Lucius M. Fanning Civil War Bounty Claim Documents, 1866-1867
Collection of five documents pertaining to the Civil War bounty claim of Lucius M. Fanning, a bugler in Company B, 1st Connecticut Volunteer Artillery. The documents include an application for additional bounty (October 24, 1866), two letters from E. B. French, Auditor of the Treasury Department (January 21, 1867), confirming the validity of the bounty and authorizing payment, and two letters from the Paymaster General's Office (January 22, 1867), regarding the disbursement of the bounty to attorney B. D. Hyam for forwarding to Fanning. The documents detail Fanning's military service, his entitlement to the $100 bounty under the Act of Congress approved July 28, 1866, and the processing of his claim. The documents were filed by Attorney B.D. Hyam in Washington D.C.
Associated People/Businesses
- Fanning, Lucius M.
- French, E. B.
- Nicholls, J. W.
- Hyam, B. D.
- Hyam, B.D. (Benjamin David)
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Physical Location
Arc.MS.56, Box 14, Folder 15