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 SANITARY COMMISSION 
 B.ULLETIN. /^^^^^^ 
 
 No. 37. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA, MAY 1, 1865. 
 
 No. 37. 
 
 The Sanitary Commission Bulletin is pnbuyied on the first and fiftenith of every month ^ and as 
 it has a circulation, gratuitous or other, of above 15,000 copies, it offers an unusually valuable medium for 
 advertising. 
 
 All communications must be addressed to the Editor, at the office, 1307 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, and 
 must be authenticated by the names and addresses of the writers. 
 
 As the continuance of the publication of the Bulletin m uncen-tain, depending on that of the war, and on 
 the resources of the U. S. Sanitary Commission — the Standing Committee feels a certain degree of reluctance 
 to solicit subscriptions for it — and thereby to pledge the Commission to its issue for a definite period. 
 
 The Committee understand, however, thai some of their friends to whom it is now sent gratuitously, ex- 
 press a wish to pay for it, and they therefore give notice that the sum of two dollars, remitted to the 
 Treasurer, (G. T. Strong, 68 Wall street. New York, or No 1307 Chestnut street, Philadelphia,) will 
 secure its being sent to such contributor during the remainder of the current year, unless its publication be 
 sooner discontinued. 
 
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 For the Sanitary Cominissioa Bulletin. 
 STAEVED TO DEA.TH ! 
 
 Suggested by the remark of a mother, one of whope sons 
 had died o( slarviition in a rebel prison ; "1 hardly expect- 
 ed my boys would return to me unharmed, but I never 
 dreamed one would be starved to death." 
 
 BV MINNIE MINTWOOD. 
 
 Above me, soft'ning April skies; 
 
 And all around, the tender grass, 
 With slight green arms that eager rise 
 
 To catch the sunbeams as they pass; 
 And ju^t below, the rippling brook, 
 
 With pulses throbbing low and deep, 
 While birds and flowers and mossy nook. 
 
 All mem'ries of my darling keep. 
 
 Within, upon my pictured wall, 
 
 One brow is fairer than the rest; 
 Ah, me! it seems at yester'a call, 
 
 Uis head was pillowed on my breast. 
 His every curl some gold had caught, 
 
 The sweets of flowers were in liis breath; 
 In all my life he was inwrought. 
 
 And now, to know he starved to death! 
 
 That he was brave you well may know. 
 
 No heart more loyal, true and leal, 
 Among the first of all to go 
 
 And bare his breast to rebel .steel. 
 And when be in his armor stood, 
 
 The bravest of them all, one saith : 
 "Virginia's soil may drink his lilood." 
 
 But none, "your boy will utane to death!" 
 
 Full well I knew 'mid shot and shell* 
 
 And clash of sabres he would stand ; 
 But lie, who doeth all things well, 
 
 ]\Iight shield him with His loving hand. 
 But if he fell ! I could not bear 
 
 Within my heart a place for this ! 
 To see no more his forehead fair, 
 
 Or nevermore his lips to kiss. 
 
 Vol. I. No. 37 73 
 
 Still, should it be my woman's part 
 
 To see my bliss in ruins lie. 
 For my loved country, e'en my heart 
 
 Could bear for Mm to die, 
 If ha, as patriot.^, should fall 
 
 With victory flashing in his eye, 
 His spirit leaping at the call 
 
 To join the ranks of souls on high. 
 
 For every mine must yield its gold, 
 
 From every hearth some incense rise, 
 I gave the be.<t of all my fold — 
 
 Jly boy — a countrj'-sacrifice ! 
 But, Uod! I never thought to know,. 
 
 \yilh hunger weakening every breath. 
 By .-squalid want and torture slow, 
 
 ^fy boy would ever starve to death! 
 
 Hilldale Farm, near Ludlow ville,- 
 
 Tompkins County, New York, April, 186.5. 
 
 LETTER FROM NEWBERN, N. C. 
 BY J. W. PAGE, M.D. 
 
 March 19, 1805. 
 
 I encio.se to you some of the notes re- 
 ceived from my brotber, in chnrge of the 
 Relief Corps at the front, and dated respect- 
 ively the 11th, Uth, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 
 18th. Several of these should have gone 
 forward with the lists of wounded 1 have 
 already forwarded ; but the early hour and 
 hurry of my departure for Moorchcud, on 
 the day of my last comrauuication, occa- 
 sioned their oversight, and I was surprised 
 to find them still lying on my table. 
 
 These notes, jotted down on the field, 
 tell in their style, as well as in their oarra- 
 
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 live, the yeoman service which our Relief 
 Corps has rendered thus far in a campaign 
 in -which, perhaps more than in any other 
 of the war, not only the comfort, but the 
 salvation, of our sick and wounded depended 
 on the extraneous Relief of the Sanitary 
 Commission at the rlylil time and the riglit 
 place. The railroad construction has pro- 
 gressed pari iJassn with the army, but five 
 or seven miles in the rear. Our chief sup- 
 ply tent was at the terminus of the railroad 
 in season to receive, and shelter, and pro- 
 vide for the first instalment of the wounded 
 from the battle field; while our Relief 
 a<i:cuts were extending the needed relief to 
 the field hospitals along our exteuded battle 
 line. The reconstruction of the railroad, 
 employing an army of two thousand con- 
 structionists, building wharves and depots, 
 kying tracks and transporting material 
 therefor, has been going on at the same 
 time with the trimsportation of thirty thou- 
 sand troops, with all the impedimenia of 
 modern warfare, directly into the enemy's 
 country, equipped and appointed for an im- 
 mediate battle with an army of the enemy 
 equal in numbers. Yet all this herculean 
 work has been done with four wheezy en- 
 gines and a correspondingly iusufiicieut pro- 
 vision of truck and box cars. I question 
 whether such a brilliant feat of railroading, 
 all things considered, has ever been accom- 
 plished since the commencement of this 
 war, of which railroading has been such a 
 novel and important military element. It 
 is a railroad victory which adds as much 
 lustre to the genius and energy of Colonel 
 Wright and Mr. Van ])yne, as does the 
 battle of Kinston to the mditary reputation 
 of our successful generals. These allusions 
 would be episodical, were they not intended 
 to draw your attention to the long intervals 
 which must necessarily happen between the 
 arrivals of trains on a road so illy provided 
 with rolling stock, and so enormously taxed 
 beyond its reasonable capacity. A long 
 line of railroad, constantly advancing its 
 terminus into a wild and swampy country, 
 where our sick and wounded must meet it 
 at unheralded hours, and await on the damp 
 ijround. through rain and shine, or enve- 
 loped in the swamp fogs of the chilly nights, 
 with only the little covering and scanty 
 comforts that could be brouglit for six miles 
 over horrible roads, in overloaded ambu- 
 lances, Irom destitute field hospitals and 
 await, through these cheerless hours, the 
 unfrequent trains. We have had floods of 
 
 rain ; and an ambulance travelling over the 
 deeply gullied roads would tax the enau- 
 rance oi well men. You can imagine, then, 
 the condition of our sick and wounded after 
 six miles of such rough jolting; and you 
 can imagine, perhaps better than I can de- 
 scribe, the full measure of their satisfaction, 
 when, instead of being dumped on the cold, 
 wet ground, tq await, chilled and hungry, 
 the arrival of th^cars, they found, ready for 
 their reception, our spacious tents, embla- 
 zoned in front, so «that "he that runs may 
 read," with the full name of our glorious 
 old Commission, and provided within with 
 •every comfort for the outer and the inner 
 man. Soft beds of quilts, laid on clean 
 straw — warm blankets — rich soups, with 
 Boston crackers — hot coffee and tea, gentle 
 attendance and good cheer, and the assurance 
 of the same comforts being transferred to 
 the cars for their transportation to Newbern. 
 The luxury of being the instrument in af- 
 fording such relief was new to my brother, 
 and to some of the improvised corps of as- 
 sistants, and stimulated them to exertions 
 too strained and continuous for their own 
 safety ; so that I have relieved them in a 
 measure, by forwarding, in charge of sup- 
 plies, the volunteer but temporary aid of 
 several young gentlemen in the Department, 
 whose truthful natures and warm sympa- 
 thies I had learned by previous acquaint- 
 ance to appreciate. The number and cha- 
 racter of these offers from young men long 
 associated with this Department in military 
 and civil positions, and their proffered wil- 
 lingness to serve the Commission at the 
 front, at the very time when the drizzling 
 spring rains and the booming of the distant 
 cannon told them plainly that such a cam- 
 paign was no child's play, have illustrated, 
 with gratifying clearness, the deep hold 
 which the Sanitary Commission has already 
 gained on the affections of the generous 
 youths of our land, whose characters are 
 being moulded on the gigantic occurrences 
 now transpiring, and forming the history of 
 their country. I had anticipated the usual 
 proffer of battle-field aid from " our friends 
 over the way" of the Christian Commission, 
 as in days gone by. I had received in- 
 structions, to accept such proffered aid on 
 the field, and to supply and treat the dele- 
 gates as our own Relief agents ; and my ex- 
 perience in South Carolina, and in previous 
 campaigns in this Department, had led me 
 to place a high estimate on the value of 
 such relief aid; and I had instructed my 
 
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 1155 
 
 brother, if such relief was proferred to ac- 
 cept and treat it in accordance with the es- 
 timate I had entertained of its value. No 
 proifer, however, was made by the delegates 
 of the Christian Commission, though several 
 of them were here, and several new ones 
 appeared on the ground about the time and 
 since our active campaign began. I under- 
 stand from one of their number, that seve- 
 ral of the new ones left, during the week of 
 the fight, for other loealities, as Wilmington 
 and Plymouth, c^'c. None of them, how- 
 ever, were on the field, nor have been to 
 the front ; unless I except a quasi dele- 
 gate, who appeared after the fight, penny- 
 a-lining items for the local newspaper. This 
 avoidance of the field, at the time of active 
 operations, and when our soldiers are 
 breasting the deadly fire of the enemy, leads 
 me to suppose there may have been some 
 change in the programme of the Christian 
 Commission, of which, from my long ab- 
 sence from our northern centres of action, I 
 have not been made aware. From pre- 
 vious experience, I had reckoned on their 
 co-operation, and its failure compelled me, 
 at a late hour, to improvise a supplementary 
 llelief corps from the ardent and generous 
 materials I have previously alluded to. My 
 previous acquaintance with the self-denial 
 and usefulness of the delegates of the Chris- 
 tian Commission at such times as these, would 
 lead me to think any such fundamental 
 change in the objects of their mission an 
 unfortunate one, as I cannot see any corre- 
 sponding compensation to the service. 
 
 I returned from the front on Wednesday, 
 the 15th, leaving our Sanitary depot and 
 corps at Dow's Station, then the terminus 
 of the railroad, about 8 miles from Kiuston, 
 and from which point our stores radiated to 
 the different hospitals and encampments of 
 our large army. The corps and division 
 wagons were constantly arriving at and de- 
 parting from that point with army stores, 
 and every facility for transportation was 
 furnished us. From the moment of the 
 arrival of our stores and the establishment 
 of the Sanitary depot where the hospital 
 trains must meet the terminus of the rail- 
 road, an order was issued from the head- 
 quarters of General Palmer to the Quarter- 
 masters of his division to furnish all the 
 transportation we might need in forward- 
 ing our relief to any portion of the field. 
 Our Depot has kept pace with the rail- 
 road. It has been a moving ho.''pital, meet- 
 ing the sick and wounded always at the 
 
 point where the long weary hours of de- 
 tention would have been painful and dreary 
 but for the comforts provided for them by 
 the agents of our Commission there. The 
 long list of wounded which I have for- 
 warded you were all the recipients of our 
 care at that point, and their railroad wants 
 provided for until they should arrive at the 
 doors of the general hospital in Newborn. 
 
 I spent one day in visiting the Division 
 headquarters along the extensive line of 
 our new position, and the hospitals in the 
 field, witnessing the elation of our gallant 
 troops, and the burial of a multitude of rebel 
 hopes. 
 
 The earthworks thrown up by our troops 
 under fire, and begun with the use of tin 
 cups and shingles, instead of the pick-axe 
 and spade, are a wonderful monument of the 
 daring and efiicicncy of our veteran troops. 
 Though the work of a couple of hours, they 
 are as extensive and strong as the original 
 defences of Newborn, on which the rebels 
 had labored for weeks. This was especially 
 observant on the right of our line, in front 
 of the old 9th New Jersey, of Burnside 
 fame, and the lo2d New York, whose valor 
 has so often and so stubbornly held our 
 outposts against the assaults of the enemy. 
 These regiments, with the rest of the divi- 
 sion of Grcneral Palmer, held the extreme 
 right of our line, which the enemy assailed 
 vigorously on the first day's fight, with 
 their heavy artillery in exact range of the 
 Division Headquarters, but relinquished 
 the attack for the desperate onset they made 
 on the left, in which they were at last so 
 severely punished. 
 
 Our sanitary stores had reached the Di- 
 vision in quantity, and were stacked under 
 guard. Mr. Perry, our Kelief Agent, did 
 some hard horse-back riding, and severe and 
 prolonged labors, in conducting our wagons 
 over miles of muddy and deeply gullied and 
 rough corduroy roads. I saw the captains of 
 two cou)panies of cavalry, long celebrated in 
 this Department for their vigor and daring, 
 now, when under orders to move forward, 
 appeal to these stores for vegetables for 
 their men, and themselves count out the 
 onions, that they might be sure every man 
 should get one. These vegetables are more 
 prized at such a time by these men than 
 would be the choicest tropical fruits. 
 
 On the advance of the army from the 
 battle field, I accompanied it to Kinstou, 
 passing one night at the new encampment 
 opposite the town, and in the morning vi.sitr- 
 
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 The Sanitary Commission Bulletin. 
 
 ing the town itself. The rebel wurks on 
 both sides of the river are of the strongest 
 description of earth works, and well manned 
 would have presented a formidable obstacle 
 to our advance; but our stout tightiug in 
 front, and the ^Qixx of danger in their rear, 
 compelled them to abandon these works. 
 
 I returued to Newbern via " Dover Sta- 
 tion," to which point our depot had ad- 
 vanced, and after a splashing ride ) of ten 
 miles on horseback, as many more by cars, 
 three miles on foot, and five on a hand-car, 
 arrived here at dusk. Crowds of soldiers 
 have been passing up to the front, and every- 
 thing indicates operations on a large scale. 
 I received a telegram from Dr. Agnew on 
 my return, and took the first train for More- 
 head City, where -I met him on the trans- 
 port steamer Chase, with a full cargo of 
 stores for the Commission. The limited 
 capacity of the railroad, already overtaxed, 
 forbade the landing of stores at the wharf. 
 Dr. Aenew placed such stores as we needed 
 here on board a provisionary schooner, some 
 four or live hundred barrels in bulk, which 
 I have made arrangements to transport 
 to Newbern by water. The next day Dr. 
 Agnew took the rest of the steamer's cargo 
 to Wilmington, for the relief of our liberated 
 Union prisoners, and on hisn-eturn will dis- 
 charge what may remain at Morehead for 
 the campaign on this line. 
 
 I was at Wilminkiton the day after its 
 capture, having run down with Generals 
 Palmer and Carter and staff's; I met the 
 Sanitary Agent, Mr. Foster, there, preparing 
 for a depot of reception, but at the time 
 destitute of supplies. I should have advised 
 the sending what few stores could then have 
 been spared from this point, had not Mr. 
 Foster informed nie that he had eleven days 
 before, made full requisitions on the central 
 depot at New York, and was daily expect- 
 ing ample stores. The condition of such of 
 our returned prisoners as I then saw was 
 pitiable beyond expression, and the evidences 
 of the barbarity of the rebel leaders was 
 most damnable. The filth, squalor, emaci- 
 ation, idiocy, and insanity of those who sur- 
 vived their infernal treatment, prepared me 
 to witness the sight of the charred remains 
 of those whom the rebels buined on evacua- 
 ting the city ; telling the poor, bed-ridden 
 victims of their cruelty " if they would not 
 get out and follow their army, they would 
 scorch them out," and carried out their 
 devilish threat by setting fire to one end of 
 the buildiu"- ! 
 
