Old soldiers' home
An old soldiers' home is a military veteran's retirement home, nursing home, or hospital, or sometimes even an institution for the care of the widows and orphans of a nation's soldiers, sailors, and marines, etc.
Contents
United States
- Federal homes
The first national veterans' home in the United States was the United States Naval Home approved in 1811, but not opened until 1834 in the Philadelphia Naval Yard. The Naval Home was moved to Gulfport, Mississippi in 1976.[1] It was subsequently opened to veterans of other services and is now the Gulfport Campus of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.[2]
The first Army national old soldiers' home in the U.S. was established in Washington, D.C. in 1851.[3] General Winfield Scott founded the Soldier's Home in Washington DC and another (since fallen into disuse) in Harrodsburgh, Kentucky with about $118,000 in leftover proceeds of assessments on occupied Mexican towns and the sale of captured tobacco in the Mexican–American War (1846–48).[4] The Old Soldier's Home (Washington), now known as the Armed Forces Retirement Home, was the site of President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home, which served as Abraham Lincoln's summer home during the Civil War and is adjacent to National Cemetery, the first federal military cemetery in the U.S. President Lincoln's Cottage has been designated a National Monument, and recently underwent renovation. It reopened to the public on President's Day, 18 February 2008. The Home has remained in continuous use since its establishment in 1851. It is located on a beautiful 250-acre (1.0 km2) wooded campus overlooking the U.S. Capitol in the heart of D.C. and continues to serve as a retirement home for U.S. enlisted men and women. Both the Washington D.C. and Gulfport soldiers' and sailors' homes are funded through a small monthly contribution from the pay of members of the U.S. Armed Services.
Following the American Civil War the federal government increased the number of National Military Homes, and took over a few formerly state-run old soldiers' homes. By 1933 there were 17 federally managed veterans homes. All except the first two of these homes were eventually combined with other federal government agencies to become part of what is now called the Veterans Administration, or U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs established in 1930.
- State homes
Caring for the disabled and elderly, and the widows and orphans of men who died in the war became a concern even before the Civil War ended. For example, in 1864 Fitch's Home for Soldiers and Their Orphans was opened with private donations in Connecticut. Various female benevolent societies pushed for the creation of a long-term care federal or state soldier home system at the end of the war.[5] Large veterans organizations like the Grand Army of the Republic and United Confederate Veterans eventually also worked for the creation of federal and state homes to care for disabled or elderly veterans. In a few cases veterans organizations on their own raised the money to buy property and build veterans homes. Most of these were quickly turned over to the state government to fund and manage. The majority of state legislatures established veterans homes paid for by state monies from the start. 43 states managed 55 functioning state veterans homes before 1933. Fourteen of those states also had a federal veterans home open at the same time as their state veterans home.
Eleven states had two or more state veterans homes in operation at the same time (two of which also had a federal home). Some states simply had several homes at once. A few states admitted veterans' widows, and a few other states established separate homes for the widows and orphans. A few states had separate Union and Confederate old soldiers' homes. The first of 16 Confederate homes was opened in 1881 in Georgetown, Kentucky.[6] Confederate soldiers' homes were supported entirely by subscribers, or by their state with no funds from the federal government against which the Confederates had fought.
A few state-run old soldiers' homes were eventually folded into the federal veterans home system. As their last few Civil War veterans were dying in the 1930s, some states chose to close their old soldiers' homes, and other states began admission of veterans from more recent wars. Several of these state old soldiers' homes have been modernized and serve veterans to this day.
- City homes
Soldier homes in major cities were among the earliest, usually starting more as hotels for men passing through town, but increasingly taking on disabled servicemen. These were usually operated as paying businesses rather than being fully funded by the government.[5] Philadelphia had two soldiers' homes which were associated with nearby saloons and got their start as a part of the refreshment and lodging business.[7] Women activists also helped establish disabled soldiers' homes in Boston, Chicago, and Milwaukee, or in conjunction with the U.S. Sanitary Commission in 25 other cities. The Boston home closed in 1869, the Philadelphia homes closed in 1872, the Chicago Soldiers' Home lasted until 1877, and Milwaukee turned into a federal home.
