Old Soldier’s Home

Civil War Confederate Soldier’s Home:

In January 1889 the Frank Cheatham Bivouac of the Association of Confederate Soldiers forwarded a bill to the Tennessee General Assembly to establish a home for indigent and disabled Confederate veterans on the grounds of the Hermitage…read more

The home stood about a mile north of the cemetery.

NOTE: Access to the site is restricted to The Hermitage Farm Tour.

4580 Rachels Ln, Hermitage, TN 37076

President Andrew Jackson had two sons that were Confederate officers. One of them, Captain Samuel Jackson was killed in the Battle of Chickamuaga.