The widow re-married and applied for benefits from her residence in Connecticut.
Widow — 571,965 / —–, Virginia Cox
Declaration for Original Pension of Widow, Virginia Cox, 20 February 1893
54 years old; residence, 13 Jewett Street, Ansonia, Connecticut; post-office address, Ansonia, Connecticut
“she was married under the name of Virginia Henry [?] to said John H. Mosley … Norfolk, Virginia … two children, both dead … that she has since been married to James Cox who has since died and that she is now a widow”
Office of Jas. H. Vermilya & Co., Washington, DC, 1 May 1893
“Name of John H. Mosley does not appear on the records of the War Department, on the rolls of Co A, Reg’t U.S.C.Cavs…. please give the following information:
[name at enlistment] John Mosely
[discharge?] “it got lost by fire”
[regiment – white or colored?] “colored”
[soldier – whie or colored?] “colored”
[duty?] Private
[enslitment date] 1861
[enlistment place] Norfolk, Virginia
[name, company, regiment of enlisted officer] “I can’t do that. I can’t say more than I know.”
[date of discharge] “mustard [sic] out in 1866 Brassos [sic] Texsas [sic]”
[place of discharge] City Point
[discharge paperwork] “lost by fire”
[names of company and regimental officers you can remember] “Captain Lie Copeland. Sargent Ricks [?], Sargent Fodie [?] , Bugler [the surname Jones is struck through] Lucy [?], Sargent Judkins. I can’t remember all.”
[age] “I don’t know”
[occupation at enlistment] “I can’t say”
“Also personally appeared Emily A. Lee residing at 13 Jewett St., in Ansonia … and Edward O. Peck residing at No. 262 in Wakelee Ave. in Ansonia”
[Note: The 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry wasn’t organized until 1863 — Leslie]
1st U.S. Colored Cavalry 
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