Georgia Confederate Home Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This collection will include records from 1901-1927.

This collection contains registers of Confederate veterans who were inmates of the home in Atlanta. Volume contents includes name, occupation, county of residence, date of birth, date and place entered military service, rank, company, regiment, when and where wounded, when and where taken prisoner of war, when and where put on specific detail, when and where separated from service, commanding officers, rank, branch of service, age upon admission to home, date entered home, relatives, date of death or discharge, date and place of burial. Records are located at the Georgia Department of Archives and History in Atlanta.

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Record Content
These records may contain the following information:
 * Name
 * Occupation
 * County of residence
 * Date of birth
 * Date and place entered military service
 * Rank
 * Company and regiment
 * When and where taken prisoner of war
 * Date of death or military discharge
 * Date and place of burial

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 * Georgia Archives
 * Georgia Department of Archives and History

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 * Georgia in the Civil War
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“Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 28 February, 2012), La Plata &gt; San Ponciano &gt; Matrimonios 1884-1886 &gt; image 71 of 389 images, Artemio Avendano and Clemtina Peralta, 1884; citing Parroquia de San Ponciano en la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Matrimonios. San Ponciano, La Plata, Buenos Aires.