Re: pension Packet vs Actual Record

Thank you, Rick, so much!

My gggrandfather's name was Thomas Pearson McCreight, and he served in Josey's 15th Regiment (AR) from Mar. 1861 to 20 Dec. 1861.

There are 2 things I was hoping to find out in particular from his Service Record:
First of all, I had assumed that he must have been injured when I saw that he'd only served 9 months. But his pension application says nothing about an injury, just that he was too old to work. At the time of his service, he was 30 years old; did they allow older men, or perhaps, men who volunteered, to serve only a short time? So my first question is why such a short time served?

I'm kind of doubtful that there will be anything in his record that tells me his mother's maiden name, but I'd love to know... I can't find any kind of birth record - he was born in 1831 - and even though I know the exact date of death, (and it's well after the year they began keeping records), they say there is no death record.All that to say that I don't know any other place to find out his mother's maiden name...
Anyway, thanks so much again for your offer.
Loralee