Records, 1861-1867 (bulk 1864).

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Records, 1861-1867 (bulk 1864).

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Papers, 1861-1867. The bulk of the collection consists of receipts and requisitions, dated 1864. They list supplies provided by the Sanitary Commission: food, clothing, tobacco, wine, and other supplies for the sick. Many of are on preprinted forms, often with Army of the Potomac letterhead, but there are also informally written requests on small scraps of paper, usually for just one or two items. There are also some requests from individual soldiers, and a request from a chaplain for wine to celebrate Communion. Many of the receipts and requisitions are dated from Petersburg, Va. The collection also includes rosters of people employed by the Sanitary Commission in 1865; a booklet to record money raised for the Brooklyn and Long Island Fair in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission; some lithographed ephemera related to the Fair; an account of stock at the Commission's Norfolk, Va. depot in May 1864; a few letters on administrative matters; and a long letter written to Frank Moore in 1867, by an unnamed woman in Cairo, Ill., about her experiences as a nurse during the Civil War. She describes the beginning of the war in Chicago, her diffidence in beginning her work, and her experiences nursing the sick and wounded after the Battle of Belmont and the Battle of Shiloh.

0.45 linear feet (1 box, 1 envelope)

New-York Historical Society

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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...

Brooklyn and Long Island Fair in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission (1864)

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At the outset of the Civil War, the Red Cross did not exist, there was no draft, the nursing profession was nascent, and there existed no formal welfare relief for wounded soldiers and families of deceased soldiers. Private institutions, state and local governments, and individuals mobilized in order to meet the great demands of the war. Volunteer military regiments were formed through the efforts of state and local recruitment agencies, and relief was provided through existing chan...

United States. Army of the Potomac

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The Army of the Potomac was created after the defeat of Union forces at the First Battle of Bull Run. Its objective was to defend Washington, D.C. by protecting the Potomac River entry into the city. The Army of the Potomac participated in the Peninsula Campaign, the Seven Days' Battles, Antietam, Gettysburg and Appomatox. Its commanders (in order of service) were McClellan, Halleck, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and Grant. From the description of General orders, ...

Moore, Frank, 1828-1904

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Author, of New York, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1865-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019210 Editor and compiler of works on the Civil War. From the description of Frank Moore Civil War collection, 1861-1865. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58781630 Editor, member of the New-York Historical Society, and author and compiler of works on American historical and literary subjects; born in Concord, N...