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Related Historical Markers
This is a list of markers regarding the soldiers' home.
By William Fischer, Jr., September 5, 2010
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Mitchell Boulevard near General Wolcott Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was established by Congressional legislation and approved by President Abraham Lincoln on March 3, 1865. Its purpose was "...to care for him who shall have borne the battle..." as stated in . . . — — Map (db m77416) HM |
| Near West National Avenue at South 48th Street. |
| | The Wisconsin Soldiers’ Home Association was formed in 1864 by a coalition of women’s charitable organizations led by Lydia Hewitt, Hannah Vedder, and Mrs. E. L. Buttrick of Milwaukee. The Association raised funds to endow a hospital where sick and . . . — — Map (db m95766) HM |
| On North Plankinton Avenue, 0.1 miles north of West Wisconsin Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In April 1864, women of the former West Side Soldiers’ Aid Society opened a temporary Civil War Soldiers’ Home at this location. By May 1867, the home’s Lady Managers had welcomed 21,550 Union soldiers, given medical care to over 1,000, and provided . . . — — Map (db m77417) HM |
Jun. 15, 2024