- U.S. Sanitary Commission homes, lodges, and rest
During the Civil War the U.S. Sanitary Commission provided Union servicemen "Temporary aid and protection,—food, lodging, care, etc.,—for soldiers in transitn[sic], chiefly the discharged, disabled, and furloughed." By 1865 the Commission operated 18 "soldiers' homes," 11 "lodges," and one "rest" in 15 states north and south (for a list see Commission bulletin, 3:1279). Most of their homes were war-time facilities and were closed at war's end. They are not included in the following list.
List of historic old soldiers' and sailors' homes within the United States
(by state)[8]
- Alabama Confederate Soldiers Home a.k.a. Jefferson Manly Falkner Soldiers' Home, Mountain Creek, Alabama[9]
- Tuskegee Home a.k.a. Veterans Administration Hospital and Nursing Home, Tuskegee, Alabama[10]
- Arkansas Confederate Soldiers' Home, Sweet Home, Arkansas[11]
- Los Angeles Disabled Veterans Home a.k.a. Pacific Branch National Military Home, Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California[12]
- Veterans Home of California Yountville, Yountville, California[13][14]
- Colorado State Soldiers and Sailors Home, Homelake, Colorado[15]
- Fitch's Home for Soldiers and Their Orphans, Darien, Connecticut[16]
- United States Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Armed Forces Retirement Home, Washington, D.C.[17]
- Florida Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home, Jacksonville, Florida[18]
- St. Petersburg [National] Home (Bay Pines), St. Petersburg, Florida[19]
- Confederate Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Georgia Soldiers' Home, Atlanta, Georgia[20]
- Idaho State Soldiers Home, Boise, Idaho[21]
- Soldiers' Home, Chicago, Illinois[22]
- Danville Branch National Military Home, Danville, Illinois[23]
- Logan Home a.k.a. Maywood Home for Soldiers' Widows, Maywood, Illinois[24]
- Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home a.k.a. Illinois Veterans Home, Quincy, Illinois[25]
- Soldiers' Widows' Home, Wilmington, Illinois[26]
- Marion Branch National Military Home, Marion, Indiana[23]
- Indiana State Soldiers Home, West Lafayette, Indiana[27]
- Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown, Iowa[28]
- Kansas Soldiers' Home, Fort Dodge, Kansas[29]
- Kansas State Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Western Branch National Military Home, Leavenworth, Kansas[23]
- Confederate Soldiers' Home and Widows' and Orphans' Asylum, Georgetown, Kentucky[30]
- Kentucky Confederate Soldiers' Home, Pewee Valley, Kentucky[31]
- Soldiers' Home of Louisiana a.k.a. Camp Nicholls Soldier's Home, New Orleans, Louisiana[32]
- Eastern Branch National Military Home, Togus, Maine[33]
- Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers' Home, Pikesville, Maryland[34]
- Discharged Soldiers' Home, Boston, Massachusetts[35]
- Soldiers' Home, Chelsea, Massachusetts[36]
- Grand Rapids Home for Veterans, Grand Rapids, Michigan[37]
- Minnesota Veterans Home, Minneapolis, Minnesota[38]
- Beauvoir Confederate Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Jefferson Davis Beauvoir Memorial Soldiers' Home, Biloxi, Mississippi[39]
- Biloxi Home [National Home] a.k.a. VA Medical Center, Biloxi, Mississippi[40]
- Missouri Confederate Home, Higginsville, Missouri[41]
- Missouri State Federal Soldiers' Home, St. James, Missouri[42]
- Montana State Soldiers' Home, Columbia Falls, Montana[43]
- Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Grand Island, Nebraska[44]
- Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Milford, Nebraska[42]
- New Hampshire Soldiers' Home, Tilton, New Hampshire[45]
- Home for Disabled Soldiers, Kearny, New Jersey[46]
- Veterans Memorial Home, Menlo Park, New Jersey[47]
- Home for Disabled Soldiers, Newark, New Jersey[48]
- Veterans Memorial Home, Vineland, New Jersey[49]
- New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home a.k.a. Bath Branch National Military Home, Bath, New York[23]
- State Women's Relief Corps Home a.k.a. New York State Veterans Home, Oxford, New York[50]
- Confederate Woman's Home, Fayetteville, North Carolina[51]
- North Carolina Soldiers' Home, Raleigh, North Carolina[52]
