o qualify for pension relief, a veteran had to prove that he was sick or disabled, that his sickness or disability was the direct result of his military service, and, where a full or "total disabilty" pension was to be granted, that his disability left him unable to perform manual labor. The simple fact of disability was not enough to establish a claim; neither was poverty. Pensions continued to be based, as they always had been before the Civil War, on war-related disability (or, in the case of widows' pensions, war-related death). [McConnell]

Click on the soldier's name to see a copy of the pensioners' roll.

Samuel W. Barnard - Priv.; Res. Malden; shoemaker; 21; enl. Aug. 1, 1862; must. Aug. 10, 1862; wounded July 2, 1863, Gettysburg, Penna.; must. out June 6, 1865. In the Casualties List of Gettysburg dated July 14, 1863 and prepared by the Battery, he is listed as being wounded in both legs. In the History of the Ninth Massachusetts Battery, Baker describes Barnard's wound as, "leg, severe." The roll describes Barnard's disability as a gun shot wound to both legs and he is given a pension of $4 per month.

James L. Clapp - Priv.; Res. Stoughton; bootmaker; 37; enl. Aug. 5, 1862; must. Aug. 10, 1862; disch. for disability, July 31, 1863. The roll describes Clapp's disability as diseased heart and he is given a pension of $12 per month. His pension was his only wealth on December 12, 1902 when he was admitted to the Wisconsin Veterans' Home. He died 43 days later on January 24, 1903.

Frederick A. Cummings - Priv.; Res. Athol; shoemaker; 23; enl. and must. Nov. 2, 1864; must. out June 6, 1865. He was listed as being discharged Feb. 21, 1863, for disabilty while with the 2nd Mass. Inf. The roll describes Cummings' disability as injury to the abdomen and he is given a pension of $4 per month.

Lucinda A. Hunson, mother of William H. Hunson - Priv.; Res. East Cambridge; clerk; 25; enl. July 29, 1862; must. Aug. 10, 1862; must. out June 6, 1865. In a letter dated July 19, 1867, Mrs. Hunson asks for a pension because her son died May 1867 and she is without any other support. Her husband has left and does not provide for her support. She states that William died of heart disease and disability caused by exposure while in the service. Dr. Anson P. Hooker is her reference. She is given a pension of $8 per month.

John K. Norwood - Priv.; Res. Lawrence; clerk; 24; enl. Aug. 5, 1862; must. Aug. 10, 1862; wounded July 2, 1863, Gettysburg, Penna.; disch. for disability caused from wounds, Feb. 1, 1864, at Washington, D.C. In the Casualties List of Gettysburg dated July 14, 1863 and prepared by the Battery, he is listed as being wounded in the right shoulder. In the History of the Ninth Massachusetts Battery, Baker describes Norwood's wound as, "lungs, severe." The roll describes Norwood's disability as a wound to the right lung and he is given a pension of $8 per month.

Eliza Reynolds, wife of Orrin Reynolds - Priv.; Res. Stoughton; bootmaker; 39; enl. Aug. 5, 1862; must. Aug. 10, 1862; disch. May 20, 1865, at Washington, D. C. Reynolds, who had spent most of the war in the hospital, applied for a pension in Aug. 1, 1867 (Application number 126,230) and received $4 per month from date of discharge until April 8, 1872 when the pension was increased to $8 per month. Reynolds died on Nov. 13, 1872. His wife received a widow's pension from April 25, 1874 until she died on June 4, 1895. In 1883 she was receiving $8 per month and at the end was getting $12 per month.

Samuel Tobey - Priv.; Res. Charlestown; driver; 21; enl. July 29, 1862; must. Aug. 10, 1862; prisoner July 2, 1863, Gettysburg, Penna.; returned Aug. 22, 1863; must. out June 6, 1865. In the Casualties List of Gettysburg dated July 14, 1863 and prepared by the Battery, Tobey is described as "wounded and supposed to be a prisoner." The roll describes Tobey's disability as injury to abdomen and he is given a pension of $8 per month.

Samuel Whittemore - Priv.; Res. East Cambridge; teamster; 33; enl. July 29, 1862; must. Aug. 10, 1862; disch. July 31, for disability; at Washington, D.C. The roll describes Whittemore's disability as chronic diarrhea and he is given a pension of $18 per month.

Joseph Wilkinson Jr. - Priv.; Res. Malden; laborer; 23; enl. Aug. 1, 1862; must. Aug. 10, 1862; wounded June 18, 1864, before Petersburg, Va.; must. out June 6, 1865. In a Battery report dated June 29, 1864, his wound is described as, "severely in the head." The roll describes Wilkinson's disability as a gun shot wound to the head and he is given a pension of $4 per month.

There are probably other 9th Battery Mass. Vols. on the roll and maybe some dependents. The list above will be updated as the pensioners are discovered.

[McConnell] McConnell, Stuart. "Glorious Contentment" The Grand Army of the Republic, 1865 - 1900. Chapel Hill, NC: The Univeristy of North Carolina Press, 1992. p 149