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
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| creatorOf | Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.). Record and scrapbook, 1861-1865. | Historical Society of Pennsylvania | |
| referencedIn | United States Sanitary Commission. Records of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, 1863-1865. | Library of Congress | |
| referencedIn | George and Samuel B. Fales collection 1815-1866 1834-1850 Fales, George and Samuel B. collection | William L. Clements Library | |
| referencedIn | Fales, Samuel B. Letter : Philadelphia, unaddressed, [1865 Dec.]. | Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library | |
| referencedIn | Nagel family. Portrait photographs from the Naglee family papers [graphic], ca. 1865-ca. 1875. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896,. Civil War Volunteer Saloons and Hospitals Ephemera Collection. 1861-1868 (inclusive). | Porterville Public Library |
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| associatedWith | Fales, Samuel B. | person |
| associatedWith | McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, | person |
| associatedWith | Nagel family. | family |
| associatedWith | Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital. Ladies Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States Sanitary Commission. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | William L. Clements Library | corporateBody |
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