- Soldiers Home, Lisbon, North Dakota[53]
- Central Branch National Soldiers' Home, Dayton, Ohio[23]
- Soldiers' Home, Sandusky, Ohio[54]
- Oklahoma Confederate Home a.k.a. Oklahoma Veterans Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma[55]
- Oklahoma Union Soldiers' Home, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[56]
- Oregon State Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Roseburg Branch National Military Home, Roseburg, Oregon[57]
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Erie, Pennsylvania[58]
- Cooper Shop Soldiers' Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[59]
- Soldiers' Home of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[60]
- United States Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]
- Rhode Island Soldiers' Home, Bristol, Rhode Island[61]
- Confederate Home for Soldiers and Sailors a.k.a. South Carolina Confederate Infirmary, Columbia, South Carolina[62]
- Battle Mountain Sanitarium National Military Home, Hot Springs, South Dakota[63]
- South Dakota State Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Michael J. Fitzmaurice Veterans Home, Hot Springs, South Dakota[64]
- Mountain Branch National Military Home, Johnson City, Tennessee[23]
- Confederate Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Tennessee Soldiers' Home, Hermitage (Nashville), Tennessee[65]
- Texas Confederate Home for Men, Austin, Texas[66]
- Texas Confederate Woman's Home, north of Austin, Texas[67]
- Vermont Soldiers' Home, Bennington, Vermont[68]
- Southern Branch National Military Home, Hampton, Virginia[23]
- Virginia Confederate Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home, Richmond, Virginia[69]
- Washington State Soldiers' Home, and Washington State Soldiers' Colony, Orting, Washington[70]
- Washington Veterans' Home, Retsil, Washington[71]
- Grand Army Home, a.k.a. Wisconsin Veterans' Home, King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin[72]
- Milwaukee Soldiers Home, in the 90 acres (36 ha) Milwaukee Soldiers Home National Historic Landmark District—Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District, on the 400 acres (160 ha) Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center grounds in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[73][74][75] The most intact Soldiers Home in the country and the only one with the majority of its surrounding recuperative village remaining.[23][76]
- Wyoming State Home for Soldiers and Sailors, Cheyenne, Wyoming (1895–1903),[77] It was relocated to Buffalo, Wyoming in 1903, where it continues to serve in the present day.[78]
Modern veterans homes
For information about modern veterans homes, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities see
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- Armed Forces Retirement Home(s)
- National Association of County Veterans Service Officers
- National Association of State Veterans Homes
- VA's explanation of long term care availability: Geriatrics and Long Term Care
- Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivor, Chapter 1 VA Health Care Benefits, section on Nursing Home Care
- The VA has a section of its website devoted to geriatrics which includes information about long term care options
- P.J. Budahn, Veteran's Guide to Benefits, 4th ed. (Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 2005; Digitized by Google Book), 193–240.
- List of State Veterans Nursing Homes (scroll down for the list) (site charges fees for pension information: alternatively browse the VA's page explaining the Veterans pension)
- State Veterans Homes with Approved Sharing Agreements[dead link]
See also
- Chelsea Hospital – the British equivalent
References
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- ↑ R. B. Rosenburg, Living Monuments: Confederate Soldier's Homes in the New South (Chapel Hill, N.C.: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1993), 28–29, citing Georgetown Weekly Times, 13 July; 30 November 1881; 14 November 1883; "Confederate Soldiers' Home," "Subscribers to Confederate Soldiers' Home and Widows' and Orphans' Asylum," Kentucky State Archives, Frankfort; Southern Historical Society Papers, 11 (1883): 432.