 !. Com. IX TUE ~j 
 'E Creek, N C, [■ 
 11, 1865. j 
 
 Headquautfus U S. San. Com. ix tue 
 Field, six miles fkom Cove 
 3Iarch 
 
 I have just returned from a visit to the 
 Division Hospital at the front. I started 
 in advance of an arujy wagon, furuished me 
 by the Chief Quartermaster, which I loaded 
 with stores for the front from our depot at 
 this station. I arrived at the hospital, nine 
 miles from this station, at about o o'clock 
 this P.M. A portion of the road being 
 almost impassible for man or beast, and so 
 I spent a longer portion of the day on the 
 road than I otherwise would ; but I met 
 Dr. lliee at the hospital, and found him 
 making his preparations for breaking up 
 his hospital at that point, and preparing for 
 a forward movement toward Kinston. I 
 learned that the rebels had burnt their iron 
 clad ram and the bridge across the Neuse 
 river at Kinston ; also that tJiey were re- 
 treating toward Goldsboro'. They retreat- 
 ed fVom our front, taking only such of their 
 wounded as they thought likely to survive 
 their injuries, leaving the worst cases and 
 the dead for our forces to bury and other- 
 wise care for. On my return to camp I 
 found that Mr. Perry had obtained the en- 
 closed list of wounded men from the front, 
 whom he had cared for and seen properly 
 and comfortably provided with blankets, 
 and had a rich beef soup made of the beef 
 stock furnished by the Commission, and 
 every one had a tin cupful before being 
 placed on the cars, after which he gave each 
 one a cup of hot coffee and crackers. I also 
 called on my return from the front at the 
 hospital at Gum Swamp, where I found 
 ])r. Weaver in charge, having seven wound- 
 ed men from the front, and wishing for 
 some relief, which was afforded him imme- 
 diately, as he came to the depot, and I 
 supplied his immediate wants from the 
 stores of the Commission. To-night I go 
 to bed for the first time since I came out 
 here before two o'clock at night. 
 
 Head Quarters U. S. San. Com., in the 
 Field, 6 miles from Cove Creek, 
 March 
 
 T wrote to you yesterday morning, quite 
 early, a hasty note, which I forwarded by 
 Dr. Wilson, Assistant Surgeon, 123d Indi- 
 ana Vols., in charge of about thirty wounded 
 and some 20 sick soldiers from the front. 
 
 I had on that day visited, in company 
 with Captain Kimball, Chief Quartermaster, 
 the headquarters of General Palmer, which 
 is at the right of the line of defences. We 
 
 M., IN THE ") 
 REEK, N. C, I" 
 
 12, 1865. j 
 
Tlie Sanitary Commission Bulletin. 
 
 1157 
 
 left our depot at 10 o'clock in the fore- 
 noon, and arrived at headquarters about 12 
 noon. We heard heav}'^ firing all the time, 
 and on arriving; near, we learned that the 
 rebels, under Hoke, had made a desperate 
 attempt to flank the left of the line of Gen- 
 eral Palmer's Division, but were repulsed 
 with a severe loss in killed and wounded, 
 and a few hundred prisoners, including one 
 Lieutenant Colonel, and one of General 
 Hoke's aid-decamps. 
 
 While at headquarters a courrier arrived 
 with a message from General Cox, com- 
 manding the 1st Division of the 23d Army 
 Corps, saying that couriers had arrived at 
 his (Cox's) headquarters, bringing intelli- 
 gence from General Couch, commanding 2d 
 Division of the 2od Corps, that he was at 
 that time at Beaver Dam, moving from Wil- 
 mington on to Kinston. This intelligence 
 was received with a hearty welcome, and 
 doubled the assurance of the capture or 
 annihilation of the rebel force so desperately 
 struggling to break through our lines, if 
 they did not retreat. 
 
 I learned also that our loss during the 
 day in killed and wounded, was not near 
 as much as that of the enemy. The force 
 opposed to us on our front, amounted to 
 about 20,000, commanded by the rebel Gen- 
 erals Hoke, D. H. Hill, and S. P. Lee, well 
 known in this region from his having made 
 several unsuccessful attempts to drive the 
 "hated Yankees" from Newbern. Seven 
 consecutive charges were made on the forti- 
 fications at the right of the line, commanded 
 by General Palmer. Every attack was re- 
 pulsed with as much determination as it was 
 made, and the rebels were obliged to re- 
 treat. At the last attack a portion of one 
 rebel brigade was captured by our forces, 
 which will partly compensate for the loss of 
 one regiment, captured by them yesterday 
 . forenoon, that is as far as numbers of pris- 
 oners are concerned. 
 
 I also visited the division hospital, with 
 Dr. P. B. Rice, the Division Surgeon. 1 
 met here Dr. Whitney, of the 18th VV^iscon- 
 sin Vols., and Drs. Whittier, 23d Mass. 
 Vols., Holcomb, Surgeon, and Cowles, As- 
 sistant Surgeon 15th Conn. Vols., busily at- 
 tending to the wounded as fast as they were 
 brought in from the field of action. 
 
 Here I obtained from Dr. Rice a memor- 
 andum of what stores he was in pressing 
 need ; and as transportation is very limited 
 to the front, and the roads in such a con- 
 dition as to enable but about 1,200 or 1,500 
 
 lbs of stores to be transported by one six 
 mule team, I made the assortment to com- 
 prise the greatest variety possible, as you 
 will see by a memorandum copy of the issues 
 of to-day. which I send you, as follows : — 
 100 handkerchiefs, 50 towels, 120 pairs 
 socks, 96 cans condensed milk, 48 lbs. fari- 
 na, 40 corn starch, GO tomatoes, 60 beef- 
 stock, 1 bbl. dried apples, 25 lbs. wbite 
 sugar, 1 box lint, 1 bed tick, 1 bbl. old 
 linen, 24 btls. whiskey, 2 bbls. crackers, 1 
 bbl. onions. Captain Kimball, Chief Qaar- 
 termaster of this division, has promised me 
 one army wagon to-morrow morning, which 
 I shall load and send forward, and see that 
 they reacli their destination as soon as 
 possible. 
 
 At 10 o'clock, p M., I sent Mr. Perry with 
 relief supplies to the division hospital at 
 " Gum Swamp," 5 miles further up the road. 
 
 I have thus far obtained all the names of 
 the wounded sent to this station, except 
 some who have been sent to the general hos- 
 pital at Newbern, via the county road to 
 Cove Creek, in ambulances, passing a mile 
 or more at the right of this station, and at 
 times when I have not been apprised of the 
 fact until too late to get the names ; at any 
 rate, I have sent you nearly all the names 
 thus far of the wounded, to this date ; with 
 the nature and region of the wound, and 
 the missile with which it was inflicted. 
 
 I have also attended to the placing these 
 men on the cars, and supplying them with the 
 necessary articles for their comfort during 
 the transportation to Newbern general hos- 
 pital ; and many have been the heartfelt ex- 
 pressions of gratitude towards' the Commis- 
 sion for the attention paid to them in their 
 suffering. I have made long day's work 
 for the time I have been here. Last night 
 I was among the wounded all night, going 
 to bed about 3 o'clock this morning ; so it 
 has been all along. I am not unwilling to 
 sacrifice my own comfort for the relief of 
 our gallant boys, who have fought so bravely 
 and been the unfortunate ones to stop the 
 deadly bullet of the rebel minions. 
 
 I shall write to you again to-morrow eve- 
 ning, and give you all the particulars I can 
 obtain of the condition of atfairs here and at 
 the front. 
 
 This morning comes out clear and cool. 
 The first plea-sant day from the time that 
 we established our depot at this point. I 
 have called on the Quartermaster of the 1st 
 Division of the 23d Army Corps, and made 
 arrangements to send a load of sanitary 
 
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 The Sanitary Commission Bidletin. 
 
 stores to Dr. Spurrier, Surgeon-in-Charge 
 of that division. 
 
 I have visited the Division Hospital, 1st 
 Division, District of Beaufort, at Gum 
 Swamp, and furnished them with relief from 
 our stores. Dr. Weaver, the Surgeon-in- 
 Charge, has since called at our depot, and 
 says he shall seud all the wounded forward 
 to-night to this station, to be sent to the 
 general hospital at Newbern, and I have had 
 made provision for tlieir accommodation 
 under shelter, until they can be forwarded. 
 
 We have heard some artillery firing in 
 the direction of Kinstou, at intervals during 
 the forenoon, and couriers who arrive from 
 the front, say that the rebels have destroyed 
 a portion of the bridge across the river at 
 Kiuston, and are retreating towards Golds- 
 boro', destroying the railroad as they go. 
 
 I also learn that General Couch's Divi- 
 sion of the 23d Army Corps, from Wilming- 
 ton, has formed a junction with the left of 
 our line, in the rear of Kinston. 
 
 This forenoon, 260 rebel prisoners in- 
 cluding one Lieutenant (^olonei, and several 
 other officers, were brought here under a 
 strong guard from the front, to be taken to 
 Newbern by railroad. Your visit to our 
 station to-day, gave you the opportunity of 
 seeing the condition of affairs at our depot. 
 
 I have to-night, at 11 o'clock, received a 
 communication from Dr. Weaver, asking me 
 to aid him in getting the wounded from 
 Gum Swamp Station to Newbern general 
 hospital ; I have seen the conductor of the 
 train, and he has promised to stop a car at a 
 point three miles this side of the Swamp, 
 and have them taken on and forwarded. 
 
 These wounded men, some 12 or 13 in 
 all. have twice been started for this station 
 in ambulances, but owing to the bad con- 
 dition of the roads, were unable to proceed, 
 and returned to the hospital ; but to-night 
 they have come from the main road across 
 a new road to the railroad, at which point 
 I have made arrangements to take them on 
 the cars. 
 
 The addition of Mr. Iland to our present 
 relief corps, in the field, has come just in 
 the right time, as Mr. Perry and I have 
 been taxed pretty severely, having been at 
 work day and night for three days, and his 
 arrival relieved us of a portion of the duty. 
 
 March 13, 1 o'clock, A.M. 
 
 The cars have just arrived from Newbern, 
 heavily loaded with rations and pontoon 
 bridges. I have seen the conductor, and 
 
 made arrangements to take these men on 
 the train, as they return to Newbern. At 
 5 o'clock the train started down the track, 
 and v/hen they arrived at our depot I sup- 
 plied them with relief, and having had them 
 all comfortably arranged in the cars, and 
 seen them start off, properly cared for, and 
 under the charge of Acting Hospital Stew- 
 ard , of the 132d N. Y. Vols., I went 
 
 to our tent and lay down for an hour or two; 
 after this short rest, I procured a six. mule 
 team from the quarter-master, and loaded 
 it with an assortment of sanitary stores, and 
 sent Mr. Perry in charge of it to the 1st 
 Division, 23d Arm^ Corps, Dr. Spurrier 
 Surgeon-in-Charge. He left our depot at 
 11 o'clock, A.M. During the remainder of 
 the day I was at the depot, making arrange- 
 ments to move the tent and stores five miles 
 further up the railroad, to Dover Station, 
 and issuing a few minor articles of relief 
 such as paper, envelopes, socks, shirts, &c., 
 to some of the sick in the field relief hos- 
 pital at this station. During the day I had 
 some 100 letters left with me at the tent, 
 to foi'wai'd by mail, and as we have no mail 
 carrier at this station, will it not be possi- 
 ble to make some arrangement by which we 
 can have a mail-bag left with us each day, 
 and forward these soldiers' letters to New- 
 bern postoffice each day, as they accumulate. 
 I think it will be a much needed service 
 rendered by the Commission if it can be so 
 arranged. 
 
 I have this evening maxle preparations, 
 and packed our stores ready to strike the 
 tent for removal just as soon as we can ob- 
 tain transportation, which our quartermas- 
 ter at this station informs me will be to- 
 night or to-morrow morning. 
 
 Mr. Perry returned from the front at 11 
 o'clock, P.M., having walked some 12 miles, 
 there being no means of transportation He 
 says that the division at the front will ad- 
 vance to-morrow morning some five miles 
 nearer to Kinston, to await the arrival of the 
 pontoon train, and then cross the Neuse at 
 some point near, and occupy Kiuston. 
 
 Hkadquauters U. S. San. Com. 
 IN THE Field, Doveh STATIO^f, N. 0. 
 March 14, 18(35. 
 
 I have, as you will see, by the date of 
 this letter, removed our depot some three 
 miles nearer to the front ; this being the 
 terminus of the railroad to-day. 
 
 I took down our tent, and with the assist- 
 ance of men from the quartermaster's 
 guard, placed all our stores on the cars by 
 
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 12 o'clock, M., when the train was backed 
 six miles down the track to Cove Creek to 
 obtain water for the engine, which being 
 rather a slow process, we were at 3 o'clock 
 again under headway for our new position 
 at this station, where we arrived at five 
 o'clock, P.M. 
 
 While Mr. Perry superintended the dis- 
 charging of the stores from the cars, I pro- 
 ceeded to find a location in which to again 
 set our tent which should be convenient to 
 transportation, both by railroad and wagons. 
 Haviua: found a good location I had the 
 tent set and the goods stowed away inside. 
 Fortunately we had a fine day, and although 
 it was well along into the evening, we suc- 
 ceeded in storing everything at about dark. 
 
 On my arrival at this station I found an 
 ambulance train loaded with the wounded, 
 sent in here this forenoon, with about eighty 
 wounded soldiers from the Front Division 
 Hospital 1st Div. 23d A. C. There were 
 many very severely wounded cases among 
 them, and as they had nothing to eat since 
 morning, I immediately took a ban-el of 
 crackers from the cars and distributed them 
 among all. This done, I consulted the sur- 
 geons in charge of them, Dr. Wilson, 123d 
 Ind., and Dr. Garwood, as to what relief we 
 could furnish to these men from the stores 
 of the Commission. I learned from them 
 that the most immediate want was blankets 
 and stimulants while on the cars between 
 here and Newborn, whither they were being 
 taken to the General Hospital. As the men 
 were placed on the cars each one was sup- 
 plied with an extra blanket. I also sent 
 candles, lanterns and stimulants to the sur- 
 geons to use in the transportation to New- 
 bern, and when the cars left the station all 
 were provided for and made comfortable. 
 
 Just before the cars left I learned that 
 there were several very sick men from the 
 8d Div. (Couch's) of the 23d A. C, who had 
 been sent in from the front and placed in an 
 old house near our quarters. I immediately 
 went to the house, and there I found twenty- 
 three men, lying on the floor, some withitut 
 and some with blankets, withoutany attend- 
 ant whatever. They told me that they were 
 left there this forenoon, and some of them 
 had nothing to eat or drink since they left 
 their hospital this morning. I went to our 
 tent, had some hot coffee prepared for them, 
 and took a pailful of crackers and carried 
 them to these men, also took blankets to 
 cover those who had none. I found here 
 one case of measles, three very sick of 
 
 typhoid fever, two who were completely 
 paralyzed and unable to even turn over 
 without help, and the remainder were cases 
 of remittent fever and diarrluea or rheum;i- 
 tism. I had them all properly cared for ac- 
 cording to my best judgment, and left them 
 to sleep or rest, intending to cull at 11 o'clock 
 and see them again before I went to bed, as 
 I did, when I found some sleeping quietly, 
 while others too sick to rest or sleep on so 
 hard a bed without some medical assistance 
 or medicine. I again supplied them with 
 good drinking water, and fixed each one 
 anew in his bed. and bade them good night, 
 promising to see them early in tue morning, 
 and to make arrangements to send them to 
 Newberu by the first train of cars. This 
 quieted their fears of being left here to take 
 care of themselves; and they all thanked 
 me for my attention to them, and seemed to 
 feel as though they had one friend, (the San- 
 itary Commission), so I heard one of them 
 say. 
 
