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Belgian Civil War soldiers in new york

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	Enlisted	enlisted December 17, 1863 at Kinderhook; mustered in as Private, Co. L December 21, 1863 ro serve 3 years; transferred in March 1864 to Co. C
	Discharged	mustered out June 12, 1865 at Washington D.C.
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Biography :
 

A solitary man , with no referenced connection.  He gave as occupation “finisher” or “spinner”. Born Brussels, he stated being a resident of Kinderhook, N.Y., before entering the Home (Central branch) in November 1872 but I found no trace of him at that place. He claimed of suffering of chronic bronchitis and asthma contacted at Harper’s Ferry, Va in the fall of 1864.   

From the Central Branch he went to the North Western and finally to the Western Branch with a gap when he was dropped awol from 1881 through 1885. He died on October 24, 1898 and is buried in the Kansas Home cemetery Section 12 Row 13 Site 5. 

In response to the growing number of veterans entering the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in 1887 Congress authorized $150,000 to establish the Pacific Branch located west of the Rockies. Senator Jones and his partner, Colonel Baker, deeded 640 acres located about five miles from the Pacific Ocean in Los Angeles, California, to the government to use for the branch.   

Jones also pledged $10,000 a year for five years for the construction of buildings; his heirs donated an additional 113 acres instead of fulfilling the pledge monetarily. Construction of the campus began in 1888 with the Surgeon’s Quarters. One thousand veterans arrived in 1888 and stayed in temporary barracks until the permanent quarters were completed in 1891 and 1893. The National Cemetery, dating from 1889, is located on the eastern edge of the campus. 

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Western Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Leavenworth, Kansas