Description
Edward Calhoun alias Edward D. Robinson: 18th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company B, Private
✦ Invalid Pension #926,837, Certificate #1013,853
✦ Widow Pension #651,419, Certificate #502,064
(Researcher's note: Edward Calhoun had enlisted at Wyandotte, Kansas, on January 27, 1864, and was mustered in as a Private in the 18th U. S. C. T. Infantry, Company B.
On November 22, 1866, Alexander L. Calhoun of Clay County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #171 for an enlisted slave named Edward Calhoun and swore an oath of allegiance before Clay County notary public James E. Lincoln. Alexander Calhoun claimed he had acquired title to Edward Calhoun "...by purchase and delivery of the slave."
As of July 1, 2026, Civil War U. S. C. T. Pension Record case files are not currently available on the Internet and would need to be ordered from the National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/pre-ww-1-records.)Date(s) of Creation
8/30/1890