Where is Civil War Vet Herman Borghardt Buried?
A Union Army vet who died here as an indigent is somewhere among the burials of the poor near Froedtert. Advocates want to locate him before the hospital digs up remains to allow for a building expansion.
So far, the whole life of Herman Borghardt is told in but two brief documents, one containing just a paragraph, the other only notations on a single page. The latter is his death certificate. It shows that he had been a farmer, had more recently been living in the City of Milwaukee and may have been a widower. He died an indigent at 77 of a chronic heart condition on Oct. 7, 1898, at Milwaukee County Hospital, and was buried there in the Poor Farm Cemetery. And one other thing: Duly noted by Dr. E.C. Grosskopf, health officer of Wauwatosa Township, Borghardt was a Civil War veteran, enrolled in Company G of the 41st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The other existing document is the official roster of the 41st New York, which …
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