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United States Sanitary Commission: a sketch of its purposes and work / Katherine P. Wormeley.
American History, 1493-1859 (Module II: Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era, 1860-1945 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wormeley, Katherine P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sanitation.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects.
- United States.
- United States Sanitary Commission.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- United States Sanitary Commission
- Place of Publication:
- Boston: Little Brown, 1863.
- Summary:
- The work describes the Commissions' evolution and relief efforts. Wormeley gives statistics on supplies provided and eyewitness accounts of their use among soldiers.
- Notes:
- Inscribed in pencil on the titlepage by S. W. Bridgham to "Mrs. Ives." Wormeley was a prominent organizer of women's aid societies in New England during the Civil War.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages) and index.
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