Georgia soldiers home history and revival after 1890 fire
Special correspondence recalls the Georgia Confederate veterans home movement begun in 1889. A $15,000 appropriation funded a new colonial style building after a 1890 fire, with sixty five veterans to enter the rebuilt Snider home by August, while Georgia pension figures show $8.5 million in rolls for indigent and disabled veterans and widows.
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Tlainta
Georgia
Texas
Constitution
Tienry W. Grady
South
Grady
Grant Park
General Assembly
W. L. Calhoun
Joseph 2B. Cumming
Ss. W.W. Harris
D. al. Charlies
D. Parlins
IL v. Ben
W. &. Denkies
IL. Perry
J. Ai. Martin
John Triplett
A. E. Daley
Furna
Thompsons Hotel
Marietta Street
Board of Trustees
Richmond
Alabama Confederate Home Plan Draws Wide Support
Alabama reports a surge of enthusiasm for a home for homeless Confederate soldiers. Camp Jeff Falkner will use 40 acres near Montgomery for cottages with gardens and a central office building, funded by state and local support. The project aims to relieve veterans from poorhouses, with Daughters of the Confederacy aiding.
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Chappell Cory
Mons Somery
Ala
Alabama
Montgomery
Jeff Falkner
Camp Nicholls Confederate Home in New Orleans Explained
Special correspondent describes Camp Nicholls on Bayou St John as Louisiana’s Confederate home for veterans. It houses 136 inmates, costs $130 per inmate monthly, with a hospital, library, dining hall for 180, and staff of three cooks and three waitresses. Veterans come from Tennessee, Virginia, and elsewhere, including some New England natives.
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Orleans
Toucisiana
Camp Nicholls
Francis Thion Nicholls
Louisiana
Bayou St. John
Lake Pontchartrain
Canal Street
Trouisiana
Mandeville
St. Tammany Parish
New Orleans
King's
Army of Tennessee
Army of Northern Virginia
New England
Confederate Soldiers Pension System Details and Hermitage Home
A Tennessee dispatch outlines pensions for Confederate soldiers, noting annual appropriations rising from 60,000 to 150,000 dollars by 1901. It lists 1,302 recipients, top rates of 200 dollars for total blindness or loss of both limbs, and 120 for other losses. 127 reside at the Confederate Soldiers’ Home at the Hermitage, with 100 dollars per year for indigent dependents. Trustees and pension board composition are specified by the governor.
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Richmond
Lee Camp
Virginia
C. T. Halley
Ashville
Tenn
Solldiers
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
Ladies’ Hermitage Association Bss
Confederate Soldiers’ Home
Ladies’ Hermitage Association
Tientuchy
Fi. i. McClure
Kentucky
State Association of Confederate Veterans
Confederate Association of Kentucky
Gvernor J. C. W. Beckham
Confederate Veterans’ Association of
Confederata Home of Missouri at Higginsville struc
The Confederata Home of Missouri near Higginsville was incorporated in 1889 and opened to admit inmates in 1891 under Captain M. L. Belt and Dr. J. J. Fulkerson. Julius Bramburg of St Louis was the first veteran admitted. Built by private contributions, it became a state institution in 1897 with a board of managers. The main two story brick building and twelve cottages house about 160 inmates. A $15,000 hospital, steam heat, and a staffed kitchen, laundry, and library serve residents. Inmates pay 25 cents daily, with farm produce supplementing meals.
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Daughters of the Confederacy
Janch
Wulk
Dallas
Rome
Walsner
Navy
Georgia
Jenry Grady
F. A. Olds
Aleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Haleigh
Aycock
Julian 8. Carr
Durham
The
Confederacy
William H. Overman
Salisbury
Confederate Veterans
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Laura Mitchell
Tuginsville
Specia
Confederata Home of
Missouri
Higginsville
Capitan M. L. Belt
J. J. Fulkerson
Julius Bramburg
St.outs
R. Howlett
Florida Confederate Home Founded by Private Aid in Jacksonville
Florida reports on the Confederate Veterans Home of Florida, established 1893 in Jacksonville. It details eligibility for indigent veterans, funding from state and private gifts, and the current resident count and origins, noting most inmates are not Florida natives. The piece also covers similar efforts in Texas and Kentucky, highlighting funding, administration, and pension interrelations for veterans.
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South Carolina
Raleigh
aGeorgia
Crbas
Kelly
Woodfin
Ichmond
Gollers
Tieme
John E. Lane
Legislature of
Wen
Norman Walker
Tennnessee
Florida
Jacksonville
J. A. Holloman
Acksonville
Fla
Confederate Veterans' Home of
3Ld
Second Regiment of
Frst
J. J. Dickinson
Whitney
St. Johns
J. C. McNealus
Allas
Tex
State of Texas
Austin
HR. Y. King
Confedte Home
Texas Confederate Home
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