 T went to our tent, and had just layed 
 down when I heard some one call at our 
 door, to know if we wei'e all asleep. 
 
 I turned out and found it was Asssistant 
 Surgeon Piatt, of the 140th Ohio Volun- 
 teers, who had been detailed to come in 
 from the front to attend to these poor fel- 
 lows, and ship them to Ncwbern imme- 
 diately. He thanked me very kindly in 
 the name of his Division Surgeon for the 
 attention I had paid to them, and after 
 going with him again through this house 
 and learning that nothing more could be 
 done for them at present than I had al- 
 ready done, I left him, and went to bed at 
 nearly 1 o'clock on the morning of March 
 15th. 
 
 Headquartkrs U. S. San. Com. in the Field, "j 
 
 AT Dover Station, near Kinston, >- 
 
 March 15, 18G5. j 
 
 This morning is clear and tine. I have 
 been engaged in assorting our stores and 
 arranging them in our tent. I also have 
 had a rich soup made for the sick men 
 spoken of in my letter of last night. 1 also 
 had each man furnished with soap, towels 
 and water, or had them washed, and gave 
 them a clean suit of under-clothing, after 
 which they all seemed to feel very much 
 better, and were ready to be put on the cars 
 for transportation to the General Hospital 
 at Newbern. 
 
 During the forenoon, Chaplain Bayles, 
 of Itjth Kentucky Vols., in charge of the 
 Corps Hospital 3d Div. 2od A. C , to which 
 
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 these men belong, called at the tent, having 
 coming in on purpose for sanitary stores, 
 and on learning what I had done for these 
 men, he thanked me very kindly in behalf 
 of the Division Surgeon, as well as the 
 whole command, saying that he did not 
 know what would have become of the poor 
 fellows, had they not been relieved by the 
 attentions of the previous evening. He also 
 expressed his highest appreciation of the 
 Sanitary Commission, and has offered to 
 assist me in obtaining transportation to the 
 front, by volunteering the services of his 
 train of hospital wagons under his command. 
 I shall try Jnd secure this opportunity to 
 push forward to Kinston immediately. 
 
 I have sent a few stores to the 2d Brigade 
 of the 1st Division ; also, have been able to 
 supply some relief to the needy at this 
 station. 
 
 The sick were all sent to Newbern this 
 evening ; a list of which I forwarded in my 
 letter of yesterday. 
 
 A wounded man from Capt. Graham's 
 comp;iny arrived at the tent just at dark, 
 he was dumped on the railroad about a mile 
 from hei-e by the ambulance driver, and 
 obliged to walk here. I received a telegram 
 from Dr. Rice to look out for him and put 
 a bandage on his wound, which I did and 
 kept hiru in the tent until the cars left. 
 He seemed to suffer some pain from having 
 to walk' so long a distance to this station 
 on the railroad. 
 
 The wounded man referred to is now in 
 the General Hospital here in Newbern, and 
 is doing well. j. w. P. 
 
 WOMAN'S CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF RELIEF. 
 MONTHLY REPORT — NO. X. 
 
 Our report for the month of March is 2']9 
 packages received, 470 packages distribu- 
 ted. Of these there have been sent to City 
 Point, for the armies operating against Rich- 
 mond, 357 packages; to Norfolk, ^Va., 24 
 packages; to Washington, 1; Newbern, N. 
 C, 10 ; Beaufort, S, C, 39 ; New Orleans, 
 21; Portsmouth Grove, R. L, 1 ; U. S. 
 Navy, 1 ; five hospitals in and near New 
 York city, 15; " Special Relief," 1. 
 
 Since we last wrote, we have to congratu- 
 late our friends upon the capture of Rich- 
 mond — the capitol of the late Southern 
 Confederacy. The good news, coming to us 
 yesterday, is too recent, the joy and thank- 
 fulness too deep for many words, as yet. We 
 nie(it our friends, we shake hands, we say : 
 
 " Yes, it is indeed good news — thank God!" 
 That is all. And we try to realize what it 
 means, and why it is that this victory is so 
 much more to us than any other victory, 
 and we look back and count over the battles 
 of the four years, and remember how we felt 
 after each one of them, and feel this to be 
 very different from any of the others. And 
 we wander off into thoughts of peace, of a 
 time when there will be no more fighting, 
 no more prisoners, no more anxiety, of a 
 time when body and spirit can rest from the 
 thought-pressure of physical suffering — how 
 strange ! 
 
 " I suppose you are very busy so-day, 
 sending off everything," says a voice at our 
 elbow, recalling us from dream-land to the 
 practical realities — the poetical realities 
 often — of No, 10 Cooper Union. " No, not 
 particularly busy just now — we were very 
 busy last week and a fortnight ago, shipping 
 supplies to City Point, in anticipation of 
 these battles. More than three-quarters of 
 all we sclit off during the past month went 
 there. Here are the invoices of those con- 
 signments. Naming only the most import- 
 ant articles, we find 10,020 flannel shirts, 
 8,129 pairs flannel drawers, 1,994 pairs 
 cotton drawers, 981 pairs of socks, 282 
 pillows, nearly 200 bed quilts, and 1,200 
 cans lemonade. Besides these, large quan- 
 tities of supplies, which we could not furn- 
 ish, have been purchased and sent from the 
 Central office of the Commission. This 
 morning a telegram from City Points tells 
 us that the store houses of the Commission 
 are full, and that everything is being done 
 for the wounded. It is a great relief to 
 know this. Were it not for the steady work 
 of the Soldiers' Aid Societies, working, as 
 they do, month in and ihonth out, with or 
 without any special excitement, we could 
 never have been so prepared for this emer- 
 gency, could never have had these supplies 
 on the very spot, and at the very moment 
 when they are so much needed " " And 
 what is your work for this week ?" '• Our 
 receipts will be larger than usual, they al- 
 ways are after a battle, and we are thankful 
 that it is so. They will keep us busy. We 
 shall also, most probably, make large ship- 
 ments, but whether to go up the James River 
 to Richmond, or to some point on the coast 
 for Sherman's army, we do not know — have 
 not yet received the requisition from the 
 Central office." 
 
 You may have noticed that our distribu- 
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 exceed the receipts for those two months. 
 Owing to the comparative inactivity hist 
 winter of the armies at the East, wi were 
 able to accamulate a hirge stock on hand, 
 and it is this reserve stock we are now draw- 
 ing upon,'and which enables us to meet the 
 very heavy demands for this spring's cam- 
 paign. 
 
 How much longer the need for our eiForts 
 may continue, we do not yet know. We 
 do know that when the time comes for us 
 to stop working, the Commission will ap- 
 prise us. Until then we hope the work 
 will not be allowed to slacken. 
 
 For the Committee on Correspondence. 
 Louisa Lee Schuyler, 
 
 Chairman. 
 Nkw York, 7 Coopek Union, ■) 
 April 4, 1865. / 
 
 A WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS. 
 
 Extracts from the Journal of Mrs. II , 
 
 Visiting the Prisoners. 
 
 Annapolis, March 25. 
 
 My Dear Mrs. Gr. : — The few days we 
 have been here we have been fully occupied 
 in acting as " Hospital Visitors." Perhaps a 
 ^ few incidents, taken from the daily entries 
 in my note book, may give you a better in- 
 sight into our work. 
 
 The very first thing that attracted our 
 notice, the morninc: after our arrival, was a 
 train of ambulances passing the San. Com. 
 office, carrying the dead to the cemetery. 
 We followed on after them, the bodies in 
 the first and last ambulance are covered with 
 the flag, under whose folds they have so 
 often battled bravely. The ambulances, 
 the guard following the procession, carrying 
 19 coffins moved on into the Soldiers' 
 Cemetery, and there, with the burial-service 
 said for all, we saw them laid to rest. 
 
 It seems to me but right, that on each 
 prisoner's head-board should be inscribed, 
 "Starved to Death;" that in time to 
 come, Southern chivalry may see and know 
 what they have done. 
 
 The remainder of that day we spent at 
 St. John's College Hospital. In the 1st 
 ward we found an old gentleman from Ohio, 
 watching by the bedside of his only child, 
 the last of six, as he said. The rebels cap- 
 tured and murdered' his other sons the past 
 summer, and this one was all he had. The 
 boy, though starved, is doing well, probably 
 may live. 
 
 In the last arrival came a skeleton-look- 
 ing boy who seemed to grieve sadly over 
 
 his younger brother, who died before reach- 
 ing the cars; he said they had' 3 miles to 
 march, his brother was too sick to walk, 
 so he took him upon his back and 
 carried him two miles, when he found that 
 his strength was so entirely gone that he 
 was obliged to lay him down to rest ajs^hile. 
 When he started again, he found he could 
 not move any further, and laid him upon 
 the ground. The boy reached up towards 
 him, put his arms around his neck and 
 died directly, and there he was obliged to 
 leave him, while he tottered on himself to 
 the cars. Steward Newman, of the 5th 
 Michigan cavalry, told us of a father who 
 coming to look for his son, arrived two hours 
 after his death ! He was the last of seven 
 sons, who had fallen in the service; four 
 died in rebel prisons, and the fifth soon after 
 he landed. 
 
 While Newman was prisoner at Florence, 
 he entered his name in three different 
 squads, that he might draw rations for 3 
 men, — he was so starved and desperate that 
 he was willing to run the risk of being de- 
 tected and of receiving 100 lashes, which 
 he knew would be the penalty. At thanks- 
 giving, the rebels found they were tunnel- 
 ling out somewhere, and because they 
 would not tell, gave them no food for eighty 
 hours. 
 
 A little German boy had been so low with 
 scurvy that his palate dropped off. At 
 Anderson he laid for two days beside a dead 
 man that he might draw his rations. 
 
 Annapolis, March 27. 
 
 The more I see of the "Sanitary Home 
 and its working, the more inclined I am to 
 say with a woman from Mass., " that it is 
 the best and noblest institution she ever 
 heard of." She came, a stranger, looking 
 for her boy ; was aided in her search, and 
 to-day found his Bible, his father's likeness, 
 and a few other treasures, and then ugon 
 the record read his death on the 14th. He 
 was too weak to speak plainly, and so they 
 had not his name correctly, but the articles 
 belonged to him, and that was enough. 
 
 Yesterday there were two mothers here, 
 mourning for their dead. One, from New 
 York, had been an inmate of "The Home" 
 for six mouths, waiting upon her wounded 
 son, a returned prisoner. He was her only 
 child, and yesterday, after so many weeks of 
 suffering and of agony, cahnly and gently 
 "slept the sleep that knows no waking." 
 The other, an English woman, from German- 
 
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 town, Pa., who arrived two hours after her son 
 was buried, — " he was her only son, and 
 she was a widow." She bears it all so 
 beautifully, submitting as only a Christian 
 can. The whole house is interested in her, 
 and her expressions of grateful appreciation 
 of the kindness received through the Sani- 
 tary Commission are most touching. 
 
 Annapolis "Sanitary Home," 3Iarch 29. 
 Yesterday I had the privilege of assisting 
 in some sanitary work so very gratifying to 
 me, that I cannot but write immediately to 
 tell you of it. Major Howes permitted us 
 to take part in the distribution of sanitary 
 articles, as they are given out at the "Col- 
 lege Green Barracks." First in order 
 comes the long line of men, 1,400 in all; 
 each man with his new cup, plate, knife, 
 fork and spoon; they inarch on to the 
 kitchen window, where each in turn has 
 his cup filled with soup, and receives one-half 
 loaf of bread, and a mess of cabbage. Some 
 few would stop to taste the savory dinner 
 before they wished to move ; but the guard 
 or attendants in the kitchen would cafl out, 
 ''Hurry up men, double-quick!" and the 
 loiterer would be reminded that other men 
 wanted dinner; and so they passed oh in the 
 same orderly manner coming up in the line to 
 the Sanitary storehouse, where was given to 
 them thread, needles, combs, envelope, with 
 sheet of paper nicely folded in it; towels, 
 soap and water in abundance to be found at 
 the bathing house. They all looked, and I 
 have no doubt, were pleased. Many <' thank 
 you's" were said heartily, blended often 
 with more soldier-like phrases, such as 
 " that's bully, just what I was looking for ;" 
 and several remarked, "Boys, wouldn't we 
 like the rebs to see this?" "The folks do 
 care for us at home," "Good dessert this!" 
 and so, a hurried, ofttimes merry conversa- 
 tion was kept up with the moving line, 
 such as "Where do you come froui, State 
 and corps?" "Old 2d of Pennsylvania." 
 "Ah! all right, that's mine;" or, "Where 
 do you belong, cavalry ?" from a lady on my 
 right; if the answer came "Michigan," 
 which it often did, the response would 
 be, "The 1st or 5th is a brave regi- 
 ment, is it not, and your General (Custer) 
 just as brave?" "That he is lady," from 
 the soldier. And then the lady on my left 
 would enquire, "You are a Yankee boy, I 
 know?" "Yes, Boston, ma'am." Two 
 stalwart looking fellows answered to the 
 query, "California;" a goodly specimen of 
 
 the country, though now showing rebel 
 care and treatment. One of our valued 
 agents found a few that replied " England," 
 whom he saw in the ranks from his island 
 home. In about two hours, the crowd had 
 all been supplied, and were scattered. As 
 an ending to such a pleasant day's work, I 
 must give you an extract from a note which 
 I have just received from the wife of the 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General, Mrs. G , 
 
 who was one of our party. She says : 
 "Accept my thanks for the agreeable man- 
 ner in which I spent yesterday morning, 
 and believe me more devotedly the friend 
 of the Sanitary Commission than ever. 
 Heaven prosper the noble work and all who 
 are engaged in it. Its deeds of charity are 
 among the few rays of light which pierce 
 the dark shadows of war. They will ever 
 be a beloved memory, both to recipients and 
 donors." 
 
 Mrs. G.'s husband came here a prisoner, 
 wearing some Sanitary clothing, which had 
 reiiched him in his far-off prison; so she 
 feels the value of this noble work. * * * 
 
 A Maryland infantry boy, belonging to 
 the 9th corps, was a prisoner eight months, 
 had had a furlough, and was now back 
 again ready for duty — had asked to be sent 
 front, saying, "The rebels had boarded him 
 eight months, and he was anxious to go 
 back to settle his bill of fare." , 
 
 Annapolis, March 29. 
 The arrival of a boat with returned 
 prisoners, is the signal for every one to rush 
 to the landing; following the crowd, we 
 came to the wharf just in time to see the 
 unsteady column begin to move from the 
 vessel. On board, the Hospital Band is 
 playing cheerful strains of welcome, and 
 they come ashore to the sound of music. 
 
 " Back to the North where the air is free, 
 Back from the laud of iKiin." 
 
 Tottering and feeble, bronzed and smoke- 
 blackened, tangled hair and matted beards, 
 some in rebel garb, many barefooted and 
 bareheaded, the majority clothed in shirt 
 and drawers furnished by the Sanitary Com- 
 mission in Wilmington, a few fortunate 
 possessors of a blanket ; this is the walking 
 party, but such walking. It was more than 
 some of thein could do to move, and so they 
 gave it up, and as the line of stretcher- 
 bearers followed in their wake, were added 
 to the list. 
 
 Sorry plight, for 300 brave men to come 
 from Southern care. They are martyrs for 
 
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 tbe nation — patient and uncomplaining. 
 They do not blame the Government. They 
 censure no one. In all the precious 
 lives lost to friends and home, and the 
 wrecks of noble soldiers yet remaining, 
 is not the hand of God seen ? The costly 
 ofieriug was asked for and given, that 
 the nation might be saved, and that dis- 
 tant lands might learn to what refinements of 
 cruelty. Slavery had educated a people. 
 
