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 404 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 287, 288, 289. 1868. July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCLXXXVII. — An Act diredbwtha Commissioner ofPensions to proceed to hear Evidence and determine the Right of. H Cox, deceased, late a S nl in Oompany F, Second Regiment Pennsylvania Artdlery, to a Pension in same hunner as if he were still living, he havin died ¢y`Diseasc contracted whilst a.Pris0ner of War at Andersonville, Georgia, and, fund to be entitled to a Pension, then same, from Time of hi; Death, to be paid over to is Father, Charles D. Cox. Preamble. WHEREAS W. H. Cox a bale hearty younv man of about twenty years of age; residing wiih his risttber, Char1es°D. Cox, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and being a part of his ihmily, on the sixteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, was enrolled as a sergeant in company F, second regiment Pennsylvania artillery, to serve three years or during the war · that he was revularly mustered in as such and at the battle of Cold Haibor, Virginia, 0: or about the second of Juhe, eighteen hundred and sixty-four {vas taken prisoner by the rebels and sent to Andersonville, Georgia, end there confined as a. prisoner of war for the period of ten months, and from exposure end lack of food became very much debilitated, and after being released he was on the eivhth of Au- . . · . . ° gust, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, at Plnladelplua, Pennsylvania, by virtue of :1. telegram dated adjutant-generel’s office, May twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, honorably discharged from the United States service· and whereas the said W. H. Cox after reaching his fnther’s residence made application for n pension uxider existing laws, in consequence of disease contracted inline of duty, and before the case was finally disposed ot, to wit, July ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, he died of disease contracted as aforesaid, and the commissioner then declined to proceed farther in the case beinv of opinion that the death of the young man suspended farther proceedings ; and whereas Charles D. Cox, fhthertof seid deceased soldier, is desirous of obtaining the pension justly due his said son from date of his discharge till death, to be applied to the purchase of a suitable monument to be placed at his grave: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Bight ct W. States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of EQ2; Q; ‘;£°“' pensions be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to proceed and nmiued. receive proof of the right of said W. H. Cox to 2. pension in same man- ' ner as if still living, and if the evidence satisfies. hinr that he was so eu- Pension tclbe titled, then the pension from time of discharge till his death to be paid l’fi‘é;§’:_°’h“' °“ over to his father, Charles D. Cox, out of the pension fund or any other mopey in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 1-rnovmn, July 27, 1868. July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCLXXXVIH. —- An Act granting a Pension to Orlena Waller:. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Oggété1W3m Storm of America in Oongress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- ' terror be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen— sion roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Orlene. Walters, widow of Lieutenant Elisha Walters, latte of the seventh provisional regiment of enrolled Missouri militia, commencing October iourtb, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. Approved, July 27, 1868. July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCLXXXIX. — An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Richardson. l Be it enacted  the Senate and House ay` Representatives of the United Efcranncpllp h- States of America m Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ..3:;* ‘° . Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pluce on the pension roll, subject to the provisions und limitations of the pension lows, the name of Elizabeth Richardson, widow of William Richardson, late a private in company I, fifth Kentucky cavalry, commencing February twxmeth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. PPROVED, July 27, 1868.