The laws listed below are not all the relevant laws. (Perhaps I'll transcribe the remainder later!)
Laws relating to forming the Army etc.
- Act of 10 April 1806. 'An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States'. [The "Articles of War".] Ninth Congress, session 1. United States Statutes at Large 2, pages 369-372. Chapter 20.
- Act of 22 July 1861. 'An act to authorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting public property'. 37th Congress, session 1. United States Statutes at Large 12 (1859-63) 268-271. Chapter 9.
- Act of 17 July 1862. 'An act to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the army, and for other purposes.' 37th Congress, session 2. Chapter 200. Statutes at large volume 12 pp.594-597
- Act of 3 March 1863. 'An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes'. 37th Congress, session 3. United States Statutes at Large 12 (1859-63) 731-737. Chapter 75.
- Act of 24 February 1864. 'An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act for enrolling and calling out the National Forces, and for other Purposes'. Thirty-eighth congress, session 1. Chapter 13. United States Statutes at Large 13 (1863-1865) pages 6-11.
- Act of 3 March 1865. 'An act to amend the several acts heretofore passed to provide for the enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes'. Thirty-eighth congress, session 2. United States Statutes at Large 13 (1863-1865) 487-491. Chapter 79.
Laws relating to pensions
- 'An act to grant pensions', 14 July 1862
- Act of 4 July 1864
- Act of 3 March 1865
- Act of 6 June 1866
- Act of 25 July 1866
- Act of 27 July 1868
- Arrears Act, 25 January 1879
- act of 3 March 1879
- Act of 7 August 1882
- Act of 19 March 1886
- Act of 4 August 1886
- 'An act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, minor children, and dependent parents', 27 June 1890
- Joint Resolution of 15 February 1895
- Reimbursement act of 2 March 1895
- Act of 9 May 1900
- Act of 3 March 1901
- Joint Resolution of 1 July 1902
- Joint Resolution of 28 June 1906
- 'An act granting pensions to certain enlisted men, soldiers, and officers who served in the civil war and the war with Mexico', 6 February 1907
- Act of 19 April 1908
- 'An act granting pensions to certain enlisted men, soldiers, and officers who served in the Civil War and the War with Mexico', 11 May 1912
- Act of 8 September 1916
- Act of 6 October 1917
- Act of 1 May 1920
- Act of 1 September 1922 [re Spanish-American war veterans]
- Act of 1 May 1926 [re Spanish-American war veterans]
- Act of 3 July 1926
- Act of 23 May 1928