Established in the 1860s, the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers initially admitted only Civil War veterans. Over the years, the homes admitted veterans of the Mexican War, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine-American War, WWI, and peacetime veterans. The homes offered medical care, training opportunities, recreational activities, libraries, and more. The Pacific Branch (Los Angeles) of the National Home in Sawtelle, California operated from 1888-1933.
Files were created for each veteran admitted to the home, however, only a sampling of these files were transferred to the care of the National Archives. Surviving files can include admittance records, discharge papers, death certificates, correspondence with family, and more. For Sawtelle, the patient files of 306 veterans are held at NARA Riverside. Below is a complete list of the names of these soldiers and the war in which they served. Is your ancestor on the list? Order a copy of their file here!
James W. Abrahams, Civil War
Hatton J. Adams, World War I
Francis Allebach, Civil War
William L. Allen, Civil War
James K. Allen, Mexican-American War
George M. Alwine, Spanish-American War
Daniel Amheiser, Civil War
Job Siddle Anglin, Mexican-American War
Vivencio L. Arnedo, World War I
Abraham Baer, Civil War
Salvadore Baldacci, Civil War, Indian War
William G. Barber, World War I
Anton Bauer, World War I
Frank Beaman, World War I
George Beatty, Civil War
John Beck, Philippine-American War
Frederick Beebe, Civil War
Thomas Belcimynk, World War I
Marvin C. Bell, World War I
Joseph Belonger, Civil War
Abbott B. J. Bent, Civil War
William Berkey, Civil War
Benjamin Blackburn, Indian War
Frank J. Blair, Spanish-American War
Woodbury Blockson, Civil War
Samuel W. Blue, Philippine-American War
Oscar F. Bower, Peacetime (1924-1927)
William C. Boyd, Civil War
John Boysen (Boyson), Civil War
William H. Bradford, Civil War
Gilbert Brainard, Civil War
Thomas J. Breen, Philippine-American War
Howard John Breese, World War I
John Brickel, Civil War
Gaspard Brissette, World War I
William Brockhagen, World War I
John H. Brockman, Civil War
Richard T. Brown, Civil War
Robert S. Browne, Spanish-American War
Fisty Brunson, Civil War
Walter Roy Bucklew, Spanish-American War
Edmond A. Burgevin, World War I
Amstred D. Burton, Civil War
John Henry Cain, Spanish-American War
James L. Campbell, Civil War
Leo B. Card, Mexican Border War
Samuel Carkhuff, Civil War
William J. Carnine, Civil War
William W. Carpenter, Civil War
Joseph A. Castelan, World War I
William H. Chittenden, Civil War
John A. Christensen, Spanish-American War
Floren George Clifton, World War I
John Comerford, Mexican-American War, Civil War
Charles Compton, Civil War
Josiah M. Cook, Civil War
Walter D. Copper, World War I
Patrick Cornelius, Civil War
Luell L. Craig, World War I
Charles Creden, Civil War
Guiseppe Cucinella, World War I
Archie E. Culbertson, World War I
John B. Cunningham, Spanish-American War
Axel Dahlgren, Indian War
Adolph Daske, Civil War
Robert F. Davidson, Civil War
George Davis, Civil War
William M. Davis, Mexican Border War
Jesse F. Dearing, Civil War
Michael J. Delaney, Philippine-American War
Irvin V. Delmar, World War I
Robert Dewald, Spanish-American War
Henry Dietrich, Civil War
David H. Dill, Civil War
Charles Dohr, Philippine-American War
