You can order Civil War compiled military service records and pension records online here: https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/start.swe?SWECmd=.... It’s much more convenient and a lot faster, too. (It used to take me three to four months to get service records - now it takes about a month).

If you decide to order Jesse’s pension records from the National Archives, this may help:

Jesse M. Purcell of Co. B 6th Cav, IN filed for a pension in Indiana Nov 19, 1888 (application number 679162 certificate number 456478). Pension transferred to his widow Irene Purcell in Indiana 28 Jul 1924 (application number 1222107 certificate 953512).

Name: Jesse M. Purcell
Residence: New Goshen, Indiana
Enlistment Date: 18 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Indiana
Unit Numbers: 625 625 489 489
Service Record: Enlisted as a Musician on 18 August 1862
Enlisted in Company B, 71st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 18 August 1862.
Transferred Company B, 71st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 23 February 1863 in Indianapolis, IN
Transfered in Company B, 6th Cavalry Regiment Indiana on 23 February 1863.
Mustered out Company B, 6th Cavalry Regiment Indiana on 17 June 1865 in Pulaski, TN

Claire