Volumes 1-4 contains the minutes from the Soldiers’ Relief Commission, primarily
listing the status of applications, but other general business is included as well.
Most of the data is from January 1888 to August 1890, and then 1902-1920. Loose
material found in volume 1 was placed in a folder. These materials are from 1903 and
concern various financial matters. Also included in the folder are two annual
reports for the years 1890 and 1904. Volume 4 is an index to volume 3.
Volumes 5-7 are the Record of Applications and contain information for Milwaukee area
soldiers, typically Civil War veterans, and their immediate families. Includes:
name, residence, rank, enlistment and discharge dates, grounds for application, and
amount. Volume 5 is undated, although most likely from 1888-1890 and lists
approximately 390 names. Volume 7 contains a separate section for applications for
wives and widows.
Volume 8 is the Record of Relief paid. Information found in this volume also relates
to Civil War veterans and includes: file number of application, name of person
relieved, address, number of persons in family, and duration of relief granted. The
names listed in this volume are from the Milwaukee area, but the collector of the
information is not specified. Most people appear in the volume more than once since
the relief was usually given for a three month period.
