{"id":252,"date":"2009-07-15T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogybank.com\/?p=252"},"modified":"2024-07-31T08:11:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T12:11:45","slug":"deaths-at-us-soldiers-home-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/deaths-at-us-soldiers-home-washington.html","title":{"rendered":"Deaths at the US Soldiers&#8217; Home &#8211; Washington, DC 1898-1899"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">Get the most out of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/gbnk\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">GenealogyBank<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358841285607347986\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; cursor: hand; height: 306px; text-align: center;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/s400\/soldiers-home-report-group-shot.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration - US Soldiers' Home - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division - Digital ID: npcc 18971\" width=\"400\" height=\"306\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 78%;\"><em>(Illustration &#8211; US Soldiers&#8217; Home &#8211; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division &#8211; Digital ID: npcc 18971)<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms;\"><strong>GenealogyBank has more than 250,000 historical documents and reports &#8211; like the <em>Annual Reports of the War Department<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/s1600-h\/soldier-home-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358831789520543186\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 186px; cursor: hand; height: 320px;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/s320\/soldier-home-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: U.S. Soldiers' Home - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division - Digital ID: npcc 18971\" width=\"186\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The War Department, like all US Government Agencies issues an annual report that includes the report of each of its component departments. <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">The 1899 report of the Secretary of War is 708 pages long &#8211; 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