John H Copus Civil War Pension

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Hancock Historical Museum

The image shows an official document titled "United States of America Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions," which certifies that a person named John H. Copus, who served as a Private in Company C, 21st Regiment Ohio Volunteers, is entitled to a pension due to disabilities specified as "gunshot wounds of right knee and chronic diarrhea" resulting from his service. It states the pension rate, beginning on the sixth day of March in the year 1898. The document is dated the sixth day of August, 1898, and is signed by representatives from the Department of the Interior, including the Commissioner of Pensions, with additional ornate design elements and text.

The image shows an official document titled "United States of America Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions," which certifies that a person named John H. Copus, who served as a Private in Company C, 21st Regiment Ohio Volunteers, is entitled to a pension due to disabilities specified as "gunshot wounds of right knee and chronic diarrhea" resulting from his service. It states the pension rate, beginning on the sixth day of March in the year 1898. The document is dated the sixth day of August, 1898, and is signed by representatives from the Department of the Interior, including the Commissioner of Pensions, with additional ornate design elements and text.

Name/Title

John H Copus Civil War Pension

Entry/Object ID

998.100.002

Scope and Content

Certificate of Pension from bureau of Pensions for John H Copus, North Baltimore, Oh Civil War pension, dated Aug 6, 1888.

Collection

Civil War

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Certificate

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects