Any inmate who wished to leave the Home for an overnight stay was required to obtain permission from the commandant and a signed furlough slip. (Courtesy of Susan Reedy)
Insurance schematic showing the location of hoses, pumps, standpipes, extinguishers, and other firefighting equipment at the Home. On the evening of March 25, 1920, when a disastrous fire swept through the facility, much of the equipment was missing or inoperative. (Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society)
After a career that was “neither particularly conspicuous nor obscure,” Baptist preacher Dr. Alexander N. White entered the Home in 1903 and lived there until it closed thirty-two years later. (ULPA 1994.18.0358, Herald Post Collection, 1994.18. Special Collections, University of Louisville)
Charlotte Woodbury (left), pictured with Governor and Mrs. “Happy” Chandler. Despite her political connections, she was unable to prevent the closing of the Kentucky Confederate Home. (ULPA 1994.18.1550, Herald Post Collection, 1994.18. Special Collections, University of Louisville)
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