Pension File: 1133530
P.O.: Cherry River, Oxford, Sherbrooke Co., Quebec
Service: Regimental nurse in the 8th VT
Applied: 1892
Status: Abandoned
This file had so much promise! Aldritch was a regimental nurse, yet the Second Auditor's Office managed to find her on the payrolls from January, 1862 to June, 1862, so they had six months of documented service. She'd given them the names of the men who had hired her so that the Bureau could provide her with addresses, and was presumably going to use their affidavits to prove competent authority. There wasn't even a hint that the Bureau was going to pull out the "no women in the camp or on the march," line. And then, of course, the fact that she's living in Quebec posits some interesting legal problems. But for some reason, Aldritch abandoned her application, so none of this ever gets worked out. I'd hit up Ancestry to see what happened to her, but all the Canadian documents require the international subscription, which I don't have. My best guess is that Aldritch passed away before she could complete the application, but I honestly don't know. Anyone on the other side of the border know anything that could help?
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