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205. Alva D. Armstrong, Certificate of Disability For Discharge - Army of the United States - from his disability
pension file.
206. Statement of Erastus Pratts, , Alva’s Company Commander, Company D, 15th Regiment, Michigan Infantry
Volunteers -Service dates and reason for discharge of Alva D. Armstrong; from his disability pension file.
207. Alva D Armstrong Obituary, Coin, Iowa Newspaper, July 1884.
208. Examining Surgeon Statements Relative to Alva’s Injury & Continuing Physical Disability; from his disability
pension file.
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209. Michigan in the Civil War 1861 – 1865, 13 & 15 Michigan Infantry, Listing of Volunteers Assigned To
Each Company.
210. Correspondence to, from, and about Alva D Armstrong after his injury at Shiloh TN; from his disability
pension file.
211. Pension file documentation of Alva’s Civil War Service – includes injury at Shiloh, TN, capture at
Bentonville, NC, and other information.
212. Pension Disability Claim Statement showing residence in Lawton MI in 1863.
213. Statement by Alva D. Armstrong concerning the loss of his Certificate of Discharge; from his disability
pension file.
214. Capsule Summary of the Thirteenth Michigan Infantry by John F Walter, Institute for Civil War Research -
April 1995.
215. Alva D. Armstrong, Muster & Descriptive Roll of a Detachment of U.S. Volunteers; - shows date of Alva’s
promotion to Corporal.
216. Thirteenth Michigan Infantry Official History by John F Walter, Institute for Civil War Research, Aug 1995,
pages 19 – 23.
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217. Alva D. Armstrong, Memorandum from Prisoner of War Records, Co. F, 13 Michigan Infantry; from his
disability pension file.
218. Color Map Showing the Important Battlegrounds of the Civil War.
219. Statements by Alva D. Armstrong of his residency at Elkhart IN thru Oct 1969; also includes information
about his gunshot injury and residency with his Uncle Ransom; from his disability pension file.
220. Statement by Maria S. Armstrong that provides the birth dates of Alva’s children; from his disability
pension file.
221. Document showing the surname of Alva’s first wife to be “Cotton;’ from his disability pension file
222. Minnesota Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death for George Francis
Armstrong; shows the name and surname of his parents.
223. Email & attachment from Jeff Schoonover, Aug. 19, 2003, Subject: Mary Cotton and Her Family.
224. Two Statements from Dr. F. M. Burdich, attending physician at the births of Alva and Mary’s 3 youngest
children and at the death of Mary in Dakota Territory; from his disability pension file.
225. Statement of Silus and Harniah Paluus – friends and neighbors of Alva and Mary and witness to the death
of Mary in Vermillion SD in 1878; from his disability pension file.
226. Statement of Shenandoah School Teacher Eva Bailey refers to marriage of Alva and Maria Call and custody
of children after his death; from his disability pension file.
227. Statement of Shenandoah School Teacher L. D. Bailey refers to marriage date to Maria Call and custody of
children; from his disability pension file.
228. Certificate of Marriage issued to Alva D. Armstrong & Maria S. Call, November 8, 1881; from his disability
pension file.
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229. Statement of John Mentzer, 1 Baptist Church of Shenandoah, IA, Custodian of Records; from Alva’s
disability pension file.
230. Statement of Maria S. Armstrong relative to Alva’s final illness, weight loss, use of cane, and custody of
children; from his disability pension file.

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