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United States Sanitary Commission (186)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t25vp5 (person)

The United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to support sick and wounded soldiers of the United States Army (Federal / Northern / Union Army) during the American Civil War. It operated across the North, raised an estimated $25 million in Civil War era revenue (assuming 1865 dollars, $422.66 million in 2021) and in-kind contributions to support the cause, and enlisted thousands of volunteers. The president was Henry W...

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Brooklyn and Long Island Fair in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission (1864) (7)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw7dm2 (corporateBody)

At the outset of the Civil War, the Red Cross did not exist, there was no draft, the nursing profession was nascent, and there existed no formal welfare relief for wounded soldiers and families of deceased soldiers. Private institutions, state and local governments, and individuals mobilized in order to meet the great demands of the war. Volunteer military regiments were formed through the efforts of state and local recruitment agencies, and relief was provided through existing c...

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United States Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia Branch (2)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s2302p (corporateBody)

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United States Sanitary Commission. Cleveland Branch (2)

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Organization which provided for the physical needs of soldiers by improving camp hygiene and diets, collecting and disbursing hospital stores, inspecting hospitals and other medical facilities, caring for sick and wounded soldiers, registering and burying the dead, building and supporting a soldiers home, and conducting a special relief system and employment service. On April 20, 1861 - one week after the surrender of Fort Sumter at the beginning of the Amer...

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United States Sanitary Commission. Chicago Branch (2)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64f5vd5 (corporateBody)

Climax Prairre, now called Climax, is located in Kalamazoo County (Mich.). Skinner (Sept. 13, 1913-Sept. 16, 1887) was the city attorney for Chicago, 1839-1840, a member of the Ill. legislature, 1846-1847, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Cook County, Ill.), 1851-1853. He married Elizabeth Magill Williams in 1841. The Skinner School in Chicago was named in his honor. He founded numerous early Chicago relief and aid societies and the Chicago Library Association. The Chicago [Northwester...

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United States Sanitary Commission. New-England Women's Auxiliary Association (3)

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United States Sanitary Commission. Western sanitary commission. (1)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wh7k7w (corporateBody)

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United States Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia Agency (1)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gp0xf2 (person)

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United States Sanitary Commission. Northwestern Branch (1)

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A civilian organization, with city and regional branches, that took responsibility for health of volunteer soldiers in the Union Army.

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United States Sanitary Commission. Boston Branch (1)

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