Who We Are
My name is Robert E. Yott,
proud veteran of the US
Army and author of "From
Soldiers' Home to Medical
Center." Other smaller
works  include the GAR,
the Bath Soldiers' Home
and biographies. I often
portray Lt. Colonel Abram
B. Lawrence of the First
New York Dragoons.
Our Business
Union Blue Enterprises was founded
on the premise of educating the
public on WHY the New York State
Soldiers' Home was established; by
WHOM and for WHOM. We also
promote the works and history of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
Civil War in general.
We also participate in many Living
History programs and reenactments
held throughout New York state.
I was a dedicated volunteer and employee at
the Bath VA until this book was written.
Since then I resigned from the VA, opting to
educate the public of the dwindling benefits
veterans now receive rather than be stifled
by the rules and regulations of the VA.
My interest in the Civil War began in the early '70s
when my father Ronald W. Yott and his brother Ernie
became founding members of the 1st US Artillery,
Battery K, N-SSA.
The sights, sounds and smell of so many Civil War
units, both North and South, competing with muskets,
carbines, cannon and mortars was very intoxicating.
The rest is, as they say, history.