Waubonsee Community College

My old Confederate home, a respectable place for Civil War veterans, Rusty Williams

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Rusty Williams

a respectable place for Civil War veterans

In the wake of America's Civil War, hundreds of thousands of men who fought for the Confederacy trudged back to their homes in the Southland. Some-due to lingering effects from war wounds, other disabilities, or the horrors of combat-were unable to care for themselves. Homeless, disabled, and destitute veterans began appearing on the sidewalks of southern cities and towns. In 1902 Kentucky's Confederate veterans organized and built the Kentucky Confederate Home, a luxurious refuge in Pewee Valley for their unfortunate comrades

Introduction -- The cripple and the banker -- The private and the clubwoman -- The boat captain and the bank robber -- The auditor and the stockman -- The governor and the prisoner -- The druggist and the sheriff -- The general's sister and the stockman's wife -- The knight and the icemaker -- The railroad man and the barber -- The socialite and the editor -- The fiddlers and the Indian agent -- The farmer and the daughter -- The trainer and the undertaker -- The reverend and the rector -- The engineer and the little girl