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United States Sanitary Commission

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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 Whit...

Grosh, A. B. (Aaron Burt), 1803-1884

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Bloor, A. J. (Alfred Janson), 1828-1917

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Alfred Janson Bloor, an architect in New York City, was born in 1828. He was the American Institute of Architects' secretary during 1870-1888, and he worked as assistant secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission in Washington, D.C., Virginia, and elsewhere during the Civil War. Bloor died in 1917. From the description of Diaries, 1848-1867. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58660100 From the description of Papers, [ca. 1848-1916]. (New York University). WorldCat rec...

Online Archive of California

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