- ↑ Library Company of Philadelphia, "McA 5778.F Civil War Volunteer Saloons and Hospitals Ephemera Collection 1861‐1868" ([Philadelphia, Pa.: LCP, 2006), 5. Digitized at http://www.librarycompany.org/mcallister/pdf/saloons.pdf (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
- ↑ This list does not include soldiers' orphans' homes separate from the old soldiers' home, nor U.S. Sanitary Commission soldiers' homes.
- ↑ R. B. Rosenburg, Living Monuments: Confederate Soldier's Homes in the New South (Chapel Hill, N.C.: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1993), 215, says the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, Montgomery, has cemetery rosters, insurance papers, and superintendent reports.
- ↑ "VA Hospital Began with 250 Beds, Now Has 2,307" in The Tuskegee News, 8 February 1973. At archived on 27 January 2010
- ↑ Rosenburg, 215, says the Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, has applications for admission, Board of Managers reports, and superintendent's reports.
- ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, "15.3 Records Relating to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and the National Homes Service, Veterans Administration 1866–1938," in Guide to Federal Records at http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/015.html#15.3 (Retrieved 2 January 2010).
- ↑ California Dept. of Veterans Affairs, "The Veterans Home of California, Yountville" in California Dept. of Veterans Affairs [Internet site] at http://www.cdva.ca.gov/Homes/Yountville.aspx (Retrieved 24 November 2009).
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- ↑ Colorado Dept. of Humans Services, "Colorado State and Veterans Nursing Homes" at http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/svnh/FacilityLocations.htm (Retrieved 25 November 2009).
- ↑ Connecticut Department of Veterans' Affairs, "History of Connecticut Veterans' Home" [Internet site] at http://www.ct.gov/ctva/cwp/view.asp?A=2005&Q=290842 (Retrieved 15 January 2010).
- ↑ U.S. Soldiers' and Airmens' Home (USSAH), "History of the U.S. Soldiers' Home" at http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/heroes/history1.html (Retrieved 3 December 2009).
- ↑ Rosenburg, 215 and 218, says the Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, has applications for admission, Board of Directors letters received, and Florida Soldiers' Home Papers.
- ↑ National Archives, "The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers-Branches of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers," in Prologue Magazine Spring 2004, Vol. 36, No. 1 at http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/spring/nhdvs-sidebar1.html (Retrieved 25 November 2009).
- ↑ Rosenburg, 215 and 218, says the Georgia Dept. of Archives and History, Atlanta, has applications for admission, Board of Trustees letters received, minutes, and reports, hospital record book, invoices, list of persons subscribing contributions, payrolls, record of miscellaneous functions, record of admissions, discharges and deaths, record of donations, register of inmates, George N. Saussey Diary, and visitors' register, and the Atlanta Historical Society, Atlanta, has a Confederate veterans file.
- ↑ Boise Idaho Veterans Home at http://www.veteransareheroes.com/BoiseVetHomes.aspx (Retrieved 2 December 2009).
- ↑ A.T. Andreas, History of Chicago: from the Earliest Period to the Present Time (Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1884–1886; Digitized by BYU Family History Archives) 2:310-13.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 Ancestry.com, "U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866–1938" in Ancestry.com at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1200 (Retrieved 29 December 2009).
- ↑ University of Illinois at Chicago, University Library, "Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War: An inventory of the collection at the University of Illinois at Chicago" in Special Collections Finding Aids at http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/specialcoll/services/rjd/findingaids/DUVf.html (Retrieved 31 December 2009).
- ↑ Illinois Veterans' Home [Internet site] at http://www.quincynet.com/ivh/ (Retrieved 30 December 2009).
- ↑ Oakwood Cemetery Association of Wilmington, Illinois, "Soldiers' Widows' Home," in Oakwood Cemetery, Wilmington, Illinois at http://wilmingtonil-oakwood.com/2.htm (Retrieved 4 December 2009).
- ↑ Friends of the Indiana State Archives, "Indiana State Soldiers' Home" in Friends of the Indiana State Archives Archives Collections at http://www.fisa-in.org/news/articles/soldiers_home.html (Retrieved 1 January 2010).