Clarence Edward Dotson, World War I
Arthur E. Dukes, World War I
George A. Dunlap, Civil War
John Dwyer, Civil War
Jacob B. Elcook, Civil War
George L. Emmons, World War I
Mary A. Ertman (Markham), World War I
Isaac Fairchild, Civil War
Amasa S. Fanning, Civil War
Charles Feige, Civil War
Daniel A. Finney, Civil War
John Fisher, Civil War
Franklin A. Fisk, Civil War
Arthur Fleming, Civil War
John Flood, Mexican-American War, Civil War
Wesley S. Forbes, World War I
Oliver C. Ford, Civil War
Peyton F. Foster, Civil War
Martin Fowler, Spanish-American War
Peter Fox, Civil War
Samuel A. French, Civil War
Edmond W. Fritz, World War I
Reuben R. Fry, Civil War
George J. Fulle, Spanish-American War
Thomas M. Germond, Civil War
Samuel Geyser, Civil War
Josiah F. Gifford, Civil War
Clarence Rhodes Gill, World War I
Francis A. Godwin, Civil War
Robert Goss, Civil War
Pierce Grace, Civil War
Samuel H. Gray, Civil War
Peter Gregory, Civil War
Samuel W. Grimes, Civil War
John Grindrod, Civil War
Albert Guy, Civil War
Ernest A. Hammerli, World War I
Andrew E. Hammond, Civil War
James Hanley, Spanish-American War
Robert R. Hannah, World War I
George C. Harmon, World War I
George Harris, Civil War
Joel M. Hart, Civil War
Lyman Hart, Mexican-American War
George W. Hayes, Civil War
Henry C. Higginson, Civil War
John P. Hight, Civil War
Paul R. Hilton, Peacetime (1920-1925)
John Hogan, Civil War
Thomas Vincent Hogan, World War I
Gerard Holcomb, Civil War
John Hooper, Mexican-American War
Alson J. Hoskins, Civil War
Gilbert S. Howard, Civil War
Clayton J. Howden, Other (1903-1906)
Forbes W. Hults, Civil War
Walter Hunter, Civil War
Albert S. Ingersoll, Civil War
Samuel G. Jameson, Civil War
Ebenezer Jones, Civil War
John J. Jones, Civil War
Robert B. Judkins, World War I
Victor Clyde Julian, World War I
John Kane, Civil War
George Kautz, Civil War
John A. Kelly, Civil War
Thomas Kelly, Civil War, Indian War
John E. Kenney, Civil War
William Kenny, Yellowstone Expedition
Edwin M. Kimball, Civil War
George King, Civil War
Sanford D. Kinney, Civil War
Warren P. Kirkland, Civil War
William Kneeland, Civil War
Herman Koester, Philippine-American War
Joseph Kramer, Civil War
Albert A. Kurtz, Civil War
Nicholas Lamb, Civil War
John Larmer, Civil War
Frank Lauer, Spanish-American War
Henry Laurant, Civil War
Bernard J. Lee, Civil War
John Leonard, Civil War
Dennis S, Lewis, Civil War
Albion C. Libby, Mexican-American War
Lionel A. Livaudais, World War I
William B. Lytton, Civil War
William MacKay, Civil War
Thomas Madigan, Civil War
Thomas Maginley, Civil War
Martin Malony, Civil War
James Martin, Civil War
Earl Martin, World War I
James Mathews, Civil War
James McAllan, World War I
William McCarty, Civil War
Edward P. McCormick, Civil War
Thomas H. McCoy, Civil War
William McCue, Spanish-American War
Andrew McDonald, Civil War
Frank R. McDonald, Spanish-American War
John R. McDowall, Spanish-American War
William H. McGarvay, Civil War
James McGlinch, Civil War
Felix McHannan, Civil War
George W. McIntosh, Civil War
James McKenzie, Civil War
Jack McKenzie, World War I
Buford Amos McNeese, World War I
Francis McPhee, Civil War
John Miller, Civil War
Edward L. Miller, Spanish-American War
Byron F. Mock, World War I
Thomas Moore, Indian War
George Moore, Spanish-American War
M. N. S. Merritt Mordecai, Civil War
