Thank God for the raising up of the United States Sanitary Commission -- for the great fairs, and the willing hearts and hands that have put money into its treasury.

J. Foster Jenkins, Esq., General Secretary United States Sanitary Commission, MY DEAR SIR: I beg to thank your noble commission for the honor conferred upon me by my election to an associate ...

Mr. Stillé’s book is, properly speaking, a history of the Commission itself, — of the work, namely, directed by the eight or ten men who were the Sanitary Commission.

It operated under the supervision of the parent U.S. Sanitary Commission, which was modelled after the British Sanitary Commission established during the Crimean War. It grew from a neighborhood ...

FOR three years I had been a thorough believer in the United States Sanitary Commission. Reading carefully its publications, listening with tearful interest to the narrations of those who had been ...

Catalogue of Works of Art. Exhibition of Paintings and Statuary in Aid of the Pittsburgh Fair Fund of the United States Sanitary Commission, together with Paintings contributed by the Artists of ...

Despite this, the Union was in much better shape than the Confederacy, partly because of the Sanitary Commission (a government organization dedicated to keeping soldiers healthy).

Description During the Civil War, the U.S. Sanitary Commission provided Union soldiers with medical care, coordinated supply efforts, helped to locate missing soldiers, and offered medical and hygiene ...

MUNCIE, Ind. — Steve Selvey, who recently retired from his post as Muncie's building commissioner, on Thursday was appointed to the Muncie Sanitary District Board.

One of the book’s greatest assets is that it illustrates the diverse backgrounds of the soldiers who served in many USCT regiments. Following his discharge, Said worked for the US Sanitary Commission, ...