Confederate Soldiers Home Records

United States U.S. Military Records U.S. Civil War Confederate Soldier Homes

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.

For more information on where to find Confederate home records see the "Locating Old Soldiers Home Records" chart at US Military Old Soldiers Home Records.

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Arkansas

• Pickett, Connie. Old Soldiers Home, Arkansas Confederate and Widows. St. Louis, Missouri: Ingmire Publications, 1985. (FHL book 976.7 M28i.) Arranged alphabetically by name of veteran or widow and includes the county and date.

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 film 1445835; Volume 2 1913–1927 film 1445836.) Contents include 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, when and where put on specific detail, when and where separated from service, commanding officers, branch of service, age upon admission to home, date entered home, relatives, date of death or discharge, and date and place of burial.

Louisiana

• Soldiers Home of Louisiana (New Orleans). Register Books, 1884–1934; index, 1905–1944. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. (FHL film 1685399 items 5–8; film 1685400 items 1–2; film 1703673 item 2; film 1703674; film 1704156 item 1.) 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.

Missouri

• Missouri Adjutant General’s Office. Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers’ Home Admission Applications. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. (FHL films 1021119–27.) Contents include name, birth date, birthplace, residence, length of residence in Missouri, date of enlistment, rank, unit of service, death date, and burial place.

Note:These records are now available online. Missouri Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications.

Tennessee

• Strange, Judith A. The Tennessee Confederate Soldier’s Home: Marching Out of the Mist Into the Light. . . . Goodlettsville, Tennessee: Tennessee Tracers, 1996. (FHL book 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

• Roster of the Residents of the Texas Confederate Old Soldiers Home in Austin, Texas. Austin, Texas: Texas State Library, 1990. (FHL film 1689628.)

Virginia

• Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldier’s Home. Application for Admission, 1884–1941. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library, 1995. (FHL films 2026354–84 and 2027890–9.)

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