 In a previous arrival, a man was noticed 
 straining bis eyes towards the shore, and as 
 they neared the wharf was among the first 
 to press forward to leave the vessel. lie 
 walked along the plank, eagerly looking in 
 the distance, a few feeble steps upon our 
 soil, and then fell dead ; his wish gratified — 
 he died at home. When taken to the Hos- 
 pital they are bathed, hair and beard trim- 
 med, have clean clothes put on them, and 
 are laid on good comfortable beds. When, a 
 few hours later, we saw them, we could not 
 recognize the squalid crowd we had so 
 lately seen. The Sanitary Commission has 
 no nobler, better work carried on than this 
 " Home." From this quiet place will go 
 out an influence to be felt in States, near 
 and remote. Whoever has been here can- 
 not but be a worker for tne U. S. Sanitary 
 Commission. 
 
 ANDERSONVILLE PRISONERS. 
 
 Caiuo, April 5, 1865. 
 
 Dr. J. S. Newi5Erry: 
 
 Dear Sir — Enclosed please find copy of 
 letter from Mr. Brown, giving some idea of 
 the condition of our poor soldiers from An- 
 dersonville. I trust the shipments already 
 made will relieve them until further ship- 
 ments can be made. 
 
 I have notice of a shipment from Detroit, 
 also from Milwaukee, on receipt of your 
 telegrams to each. 
 
 I have, to-day, made shipment in addition 
 to one made on the 2d inst. Since my last 
 report to you, I have advices of two car- 
 loads, on the way from Chicago. Hope 
 to be able to keep them supplied. 
 Very respectfully, yours, 
 
 ' C. N. Shipman, 
 
 Agent U. S. San. Com. 
 V(CKSBUiiG, March 30, 1865. 
 
 Mr. C. N. Shipman : 
 
 Dear Sir — I have just received the sup- 
 plies invoiced to us on the 24th lust. All 
 right! Many thanks. I can assure you 
 the goods are needed, and more, too. I 
 doubt whether there has been a more dis- 
 
 tressed looking set of men since the war 
 began, than those now coming in from An- 
 dersonville. Many are dying on the way, 
 and others are just able to get into what 
 they call "God's country" to die. Six 
 were buried at Black River, last evening, 
 and two more died on the cars, coming in 
 from there. Out of a squad of a hundred 
 and twenty-five that reached Black Biver 
 yesterday morning, almost every man is 
 suffering from scurvy. About five hundnjd 
 came in from Black River this morning, 
 making about forty-five hundred in all. 
 Several thousand more are coming, so that 
 there is no danger of our getting too many 
 sanitary stores on hand here. I hope I 
 shall get the goods invoiced on the 25th 
 instant, soon. We need the crackers. 
 Vegetables are needed very much. 
 
 The hospital boat, R. C. Wood, is here 
 loading with sick for Northern hospitals. I 
 will write again soon. 
 
 Very truly, yours, 
 
 J. G. Brown. 
 
 From the Sanitary Reporter, March 15. 
 SUPPLIES. 
 
 The accompanying papers from some of 
 the military and medical authorities, will 
 show how eager the call for vegetables is in 
 the Army of the Cumberland. The Com- 
 mission has already sent forward large sup- 
 plies of potatoes, kraut and pickles, and will 
 continue to send all it can obtain from the 
 contributions of auxiliary societies and by 
 direct purchase. The branches at the West 
 will, no doubt, respond generously to the 
 apjieal made to them. 
 
 So many new recruits are going to the 
 army, that the hospitals are begihning to 
 till up again, and all sorts of supplies will 
 be most acceptable. Word comes from the 
 principal distributing depots, that the wants 
 of the soldiers are large and pressing, and 
 that the Commission must keep up a largely 
 increased stock of articles to correspond to 
 the increasing numbers of troops. 
 
 Let there be good pi'cparation for the 
 spring campaign, and let what is to he done, 
 be done at once. 
 
 Headquarters Dep't op the Cumberland, 
 
 Na 
 
 iRTERS Dep't op the Cumberland, \ 
 
 Medical Director's Okkice, >■ 
 
 SHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 28, 18G5. J 
 
 Sir — It is represented that the troops of 
 the cavalry corps, stationed at and near 
 Eastport, Miss., aie in need of vegetables 
 and sanitary supplies of that kind. Such 
 
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 as were sent some time since were taken by 
 Major General A. J. Smith's command, en 
 route to New Orleans. Will you please see 
 that supplies of the kind needed are sent as 
 soon as possible? 
 
 'Very resp'y, your obd't servant, 
 
 George E. Cooper, 
 
 Surgeon U. S. Army Medical Director. 
 
 Judge Root, Agent U. S. S. 'C, Nashville, 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Headquarters Cav. Corps, Mil. Div. Miss., 1 
 Gravelly Springs, Ala., Feb. 16, 1865. / 
 
 Special Orders No. 31. 
 
 EXTRACT. 
 
 Major Lusk, 10th Mo. cavalry, is hereby 
 authorized to proceed to Louisville, Ky., on 
 duty connected with the U. S. Sanitary 
 Commission. Quartermaster General will 
 furnish the necessary transportation on 
 chartered transports. 
 
 On completion of his business he will re- 
 turn without delay to his command. 
 
 By command of Brevet Major General 
 Wilson. E. B. BeaumoxNT, 
 
 ; Major and A. A. G. 
 
 Headquarters Cav. Corps, Mil. Div. Miss., ") 
 Gravelly Springs, Ala., Feb. 17, 1865. / 
 
 Dear Sir — The bearer hereof is Major 
 Lusk, of this corps, whom I desire to in- 
 troduce to you Major General Wilson has 
 directed Major Lusk to proceed to Louis- 
 ville for the purpose of procuring sanitary 
 supplies of an anti-scorbutic character. The 
 articles most required are potatoes, kraut 
 and pickles; clothing and stimulants we do 
 not need. 
 
 The number of- troops in this region is 
 
 about . If you can consistently give 
 
 us a liberal supply of the articles mentioned, 
 I believe much sickness will be prevented 
 thereby. 
 
 I am, sir, very resp'y, your obd't serv't, 
 F. Salter, 
 
 Surgeon U. S. V., and'M. D. Cav. Corps, M. D. M. 
 
 Dr. Newberry, U. S. S. C, Louisville, Ky. 
 
 Headquarters Dep'tof the Cumberland, 
 Medical Director's Office, 
 Nashville, Tenn., March 1, 1865. 
 
 Sir — There are troops in and about 
 
 Chattanooga, and in and about Knoxville, 
 who are re(iuiring sanitary supplies — vege- 
 tables. Can you make it convenient to 
 furnish the same ? 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 George E. Cooper, 
 
 Surgeon U. S. V., Medical Director. 
 
 Judge Root, Agent U. S. S. C, Nashville, 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Headquarters 1st Division Cavalry Corps,") 
 Waterloo, Ala., Feb. 20, 1865. J 
 
 Dear Sir — I am compelled by the actual 
 need of vegetables in this command, to ask 
 you to send us a quantity of potatoes and 
 onions, if you have the supply on hand. 
 Our cavalry numbers in the neighborhood 
 of men, that can be reached by send- 
 ing a boat to Eastport. Our division num- 
 bers •. It you could not ship for the 
 
 whole corps, please ship Vhat you can for 
 this division, and I will see to their distri- 
 bution. W^e are much in want of vegeta- 
 ble food'', and while the command is lying 
 in camp is the time to prepare our men for 
 active operations, and good health is what 
 is most needed. 
 
 Please ship to George E. Sloat, Surgeon 
 in Chief 1st Division Cavalry Corps, Mili- 
 tary Division, Mississippi. 
 
 Very respectfully, your obd't servant, 
 Georgp E. Sloat, 
 
 Surgeon in Chief 1st Division. 
 
 Dr. J. S. Newberry, Sec. S. C, Louis- 
 ville, Ky. 
 
 From Sanitary Reporter, March li5. 
 DEPARTMENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND 
 ARKANSAS. 
 
 In looking over the Sanitary work in 
 these departments for the past four months, 
 though there have been no demands for the 
 exigencies of great battles as in other de- 
 partments, and therefore there is nothing to 
 attract the public eye, nothing to create the 
 intense interest which always concentrates 
 about large numbers of wouuded men ; still 
 to those who examine the real demands to 
 be supplied, in order to prevent disea.se, to 
 keep up the efficiency of the army, and to 
 add to the comfort of the soldiers, the work 
 assumes a magnitude and an importance 
 which can hardly be estimated. 
 
 The field embraces the whole of the Mis- 
 sissippi Kiver from Cairo to New Orleans, 
 and the State of Arkansas, with all of the 
 " homes" or " lodges" for soldiers, the hos- 
 pitals, garrisons, camps, and troops in the 
 field, and all the Naval vessels of the Mis- 
 sissippi, White, and Arkansas rivers. 
 
 There are in the department, including 
 Cairo, but eight paid agents of the Commis- 
 sion, viz: One Inspector, two Superintend- 
 ents of homes or lodges, one Hospital Visi- 
 tor, and four General Relief Agents; at 
 each station there are more or less detailed 
 soldiers to as.-^ist in the work. 
 
 During the year ending Dec. olst, 1864, 
 
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 the issues from this depot, Memphis, uloue 
 amounted to one hundred and sixty thou- 
 sand dollars, tiie value being estimated at 
 the wholesale cost in northern markets. 
 This does not include tlje thousands of little 
 articles contributed by individuals for the 
 comfort of the soldiers, and which, though, 
 it is impossible to estimate their value in 
 money, add much to the real value of the 
 work. 
 
 During the last four mouths the work has 
 been more than in any of the four mouths 
 of the year preceding, though at present 
 the cash value cannot be estimated. From 
 causes beyond tlje control of the U S. Sani- 
 tary (Jomniission, the interior Posts of Ar- 
 kansas, such as Duvall's Bluff, Brownsville, 
 Little Rock, Pine Bluif, and Fort Smith, 
 have not received the attention which was 
 demanded ; but since Nov. 1' 1864, all 
 these Posts, hospitals, garrisons, and camps 
 have been supplied with vegetables, both 
 fresh and pickled, clothing and hospital 
 supplies as the means of the Commission 
 would wari'ant, and it is most gratifying to 
 know that now there is little real suffering 
 for the want of anything the Commission 
 can furnish. 
 
 The hospitals in this city, Vicksburg, 
 Natchez, Helena, Duvall's Bluff", Little 
 Rock, Pine Bluff, Brownsville, and Fort 
 Smith are kept supjjUed, as far as transpor- 
 tation can be had. Every naval vessel in 
 the river receives a generous supply. Thou- 
 sands of troops in tixtnsi'tu call at Cairo, 
 Memphis, Vicksburg, and other points, and 
 get clothing, vegetables dried fruit, con- 
 centrated milk, stimulants, &c. 
 
 Within the past few months the whole 
 field has been thoroughly explored and 
 every hospital and garrison visited, and the 
 exact wants of each are shown. ■ The Inspec- 
 tor of the department is kept advised of the 
 average number of troops at each station, 
 both in the garrisons and hospitals, so that 
 he can draw orders on the Counuission for 
 what is wanted ; and now, a trusted and 
 long-tried agent of the Commission, D. B. 
 Carpenter, has gone with supplies with the 
 army operating in the extreme South. The 
 friends of the Commission may rest assured 
 that, so far as their agents have the means 
 at their disposal, no want shall go unsup- 
 plied ; and it is thankfully aokmiwledgcd 
 that the supplies on hand have oflon been 
 greater than transportation could be had 
 for; still, it is but just to say, that without 
 one exception, the army Quartermasters 
 
 have always afforded all the .facilities in 
 their power, and but one military com- 
 mander has ever given the Commission the 
 " coldshoiilder." With this one exception 
 the commanders have acknowledged the 
 great good done by the Commission, and 
 to Major- Generals Washburn, Steel, Hurl- 
 burt, and Buford, the Commission is deeply 
 indebted for kindness skoown. ^ 
 
 The opening of the Spring campaign ad- 
 monishes us that we have a great work to 
 do the present season ; but we rejoice to 
 feel that we can rely with confidence on 
 the peoj}le of the Korth. The army is theirs, 
 the work is theirs, and their whole heart is 
 in it. Letters of cheer are constantly com- 
 ing from Boston, from Buffalo, from Mil- 
 waukee, extreme points of our great coun- 
 try — the East calls to the West, asking, 
 " What do you need ?" One noble woman 
 who has from the first been one of the most 
 constant and indefiitigable workers, and who 
 has traveled from one end of the land to 
 the other, writes, " How can we spend our 
 money to the best advantage V The least 
 we can do is to tell them where these bene- 
 factions go, and assure them of the good 
 accomplished. Benj. Woodward, 
 
 Supt. Dep't. 
 
 From the CincinBati Gazette. 
 EXPLOSION OF STEAMEE ECLIPSE. 
 
 Paddcah, Ky., Feb. 8. 
 Eds. Gazette: — The undersigned having 
 received invaluable assistance from the 
 agents of the U. S. Sanitary Commission at 
 this place, during the time that the unfor- 
 tunate sufferers from the- explosion of the 
 steamer Eclipse were on our hands, would 
 respectfully, through the medium of your 
 paper, desire to return thanks to the said 
 Commission and its agents, Messrs. E. D. 
 Way, L. Owen, D. C. Petty, and T. E. 
 Horton. These gentlemen labored with 
 uuremittiug ardor from early morning to 
 late at night, in cooking and distributing 
 coffee, soups, &c., to the sick, and furnish- 
 ing the surgeons with rags, bandages, towels, 
 and such other necessaries in the shape of 
 dressings as we required. Twenty minutes 
 after the boat temporarily used as a hospital 
 steamer arrived at our wharf, they were ou 
 board with their cauldron of boiling coffee 
 and rich soup, ready to distribute it to the 
 men, many of whom had not tasted food 
 since the night before. Indiana owes these 
 geiitlenien a debt of gratitude for the ex- 
 emplary way in which they acquitted them- 
 selves of their stcwardthip. 
 
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 Requesting insertion for tins, in order to 
 show our appreciation of the U. S. Sanitary 
 Commission, we are, 
 
 Very respectfully yours, 
 
 Henry W. Davis, 
 
 Surgeon U. S. Vols., and Medical Director, Dist. of Western 
 Kentucky. 
 
 Sol. B. Wolff, 
 
 Surgeon ISlst Ohio Vols., Post Surgeon. 
 
 KN0X7ILLE, Tenn., March 24, 18G5. 
 Dr. J. S. Newberry : 
 
 Sec'ry Western Department U. S. San. Com. 
 
 Dear Sir : — As I have already notified 
 you by letter and telegram, I left Chatta- 
 nooga yesterday morning for a brief visit to 
 this post. This seemed to be imperatively 
 demanded from the fact that after starting 
 two car loads of stores for Knoxville, i 
 learned by letter from Mr. Gardner, Agent 
 in charge here, that he had gone on to the 
 front with Gen. Gillam's command, to make 
 out lists of casualties, if an engagement 
 should occur. He left a young man, Wil- 
 liam Lupendon, of Co. B, lOod 0. V. 1., in 
 charge of the rooms, who was fully quali- 
 fied for the work with the small supply of 
 stores on hand ; but it was evident that an 
 authorized agent should be at the post to 
 give directions in regard to the goods just 
 shipped. 
 
 On reaching Knoxville, I found William 
 also gone, lleceiving notice of the ship- 
 ment, he made preparations to receive it, 
 and worked all day on the 22d to get the 
 stores to the rooms. He labored hard, and 
 too hard, but seemed well, and made no 
 complaint. On the morning of the 2od, 
 not appearing at breakfast, search was made 
 for him, and he was found at his room on 
 his cot insensible, in a moribund condition, 
 and died in about thirty minutes after he 
 was found. Dr. Curtiss, Medical Director, 
 and other surgeons made every effort to save 
 him, but without avail. They will report, 
 alt^r examination, on the cause of his death, 
 which is yet uncertain. 
 
 1 find by a letter from his mother, left 
 upon his table, that he lived at Cleveland, 
 Ohio; that his pay was carefully saved and 
 deposited in bank to enable him to get an 
 education when the time of his enlistment 
 had expired. A well worn Greek Gram- 
 mar and many other evidences of his studi- 
 ous habits are to be found on his table, i 
 was not personally acquainted with him, but 
 the surgeons and all who have mot him at 
 
 the rooms, speak in the highest terms of hia 
 noble and manly character. 
 
 Under the circumstances, though needed 
 at Chattanooga, I shall feel compelled to re- 
 main here until Mr^Gardner returns, or the 
 help from Louisville, for which I have tele- 
 , graphed, is received. 
 
 This post has largely increased in im- 
 portance. A large army is pushing its 
 way Eastward, and a large supply of stores 
 and at least three first class men are needed 
 at once ; one to stay here, receive stores, 
 issue here and ship to the front; one to re- 
 main in the field, visiting the different 
 commands, ascertaining thf^r wants, and re- 
 porting to the oflace here ; the third to pass 
 backwards and forwards upon the railroad, 
 taking charge of shipments, and, perhaps, 
 keeping up a depot at the terminal station. 
 
 Although particularly interested in the 
 post of Chattanooga, as it is specially under 
 my charge, I feel constrained to report that 
 this depot needs, and probably for some 
 time will need, a larger supply of. sanitary 
 stores than that. It seems to me, also, 
 that it is of more importance than ever 
 before, that there should be some one man 
 in the field, who can frequently visit all the 
 posts from Louisville to Knoxville, and 
 then to the East of Knoxville and to the 
 South of Chattanooga, and report upon the 
 comparative wants of each. I can see no 
 other way in which an impartial distri- 
 bution of the gifts of the people can be 
 made. 
 
 The benefit which the armies in this de- 
 partment have received from the Commis- 
 sion through the special efforts which have 
 been made from time to time to furnish 
 vegetables in large quantities, so that they 
 could be distributed to all, whether sick or 
 well, can never be over-estimated; and at 
 no time has there been, as I am well per- 
 suaded, more reason for such an effort than 
 now. The army has had an unusually ac- 
 tive winter campaign. The country through 
 which it has moved and is likel}' to niuve, 
 is stripped of supplies, detached and con- 
 valescent men have been gatherqd up from 
 all quarters and sent to their commands. 
 Large numbers of new troops unaccustomed 
 to the hardships and privations of army life, 
 have just taken the field. For a iong time no 
 antiscorbutics, or no adequate supply of 
 them have been distributed, and cases of 
 scurvy are by no means rare. I fear that 
 the cheering prospect of an early peace is 
 diminishing the zeal of the army ot work- 
 
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 ers at home, but hope it will rather increase 
 their zeal. We uiay be disappointed in 
 these hopes, but if fortunately we are not, 
 1 trust that the soldiers in tbe field will 
 have occasion to feel that their friends at 
 home have remembered and loved them 
 unto the end, and that the last campaign 
 will witness such an overflowing supply of 
 sanitary stores as will demonstrate that the 
 army and the people are one. 
 
 We have to-day made a large issue of 
 stores to the Asylum Hospital, and I have 
 been able to visit with Dr. Mencham, the 
 Surgeon in charge, several of the wards, the 
 kitchens, dining rooms, bakery, commissary 
 
 rooms, &c. It has, in round numbers, 
 
 patients, mostly in tents, who are evidently 
 doing wlII, look cheerful, and are well pro- 
 vided for. The arrangements and condition 
 of the hospital are excellent. The highest 
 possible meed of praise is certainly due to 
 the Surgeon in charge and to Dr. Curtiss, 
 the Medical Director of the post, for their 
 successful efforts in providing for the comfort 
 of their sick. They have been left, with an in- 
 adequate medical force, to rely almost entirely 
 on their own resources in providing for the 
 sick. At this distant post, with communica- 
 tion frequently interrupted, the commissary 
 and the Commission have been able to furn- 
 ish but a meagre and fitful supply of hospital 
 stores. Almost their sole reliance has been 
 upon the country, and they have scoured it 
 far and near for articles of diet. Apples, 
 green and dried ; potatoes, butter, milk, 
 eggs (from 80 to 100 dozen a day), chick- 
 ens, &c., have been thus obtained, not, per- 
 haps, in as large quantities as have been 
 needed, but in quantities as large as are 
 often obtained for hospitals of the same 
 capacity in the most favored locations. But 
 the supply from this source cannot be kept 
 up. The potatoes obtained are of an inferior 
 quality, and it would be very ungenerous as 
 well as unjust to practically say to those 
 gentlemen, you are so faithful and energetic 
 that you do not need our help. 
 
 This hospital has received the patients 
 from the others which have been succes- 
 sively broken up, but there is a demand f(tr 
 more room, and another large hospital is to 
 be immediately opened. For both of these 
 and for the front, I cannot make too urgent 
 an appeal, asking you, however, not to forget 
 Chattanooga while sending bountiful sup- 
 plies here. Yours very truly, 
 
 M. C. Read, 
 
 Agent at Chattanooga. 
 
 THE FAR WEST. 
 
 Leavenworth, Kansas, April 1, 1865. 
 Dr. J. S. Newberry, 
 
 Secretary XJ. S. Sanitary Comniissioa West. Dept. 
 
 Sir : — I have the honor to transmit here- 
 with my report of receipts and disburse- 
 ments for the month of March, and beg 
 leave to call your attention to the remarks* 
 made thereon. From the large number of 
 hospitals depending on this post, and their 
 great distance, you will see that it is impossi- 
 ble for me to make personal'visitsto them all. 
 I enclose a letter from Andrew J. Willey, 
 Surgeon in charge of Post Hospital at Cot- 
 tonwood Springs, Nebraska Territory, which 
 is but a sample of many I receive from those 
 distant posts. I am often unable to fill re- 
 quisitions for want of transportation. Fre- 
 quently, when it is offered, my assortment 
 is so broken that I am unable to send the 
 articles most needed. My supply of cloth- 
 ing is sufficient for the present, but I 
 greatly need antiscrobutics and dietary arti- 
 cles. 
 
 My health has been bad for the past 
 month, and I respectfully request leave of 
 absence for thirty days, toi recuperate. 
 Respectfully, your ob't ser't, 
 
 J. R. Brown. 
 
 * The following is a list of hospitals de- 
 pending upon this post for sanitary sup- 
 plies : — Lawrence, (Jlathe, Salina, Mound 
 City, Paola, Humbolt, Fort Riley, Fort 
 Zarah, Omaba, Dacotah, Cottonwood, Co- 
 lumbus, Fort Kearney, Plumb Creek, Junc- 
 tion Station, Fort Rankin, Denver City, 
 Fort Scott, and Fort Leavenworth, with an 
 
 aggregate of sick, as shown by last 
 
 week's report to Medical Director Davis. 
 
 Up to this time all the transportation has 
 been used in carrying supplies to the army, 
 and several requisitions made upon me for 
 sanitary supplies have not been filled. The 
 Medical Director says that very soon trans- 
 portation will be furnished for all supplies 
 that I can send to these extreme western 
 points, and that the necessary comfort for 
 the sick can be procured in no other way. 
 
 As soon as transportation is furnished, 
 my ass(jrtment of stores will be inadequate 
 to the demand. You will see by the re- 
 port the articles that 1 am most in need of. 
 
 1 am also in receipt of a re(]uisition from 
 Salt Lake City for antiscrobutics, &c., which 
 1 would like to fill if they could be furn- 
 ished in a compact form, and by the middle 
 of May. 
 
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 AID TO VICTIMS OF SOUTHERN BARBARITY. 
 
 VicKSBURG, Miss., April 2, 1865. 
 Dr. J. S. Newberry. 
 
 Seeretary U. S. Sanitary Commission. 
 
 I arrived here late last night, and find 
 that our stores have uot reached here any too 
 soon. There are now in camp four miles 
 from here about 4,000 prisoners, and more 
 are coming in every day. Those who came 
 in first were from Cahawba, and were in 
 much better condition than those now com- 
 ing in, who are from Andersonville. The 
 latter are in a very feeble and distressing 
 condition, every train containing more or 
 less who h:.ve died upon the road. Yes- 
 terday an ambulance came in which started 
 from Jacksou with four sick men, and when 
 it arrived they were all dead. Large trains 
 of ambulances are running between Black 
 River and Jackson, bringing those who are 
 too feeble to walk. The city hospitals are 
 being emptied to make room for them, and 
 every thing is being done that ca^n be done, 
 but still many will die, for the succour has 
 come too late 
 
 It is expected that between ten and fif- 
 teen thousand men will be brought here, 
 and they will be several weeks coining in. 
 They are neither exchanged ,nor paroled, 
 but are still under the control of a rebel 
 officer, (Cob Henderson, I believe), who is 
 at the camp. 
 
 I visited Gen. Morgan L. Smith this 
 morning, and he promised me every facility 
 and assistance, placing laborers, teams and 
 a guard at my disposal. The supplies which 
 I have will last for some days, but will need 
 large additions, especially of kraut and 
 onions if they can be procured. I would 
 also urge that a large quantity of tobacco be 
 sent, as it will be most gratefully received. 
 The men have uot been, aud cannot be paid. 
 They are greedy, ravenous for tobacco ; and, 
 famished as they are, are willing to trade 
 a part of their rations for it. Several hun- 
 dred pounds have already been donated by 
 the citizens, but it hardly gave them a day's 
 supply. r think no better, expenditui'e 
 could be made than to purchase three or 
 four thousand, pounds of tobacco, both 
 chewing and smoking, and a few boxes of 
 clay pipes. The camp is in the midst of a 
 cane country, where plenty of stems can be 
 procured. Mr. Brown tells me there is also 
 a great call for suspenders. None are furn- 
 ished by Crovernment, and in their weak and 
 emaciated condition the men cannot btar to 
 have their pants buckled tightly about them. 
 
 I learn also that there is great need of a 
 feeding station at Black River crossing, and 
 shall make an eft'ort to start one there to- 
 morrow, as we have all the necessary appli- 
 ances. Mr. Johnson is an experienced 
 hand at that business, and will be jus't the 
 man to take charge of it. I do not think 
 we shall need any more clothing, unless it 
 be socks, of which we have very few. Col. 
 Noble, of the 17th Connecticut, delivered 
 a lecture here last night, in which he stated 
 that there were men on their way here who 
 have not had a shirt on their backs for more 
 than twelve months. Their only article of 
 clothing is a piece of blanket tied about the 
 loins, and their bodies are so dried and 
 blackened by smoke that you cannot tell 
 whether they were originally white or black. 
 
 I have not yet ^ been to the camp, but 
 shall go with a supply of stores to-morrow 
 morning, and will keep you informed of any- 
 thing I may see. 
 
 Hoping soon to hear from you in the way 
 of a supply of kraut, onions, tobacco, &c., I 
 remain, Very respecttuUy, 
 
 H. Tone. 
 
 P. S. — -I find there is a groat scarcity of 
 toicels here, and they are badly needed. 
 
 THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMIS- 
 SION AT CITY POINT. VA. 
 
 U. S. Sanitary Commisison, "» 
 Washington, AjjrU 6, 1865. . j 
 
 To the Standing Committee of the U. S. 
 Sanitary Covimission. 
 
 Gentlemen :— The eventful week in the 
 experience of the armies of the Potomac and 
 James has found the Commission prepared 
 to do its proper work with those armies. 
 
 On the 4th inst. the schooner Baltimore 
 reached City Point with an assorted cargo of 
 supplies, and another left New York on the 
 3d inst. As a measure of precaution, I 
 have ordered another consignment of stores, 
 similar to the last sent from New York. 
 From City Point but one application for 
 supplies has been received, and that but for 
 two articles, bandages and arm-slings. The 
 Journal of the 8d inst. states our losses in 
 Sunday's fight to be comparatively slight. 
 The wagons of the Commision with the 
 Twenty-fifth Corps, accompanied it into 
 Richmond ; one of the Ninth (]orps wagons 
 entered Petersburg on the od with the 
 hospital train of the 2d Division, and our 
 agents under J. Warner Johnson, with wa- 
 gons and stores, are with the moving column 
 in pursuit of Lee. 
 
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 There has been no call for additional as- 
 sistance. Not less than fifty well qualified 
 persons, selected with care for this work, 
 await a call to the field. 
 
 It is believed that City Point will remain 
 a base of supplies to the armies, and that 
 the depot hospitals will be maintained 
 there. 
 
 I have just received a letter from Mr. 
 Harris, written yesterday, which says : " The 
 demand on us for stores has been large, but 
 with the ample stock on hand we have been 
 able to meet all necessities." 
 
 Dr. McDonald accompanied the Presi- 
 dent's party to Kichmond on the 4th inst., 
 by boat to Varina, thence by horse. 
 
 The number of persons in the service of 
 the Commission with the armies operating 
 against llichmond was on April 1,1U0, and 
 has not yet been materially increased. 
 
 The accompanying list of articles sent to 
 Cf?y Point since Feb.' 1, will indicate the 
 character of the provision made ibr the 
 present emergency. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 J. Foster Jenkins, 
 
 General Secretary. 
 
 Blankets 1100 Ink, bottles 3608 
 
 Candles, lbs 1400 Writing-paper, reams. 610 
 
 Cushions 2000 Ale, boitles 1S32 
 
 Dippers 2.S6 Dried apples, bbls 3.3 
 
 Head-rests 100 [Blackberry cord '1, bols 1632 
 
 Knives and forks, doz. l-OCauued meat, lbs 
 
 Pails 360 1 Condensed egg, lbs 
 
 Lanterns li;U|Coad'sedlemonade,pgs 
 
 Pillows 800 Small dried fruit, lbs. 
 
 Pipes, boxes 39 
 
 Quilts 500 
 
 Towels 24000 
 
 Tin cups bOOO 
 
 Tin plates, gross 21 
 
 Spoons, doz 360 
 
 Drawers, cotton, pairs. 2000 
 Drawers, woolen, pairs 18000 
 
 Handkerchiefs 22o00 
 
 Mittens, pairs 142U0 
 
 Shirts, cotton, hospital 2684 
 
 Shirts, woolen 19000 
 
 Slippers, pairs 3o000 
 
 Socks, woolen, pairs.. 22000 
 
 Suspenders, pairs ISOi 
 
 Yarn, lbs 9.5 
 
 Cologne, bottles 120 
 
 Crutches, pairs 3000 
 
 Games 1000 
 
 Sponges, lbs 300 
 
 Pin-cusiiions, needle- 
 books, &c 1692.i 
 
 Soap, boxes 72 
 
 Envelopes 275000 
 
 6.i36 
 
 200 
 
 2280 
 
 1000 
 
 2900 
 
 2 
 
 9600 
 
 3.00 
 
 Chocolate, lb 
 Ground coffee, bbls. . . . 
 Condensed milk, lbs.. 
 
 Crackers, bbls 
 
 Corn starch, lbs 4400 
 
 Jamaica ginger, bots. . 14400 
 
 Farina, lbs 59.50 
 
 Lemons, boxes 25 
 
 Maizena, lbs 2000 
 
 Pickles, kegs 75 
 
 Sugar, while, bbls.... 25 
 
 Spices, lbs 125 
 
 Tea, chests 5 
 
 Canned tomatoes, lbs. 24240 
 
 Tobacco, lbs 5160 
 
 Bay rum, bottles 672 
 
 Books, spelling, vols.. 3000 
 
 Heading matter, boxes 2.) 
 
 Penholders, doz 660 
 
 Thread, lbs 155 
 
 Needles, papers 2500 
 
 Pins, papers 1200 
 
 Pencils, doz 3720 
 
 Pens, doz 2400 
 
 Bed-pans, combs, knives and forks, corn 
 meal, jelly and preserves, mustard, sago, 
 salt; tapioca, gin, buttons, lint, old linen, &,c. 
 
 PRESIDENT LINC©LN. 
 It is meet that we add our humble testi- 
 mony to the worth of our late Chief Magis- 
 trate. 
 Vol. I. No. 37 74 
 
 Among the earliest acts of his adminis- 
 tration, was to approve with his signature, 
 as with his heart and influence, the U. S. 
 Sanitary Commission. The Constitutional 
 Commander of the Army of the United 
 States, he was neverthelo.ss its friend ; and 
 as he called the people to arms in the spring 
 of '01, and felt the inadequacy of the Gov- 
 ernment to meet all the wants of the sol- 
 diers, and remembered his own, and the 
 peoples' inexperience in war, he was glad to 
 give his moral and official support to an agency 
 that promised so much good to the country. 
 Among the ^as/acts of his life was to visit the 
 hospitals of City Point, and it is perhaps the 
 most pleasing reminiscence of their hospital • 
 life, that our soldiers can recall the circum- 
 stances of his late visit. 
 
 The convalescents from the wards were ^ 
 ranged in files along the streets of the camp, 
 and he passed from man to man, saluting 
 each one with a friendly hand-shaking, and 
 giving to many, kindly words of cheer and 
 sympathy. But he did not forget those 
 who, unable to leave their beds, could not 
 enjoy the pleasure of receiving him pub- 
 licly, and retiring from the crowd, he passed 
 through all the wards, stopping at bed after 
 bed, till everj^ man had touched his hand, 
 and the whole five thousand of the camp 
 had been treated with his friendly saluta- 
 tion. 
 
 Imagine the gloom that fell upon these 
 men on hearing the news of his terrible 
 death. Every heart seemed touched not 
 only with a solemn sadness, but a silent 
 grief rested upon alL As we strolled away 
 from the camp into the country, a soldier, 
 sitting alone, with drooping head, be- 
 side a little stream, was, with apparent list- 
 lessness whittling a stick, as we stopped 
 in front of him and arrested his atten- 
 tion by an ordinary remark. He looked 
 up solemnly and said, " Bad news, sir-*— 
 bad news ! I was thinking, sir, that I never 
 knew before how much 1 loved our Presi- 
 dent. I loved him, sir; the army loved him, 
 and may God forgive the fiend who mur- 
 
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 The Sanitary Commission Bulletin. 
 
 dered him." Such is doubtless the sentiment 
 of the whole army. 
 
 Among the conti-abands too, who gather 
 in from the plantations and villages to Rich- 
 mond and other places, there is apparently 
 a deep and impressive solemnity at the men- 
 tion of his name. Two old people of this 
 neglected class were standing together in 
 Richmond the other day, when the news of 
 the assassination came in, and one was 
 heard to use his name to the other thus : — 
 " Did you know that President Lincoln was 
 dead?" when the answer came quickly, 
 '^ Oh, yes, but don't call him President, call 
 him Father — he was Father Lincoln." 
 
 In the annals of American history no 
 man has received a larger share of 
 public confidence and aifection, and it 
 beino- the first time that an assassin has 
 so convulsed the nation by the most dia- 
 bolical deed in modern history, it is the 
 saddest period that we have ever known. 
 President Lincoln's great heart, full of ten- 
 derness and forgiveness, was what endeared 
 him to the people. Politicians differed as 
 to his ^ministration. Statesmen may have 
 sometimes doubted his wisdom. Extremists 
 may have condemned himj but his honest, 
 upright devotion to duty, his sympathy 
 with the sick and suffering, his broad 
 philanthropy towards all, gave him a place 
 with the common people, and endeared him 
 to the whole nation. For his qualities as a 
 man, for his integrity as a ruler, for his be- 
 nevolence as the Great Emancipator, his 
 name and his memory will be honored by 
 the lovers of right and freedom in all the 
 world. 
 
 OFFICIAL ACTION OF THE COMMISSION ON 
 THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 Mr. H. Biuney, Jr., on behalf of. the 
 committee appointed on the 18th instant, to 
 report a plan uf action to be taken by the 
 Commission in expressing its sense upon 
 the occasion of the death of the President 
 of the United States, presented the follow- 
 ing Preamble and Resolutions, which were, 
 on motion, unanimously adopted by the 
 Board : 
 
 The infamous and cruel hand of a con- 
 spirator and assassin has stricken down the 
 beloved and honored head of the nation. 
 
 The members of the United States Sani- 
 tary Commission desire to relieve their own 
 hearts in adding their tribute to that of the 
 whole people to the memory of the man and 
 the Chief Magistrate whom we have lost. 
 
 If it be possible for us to love and honor 
 Abraham Lincoln, more than we did when 
 living, we do so now. 
 
 We lose him when we need, more than 
 ever, his wise head and true heart. Our 
 loss is one which we cannot adequately 
 measure, and our grief such as we feel una- 
 ble to express. 
 
 The nation mourns as it has never mourned 
 since the death of Washington, and the In- 
 augural of our t\^ice-chosen President, of 
 which the echoes still linger on our ears, 
 becomes a second Farewell Address, wliich 
 will hold its place forever with the firs* in 
 the hearts of the American people. 
 
 In common with various associations of 
 our fellow-citizens, the Sanitary Commission 
 mourns a true friend and faithful protector. 
 His sagacity at once adopted the scheme of 
 the Commission when it was first planned, 
 and he gave it his official approval — an act 
 of inestimable value to us, and, as we think, 
 of the greatest benefit to th^ country. His 
 protection and countenance were continued 
 to the close of his life, and his personal 
 visit to the great Central Fair held for the 
 benefit of the Commission in Philadelphia 
 in June last is but one instance of his deep 
 interest in its success. 
 
 Desiring to record an expression of our 
 respect, affection, and gratitude for our 
 friend, protector, and benefactor, we adopt 
 the following Resolutions : 
 
 Rcsohed, That the members of the United 
 States Sanitary Commission honor, and will 
 ever honor and cherish, the name of x\bra- 
 ham Lincoln, the nation's twice-chosen 
 President, as that of a true and unselfish 
 patriot, a wise and sagacious administrator 
 of the Groverument, and a loving friend and 
 protector of the people, whose simplicity of 
 character, soundness of judgment, firmness 
 of purpose, and uudoubting faith in God, 
 deserve and will be held in everlasting re- 
 membrance. 
 
 Reaolved, That the United States Sani- 
 tary Commission, called into existence under 
 the official approval of President Lincoln at 
 the ^tbreak of the Rebellion, to supplement 
 the military power of the nation by organ- 
 
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 1171 
 
 izing the intelligence and sympathy of the 
 country in its behalf, hereby records its 
 deep gratitude for the approval and aid 
 which he gave and continued to the hour of 
 his death. 
 
 He encouraged the Commission in its 
 first appeal " to the Loyal Women of 
 America,''" and the following words which 
 he then used will be recalled as the most 
 valuable praise the Commission has ever 
 received : 
 
 " The Sanitary Commission is doing a 
 work of great humanity, and of direct prac- 
 tical value to the nation in this time of its 
 trial. It is entitled to the gratitude and 
 the confidence of the people, and I trust it 
 will be generously supported. There is no 
 agency through which voluntary offerings 
 of patriotism can be more efiectively madg;. 
 ■ " A. Lincoln." 
 
 This great and good President has now 
 passed beyond the reach of our praise, but 
 we give thanks to Grod for the good example 
 of one who, in his high office, never forgot 
 the sick and suffering soldier of the Union, 
 and we rejoice that he was permitted to see 
 the dawn of the nation's triumphs before 
 he was called to his reward. Our earnest 
 prayer and hope will be that his mantle may 
 have fallen upon his successor. 
 
 Rfsohed^ Thjft the foregoing resolutions 
 be published in the Sanitdvi/ Commission 
 Bulletin^ the Snnifnry Rpporter, and the 
 principal journals of the country. 
 
 VISIT OF THE COMMISSION TO PRESIDENT 
 JOHNSON. 
 
 Tlie President and a delegation of the 
 Board, consisting of the Treasurer, Mr. Gr. 
 T. Strong, Horace Binney, Jr., Ksci., and C. 
 J. Stille, Esq., by permission called on Pre- 
 sident Johnson at 4 p.m., April 20, and 
 presented him the respects of the Board 
 and their congratulations upon his accession 
 to the office of the chief magistracy. They 
 conveyed to him their condolence on the 
 bereavement the country has sustained in 
 the decease of the late lamented President, 
 whose constant sup{)ort and favor they had 
 experienced during the whole of his admin- 
 istration, and asked the continuance of the 
 Government's countenance of their labors 
 under his presidency. The President avowed 
 his deep sense of the usefulness of the U. S. 
 Sanitary Commission, and the obligations 
 of the Government to it for its long and 
 faithful services; expressed his readiness 
 to do all in his power to advance and sus- 
 
 tain its good work, and begged the delega- 
 tion to convey to each and every member of 
 the Board his gratitude for their good will 
 toward himself and the administration, and 
 his warm expression of sympathy for their 
 important labors. After some general con- 
 versation, leaving the most favora' le im- 
 pressions of the seriousness, good sense and 
 patriotic zeal of the President, the delega- 
 tion withdrew with profound satisfaction at 
 the interview. 
 
 THE BULLETIN— A MONTHLY. 
 At the late meeting of the Commission, 
 held at Washington, it was resolved that 
 the Bulletin and Reporter should be issued 
 but once a month for the future. Though 
 this action will deprive our friends of a 
 visit every fortnight, of their welcome mes- 
 sengers of tidings from the field, the wisdom 
 of the arrangement will be admitted. 
 
 THE CRISIS. 
 
 What will the Commission do now? 
 Will it wind up its affairs, make a final re- 
 port of its proceedings and disband, or con- 
 tinue its work ? 
 
 These are questions which come to us 
 almost every day, and while we cannot 
 answer them decisively, we will offer a few 
 thoughts which they suggest. 
 
 The Commission's work is the people's 
 work. It commenced with the war for pur- 
 poses connected with the war, and cannot 
 cease legitimately till all those purposes 
 shall be accomplished. 
 
 Its proper work is to supplement the Go- 
 vernment in the care of soldiers. So long^ 
 as there are soldiers who need care, and so 
 long as the Government needs aid in its 
 care of soldiers, there will be a demand upon 
 the sympathy and support of the people; 
 and so long as the sympathy and support of 
 the people are pledged to this service, so 
 long will they sustain the organization that 
 has so faithfully represented them till this 
 time. 
 
 The return of soldiers to the common re- 
 lation of citizenship again, will of necessity 
 occasion some irregularity. 
 
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 The Sanitary Commission Bulletin. 
 
 What is a soldier ? lie is always under 
 orders — always the subject of military law 
 and discipline. What he eats, and drinks, 
 and wears, come to him through requisi- 
 tions, which are dictated, signed, endorsed, 
 drawn, and distributed by others. What 
 he does in the way of duty, is done by orders 
 through generals, colonels, captains and 
 lieutenants, till they reach him ; and no 
 matter what he may think, or how he may 
 feel, he is bound to act in obedience to 
 orders. This is among the highest charac- 
 teristics of a good soldier. 
 
 In becoming a citizen he is released from 
 the restraints of military rule. He eats, and 
 drinks, and wears according to his choice, 
 what he buys with his own money — and 
 not what another buys and orders for him. 
 He thinks for himself, acts for himself, and 
 is himself 0(/ain. 
 
 But he is disabled — blind, or deaf, — has 
 lost arms or legs — has shot about his person, 
 or is somehow maimed for life. He went 
 into the battle a whole man, and has come 
 out of it a disabled man. Government gives 
 him a pension for life; but it is not equal 
 to his support; and if it was, the American 
 soldier is too independent and thrifty to be 
 a lounger in the community, if there is any 
 honest employment that he is capable of 
 pursuing. 
 
 Will the Government furnish him em- 
 ployment ? If not, the supplementary 
 power, — the good will of the people, must. 
 
 Here is one question to be met. The 
 Sanitary Commission has anticipated it by 
 the establishment already of a Bureau of 
 Employment. 
 
 If he is disabled so that he cannot work, 
 will the Government give him a support ? 
 
 If not, the supplementary power, — the 
 good people, will. Here is another question 
 to be met. The Sanitary Commission is 
 considering it now. 
 
 Resolved, That the President and Gene- 
 eral Secretary be requested to prepare an 
 address to the Branches and Aid Societies, 
 stating in substance, that although there is 
 
 reason to hope for the speedy termination of 
 the present war, such termination, even if 
 immediate, would leave much to be done for 
 the relief of the national forces in garri- 
 sons, and before they could be safely dis- 
 banded and the men re-established in the 
 pursuits of civil life ; that such garrisons, 
 as a general rule, require more aid from the 
 Commission than forces in the field, because 
 more readily accessible, and that said Socie- 
 ties should therefore, in the opinion of this 
 Commission, not abandon their work, but 
 continue the same, with additional activity, 
 in view of the prospect that it may soon 
 gradually cease to be necessary. 
 
 resignation of dr. j. foster jenkins as 
 general secretary of the commis. 
 •sign. 
 
 Of Dr. Jenkins we need say no more 
 than that his self-sacrificing industi'y in the 
 service of the Commission, and his high 
 qualities as a Christian gentleman, have won 
 for him the regard of all his co-workers in 
 the cause, whose good wishes will follow 
 him into whatever field he may enter. 
 
 The following resolution is expressive of 
 the feeling of the Commission. It was 
 unanimously adopted at the late meeting 
 in Washington : 
 
 Resolved, That in accepting the resigna- 
 tion of Dr. J. Foster Jenkins, the General 
 Secretary of the Commission, the Sanitary 
 Commission desire to express their perfect 
 appreciation of his personal worth, and of 
 his integrity, truthfulness of character^ and 
 devotion to the interests of the Commission. 
 
 Carried unanimously. 
 
 Mr. John S. Blatchford was unanimously 
 elected General Secretary. 
 
 From the Soldier's Journal. 
 WORKINGS OF THE U. S. SANITARY COM- 
 MISSION AT CAMP PAROLE, VA. 
 
