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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

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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.
-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|US Military Old Soldiers Home Records]] has more information on soldier homes.
-=== Confederate Soldier Homes ===
+=== Confederate Soldier Homes  ===
-==== Alabama ====
+==== Alabama  ====
 *'''Alabama Confederate Soldiers Home''' (Jefferson Manly Falkner Soldiers' Home)<br>Mountain Creek, Alabama
-==== Arkansas ====
+==== Arkansas  ====
 *'''Arkansas Confederate Soldiers' Home'''<br>Sweet Home, Arkansas
-:*''Old Soldiers Home, Arkansas Confederate and Widows'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14254932 Worldcat]) {{FHL|976.7 M28i}} Arranged alphabetically by name of veteran or widow and includes the county and date.
+:*''Old Soldiers Home, Arkansas Confederate and Widows'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14254932 Worldcat]) {{FSC|976.7 M28i}} Arranged alphabetically by name of veteran or widow and includes the county and date.
-==== Florida ====
+:'''Online'''
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2126715 Arkansas Confederate Soldier Home,1890-1963] - FamilySearch Historical Records
+==== Florida  ====
 *'''Florida Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home'''<br>Jacksonville, Florida
-==== Georgia ====
+:'''Online'''
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2761956 Florida, Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home records, 1888-1938] - FamilySearch Historical Records
+==== Georgia  ====
 *'''Georgia Soldiers' Home''' (Confederate Soldiers' Home)<br>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 {{FHL|1445835}} Volume 2 1913–1927 {{FHL|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.
+:*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 {{FSC|1445835}} Volume 2 1913–1927 {{FSC|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'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25757354 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.
-*''Confederate Soldier's Home of Georgia Register of Inmates, 1901-1941'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25757354 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'''
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2126718 Georgia Confederate Home Records, 1901-1930] -FamilySearch Historical Records
-==== Kentucky ====
+==== Kentucky  ====
 *'''Confederate Soldiers' Home and Widows' and Orphans' Asylum'''<br>Georgetown, Kentucky
+:*''Confederate Soldiers Home and Orphans and Widows Asylum records, 1880-1887'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13197196 Worldcat])
 *'''Kentucky Confederate Soldiers' Home'''<br>Pewee Valley, Kentucky
-==== Louisiana ====
+==== Louisiana  ====
 *'''Soldiers’ Home of Louisiana''' (Camp Nicholls Soldier's Home)<br>New Orleans, Louisiana
-:*''Soldiers Home of Louisiana (New Orleans)'' Register Books 1884–1934 and index 1905–1944. {{FHL|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 ====
+:*''Soldiers Home of Louisiana (New Orleans)'' Register Books 1884–1934 and index 1905–1944. {{FSC|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'''<br>Pikesville, Maryland
-==== Mississippi ====
+==== Mississippi  ====
 *'''Beauvoir Confederate Soldiers' Home''' (Jefferson Davis Beauvoir Memorial Soldiers' Home) <br>Biloxi, Mississippi
-==== Missouri ====
+:*''Records, 1920-1954'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28374821 Worldcat])
+==== Missouri  ====
 *'''Missouri Confederate Home'''<br>Higginsville, Missouri
-:*The {{RecordSearch|1865475|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.
+:*''Missouri. Confederate Home, Higginsville, Records, 1897-1944 (C0066)'' are available at the [http://shs.umsystem.edu/index.shtml State Historical Society of Missouri]. An [http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/invent/0066.html index of names] is available online.
+:*''Applications for Confederate Home &amp; Pension'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51213151 Worldcat])
-:*''Applications for Confederate Home & Pension'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51213151 Worldcat])
+:'''Online'''
-==== North Carolina ====
+:*The {{RecordSearch|1865475|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.
+:*[http://mostateparks.com/sites/default/files/Applicants%20to%20the%20Confederate%20Home%20of%20Missouri.pdf ''Applicants to the Confederate Home of Missouri''] ([http://mostateparks.com/park/confederate-memorial-state-historic-site Confederate Memorial State Historic Site]). Contains name, age, years resided, rank and unit.
+==== North Carolina  ====
 *'''Confederate Woman's Home'''<br>Fayetteville, North Carolina
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 *'''North Carolina Soldiers' Home'''<br>Raleigh, North Carolina
-==== Oklahoma ====
+==== Oklahoma  ====
 *'''Oklahoma Confederate Home''' (Oklahoma Veterans Center) <br>Ardmore, Oklahoma
-==== South Carolina ====
+==== South Carolina  ====
 *'''Confederate Home for Soldiers and Sailors''' (South Carolina Confederate Infirmary)<br>Columbia, South Carolina
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/989549 Applications for the Home for Confederate Veterans, Columbia, South Carolina, ca. 1909-1958]
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/989702 Inmates record, Confederate Infirmary, Columbia, S.C., 1909-1958]
-==== Tennessee ====
+:'''Online'''
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2126716 South Carolina, Confederate Home Records, 1909-1958] - FamilySearch Historical Records
+==== Tennessee  ====
 *'''Confederate Soldiers’ Home''' (Tennessee Soldiers' Home) <br>Hermitage, Tennessee
-:*''The Tennessee Confederate Soldier’s Home: Marching Out of the Mist Into the Light...'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36206076 Worldcat]) {{FHL|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.
+:*''The Tennessee Confederate Soldier’s Home: Marching Out of the Mist Into the Light...'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36206076 Worldcat]) {{FSC|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  ====
 *'''Texas Confederate Home for Men'''<br>Austin, Texas
-:*''Roster of the Residents of the Texas Confederate Old Soldiers Home in Austin, Texas''. Austin, Texas: Texas State Library, 1990. {{FHL|1689628}}
+:*''Roster of the Residents of the Texas Confederate Old Soldiers Home in Austin, Texas''. Austin, Texas: Texas State Library, 1990. {{FSC|1689628}}
 :*''Texas Confederate Home Roster : with added data from Confederate Home ledgers'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53843381 Worldcat])
 :*''Roster of Confederate Home : Austin, Texas'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47261028 Worldcat])
 *'''Texas Confederate Woman's Home'''<br>north of Austin, Texas
-==== Virginia ====
+==== Virginia  ====
 *'''Virginia Confederate Soldiers' Home'''<br>Richmond, Virginia
-:*''Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldier’s Home Application for Admission, 1884–1941''. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library, 1995.{{FHL| 2026354}} and {{FHL|2027890}}.
+:*''Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldier’s Home Application for Admission, 1884–1941''. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library, 1995.{{FSC| 2026354}} and {{FSC|2027890}}.
+:*''List of Confederate veterans buried in Hollywood Cemetery from Camp Lee Soldiers Home, 1894-1946'' ([http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=kw%3AList+of+Confederate+veterans+buried+in+Hollywood+Cemetery Worldcat])
+:*''Records, 1847-1955'', of Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43165072 Worldcat])
+:*Registers of residents, 1885-1939 {{FSC|2109655}}
+{{U.S. Civil War}}
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