He entered semi-retirement in 1883 but continued to write scientific reports until his full retirement from the Army in 1888 at the rank of Major.

With the end of the war, Wanderone returned to Illinois and entered semi-retirement.

For a period throughout the 1950s, Wanderone entered semi-retirement, making only occasional hustling trips to New York City.

Over the next couple of years Callan would enter semi-retirement.

The ten years of peace following the American war resulted in many officers entering semi-retirement on half-pay.

The crisis passed without breaking into open war, and Kingsmill paid off the Duke and once again entered semi-retirement.

In May 2000, he entered semi-retirement.

Since entering semi-retirement, Lee has lectured on investigative journalism in communities of color throughout the University of California system.

After working on The Molly Maguires (1970), Howe's health began to fail and he entered semi-retirement.

In 1873, he entered semi-retirement on a farm in Ripon, Wisconsin.