Pensions were granted to Confederate veterans and their widows and minor children by the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia; these records are in the state archives or equivalent agency.
A dog's is called Man's best friend while cats are not because dogs are much more faithful and understanding. You will mean far more to your dog than to your pet cat. A dog depends on you in a way that cats don't. Contrasted to pet dogs, cats just don't give much of a shit about you. Of course there are exceptions.
For other uses, see Man's best friend (disambiguation) . The statement that the dog is man's best friend was first recorded as being made by Frederick II, King of Prussia, referring to one of his Italian greyhounds as his best friend.The term was likely popularized by its use in a poem by Ogden Nash.he statement that Dog is man's best friend was first recorded as being made by Frederick, King of Prussia in 1789. The earliest citation in the US is traced to a poem printed in the The New-York Literary Journal, Volume 4, 1821: