After the Civil War, the Virginia Legislature provided pensions for those who served the Confederate Army. This included soldiers, widows and daughters of deceased Confederate veterans. One criteria was that the pension applicant had to have proof of service. One way was to have a letter from a commanding officer providing proof. Urbanna resident Nannie Sadler Palmer applied in 1908 for a pension because her husband, Charles Henry Palmer Sr., had passed away in 1904. He had served in the...