The fair will replicate fundraisers which supported Civil War soldiers' health and their families. It is a new event planned for the re-enactment, set for May 20-22 on Sunbury's village square.

In 1864, the US Sanitary Commission hosted the Great Central Sanitary Fair of Philadelphia — an event organized to raise funds for soldiers’ aid during the Civil War.

Re-enactment of a fundraiser dance is likely to be one of many events marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. ... "The Sanitary Fair of 1865 was a huge event," Connolly said.

At the time, “sanitary commissions” were something like the Red Cross — civilian volunteer groups providing health care and other support to Civil War soldiers. In Chicago, the sanitary fair ...

In the aftermath of the Civil War's Battle of Shiloh in 1862, something strange happened. Some soldiers' wounds started to glow. Stranger still, those with glowing wounds seemed to have better ...