United States Sanitary Commission records. Department of North Carolina archives 1862-1865

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United States Sanitary Commission records. Department of North Carolina archives 1862-1865

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18581

The USSC's Department of North Carolina was based in the Union-occupied town of New Bern from 1862-1865. Its main functions were the distribution of supplies to area military hospitals, and the provision of special relief services to individual soldiers and civilians in need, including local refugees and former prisoners-of-war. The Archives include letters and reports of relief agents, a journal of Department Inspector J.W. Page, camp inspection returns, inventories of supplies issued, and reports of sick and wounded soldiers in army hospitals.

3.19 linear feet; 8 boxes

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312095

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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