Description
Lists 3,500 students enrolled in the Civil War Soldiers’ Orphan Schools of Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Crawford, Fayette, Mercer, and Westmoreland counties in 1876. Give dates of birth, admission, and discharge, as well as the home post office address when not in school. Contains significant genealogical remarks about many children. Brief description and history of the orphan schools. Neither parent had to be deceased for the child to be enrolled in the orphan school program. Indexed. 62 pages. Published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
