Claimant alleges that at breaking out of the war he was a British subject. and engaged in cutting wood on the .Lower Mississippi. that the floods washed hs wood away. andit was impracticable to get any work or eve anyt ogto eat unless he enlisted and underthe pressure of his surroundings he enlisted. in the Confederate Statelarmy. ntendig o gat away at first opportunity. which came at battle of Mission Ridge. when he and eight others urrendered to one Union soldier. When he enlisted in the United States Navy. he asked to have his name put on rolls as" Henry Mackey " for fear that he might be taken prisoner. but this was not done. After the war he was.known as Henry Mackey. had thd legislature of Indiana change his name to Henry Mackey. became a naturalized citizen under that name. and has been. known as Henry Mackey evei since. He applied for pension under act of June 27.1890 (filed July 4.1890). and again May 9. 1891. and with the latter an affidavit stating his prior Confedeate service. His pension was allowed October 2.1891. at $12 per month froin July 25. 1890. for catarrh disease of rectum. kidneys. and eyes." He was dropped from the rolls for "disloyalty" September 23 1895. under authority of eltion 4716.
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