Source: US Homes for Disabled Soldiers 1866-1938

Source details

Source ID:
004-040
Long name:
United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
Repository:
Notes:
Images and partial index of historical registers of residents (a record of veterans admitted) for twelve regional homes. Pages in the registers were divided into four parts for each veteran: military history, domestic history, home history, general remarks. Content for these sections includes such information as rank, company, regiment, discharge, when admitted to home, birthplace, age, religion, residence, marital status, name and address of nearest relative, pension information, date and cause of death, and place of burial. This collection is part of Record Group 15 Records of the Veterans Administration and is NARA microfilm publication M1749. Home numbers 1-5064 from the home in Bath, New York are not currently available.