United States, National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938

What is in This Collection?

These are registers of members who resided in the twelve regional homes. Pages in the registers are divided into four parts for each veteran:

• Military history
• Domestic history
• Home history
• General remarks

Home numbers 1-5064 from the home in Bath, New York, are not currently available.

The National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was established on March 3, 1865, for volunteer soldiers who had received disabilities while serving in the Union forces in the Civil War. Initially, the Asylum, later called the Home, was planned to have three branches: the northeast, the central area north of the Ohio River, and the northwest (now the upper Midwest). Seven more branches were added between 1870 and 1907 as broader eligibility requirements allowed more Veterans to apply for admission. Veterans admitted into the Home were recorded in "Historical Registers," which were maintained at various branches. These registers are now at the National Archives in Record Group 15, Records of the Veterans Administration. A home number was assigned to each individual upon admission. The member retained his original number even if he was discharged and later readmitted to the branch. The records cover the years 1866 through 1938.

The records were created to keep track of the disabled war veterans who were being housed and provided for in the Homes. They are generally reliable and a great place to research Civil War veterans. Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

• Related Articles
• Trevor K Plante. The National Home for Disable Volunteer Soldiers Prologue: the journal of the National Archives (Spring, 2004): 56-61 FS Library 973 B2p
• Richard G. Sayre. The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers-The Records. National Genealogical Society 29 (May/June, 2003) 46-48 FS Library 973 D25ngs

Organization Authority Record

• National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers of the United States Army. (1866 - 1873)
• Veterans Administration. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. (7/21/1930 - 10/1/1930)
• National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Pacific Branch (Sawtelle, California). (1888 - 07/21/1930)
• National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Marion (Indiana) Branch. (03/18/1890 - 07/21/1930)

• National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Locations
• National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. (1873 - 7/21/1930)
• Eastern Branch, Togus,Maine, 1866-1934 Registers of Members, 1866-1934 NAID 2124650
• Central Branch, Dayton,Ohio, 1867-1935 Registers of Members, March 26, 1867-March 28, 1934 NAID 2124641
• Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1867-1934 Registers of Members, 1867-1945 NAID 2124660
• Southern Branch, Hampton, Virginia, 1871-1933 Registers of Members, January 1871-September 1933, NAID 2124714
• Western Branch, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1885-1934 Registers of Members, 1885-1934 NAID 2124725
• Branch, Sawtelle, California,1888-1933 Registers of Members, May 1888-October, 1933 NAID 2124681
• Marion Branch, Marion, Indiana, 1890-1931 Registers of Members, 1890-1931 NAID 2124654
• Roseburg Branch, Roseburg, Oregon, 1894-1932 Registers of Admissions, 1908-1932 NAID 2124697
• Danville Branch, Danville, Illinois, 1898-1934 Registers of Members, October 1898-March 1934 NAID 2124644
• Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1903-1932 Registers of Members, October 1903-May 1932 NAID 2124656
• Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota,1907-1934 Registers of Members,March 1907-March 1934 NAID 2124638
• Bath Branch, Bath, New York,1876-1934 Registers of Members, December 1878-June 1934, NAID 2124634

Home Histories - National Archives

• Pacific Branch, Sawtelle, California,1888-1933

Case Files - National Archives

• Eastern Branch. Togus, Maine, 1866-1932
• Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tennesse, 1904-1934
• Southern Branch, Hampton, Virginia. Case Files of Veterans Temporarily Housed, 1922 - 1938.
• Southern Branch, Hampton, Virginia. Sample Case Files of Members, 1869 - 1933.
• Southern Branch. Hampton, Virginia. Case Files of Veterans Temporarily Housed, 1922 - 1938.
• Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1904-1934

Deaths and Burial Records - National Archives

• Applications for Headstones for Soldiers Buried at Soldiers' Homes, 1909–1923
• Eastern Branch. Togus, Maine. 1892-1938
• Pacific Branch, Sawtelle Branch, Grave Registration Plats, 1889 - 1965
• Register of Deaths, August 1894–January 1937. Roseburg (Oregon) Branch.

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  1895 National Homes For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers