1865/03/07

Armstrong, Halleck (fl. 1865)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mary [Armstrong].

Talks about systematic pilfering of the Sanitary Commission by high ranking soldiers; also reports on seeing black troops: "Today for the first time I saw whole regiments of black troops…They appear quite as well on parade as their more thoroughly bleached 'brudders.' As soldiers they are not to be sneezed at I tell you…"

GLC06734.09

10 February 1864

McCook, Alexander McDowell, 1831-1903

Autograph letter signed

Title: to L. S. Perley

General McCook replies to correspondence from Perley, chairman of the Autograph Committee of the Cleveland, Ohio Sanitary Fair. Says "I am sorry to say, that I have not now in my possession, any orders or correspondence pertaining to the War, all having been forwarded to the proper departments. God speed you in your great work to comfort and care for our gallant soldiers in the field. What nobler work could the glorious people of Northern Ohio be engaged in?"

GLC02463.10

1864

United States. Sanitary Commission.

Book

Title: Narrative of privations and sufferings of United States officers & soldiers while prisoners of war in the hands of the Rebel authorities.

Title continues, "Being the Report of a Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission. With an Appendix, containing the Testimony." Reprints the report of the Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Printed by King & Baird Printers, Philadelphia. Includes woodcuts of starving Union POWs, based on photographs. Original printed paper wrapper, as issued.

GLC03597

1862-1899

Header Record

Title: Various Civil War documents [Decimalized .01-.15]

Includes an address from The New England Women's Auxiliary Association encouraging women to assist in the efforts of the United States Sanitary Commission. Contains various letters, printed song sheets, and one military document regarding the War.

GLC03619.01

25 April 1864

Suddards, W. (William), 1805-?

Printed document

Title: to Joseph A. Murray

Reverend Suddards, Chairman of the Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue, transmits a letter to Reverend Murray requesting his donation of one day's salary, income, or revenue for benefit of the Great Central Sanitary Fair. Printed on stationery of the Office on Labor, Income, and Revenue. Accompanied by an illustrated Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope signed and free franked by John W. Forney, Secretary of the Senate. Others listed as members of the Committee on Labor include Alonzo Potter (Protestant Episcopalian, Bishop), James F. Wood (Roman…

GLC04638

3 May 1864

Bond, L. Montgomery, fl. 1864

Printed document

Title: [Printed circular number one from the Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue]

The Committee for a Day's Labor requests a donation of one day's earnings from all classes of the community for benefit of the Great Central Fair. Printed on Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue stationery. Accompanied by an illustrated Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope signed and free franked by John W. Forney, Secretary of the Senate, addressed to Joseph A. Murphy. Lists members of the Committee for a Day's Labor, including Bond (Chairman), John W. Claghorn (Treasurer), Reverend E. W. Hutter (Corresponding Secretary), and McGregor J. Mitcheson (…

GLC04639

5 July 1864

Envelope

Title: [Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope]

Includes a printed scene depicting a wounded Union soldier in the foreground and a United States Sanitary Commission horse-drawn wagon in the background. Addressed to Charles G. Leland (possibly the noted author, journalist, and folklorist).

GLC04640

13 May 1864

Envelope

Title: [one side of a Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope]

Includes a printed scene depicting a wounded Union soldier in the foreground and a United States Sanitary Commission horse-drawn wagon in the background. Addressed to Mrs. Hugh Davids.

GLC04641

circa 1864

Envelope

Title: [Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope]

Includes a printed scene depicting a wounded Union soldier in the foreground and a United States Sanitary Commission horse-drawn wagon in the background. Addressed to Joseph Reese Fry, who served as an organizer of the Union League of Philadelphia and as Chairman of the Committee on Musical Entertainments of the Sanitary Fair.

GLC04642

1864

Header Record

Title: Circulars regarding the Great Central Fair, a benefit for the United States Sanitary Commission. [Decimalized .01, .02]

GLC04643

6 June 1864

White, James William, 1826-1891

Header Record

Title: Letter and receipt regarding a contribution to the Great Central Fair [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC04644

18 June 1864

Envelope

Title: [Envelope containing one thirty-cent Great Central Fair postage stamp]

Addressed to Charles H. Hart.

GLC04645

1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Broadside

Title: Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation

Large format facsimile of Lincoln's handwritten Emancipation Proclamation draft in the Confederacy. Includes blind stamp of authenticity, "Emancipation Proclamation," in lower left corner. Printed by Edward Mendel, Chicago. Prints Lincoln's letter of 26 October 1863 to the ladies in charge of the Northwestern Fair for the Sanitary Commission.

GLC04654

2 April 1862

Plattenburg, Alfred W., fl. 1862

Broadside

Title: to Alfred P. Putnam

Plattenburg, an agent working for the Western Sanitary Commission, sends Reverend Putnam a report of his mission to deliver hospital stores to Union troops fighting in Arkansas and Missouri. His report is printed on the same page with the orders he received to undertake the journey. To encourage donations to the Commission, he states "I am fully convinced that no army was (so far as provision for the wounded was concerned,) ever sent into the field in such destitute condition as ours ... Could the kind and sympathizing men and women of our loyal States, who place these abundant…

GLC04633

7 December 1864

Defoe, William W., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Emery Defoe

Defoe, a Civil War soldier, updates his parents on Union progress, stating "as yet we have had few killed the soldiers are all in good Spirits and fear nothing." Continues writing at a later time, requesting that if he is killed in battle, his parents ensure that his son George W. Defoe receives a proper education. Again resumes writing at a later time to relate the events of a recent battle, stating "this has been one of the bloodiest battles that has been fought since the war began. the Rebs have lost in killed and wounded Near (17,000) seventeen thousand." Accompanied by a United States…

GLC04634

16 September 1864

Kappes, Charles, fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sim Van Winkel

Kappes, a Union soldier waiting for his discharge in the Annapolis United States General Hospital, relates the events of his capture to friends in New Jersey. Reports that while engaged in battle near Richmond, Virginia, his corps was surrounded by Confederate soldiers and forced to surrender, after which he was taken as a prisoner. Complains of poor conditions prisoners were exposed to while on Belle Island, near Richmond, stating "I was almost starved and then such rations as they do give why the farmers of the north would not be guilty of giving it to his hogs if he did the old Pig would…

GLC04635

circa 1864

Gillespie, Elizabeth Duane, 1821-1901

Broadside

Title: [Announcement for the Central Fair Letter Boxes]

Gillespie, postmistress for the Central Fair, directs Fair participants to "Letter-Boxes, as a great convenience to all desiring to correspond with visitors to the Fair; as well as for letters to be delivered throughout the City, or at the Post Office for mailing." Summarizes mailing requirements and rates.

GLC04637

2 August 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Letter signed

Title: to John Charles Frémont

President Lincoln informs Major General Frémont that Dr. Godfrey Aigner was appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission to visit soldiers stationed at a camp under Frémont's command "to report upon circumstances affecting their health, and to advise the officers in regard to means for sustaining and improving the sanitary condition of their men." Contains a United States Bureau of Pensions Division stamp.

GLC04874

February 22, 1864-March 9,1864

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

Header Record

Title: Items pertaining to Millard Fillmore's address delivered to the Great Central Fair held in Buffalo, New York 22 February 1864 [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC04884

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Lodge of the Sanitary Commision

Title from inscription on verso. Image of three hospital buildings, two on the left side of the image and one on the right side. Recuperating soldiers occupy the center of the image. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation: "1201 XXIX."

GLC05111.01.0443

1863-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: U.S. Sanitary Commission members with wagon and commissions flag.

Inscription on verso: "Sanitary Commission." Numerican Notation on verso: "1199-XXXIV."

GLC05111.01.0775

1863-1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: U.S. Sanitary Commission Building, as viewed from across a street with trees in front.

Inscription on verso: "US Sanitary Commission." Numeric notation on verso: "34."

GLC05111.01.0776

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: The Ever Welcome Sanitary Commission [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "1199. The Ever Welcome Sanitary Commission. In the history of all the world, there can be found no record of so grand and noble an organization, as the United States Sanitary Commission. It had its branches in nearly every town and village during the war. It sent its members (noble women and men) to every battlefield; it saved thousands of lives; it relieved untold misery and suffering. No old soldier can look at this picture without having awakened in him bright memories of the grand old Sanitary Commission, blessed of God and man."

GLC05111.01.0861

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Soldiers in front of US Sanitary Department office

The image shows a group of soldiers standing in front of the US Sanitary Department office on an otherwise empty street. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "X" and "739."

GLC05111.01.1041

1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Views In and Around Richmond, VA.

One photograph entitled, "Views In and Around Richmond, VA," taken by Mathew Brady dated 1865. The image shows a large number of soldiers, sailors, civilians, freedmen, and women posed in front of the U. S. Sanitary Commission (USSC) building in Richmond.

GLC05111.01.0046