document

• 17 Aug 1897 Affidavit from Francis Sharkey regarding Louis' condition

• 17 Aug 1897 Reverse of above document

• 26 July 1899 Statement by Louis listing marriages and children from each marriage

• 8 Aug 1899 Document detailing Louis' personal description at enlistment

• 5 June 1901 Surgeon's certificate

• 5 June 1901 Reverse of above certificate

• 21 Mar 1902 Document showing enlistment and discharge dates

• 25 Mar 1902 Document referring case to medical referee

• 26 Mar 1902 Reply from medical referee

• 7 Aug 1902 Request for increase of pension

• 7 Aug 1902 Reverse of above document

• 7 Jan 1903 Surgeon's certificate

• 7 Jan 1903 Reverse of above certificate

• 2 Mar 1903 Request for increase in pension

• 2 Mar 1903 Reverse of above document

• 12 Aug 1903 Sophia Castor's application for Widow's Pension, listing children under 16 and birth dates

• 12 Aug 1903 Reverse of above document

• Sep 1903 Document stating that no marriage circular is on file in the pension office

• 10 Sep 1903 Notice of Louis' death on 23 July 1903

• 12 Sep 1903 Document stamped that Sophia's claim had been abandoned.  It does not indicate the reason it was abandoned, and there is no indication that she ever received any pension after Louis' death.

This page was last updated 14 July 2012