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- ↑ Rosenburg, 216, says the Kentucky State Archives, Frankfort, has a list of Subscribers to the Confederate Soldiers' Home and Widows' and Orphans' Asylum.
- ↑ Rosenburg, 216, says the Kentucky State Archives, Frankfort, has Board of Trustees minutes, clothing issue book, commandant reports, hospital register, inmates register, miscellaneous reports, officer and employee payroll, physician and undertaker records, purchase ledgers, and rules and regulations.
- ↑ Rosenburg, 216, says the Louisiana Historical Association Collection at the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, has Board of Directors correspondence, House Committee reports, Investigating Committee reports, membership lists, minutes, President reports, reports 1886–1938, Secretary reports; clippings and pamphlets, financial reports, rules and regulations, Superintendent reports, and Surgeon reports.
- ↑ "The National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers A Memorandum 1917" in Dayton History Books Online at http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/page/page/2810506.htm (Retrieved 4 December 2009).
- ↑ Maryland Historical Society, "Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers' Home Collection" at http://www.mdhs.org/Library/fotofind/PP0159lnk.html (Retrieved 4 December 2009).
- ↑ Associated Topeka Libraries Automated System catalog description citing Discharged Soldiers' Home (Boston, Mass.), "Sixth Annual Report of the Discharged Soldiers' Home [microform] : with the Constitution, By-laws, and a List of the Officers" (Boston: Press of Geo. C. Rand and Avery, 1868) at http://lib.wuacc.edu/search/o?19691777 (Retrieved 18 December 2009), and "Sixth Annual Report of the Board of State Charities of Massachusetts" (Boston, Mass.: Wright and Potter, 1870). Digitized by Google Books at https://books.google.com/books?id=APTJAAAAMAAJ (Retrieved 18 December 2009), 111–13.]
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- ↑ Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, "Soldier's and Sailor's Homes Records" at http://bentley.umich.edu/research/genealogy/cw/soldiershome.php (Retrieved 7 January 2010).
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- ↑ Rosenburg, 216, says the William D. McCain Library, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, has Board of Directors correspondence, minute books 1920–1936, and reports, and the Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, Jackson, has the register of inmates.
- ↑ United States Department of Veterans Affairs, "VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System-About this Facility" at http://www.biloxi.va.gov/about/index.asp (Retrieved 7 January 2010).
- ↑ State Historical Society of Missouri, "Missouri. Confederate Home, Higginsville, Records, 1897–1944 (C0066" at http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/invent/0066.pdf (Retrieved 25 June 2013).
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- ↑ "Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Grand Island, Neb.- Historical Notes" in Nebraska Memories at http://memories.ne.gov/cdm/ref/collection/opl/id/293 (Retrieved 8 January 2010).
- ↑ Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Department of New Hampshire, "Veterans Helping Veterans Group at NH Home" at http://web.archive.org/web/20091203113403/http://www.vfwwebcom.org/newhampshire/33400/Veterans+Helping+Vetrans+Group+at+NH+Veterans+Home+.html (Retrieved 9 January 2010).
- ↑ Kearny High School "Home for Disabled Soldiers" in Kearny Photos: Landmarks [Internet site] at http://shorock.com/alumni/kearny/landmarks/soldiers.pdf (Retrieved 5 December 2009), and Deborah Fitts, "Kearny Veterans Home Statue Will Be Replaced" in Civil War News [Internet site] at http://www.civilwarnews.com/archive/articles/06/july/kearny_df.htm (Retrieved 5 December 2009).
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- ↑ Frank John Urquhart, History of the City of Newark, New Jersey (New York: Lewis Historical Publ., 1913; digitized by Google Book, 2006), 2:719.
- ↑ State of New Jersey, Dept. of Military and Veterans Affairs, "New Jersey Veterans Memorial Homes" at http://www.state.nj.us/military/veterans/health.html (Retrieved 5 December 2009).
