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Related Historical Markers
This is a list of markers regarding the soldiers' home.
By Paul Fehrenbach, June 12, 2012
Erastus B. Wolcott, M.D Marker
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| On General Mitchell Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Dr. Erastus B. Wolcott was an originator of the idea for a national soldier’s home in Milwaukee.
A spirited leader in medicine, business and government, he was state surgeon-general during the Civil War and an ardent advocate for what is now the . . . — — Map (db m77415) 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 |
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