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11548 Gunckel Check Disabled Soldier – Lewis B. Gunckel
(1826 – 1903). Was an attorney, politician, advocate for Civil
War Disabled soldiers and their families, commissioner and a
member of the United States House of Representatives from
Ohio. Partly printed ADS, 1p, 8” x 3 ¼”, Dayton, OH, June 4,
1869.. A check for $10,000 to himself for construction of the
central asylum and drawn on the account of Civil War
General Ben Butler as President and acting Treasurer signed
by Lewis B. Gunckel “Manager National Asylum for D.V.S.”
$75
The gradual disappearance of state hospitals and soldiers'
retreats resulted in the creation of more substantial national
homes. An act of Congress was approved March 31, 1865,
appointing a Board of Managers of the National Homes for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The board elected General
Benjamin F. Butler President, and Lewis B. Gunckel
Secretary. The act authorized the Board to establish one or
more homes, and under it four Homes were created. L. B.
Gunckel was influential in the measures taken to establish the
National Soldiers' Home (Central Home) in Dayton. The
organization of the Central Home as an institution dates from
March 26, 1867, at which date Lewis B. Gunckel, Resident
Manager, took formal charge of the disabled soldiers then at
the Home, a role he would continue for the next decade. The
people of Dayton regarded this as his greatest and best work.
(1826 – 1903). Was an attorney, politician, advocate for Civil
War Disabled soldiers and their families, commissioner and a
member of the United States House of Representatives from
Ohio. Partly printed ADS, 1p, 8” x 3 ¼”, Dayton, OH, June 4,
1869.. A check for $10,000 to himself for construction of the
central asylum and drawn on the account of Civil War
General Ben Butler as President and acting Treasurer signed
by Lewis B. Gunckel “Manager National Asylum for D.V.S.”
$75
The gradual disappearance of state hospitals and soldiers'
retreats resulted in the creation of more substantial national
homes. An act of Congress was approved March 31, 1865,
appointing a Board of Managers of the National Homes for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The board elected General
Benjamin F. Butler President, and Lewis B. Gunckel
Secretary. The act authorized the Board to establish one or
more homes, and under it four Homes were created. L. B.
Gunckel was influential in the measures taken to establish the
National Soldiers' Home (Central Home) in Dayton. The
organization of the Central Home as an institution dates from
March 26, 1867, at which date Lewis B. Gunckel, Resident
Manager, took formal charge of the disabled soldiers then at
the Home, a role he would continue for the next decade. The
people of Dayton regarded this as his greatest and best work.