 We have long desired to give a brief his- 
 tory of the workings of the Special llelief 
 Agent of the U. S. Sanitary Commission at 
 this post; but have been unable to get at 
 the data until now, and, even now, are com- 
 pelled to omit much of interest in order to 
 make thearticle suitable to our limited 
 space, as well as from the reason that no regu- 
 lar record of items not deemed important 
 at the time has been kept. The present 
 
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 agent, Miss Amy M. Bradley, has held tlie 
 position of Special Relief Agent of this 
 great Commission ever since the re-organi- 
 zation of Convalescent Camp, Dec. 17, 18(J2. 
 During all this time she has given the ut- 
 most satisfaction to the various commanders 
 of camp and hospital, and to the thousands 
 of soldiers to whose wants it has been her 
 daily and unceasing task to administer. Her 
 labors here have been of the most exten- 
 sive, and in many cases, the most compli- 
 cated class; and a glance at the imperfect 
 record which we are enabled to present will 
 strike with surprise even those familiar with 
 the grand system of the Commission which 
 she represents, and others with incredulity 
 that so much work could be accomplished 
 by a single woman in a life-time, much less 
 in a little over two years, as has been tjje 
 case. These figures show more the result 
 of the labor performed, than the amount of 
 the labor itself. To properly show the lat- 
 ter we would have to give the number of 
 letters written, the number of trips to Wash- 
 ington required, and many other items which 
 none but the most practiced statistic com- 
 piler would think of. All this required 
 labor, however; and the exertions must have 
 been indeed indefatigable when we reflect 
 that she never had a clerk or assistant, but 
 did all the writing and traveling herself 
 Few have a correct idea of the amount 
 of trouble and writing requisite to the 
 prompt collection of a claim for back pay. 
 Men generally, having any considerable 
 amount of back pay due them, have been 
 absent from their regiments from sickness 
 or wounds, for a long time, and frequently 
 are not properly accounted for on the rolls. 
 All this time must be accounted for by ob- 
 taining certificates from commanders of 
 companies and hospitals, which are carried 
 personally to the proper departments, filed, 
 and a certificate for the pay drawn. This 
 is the ordinary routine of collecting back 
 pay, and when erroneous charges of deser- 
 tion are made, the task is much more diffi- 
 cult and laborious. The success with which 
 our Sanitary agent has attended to such 
 cases, is shown by the figures presented ; 
 and in that branch alone, is a conclusive 
 argument in favor of the great utility and 
 usefulness of the U. S. Sanitary Commissoii. 
 We do not know how many such agents 
 represent the Commission, but if the hibors 
 of any of them equal those of the agent at 
 this post, the good accomplished must be f ir 
 beyond what even the warmest friends of the 
 
 society believe. No society has ever approx- 
 imated it in goodness and usefulness. It is the 
 growth ot the most gigantic war known to 
 modern history, but the magnitude of its 
 charities seem fully equal to the emergency 
 which has called them forth. However, 
 we must not now speak of the Sanitary 
 Commission generally, but of one of its 
 agents. 
 
 The following briefly s'hows the workings 
 of the Special Relief Agent at this post, 
 from the re-organization of the Convales- 
 cent Camp. Dec. 17, 18G2, to Feb. 28, 1805, 
 the time of the close of Rendezvous of Dis- 
 tribution. 
 
 CONVALESCENT CAMP. 
 
 Number of men received from Dec. 
 
 17, 1862, to Doc. 31, 1863, 60,934 
 
 Number discharged from Dec. 17, 
 
 1862, to Dec. 31, 1863, 8,778 
 
 Number assisted in settling their ac- 
 counts (whose names, companies 
 and regiments we find recorded in 
 her books) from May 1, 1863, to 
 Dec. 31, 1863, 1,830 
 
 Average amount of money collected 
 
 on t'^hese cases, ($100 per man,) $183,000 
 [Prior to May 1, 1863, no record was 
 kept of the number assisted, though very 
 many of the feeblest ones were accompa- 
 nied to Washington, and their accounts 
 settled.] 
 
 Number of statements taken for ar- 
 rears of pay from Oct. 19, 1863, 
 to Dec. 31, 1863, 93 
 
 Amount of money collected on these 
 
 cases, $7,185 50 
 
 The following is the amount of stores 
 distributed among the soldiers of Convales- 
 cent Camp and Hospital (numberinc 60,934 
 men) from Dec. 17, 1863, to Dec. 31, 1863 : 
 
 Bed Ticks 79 
 
 Hlauknts tJO 
 
 Bnishes, Uair .5-1 
 
 C.irnbs : 1,109 
 
 Flaiiap.l, yds 4 
 
 Head Rests 8 
 
 .Mattresses 1 
 
 MiKipiitoe Nettings, prs 1 
 
 I'il.iws 84 
 
 IMIow Oases 3-?.l 
 
 UiiiltN IRo 
 
 SheclM 190 
 
 Spiltoons 12 
 
 Tow.Us 10,ri92 
 
 'rin(;ap» 12 
 
 Tia Basiu.s tj 
 
 Til read, lbs ICJ.^ 
 
 Coats l.T, 
 
 Drawers 1,47() 
 
 Eye Shades 1.-.9 
 
 Hiiiilkerchiofs 11,171 
 
 Hats aud Caps *i 
 
 .Mittens, prs 87.') 
 
 Neckties 107 
 
 I'auts 149 
 
 Corn Starch, lbs 
 
 Corn Meal, lbs 
 
 Dried Fruit, Uis 
 
 Karina, lbs 
 
 Jellies and Preserves, 
 
 jars 
 
 Lemons, boxes 
 
 Oranges, boxes 
 
 I'ickles, gal..< 
 
 Porter, bbls 
 
 Potatoes, bbls 
 
 Rum, bottles 
 
 Syrup, bottles 
 
 Tamarinds, (fals 
 
 Tobacco, lbs 
 
 Vinegar, Kaspberry, 
 
 bottles 
 
 Wine Foreign, bottles. 
 Wine Domestic, bottles 
 
 Whisky, bottles 
 
 Alcohol, bottles 
 
 Bay Hum, bottles. . . . 
 Cologne, bottles...... 
 
 Bandages, bbls 
 
 Books, vols 
 
 109 
 
 7.') 
 
 ISO 
 
 109 
 
 160 
 4 
 
 Vz 
 
 14 
 1 
 1 
 9 
 
 28 
 12 
 17 
 
 1 
 .SI 
 
 18 
 1>^ 
 l:!7 
 
1174 
 
 Shirts 4,8'>2 
 
 Slippers '705 
 
 Socks 1,950 
 
 Suspenders, prs 6 
 
 Vests 161 
 
 Wrappers 24 
 
 Apples Green, bbls. ., 1 
 
 " Dried " 3^ 
 
 Beef Stock, &c., lbs. . . 16 
 
 Brandy, bottles 76 
 
 Conden-ed Milk, lbs.. 6 
 
 Cocoa, lbs 18 
 
 Crackers, lbs 7,jo 
 
 Envelopes 30,700 
 
 The Sanitary Commission Bulletin. 
 
 Crutches, prs 36 
 
 Fans 200 
 
 Flannel Bandages 7 
 
 Hops, bbls 3^ 
 
 Magazines 675 
 
 Needles, papers 120 
 
 Old Linen, bbls 3^ 
 
 Pins, papers 12 
 
 Pin-cushions and Nee- 
 dle Books 470 
 
 Reading Matter, boxes 1 
 
 Soap, cakes 40 
 
 Note Paper, reams. . . . 57>^ 
 
 Pens and Holders 24 
 
 The Sanitary Agent also established a 
 hospital of her own upon her arrival at the 
 camp, which then consisted of tents and 
 huts, and continued it from Dec. 23, 1862, 
 until April 1, 1868, by which time the bar- 
 racks were completed, when the patients 
 were removed to them. 
 
 The mention of the above hospital were 
 not properly complete without publishing a 
 verbatim copy of the letter of Surgeon 
 Hunt, then Surgeon in charge, to the Chief 
 Special Kelief Agent at Washington : 
 
 CONTALESCENT CaMP, Va., "1 
 
 June 1, 18G3. / 
 
 To Mr. Fred. N. Knapp, 
 
 Special Relief Agent U. S Sanitary Commission. 
 
 In reply to the suggestion that I would 
 state my opinion of the services rendered in 
 this camp by Miss Amy M. Bradley, of 
 your Commission, I take pleasure in say- 
 ing that since I reported for duty here in 
 January last, Miss Bradley has been ac- 
 tively and unobtrusively useful. As a mat- 
 ter of negative merit, she has never inter- 
 fered with duties belonging to others. Fosi- 
 tiuel^, she has been of great service in at 
 first maintaining a neat and comfortable 
 tent hospital ; and since the erection of the 
 permanent hospital, in caring for the inter- 
 ests of discharged) oldiers, many of whom 
 would have been subjected to serious hard- 
 ships on leaving this camp, had it not been 
 for her business tact and judicious friendly 
 care. In various other ways she has been 
 of great use to the soldiers, and I shall be 
 gratified to have her remain in her present 
 position. Sanpord B. Hunt, 
 
 Surgeon U. S. V., in charge. 
 
 Approved, SaxM'l McKelvy, 
 
 Lieut. Col. Commanding. 
 RENDEZV'OUS OF DISTRIBUTION. 
 
 Number of men received from Feb. 
 
 «, 1864. to Feb. 8, 1865, 108,238 
 
 Nu iber of men received at Augur 
 
 Hospital, 9,322 
 
 Among these were distributed the fol- 
 io. /ing articles by the Sanitary Agent : 
 
 Bed Ticks 100 
 
 Combs 4,1S4 
 
 Pillows 92 
 
 Pillow Cases 4.36 
 
 Sheets 600 
 
 Towels 9,631 
 
 Thread, lbs .59 
 
 *Coats 303 
 
 Drawers 486 
 
 Handkerchiefs 13,171 
 
 Hats and Caps 36 
 
 Mittens 3,760 
 
 Pants 272 
 
 Shirts 1,170 
 
 Suspenders, prs 24 
 
 Shoes, prs 96 
 
 Slippers, prs 300 
 
 Socks, prs 1,373 
 
 Vests 203 
 
 Wrappers 36 
 
 Apples Dried, bbls... >^ 
 
 Brandy, bottles 31 
 
 Brandy Bl'kb'ry, bots 66 
 
 Canned Meats, lbs. .. . 174 
 
 Canned Fruit, lbs 81 
 
 Canned Vegetables, lbs 60 
 
 Crackr-rs, lbs 60 
 
 Corn Starch, lbs 
 
 Dried Fruit, lbs 
 
 Farina, lbs 
 
 Jellies and Preserves, 
 jars 
 
 Lemons, boxes 
 
 Oranges, boxes 
 
 Tobacco, lbs 
 
 Tomatoes, lbs 
 
 Wine Domestic, bots. . 
 
 Whisky, bottles 
 
 Bay Rum, bottles 
 
 Cologne, bottles 
 
 Bandages, bbls 
 
 Books, vols 
 
 Needles, papers 
 
 Pins, papers 
 
 Old Linen, bbls 
 
 Pin cushions and Nee- 
 dle Books 
 
 Soap, cakes 
 
 Tracts 
 
 Envelopes 
 
 Note Paper, reams 
 
 Pencils 
 
 Pen Holders 
 
 Pens 
 
 74 
 10 
 12 
 
 85 
 
 3% 
 20 
 72 
 45 
 30 
 42 
 30 
 
 l>i 
 13 
 
 390 
 
 24 
 
 3 
 
 1,600 
 
 76 
 
 500 
 
 22,300 
 
 1,804 
 294 
 912 
 
 * The coats, pants, vests, shoes, hats, caps, 
 drawers, shirts and socks were mostly dis- 
 tributed amongst the men in Deserter's Di- 
 vision of the llendezvous, who had no op- 
 portunity of drawing these articles from 
 government. 
 
 Number of statements taken for 
 arrears of pay, ending Dec. 
 31, 1861, 131 
 
 Amount collected, $11,030 13 
 
 [During the mouths of January and Feb- 
 ruary, 1864, the agent was confined to her 
 bed by a serious illness, and no work was 
 done other than distributing clothing by an 
 orderly detailed for that purpose. During 
 these two months 750 men were discharged 
 the service, and were sent in ambulances 
 to the Sanitary Lodge, 389 H street, Wash- 
 ington, where they were assisted by Mr. W. 
 K. Neal, of the Commission, in settling their 
 accounts.] 
 
 No. of statements taken for ar- 
 rears of pay for the months of 
 January and February, 1865, 86 
 
 Amount collected,' $8,677 43 
 
 Amount of monies received from 
 soldiers and delivered to J. B, 
 Abbott, Chief Ass't Special 
 Belief Dep't, to be forwarded 
 to their friends, during the 
 two years ending Dec. 31, 
 1864, $4,146 50 
 
 Amounts received and fowarded 
 during the mouths of Janu- 
 ary and February, 1865, $779 00 
 The plan and system of her work was 
 organized under ten heads, which she has 
 persistently followed from the commence- 
 ment of her labor to tlij present time. They 
 are as follows : 
 
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 1175 
 
 1. Distributing clothing among the 
 needy. 
 
 2. Procuring dainties for the sick, and 
 administering to their comfort by furnish- 
 ing gruel, stimulants, etc. 
 
 3. Accompanying discharged soldiers to 
 Washington, and a.ssistiug them in obtain- 
 ing their pay, etc. 
 
 4. Distributiiig note paper and envelopes, 
 and writing letters for the sick in hospital. 
 
 5. Receiving and forwarding' money for 
 soldiers to their friends at home. This done 
 by draft without cost to the soldier. 
 
 6. Answering letters of Inquiry to Hos- 
 pital Directory. 
 
 7. Obtaining certificates for arrears of 
 pay for soldiers, and getting erroneous 
 charges of desertion removed. 
 
 8. Distributing reading matter, such as 
 newspapers and periodicals throughout the 
 «amp. 
 
 9. Telegraphing to the friends of soldiers 
 veiy ill in hospital. 
 
 10. Furnishing meals to feeble soldiers 
 in barracks, who could not eat the fo d pre- 
 pared for stronger ones. 
 
 During the summer of 1864, the agent 
 had charge of the low diet of Augur Hospi- 
 tal, and much of her attention was given 
 to the sick. In September she received a' 
 furlough, and visited her home in Maine, 
 being the only respite she has had from her 
 labors for three years. » 
 
 The above, as we have already stated, 
 briefly show the work done by a single (ujent 
 of the U. S. Sanitary Commission. They 
 seem like mere dry facts and statistics; but 
 they will live as long as goodness and in- 
 dustry are honored, and will always form a 
 bright record to a life that has been given 
 almost wholly to the benefit of the soldier. 
 
 EXTRACTS FEOM LETTER BY DR J. FOSTER 
 JENKINS, GENERAL SECRETARY. 
 
 James River, April 10, 1865. 
 
 To the Standing Committee of the U. S. 
 
 Sanitary Commission: 
 
 Ge.ntlemen — I am on my return to 
 Washington, from a visit to City Point. I 
 reached that station at 1 p.m. yesterday, 
 anfl have given our work thence westerly, 
 as thorough scrutiny as could be accom- 
 plished by interrogation of our officers and 
 others po.ssessing opportunities of observing 
 it. You will be glad to hear that our sup- 
 plies are, and have been, abundant from the 
 betrinnino: of the late active movements. No 
 
 embarrassment has been felt from this cause. 
 There is, of essential articles, a good supply 
 now on hand, and the goods about to arrive 
 will make the stock complete probably for 
 all this month. 
 
 The number of our agents is ample. 
 Their better organization than ever before, 
 the improved degree of preparation of the 
 Medical Department, and the comparatively 
 moderate number of wounded in the recent 
 engagements, render the present force suffi- 
 cient to do what falls to our hands to "do. I 
 saw the surgeon in charge of the Depot 
 Hospitals, near City Point yesterday, and 
 spent an hour with him. His resources 
 seemed to be very large. He had de- 
 spatched, the day before, the material for a 
 hospital of 2,500 beds, to Burkesville, al- 
 though there was a probability of finding 
 not more than 1,000 patients, and with the 
 hospital had sent up 26 surgeons, and was 
 ready to repeat the consignment, if called 
 upon. The hospital accommodation at City 
 Point is 15,000 beds, and there are in hos- 
 pital only 6,000.' He seems to be a genuine 
 friend of the Commission, and thinks that 
 it is doing its work well. He accepts its 
 services gratefully where they are necessary. 
 
 We have a storehouse at Richmond, in 
 the same building with the Medical Pur- 
 veyor, and are doing a* solid work, though 
 as usual not a showy one. The sick are all 
 rebels. At Petersburg we also have a 
 strong force for the necessity, which is net 
 urgent. In the field we are strong, and 
 Johnson at Burkesville asks that no more 
 stores be sent until further call from him. 
 The performance of our proper work at and 
 about Richmond is successful and credita- 
 ble. Mr. Knapp, who had gone with Dr. 
 McDonald on Thursday to Richmond, re- 
 turned last night, and is on the way with 
 me now to Washington. He reports our 
 work as having been very well done at 
 Wilmington. He left there on the 4th iust. 
 
