The following article was transcribed by Stephanie Lincecum from the 1 October 1901 edition of The Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, Atlanta, Georgia. It, as well as many other articles from this newspaper, may be read in their original entirety via Ancestry's Historical Newspaper Collections.


Soldiers' Home Destroyed by Flames that Relit the Fire of a Smouldering
Sympathy, Will be Rebuilt by Georgians

Georgia's Gift to the Followers of Lee is Reduced to Ashes

Temporary Quarters are at Once Provided


A grim array of blackened chimneys, rising like specters from a smouldering, shapeless mass of charred and twisted debris, is all that is left today of the abode that yesterday sheltered the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia who claimed it as their home...

[The article goes on to describe the fire in detail.]

Occupants of the Home

The following list of sixty-eight veterans who were in the home when the fire started was furnished by Secretary W. H. Harrison, of the board of trustees:

[I am listing the names in a single column (and capitalizing the entire surname). The article listed them all in a single paragraph. If I know where they served in the Civil War, that information is also included in brackets. That information was not included in this particular article, but in another article about the soldiers' home.]

J. W. ANSLEY, Fulton
D. J. BAILEY, Henry
John A. BARRETT, Fulton
Peter [P.?] BAUGHN, Oglethorpe [38th GA]
Francis S. BEARDEN, Morgan [16th GA]
Curran BECTON, Jefferson [1st Bat GA Sharpshooters]
David R. BRANDON, Gwinnett
W. B. CLEMENTS, Fulton [27th GA]
J. L. COLLIER, Gordon [23rd GA]
L. W. DAVIS, Richmond
Robert B. DAVIS, Dooly [12th MS & 15th KY]
Van W. DAVIS, Polk
W. R. EDWARDS, Elbert
Edward EVERETT, Fulton
Mortimer L. FERRISS, McIntosh [1st Bat GA Sharpshooters]
Ben FAULKNER, Cobb
James C. FORD, Fulton [4th GA]
Cornelius FLOWER, Bibb
Jasper N. FICKS, Rockdale
Edward A. FURLOW, Morgan [3rd GA]
William T. GOSS, Dekalb
Dewitt C. GOZA, Fulton [20th GA]
R. A. GRIFFIES, Hall
H. C. GROVENSTEIN, Charlton
J. B. HALL, Troup [4th GA Reg]
W. H. HANES, Gordon [4th GA]
M[elton] J. HARRALSON, Walton [3rd GA]
J. C. HARRIS, Forsyth [50th AL]
E. V. P. HAUS, Whitfield [2nd KY Cav]
Alexander C. HAYES, Fulton [TN Corps]
C. N. HENDRICKS, [unreadable]
Alfred B. HOLT, Whitfield [1st Cav]
John [unreadable], Gwinnett
W. B. HUNTER, Troup [7th GA]
T. H. JACKSON, Troup
Henry R. JORDAN, Laurens
J. R. KENNY, Bartow
G. W. LACKEY, Fulton
Andrew J. LAIRD, Fulton
Charles L. LANGFORD, Green [3rd GA]
F. M. LEVERITTE, Morgan [GA Militia]
G. W. MILLER, Cobb [1st GA Cav]
George W. MILLS, Washington
J. M. MILLS, Whitfield [56th GA]
Amos MOORE, Fulton [Ordnance Dept]
Willoughby MANNING, Dougherty
James S. MURPHY, Jasper [4th GA]
Thomas B. MULLIN, Fulton
A. W. NEWMAN, Pulaski [5th GA]
John R. O'CAIN, Charlton
C. S. PAUL, Fulton [Walthal's Bat]
Green M. PITTMAN, Wilkinson
Joseph RAWLS, Richmond
J. W. REYNOLDS, Washington
Anthony E. ROE, Fulton
Z. M. ROGERS, Cobb [SC Art]
William [unreadable]
[unreadable] SAUNDERS, Johnson [1st GA Cav]
John H. SILVA, Chatham
R. M. SMITH, Fulton
John C. STOKES, Walker
James R. STRINGER, Fulton
J. F. WHITTLE, Bibb
John W. WHITTLE, Houston [1st Cav GA Reserves]
William M. WILLIAMS, Richmond
S. B. F. YOUNG, Polk

H. W. Moran, of Richmond, and Joseph H. Brown, of Morgan, were away on leave of absence.

The invalids who had to be taken from the buildings were: J. W. Ansley, Fulton; Francis S. Beardon, Morgan; Curran Becton, Jefferson; Van W. Davis, Polk; R. A. Griffies, Hall; G. W. Lackey, Fulton; Charles L. Lankford, Green; James S. Murphy, Jasper; and S. B. F. Young, Polk.


A few other articles pertaining to this soldiers' home and its inhabitants can be found in the Georgia USGenWeb Archives. Names included in those articles, but not included in this one are -

W. J. Aldred, Washington County
Sam Beck, Fulton County
W. G. Clark, Sumter
John A. Clements, Talbot
E. F. Elliott, Putnam
Edward Garvin, Chatham
W. H. Harris, Gordon
W. F. Hayes, Polk
John B. Hunnicutt, Gwinnett
Thomas M. Jones, Warren
J. J. McConnell, Habersham
Nicholas Overby, Fulton
William R. Rouse, Burke County
James N. Stephens, Fulton
W. D. Wade, Richmond

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