John P. Mullen, World War I
Mark A. Mullen, World War I
Charles Munn, Civil War
Michael J. Murphy, Spanish-American War
John H. Murray, Civil War
William Nash, Mexican-American War
David W. Nelson, Civil War
John R. Nelson, Civil War
Jonathan P. Newell, Civil War
Thomas Newman, Civil War
Morris H. Nolan, Civil War
Joseph Nye, Civil War
Julius Nyland, Civil War
John G. O’Connor, Civil War
William J. O’Neill, Civil War
James F. O’Reilly, Spanish-American War
Eli Overton, Civil War
Albert N. Parker, Civil War
Bert Partridge, Other (1906-1914)
Thomas J. Patton, Civil War
Franklin Peabody, Civil War
Winfield S. Pearson, Civil War
James A. Penrod, World War I
Albert Perry, Civil War
Albert H. Phifer, Philippine-American War
Walter A. Platt, World War I
John D. Preston, Mexican-American War
Edward W. Price, Civil War
Arthur F. Price, World War I
Leonard Nicholas Purdy, World War I
Joseph F. Real, Civil War
James M. Redfern, Civil War
Charles Rees, Civil War
Elmer C. Rex, World War I
Isaac H. Rhoades, Civil War
Philip Roach, Civil War
Archibald B. Roark, World War I
William A. Roberts, Civil War
Albert B. Robinson, Civil War
August Rohda, Civil War
Abraham Roots, Civil War
Alexander Rose, Civil War
Gustav Rosenfeld, Civil War
Jacob W. Rush, Civil War
George W. Russell, Civil War
Bruno Stanley Rychel, World War I
Calvin Sampley, Civil War
John B. Sampson, Civil War
Nicholas A. Sanborn, Spanish-American War
Thomas J. Scanlain, Spanish-American War
Thomas H. B. Scott, Civil War
Arthur G. Scott, World War I
George M. Sebree, Civil War
Daniel Sheehan, Civil War
Thomas Sheehe, Spanish-American War
Charles Shelby, Civil War
Edward M. Shipman, Civil War
James W. Short, Civil War
Timothy Sidley, Civil War
William Simpson, Civil War
Mark A. Skinner, Spanish-American War
Robert H. Smith, Civil War
Solomon Smith, Civil War
Carl Ray Smith, World War I
Harry Porter Smith, World War I
John F. Spaulding, Spanish-American War
Charles B. Spencer, Civil War
Thomas Stafford, Civil War
Paul Sheldon Stamm, World War I
William S. Starr, Civil War
Horace H. Stowe, Civil War
Harry Minor Strait, World War I
George Stryker, Civil War
John Sullivan, Spanish-American War
Alfred Summers, Indian War
James M. Swartz, Civil War
Glenn S. Tatman, World War I
George F. Taylor, Civil War
Henry Thoman, Civil War
James B. Thomas, Spanish-American War
Frank Dale Thomas, World War I
Thomas Thompson, Civil War
Jacob A. Tinsman, Civil War
Asberry Townsend, Civil War
Harrison Trego, Civil War
Fred G. Turner, Other (unknown)
Bert Waldron, Spanish-American War
James H. Walker, Civil War
Garret Wall, Civil War
Rufus C. Ware, World War I
James R. Warren, Civil War, Indian War
Calvin P. Weaver, Civil War
Stonewall Jackson Weaver, World War I
Columbus Weed, Civil War
John J. Welch, Civil War
Joseph Wells, Civil War
Curtis W. Wells, World War I
John Whalen, Mexican-American War
Frank H. Wheeler, Civil War
Robert Wheeling, Civil War
William J. White, Civil War
Homer H. Whitney, World War I
Julius B. Wilcox, Civil War
Philemon Williams, Civil War
Herbert O. Williams, World War I
John Willis, Civil War
Robert G. Wilson, Civil War
James W. Wilson, Spanish-American War
Christian Windowmaker, Civil War
John F. Worick, Civil War
Allen Wright, Civil War
Grant S. Wright, Civil War
John Wyllie, Civil War
William L. Yelton, Civil War
John T Young, Civil War