- ↑ New York State Legislature, Documents of the Senate of the State of New York – One Hundred and Fortieth Session (Albany, N.Y.: J.B. Lyon Co., 1917; Digitized by Google Books), 133 (Retrieved 12 January 2010).
- ↑ "18. Confederate Women's Home Historical Marker" in Fayetteville, N.C. Military Sites Tour Map at http://www.visitfayettevillenc.com/images/military/sites/Fayetteville_MilitarySites.pdf (Retrieved 13 January 2010). The home's ending date can be estimated from an article discussing the use of the Home's chapel by others in 1945: Haymount United Methodist Church, "Church History" at http://www.haymountumc.com/HUMCHIistory.html (Retrieved 13 January 2010).
- ↑ Rosenburg, 216-17, says the North Carolina Div. of Archives and History, Raleigh, has Board of Incorporators minutes, building and maintenance expenses, drug and whiskey account, hospital record of patients, hospital register, inmate expenses, inmate record, inmate register, inmate roll book, ledger accounts paid, record of clothing issued, Superintendent's inmate behavior log, visitors' register, and warrants and weekly payroll.
- ↑ North Dakota Veterans Home, "History of the North Dakota Veterans Home" at http://www.nd.gov/ndvh/about/history.html (Retrieved 5 December 2009).
- ↑ "Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home" in Ohio History Central: An Online encyclopedia of Ohio History at http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2172 (Retrieved 18 January 2010).
- ↑ "Oklahoma Veterans Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Confederate Home, 1911–1942)" in CivilWarAlbum.com at http://www.civilwaralbum.com/indian/ardmore_vet1.htm (Retrieved 15 December 2009).
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- ↑ United States, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, "Cemeteries – Roseburg National Cemetery" at http://www.cem.va.gov/CEMs/nchp/roseburg.asp (Retrieved 15 December 2009).
- ↑ Pennsylvania Dept. of Military and Veterans Affairs, "Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home" at http://www.milvet.state.pa.us/DMVA/480.htm (Retrieved 15 December 2009).
- ↑ Library Company of Philadelphia, "McA 5778.F Civil War Volunteer Saloons and Hospitals Ephemera Collection 1861‐1868" (Philadelphia, Pa.: LCP, 2006; Digitized by LCP), 5.
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- ↑ "Confederate Soldiers' Home and Cemetery" in The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture at http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=C133 (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
- ↑ "Texas Confederate Home" in The Handbook of Texas Online at http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ynt05 (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
- ↑ "Confederate Woman's Home" in The Handbook of Texas Online at http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ync06 (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
- ↑ "A Brief History of the Soldiers' Home of Vermont" in Vermont Veterans' Home at http://vvh.vermont.gov/About+Our+Home/History (Retrieved 18 January 2010).
- ↑ Library of Virginia, "About the Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home" in Library of Virginia at http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/campabout.htm (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
- ↑ Washington State Dept. of Veterans Affairs, "WA Veterans Home" at http://www.dva.wa.gov/soldiers_home.html (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
- ↑ Washington State Dept. of Veterans Affairs, "Washington Veterans Home" at http://www.dva.wa.gov/veterans_home_retsil.html (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
- ↑ Ancestry.com: "Grand Army Home, King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin" . retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ National Trust for Historic Preservation: Milwaukee VA Soldiers Home
- ↑ National Trust for Historic Preservation: National Soldiers Home Historic District, NTHP List of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places (2015).
- ↑ National Park Service: Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, NPS Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary.
- ↑ Savethesoldiershome.com: About the Milwaukee Soldiers Home
- ↑ Grace Raymond Hebard, Government of Wyoming: The History, Constitution, and Administration of Affairs, 8th ed. (San Francisco, Calif.: C.F. Weber, 1919; Digitized by Google Books), page 265 footnote (a).
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- Locating Old Soldiers Home Records in the United States before World War II, showing the name of each home, years of operation, some Internet links to related sites, and in some cases the known manuscript collections of their records.
- Home For Heroes Documentary produced by Twin Cities Public Television