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Newspaper clipping of John R. Skelton with the draft wheel used in the Portsmouth recruiting office during the Civil War. The wheel was on exhibition at the Vienna Camp No 26, Sons of Union Veterans in 1940.

Marriage certificate to solemnize the marriage of James Skelton and Mary E. Knittle in Pike County, Ohio on April 15, 1884.

Department of the Interior general land office confirming two land patents from Chillicothe, Ohio.

Certificate granting pension to James Skelton of $24.00 monthly. He was a Sergeant Major in Co. F, 27 Regiment Ohio Volunteer. "His pension being for loss of right foot."

Hand-written letter from James Skelton to the Attorney General in Washington DC concerning his right leg injury in the Civil War.

Script-typed form reply from the Department of Justice in Washington DC to James Skelton explaining that the Attorney General answers legal questions only from the president or head of an executive department.

Hand-written note from the Adjutant General's Office to Representative A.C.Thompson re James Skelton

Form certificate from the Pension Office of the Department of the Interior about adjustments for the loss limbs re pension increase for James Skelton

Hand-written letter from the War Department to A.C. Thompson re James Skelton

Hand-written message from the Adjutant General's Office to A.C. Thompson re James Skelton

Hand-written letter from James Skelton to A.C. Thompson in Washington DC

Hand-written letter from the Adjutant General's Office to A.C. Thompson re James Skelton claim