We have copies from the National Archives of Luther H. Johnson's "Widow<nowiki>’</nowiki>s Claim for Half-Pay Pension." According to the documents in that file, Luther enlisted at Chicago on or about the 14th day of February 1862 as a private in the Chicago Light Artillery. Other documents give his unit as the 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, D Company or Battery. That unit was organized at Camp Douglas and mustered on February 28. They moved to [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/benton.htm Camp Benton], St. Louis, MO, on March 11. We have in our possession [[ Mary_Jane_Bowlby_Documents|a copy of a letter]] he wrote home to his family from Camp Benton shortly thereafter, on March 28, which was on file at the National Archives as part of that pension file. | We have copies from the National Archives of Luther H. Johnson's "Widow<nowiki>’</nowiki>s Claim for Half-Pay Pension." According to the documents in that file, Luther enlisted at Chicago on or about the 14th day of February 1862 as a private in the Chicago Light Artillery. Other documents give his unit as the 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, D Company or Battery. That unit was organized at Camp Douglas and mustered on February 28. They moved to [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/benton.htm Camp Benton], St. Louis, MO, on March 11. We have in our possession [[ Mary_Jane_Bowlby_Documents|a copy of a letter]] he wrote home to his family from Camp Benton shortly thereafter, on March 28, which was on file at the National Archives as part of that pension file. |