Confederate Soldiers Home Records

United States U.S. Military  U.S. Civil War  Confederate Soldiers Home Records

Many Southern states maintained soldier homes for Confederate veterans. Most records for Confederate soldier homes are located at state archives or other archives in the state where the home was located.

Alabama

 * Alabama Confederate Soldiers Home (Jefferson Manly Falkner Soldiers' Home) Mountain Creek, Alabama

Arkansas

 * Arkansas Confederate Soldiers' Home Sweet Home, Arkansas


 * Old Soldiers Home, Arkansas Confederate and Widows (Worldcat) Arranged alphabetically by name of veteran or widow and includes the county and date.

Florida

 * Florida Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home Jacksonville, Florida

Georgia

 * Georgia Soldiers' Home (Confederate Soldiers' Home) Atlanta, Georgia


 * Wight, Willard E. Index to Registers of Inmates of the Confederate Soldiers Home of Georgia. Atlanta, Georgia: Georgia Deptartment of Archives and History, 1964. Volume 1 1901–1913 Volume 2 1913–1927  Contents include name, occupation, county of residence, birthdate, rank, company, regiment, when and where entered military service, wounded, taken prisoner, put on specific detail, and separated from service, commanding officers, branch of service, age, relatives, date of death or discharge, and date and place of burial.
 * Confederate Soldier's Home of Georgia Register of Inmates, 1901-1941 (Worldcat) The list of inmates represented in this collection is not comprehensive. The information was copied from three registers kept at the Home, between 1901 and 1941.

Kentucky

 * Confederate Soldiers' Home and Widows' and Orphans' Asylum Georgetown, Kentucky


 * Confederate Soldiers Home and Orphans and Widows Asylum records, 1880-1887 (Worldcat)


 * Kentucky Confederate Soldiers' Home Pewee Valley, Kentucky

Louisiana

 * Soldiers’ Home of Louisiana (Camp Nicholls Soldier's Home) New Orleans, Louisiana


 * Soldiers Home of Louisiana (New Orleans) Register Books 1884–1934 and index 1905–1944. Entries include date of admission, name, birth date and place, company, regiment, state, cause of admission, by whom sent, date of leaving, and cause of discharge.

Maryland

 * Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers' Home Pikesville, Maryland

Mississippi

 * Beauvoir Confederate Soldiers' Home (Jefferson Davis Beauvoir Memorial Soldiers' Home) Biloxi, Mississippi


 * Records, 1920-1954 (Worldcat)

Missouri

 * Missouri Confederate Home Higginsville, Missouri


 * Missouri. Confederate Home, Higginsville, Records, 1897-1944 (C0066) are available at the State Historical Society of Missouri. An index of names is available online.
 * Applications for Confederate Home &amp; Pension (Worldcat)


 * Online


 * The (FamilySearch) are now available online. Includes name, birth date, birthplace, residence, length of residence in Missouri, date of enlistment, rank, unit of service, death date, and burial place.
 * Applicants to the Confederate Home of Missouri (Confederate Memorial State Historic Site). Contains name, age, years resided, rank and unit.

North Carolina

 * Confederate Woman's Home Fayetteville, North Carolina


 * North Carolina Soldiers' Home Raleigh, North Carolina

Oklahoma

 * Oklahoma Confederate Home (Oklahoma Veterans Center) Ardmore, Oklahoma

South Carolina

 * Confederate Home for Soldiers and Sailors (South Carolina Confederate Infirmary) Columbia, South Carolina

Tennessee

 * Confederate Soldiers’ Home (Tennessee Soldiers' Home) Hermitage, Tennessee


 * The Tennessee Confederate Soldier’s Home: Marching Out of the Mist Into the Light... (Worldcat) contains rosters of veterans at the home from 1890 to 1934. Entries typically include date and place of birth, enlistment date, unit served, current residence, occupation, and death date or discharge date from the home. Also contains an index to applications to the home listing name, county of residence, and unit served, as well as cemetery lists for the home cemetery.

Texas

 * Texas Confederate Home for Men Austin, Texas


 * Roster of the Residents of the Texas Confederate Old Soldiers Home in Austin, Texas. Austin, Texas: Texas State Library, 1990.
 * Texas Confederate Home Roster : with added data from Confederate Home ledgers (Worldcat)
 * Roster of Confederate Home : Austin, Texas (Worldcat)


 * Texas Confederate Woman's Home north of Austin, Texas

Virginia

 * Virginia Confederate Soldiers' Home Richmond, Virginia


 * Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldier’s Home Application for Admission, 1884–1941. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library, 1995. and.
 * List of Confederate veterans buried in Hollywood Cemetery from Camp Lee Soldiers Home, 1894-1946 (Worldcat)
 * Records, 1847-1955, of Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. (Worldcat)
 * Registers of residents, 1885-1939

United States, National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)