United States Sanitary Commission records. Department of the Shenandoah archives 1864-1865

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United States Sanitary Commission records. Department of the Shenandoah archives 1864-1865

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18591

The USSC's Department of Shenandoah (also referred to as the Department of West Virginia) was based at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia from spring 1864 to June 1865, under the direction of Superintendent George A. Mühleck. The Department of the Shenandoah Archives, 1864-1865, consist of letters, telegrams, reports from relief agents in the field, departmental orders, hospital reports, stock inventories, financial records, and a register of documents, as well as record books from its agencies in Harpers Ferry, Martinsburg, and Winchester. The records document the Department's efforts to support Union troops through the distribution of supplies and other forms of relief, particularly during the Shenandoah Valley campaigns of 1864.

.92 linear feet; 2 boxes, 1 volume

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312099

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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