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Lori,
I was looking into the Civil War Pension records (which also
contain Spanish American War pension records)and found
the following:
William P. Maclay
E & A 43 US Infantry
1st Lt. US Infantry
155 Depot Brig.
Capt. PA Inf NG (??)
He applied for a pension: App #1,562,532
Cert#A-9-29-28 State: PA
You would be surprised to learn that there was also another
William P. Maclay who served in the Civil War (at least
that is what I think from the dates). Could this be the
above's father or uncle?
William P. Maclay
C 62 PA Infantry
Applied for pension June 13, 1881
App #423,318
Cert #538,749 PA
You can get the service records for both from NARA. They
are on line and you can order the forms you need to order
their records. You can also get the elder Maclay's
pension records. They contain a lot of information.
I have found that to get Spanish American War pension records are almost impossible. They were transferred to
the Veterans Admin and it takes years to get anything from
them. I am waiting 2 years on my grandfather's and
6 months on my grandsons' other great grandfather on his
mother's side.
(service records and pension records are two different records)
Hope this helps. Please let me know if it does.
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