eaten for dinner, 800 pounds of bread at each meal, and so forth. Preparing these meals required 126 cooks, 44 bakers, 18 butchers, 22 bread cutters, along with farm hands, dishwashers, servers and gardeners. Branches of the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers References External links National Archives.gov: National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 1865 establishments in the United States History of veterans' affairs in the United States Old soldiers' homes in the United States