There is a Pension application for Vachel Ijams at the Heritage Quest site. It is 16 pages long, I read only a little of it but it appears that at the time he made his application he was living in Alabama. In it he mentions residing in Rowan Co NC. He also mentions going on Furlough to his father's house in Prince George Co (no state given). He was serving with the Maryland line at this time. He apparently enlisted 3 times.
Your local library may have access to Heritage quest if so you can copy the pension application.
Cindy