Confederate Soldiers Home Records

United States U.S. Military Records 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.

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

Family History Library

Arkansas

Old Soldiers Home, Arkansas Confederate and Widows (Worldcat) FHL 976.7 M28i by Connie Pickett. 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 1445835 Volume 2 1913–1927 FHL 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.

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.

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.

Missouri

Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers’ Home Admission Applications. Missouri Adjutant General’s Office. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. FHL 1021119 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.

Applications for Confederate Home & Pension (Worldcat)

Tennessee

The Tennessee Confederate Soldier’s Home: Marching Out of the Mist Into the Light... (Worldcat) FHL 976.8 M2s by Judith A. Strange 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|1689628)}

Texas Confederate Home Roster : with added data from Confederate Home ledgers (Worldcat)

Roster of Confederate Home : Austin, Texas (Worldcat)

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.