Charity J. Cushing, widow of James M. Cushing, Company E, 3rd U. S. Vol. Infantry, filed for Widow's pension September 5, 1883, Application No 308,497, Certificate No. 359,644

Source Information:
National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.

James M. Cushing was born in Tennessee ca 1843, gray eyes, light hair, dark complexion, 5' 4"