Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs, Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Erie, Patient Record Books, 1890 Continued-1896, This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., Indexed internally, alphabetically by surname of patient. Detailed information regarding the patients is provided, including patient name, register number, application number, date of birth, place of birth, place of residence, occupation, names and addresses of nearest relatives, social condition, number of months in service, ability to read and write, religious affiliation, church name and cemetery name. Data about patients’ military service includes place and date of enlistment, rank attained, company and regiment, place and date of discharge, reason for discharge, engagements participated in, information such as whether he was wounded, disabled, or captured in battle. Also shown are pension certificate number, monthly pension rate, physician remarks and general remarks. The form and layout of the information changes somewhat over the years.
