Confederate Soldiers Home Records

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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.

US Military Old Soldiers Home Records has more information on soldier homes.

Confederate Soldier Homes

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) FS Library 976.7 M28i Arranged alphabetically by name of veteran or widow and includes the county and date.

Online

Arkansas Confederate Soldier Home,1890-1963 - FamilySearch Historical Records

Florida

Florida Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home
Jacksonville, Florida

Online

Florida, Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home records, 1888-1938 - FamilySearch Historical Records

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 FS Library 1445835 Volume 2 1913–1927 FS Library 1445836 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.

Online

Georgia Confederate Home Records, 1901-1930 -FamilySearch Historical Records

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. FS Library 1685399 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 & Pension (Worldcat)

Online

The Missouri Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications (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
Applications for the Home for Confederate Veterans, Columbia, South Carolina, ca. 1909-1958
Inmates record, Confederate Infirmary, Columbia, S.C., 1909-1958

Online

South Carolina, Confederate Home Records, 1909-1958 - FamilySearch Historical Records

Tennessee

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

The Tennessee Confederate Soldier’s Home: Marching Out of the Mist Into the Light... (Worldcat) FS Library 976.8 M2s 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. FS Library 1689628
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.FS Library 2026354 and FS Library 2027890.
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 FS Library 2109655