George, this is interesting. I had thought those signatures meant that they deemed her application worthy of submittance, i.e., that they believed she had the right to pension, and that it was up to someone else to decide if she was qualified. You and I thought she was not.

That was a good point you made about the "galvanized Yankees" (as my friend reminds me they are called) having to remain north of the Ohio River. In all your readings, do you find that instead of remaining in the North, these men returned to the South to re-join the fight or simply to go home? This is a subject area not often mentioned in books and I would like to know more about it.

As always, thanks for the great help.