Old soldiers' home north and south (for a list see Commission bulletin, 3:1279). Most of their homes were war-time facilities and were closed at war's end. They are not included in the following list. Old soldiers' home An old soldiers' home is a military veteran's retirement home, nursing home, or hospital, or sometimes even an institution for the care of the widows and orphans of a nation's soldiers, sailors, and marines, etc. In the United Kingdom the Royal Hospital Chelsea was established by King Charles II in 1682 as a retreat for veterans. The provision of a hostel rather than the payment of
Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District The Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The historic district of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home campus, on the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center grounds. Contributing buildings in the district were constructed from 1867 to 1955. The Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was established in 1866, as an Old soldiers' home for American Civil War veterans in the then Northwestern region of United States. The Wisconsin Soldiers’ Home Society transferred the money and property already acquired