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DEPOSITION C
Case of John England, No. 125,082
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On this _____ day of ___, 188_, at
___________, County of ________,
State of ____, before me, __________, a
Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared
_______________, who being by me first duly sworn to answer
truly all interrogatories propounded to h__ during this Special Examination of aforesaid
pension claim, deposes and says: ______________________________________________________
he counter-signed them. Col. Bird was Brigadier
General at the time, and acting as such in the
absence of normal one. I had my recruiting-papers
in my pocket at the time of my capture. At
the time of my capture I asked permission
to go in my house, and this was granted
by my capters. I told the men I had a paper
in the house I wanted to take along with me
and they allowed my to get it. We were all
at my house at the time. I went to a chest
in the hurry and my oldest daughter was with
me. Meantime I had my recruiting-papers doubled
up in my hands and while pretending to hunt for
a paper in the chest I dropped my recruiting-
papers. As soon as I dropped it, my daughter
grabbed it, and as soon as she got a chance she
raked over the ashes in the fire-place and burned
it up. She did this in my presence and before
I was taken away by my capters. My daughter
picked up a paper from the Chest we were
hunting there and said to me: "Pap, this is it."
and I took up a paper, put in my pocket,
and went off with my captors. No questions
were asked about the paper, and my capters
did not see my daughter when she de-
stroyed my recruiting-papers.
The best and only proof I can offer in substantiation
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of the facts in my case is by the two Scarboros. No
one was with me, besides Hale, in prison, no
one that I know, and herein lies the difficulties in
proving my claim. I was strict in the line of my
duty at the time of my Capture, then it is simply
impossible for to prove this fact by any witnesses.
I was in the Florida War, under Capt. John Childs, but
I do not recollect the regiment of Co. I got my pay for
my service in that war, and drew a land-warrant.
I here lost my discharge from the service I was in the
War for 19 months.
The only proof I can get as to the injuries I re-
ceived in the late war is the two Scarboros.
None of my officers or Commanders must know but what
with pluse?, as I was detailed as a recruiting-officer
at the time I was hurt. I "cracked" the bone in my
right arm just after the Florida war, and this is the
only injury of any serious character I have ever received ex-
cept by the jump from prison at Clinton. None of the bones
in any part of my form were ever fractured excepting
as related herein.
I want the testing of the Scarboros, and that is
all, so far as I am concerned. I will try and be present
when the testing of the Scarboros is taken, but I
do not need to employ an attorney. If the testing of the
Scarboros will not establish my right to a
pension, I will have to dump it and I can't produce
any better proof of injury.
I have understood the questions asked me
and the answers to them have been correctly re-
corded in this deposition.
John England
Deponent
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of August
1889, and I certify that the contents were fully made known to deponent before signing
N.C. Gilette
Special Examiner
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