Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)

The Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital, a philanthropic organization, was instituted on May 27, 1861. It provided Union soldiers with free accomodations as their regiments passed through on their way to Washington. A separate hospital would receive any passing sick or wounded soldiers. It officially closed on August 28, 1865.

From the description of Record and scrapbook, 1861-1865. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 86165648