Soldier's Homes (1865-1930) Caring for our Veterans
Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA
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The National Home for Volunteer Soldiers, was established by an act of Congress in 1865. The purpose of the home system (initially called the National Asylum) was to provide for the care of the large number of wounded and disabled veterans from the Civil War. Records of kinship and other treasures abound in these records—over 400,000 records of these veterans are online free of charge. The home from its inception was intended to be more like a planned community of today, than a simple home and hospital. Extensive amenities and vocational training were provided. The largest branch and showpiece of the system was the Central Branch at Dayton, Ohio, Eventually growing to 11 homes or branches spread across the country, they are today Veteran’s Administration hospitals. Additionally, state and Confederate homes were established. We will also discuss strategies for finding these records.
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An absolutely brilliant webinar with lots of great information to assist discovering early Veteran Soldiers Homes in the USA.\n\nBest webinar to date! This was so informative. Well done, Mr. Sayer!\n\nCan you please CLONE Mr. Sayre? I would love to have him as a guide through all the records at NARA!\n\nExcellent information\n\nExcellent information and great presentation! \n\nExcellent information provided in an interesting and nicely ordered way. Well done and thank you!\n\nExcellent presenter well versed in the subject. \n\nExcellent webinar. Lots of good information. Learned lots tonight!\n\nExcellent webinar. Rick webinars are always so informative and very well done. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Cant wait to watch this webinar again.\n\nExcellent!\n\nGreat information and resources to explore.\n\nGreat presentation.\n\nGreat! Thank you!\n\nI enjoyed listening to the webinar. \n\nLooking forward to using what I learned today. Great presentation. \n\nMr Sayre is a great speaker, loved the images he shared. Just ordered the book Creating a National Home.\n\nMy GreatGrandfather died in the Hampton Home in 1895 from injuries he received during the Civil War.\nOne of the best webinars I have listened to. Very interesting and informative. Great job to the presenter.\n\nRick is so knowledgeable! Always worth listening to him. Thanks.\n\nRick Sayre was great! Can't wait to hear him again.\n\nRick Sayre... Excellent, as usual. Thank you\n\nSo informative. Learned so much from this webinar. Presenter was great, too.\n\nSo much information and definitely one I will watch again as my great-great grandfather spent some time at the home in Dayton, Ohio. Thank you for a great webinar. \n\nSo much information that I will definitely be watching again. I am beginning to research the civil war and am trying to find some ancestors that seemed to have disappeared. Hoping they were veterans and no one wanted to speak of them going to a Veteran's home\n\nThank goodness for a subscription! Needed to leave early, glad I can pick up where I left off! \n\nTypically thorough presentation by Rick Sayre. Enjoyed the details of the memorabilia and collectibles from Rick's collection\n\nUnique topic!\n\nVery good and full of good search information.\n\nVery informative.\n\nVery interesting and an excellent presentation! Thank you Rick Sayre!\n\nVery interesting. I have one ancestor who was in the Dayton Home. Shall pursue this.\n\nThank you.\n\nVery thorough presentation well done by Rick on an important part of military history and how the soldiers were looked after.\n\nWell versed in his subject. Clear and concise presentation. Loved the little stories about some of the soldiers!\n\nWonderfully informative!!