Virginia. Camp Lee Soldiers' Home (Richmond, Va.)
Biographical notes:
The Robert E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home (also called Confederate Soldier's Home, Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home, R. E. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home, or Old Soldiers' Home) opened in 1885, in Richmond, Va. Fitzhugh Lee headed the Board of Visitors that also included John Barry Purcell, Peyton Wise, and James West Pegram. In Apr. 1886 General William Richard Terry replaced Capt. James Pollard as superintendent and served there until his retirement in 1893. The Home was closed in 1941, upon the death of its last resident.
From the description of Correspondence of the superintendent of Camp Lee Soldier's Home, 1885-1894. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122443830
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- Confederate States of America (as recorded)
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- Virginia--Richmond (as recorded)
