U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
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Title
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U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
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Publisher
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Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15
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National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Place
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Washington, DC
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Extent
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National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749: 282 rolls
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Language
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English
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Temporal coverage
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1866-1938
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Description
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From Ancestry.com, "The National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was instituted following the Civil War. The purpose of these homes was to provide a place for disabled American soldiers and sailors to live. Admission to a home was voluntary and soldiers could request which home they wanted to live in. Since admission was voluntary, soldiers could also choose when they wanted to leave, both temporarily and permanently. This database contains records from twelve National Homes. The majority of the records consist of historical registers, but other records included in this database are indexes to the historical registers, applications, admissions, deaths, burials, and hospital records."
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Accessed online at Ancestry.com