 We are just at Fortress Monroe, 4 p.m. 
 I expect to be in Washington at 10 a.m. 
 to-morrow — Tuesday. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 J. Foster Jenkins. 
 
 THE COMMISSIONS. 
 
 We clip the following from a Buffalo 
 paper : 
 
 The Sanitary Commission. — Mrs. 
 Horatio Seymour has just recciveil the fol- 
 lowing telegram from Dr. Jenkins, the 
 
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 The Sanitary Commission Bulletin. 
 
 General Secretary of the U. S. Sanitary 
 Commission : 
 
 "Washington, April 1, 1865. 
 
 " Agents and supplies had been placed at 
 the disposal of our Inspector at City Point, 
 anticipating the movement of the armies. 
 Our wagons entered Richmond and Peters- 
 burg with the hospital trains of our military 
 forces. We have most ample supply of 
 men and material at Ptichmond, City Point 
 and Petersburg, and with the army in pur- 
 suit of Lee. These supplies are being con- 
 stantly reinforced. Every report made to 
 us indicates that our work is being fully 
 and efficiently carried on. 
 
 "J. Foster Jenkins." 
 
 The above shows that the Sanitary Com- 
 mission work is now so thoroughly syste- 
 matized that it may almost be regarded as a 
 part of our military organization. It must 
 be highly gratifying to the generous people 
 who made this Society the almoners of their 
 bounty, to know that the work is done so 
 well. The constant and regular offerings 
 of the people have placed this Society upon 
 so satisfaciory a basis that it is now able to 
 anticipate the wants of our soldiers. Con- 
 tinued generosity on the part of its patrons 
 will enable it to maintain this desirable po- 
 sition, without the necessity of making any 
 special ajpeal when an emergency arises. 
 
 An Appeal from the Christian Com- 
 mission. — The following dispatch was re- 
 ceived yesterday. In response, the Branch 
 of the Christian Commission in this city 
 send to-d;iy $3,000. Will not our churches 
 and communities in the city and country 
 respond nobly to this last^ppeal? 
 
 "Philadelphia, April 3, 1865. 
 
 "Rev. S. Hunt, Secretary: — The 
 battle is raging — our delegates in the field 
 — minute men starting by every train — 
 Treasury empty. New York and Boston 
 merchants moving to-day on 'Chanee. Will 
 not yours do likewise ? For how much may 
 we driiw on you ? Telegraph immediately. 
 Minutes are lives to-day. 
 
 "Geo. H. Stuart, Chairman." 
 
 EXTBACT OF A LETTER FROM CITY POINT. 
 
 April 14, 1865. 
 The Sanitary Commission at City Point 
 is still the Sanitary Commission. I find 
 the agents at work with earnestness and 
 devotion. The hospitals are not crowded, 
 as they have sometimes been, but they are 
 well kept and the men are cheerful. Our dit- 
 
 tributors are known every where, and treat- 
 ed with respect and consideration. 
 
 Besides many goods things that they have 
 done in the ordinary line of their legitimate 
 service, they have established schools for 
 soldiers, which have been very successful. 
 Many of our men have come into the ser- 
 vice without the knowledge of letters, and 
 others with but very limited knowledge. 
 The Commission has been engaged in the work 
 of instruction, and with the most satisfactory 
 results. They have also furnished books for 
 " the contraband schools," as they are called, 
 which are connected with the contraband 
 camp and are objects of unusual interest. 
 
 The work among refugees is also consid- 
 erable. Last evening there were housed 
 in " our old barge" several families of wo- 
 men and children who were seeking friends 
 and freedom among Northern Unionists. 
 Some of them were intelligent people, and 
 excited much interest; others, equally deser- 
 ving of sympathy and care, were not so well 
 trained and educated, but as appreciative of 
 attention and kindness. 
 
 At Petersburg and Richmond the work 
 is under way. Homes are being established 
 and much solid comfort afforded. Burkes- 
 ville station is supplied by our train, and 
 active agencies are established there. 
 
 The flag of the Commission waves where 
 the flag of our country is, and where our 
 soldiers are, there are our stores and agents. 
 
 It is to be hoped that our people will con- 
 tinue their organizations and their cff"orts. 
 Troops are coming in from the North by 
 the transport load, and tens of thousands 
 of rebels, wounded and sick, are depen- 
 dent and thrown upon the care of Gov- 
 ernment, and swelling the list of those who 
 claim the benefactions of our people. 
 
 We go to Richmond to-morrow, and will 
 write you from there. I hope to obtain a know- 
 ledge of its true situation, of which I will 
 advise you. We shall also visit Petersburg 
 and other important points along the line. 
 J. Parrish 
 
 IN AID OF THE CHIOAGO FAIR TO BE HELD 
 MAY 30TH. 
 
 Women's Penn. Branch, April 17, 1865. 
 
 It has been suggested to the Philadelphia 
 
 Committee in aid of the Chicago Fair, by 
 
 one of the country auxiliary societies of this 
 
 State, that these associates of the Sanitary 
 
 Commission would be stimulated to aid the 
 
 Fair if some slight premium were ofiered to 
 
 encourage exertion. 
 
The Sanitary Oommission Bulletin. 
 
 117T 
 
 , We therefore propose to give to every so- I 
 ciety sendius: articles or money amouuting 
 to one tuudred dollars (6100), the elegant 
 bronze medal commemorative of the^ Chi- 
 cago Fair, now being struck at the mint. 
 
 To the society in each county sending the 
 largest contribution beyond the above sum, 
 an American flag will be given in size and 
 value proportionate to the amount contribu- 
 ted. 
 
 Boxes can be directed to the rooms of the 
 U. S. Sanitary Commission, 1307 Chestnut 
 street, marked >' For the Chicago Fair." 
 
 In all cases an invoice marked at the 
 selling prices must accompany each pack- 
 ao-e. All communications on the subject 
 can be addressed to 
 
 Mrs. Thomas P. James, 
 
 President, 
 f Or 400 S. 9th street., Phila. 
 
 Miss Anna P. Stevenson, 
 Secretary and Treasurer, 
 1006 Clinton street. 
 
 PETKOLEUM FOR THE SANITARY. 
 
 New York, April 8, 1865. 
 
 To THE Rev. Dr. Bellows : 
 
 President of U. S. Sanitary Commission. 
 
 Dear Sir -.—For the purpose of answer- 
 ing the great number of inquiries made 
 daily at our office, as to the " modus ope- 
 randi" of obtaining Petroleum, we have 
 thought it worth while to cause to be con- 
 structed a full sized working model of an 
 oil well, with engine, derrick, tank, drills, 
 and indeed all the accompaniments com- 
 plete, a counterpart of which was contri- 
 buted by our office to the National Celebra- 
 tion of March 6, and now on exhibition 
 at No. 518 West 22nd street, near Tenth 
 avenue, between the hours of one and four, 
 p. M. To the majority of men the subject 
 is of sufficient interest to render a visit, with 
 their families, to the "Oil Well" profitable. 
 
 We have issued tickets of admission at 
 25 cents each, obtainable at our office, and 
 beg your acceptance of the proceeds for the 
 benefit of the " Sanitary Commission ;" aA 
 association, that by its noble care of our 
 sick and suff"ering soldiers, has earned the 
 gratitude of every Union man. 
 
 Sincerely congratulating you upon our 
 recent glorious victories, 
 
 We remain, Sir, yours very respectfully, 
 W. W. Clarke & Co. 
 
 New York, AprU 12, 1865. 
 
 W. W. Clarke & Co. : 
 
 Gentlemen — I accept very gratefully 
 
 on behalf of the U. S. Sanitary Commis- 
 sion, your humane and patriotic offer, to 
 turn over to our treasury the proceeds of 
 the exhibition of your model of an Oil Well 
 and all its accompaniments, complete. 
 
 We have "struck ile" in a good many 
 places without "boring" the public over- 
 much. The domain from which our oil has 
 flowed, the national sympathy and gratitude, 
 has not proved a very rocky soil, and our 
 machinery has been comparatively cheap 
 and simple. Yet the wells have thrown, if 
 not "a hundred feet in height and 1,600 
 barrels daily," as high as the wounds and 
 sorrows of our stricken soldiers, and some- 
 times at the rate of 1,600 boxes (a much 
 more astonishing feat) per month. 
 
 They threw in one week 700 tons of stores 
 into Fredericksburg, $70,000 of stores into 
 Gettysburg in four weeks, and have thus 
 far furnished the army and navy with about 
 ten millions of dollars worth of extra com- 
 fort. They are throwing this minute into 
 Richmond, City Point, Newbern, Wilming- 
 I ton, Goldsboro', the Shenandoah, Nashville, 
 Knoxville, New Orleans, and fifty other 
 I stations, whatever the knowledge and hu- 
 manity of our medical corps ask from us, 
 and there is no immediate prospect that the 
 " Oil " will give out. We have not recently 
 found it necessary to "bull" our stock, nor 
 force it on the market. Sober purchasers 
 seem to understand its value, and invest 
 without noise. 
 
 Meanwhile we rejoice that Petroleum 
 wishes to sanctify itself by pouring some 
 percentage of its flow, into the wounds of 
 our noble army of martyrs. It has made 
 fortunes, lighted cottages and cities, cooked 
 dinners and run steamships, lubricated mills 
 and trains, contended with mining stocks, 
 cotton and railroad shares in city roads, for 
 the mastery on the exchange. It now offers 
 itself as a medicine for army wounds and 
 hospital gangrene. We shall be glad totry 
 it. May your oil well go into immediate 
 and most popular operation. 
 
 If all who have invested in Oil Stocks 
 and expect to leave fortunes to their children, 
 will only go and take their offspring just to 
 see how those fortunes are jnadr,, I cannot 
 doubt that your receipts and ours will be 
 sufficient to reward your utmost expecta- 
 tions, and to meet our largest requirements. 
 i With grateful respect, 
 
 I remain, gentlemen, yours, truly, 
 Heney W. Bellows, 
 
 President. 
 
1178 
 
 The Sanitary Commission Bulletin. 
 
 SPECIAL RELIEF DEPAHTMENT. CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF NINETEEN 
 
 PLACES. 
 
 Baltimore. 
 
 •'The Home,"..... 
 
 Boston. 
 
 ' Soldiers' Home, 
 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 " Soldiers' Rest,". . 
 
 Oamp Nelson, Ky. 
 
 "Soldiers' Home,"... 
 
 Cairo. 111. 
 
 "Soldiers' Home,". 
 
 Columbns, 0. 
 
 " Soldiers' Home,". 
 
 Detroit, Micb. 
 
 " Soldiers' Home, '. 
 
 .Teffersonvillc, Ind. 
 
 "Soldiers' Home,"... 
 
 LouisTiUe, Ry. 
 
 "Soldiers' Home," ... 
 
 Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 " Soldiers' Home,". . . 
 
 Nashville. 
 
 "Soldiers' Home,"... 
 
 New Orleans, la. 
 
 " Soldiers' Home,". . . 
 
 Padueah, Ry. 
 
 " Soldiers' Home,". . . 
 
 Portsmouth, Va. 
 
 "Soldiers' Home,"... 
 
 Washing:ton, D. C. 
 
 "The Home," 
 
 Lodge No- 4 
 
 Lodge No. 6 
 
 Home for Soldiers' 
 wives and mothers. . 
 
 6 
 2 
 
 12 
 
 104 
 
 664 
 
 107 
 
 7 
 
 86 
 
 350 
 
 294 
 
 ,168 
 
 62 
 
 163 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 5o 
 73 
 
 162 
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 126 
 
 2,959 
 
 37 
 
 910 
 76 
 74 
 
 3,088 4,545 
 
 594 88 1.609 
 
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 95 
 
 18 
 
 804 
 
 21, 3 
 
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 4 12 
 2 1 
 
 6 
 
 1.023 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 183 
 
 80 
 
 174 
 
 417 
 
 101 
 
 1,227 
 
 72 
 
 689 
 
 12 
 
 32 
 
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 3,122 370 
 
 925 
 
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 110 
 
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 138 
 
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 115 
 
 49 
 
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 131 
 
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 1,333 
 
 5 
 
 185 
 
 2,860 
 
 47 
 
 1,519 
 
 19 
 
 23 
 
 6,306 
 
 Soldiers' Lodge, Alexandria, Va. District of Columbia, 31 : Michigan, 1 : New York, 9 : Penn- 
 sylvania, 107 : Wisconsin, 2 : U. S. Regulars, 2 : Soldiers, 152 : Relatives of Soldiers, 7. Whole num- 
 ber, 159. Lodgings, 344 ; Meals, 1,036. (Included in above totals.) 
 
 THE WOEK OF NINETEEN HOMES. 
 
 The above table presents the statistics of 
 the Special Relief work done in nineteen 
 Homes, Lodges, or Rests of the United 
 States Sanitary Commission, situated in six- 
 teen different places, during the month of 
 March. 
 
 The returns from the Homes at Annapo- 
 lis and Cincinnati, the Lodge at Ilarrisburg, 
 and Lodge No. 5 at Washington, have not 
 been received at this office in time for inser- 
 tion; so that the table does not fully sot forth 
 
 the work of the Commission in this direction. 
 36,577 soldiers, from thirty-four states, 
 have been cared for free of charge ; 266 re- 
 latives of soldiers, as a general rule nursing 
 their sons or husbands sick in hospital, have 
 found food and lodging ; while 586 refugees, 
 fleeing from their homes to escape the bar- 
 barity of their Southern friends, have found 
 a home among strangers. The total number 
 of persons entertained is 37,429. To these 
 38,144 nights lodgings and 149,801 meals 
 have been criven. 
 
The Sanitary Commission Bulletin. 
 
 1179 
 
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 1,229 
 
 148 
 
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 4,614 
 3,356 
 
 1,474 
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 426 
 
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 1,053 
 
 6,975 
 977 
 
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 3,124 
 
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 168 
 
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 164 
 
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 89 
 
 
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 47 
 
 
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 2,164 
 
 4,211 
 
 1,685 
 
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 16,137 
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 274 
 
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 188 
 
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 959 
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 288 
 
 181 
 
 504 
 
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 3,133 
 
 627 
 
 1,481 
 
 8,397 
 
 14,235 
 
 600 
 
 1,231 
 
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 18 
 
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 156 
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 149,801 
 
 8,797 
 
 7,211 
 
 16,583 
 
 It is not easy for the mind to realize all 
 that is meant by these figures. Thirty-eight 
 thousand men is a very respectable corps ; 
 many of the armies which have fout^ht and 
 won splendid battles, have not greatly ex- 
 ceeded this number. And it must be re- 
 membered that this relief has come to 
 men who needed it — at the right time, in 
 the right place, and in the right way. 
 
 EELATION OF SANITARY COMMISSION TO 
 EEBEL CIVILIANS. 
 
 Extract from minutes of Board, Wash- 
 ington, April 27, 1865. 
 
 Rewlvcd, That the rendering of aid and 
 the issuing of supplies to the inhabitants of 
 
 rebel towns and cities when occupied by 
 the National Army, is no part of the legiti- 
 mate work of the Commission, and that 
 such relief is to be extended only to loyal 
 citizens, or to such as shall have taken the 
 oath of allegiance to the United States, and 
 then in cases of absolute necessity or for the 
 preservation of life, during such short period 
 as may elapse between the occupation of 
 such town or city and the establishment of 
 the Government system of supply, and only 
 when such relief can be extended without 
 prejudice to the National Army hospitals. 
 
 List of Special Relief Stations.— 
 We call the attention of Special Relief 
 
1180 
 
 The Sanitary Commission Bulletin. 
 
 Agents, to the new list of " Soldiers' 
 Homes and Lodges," and '' Special Relief 
 Officers," page 1182, for the purpose of 
 having them forward to this office notifica- 
 tions of such facts as will keep the list up 
 to the times. 
 
 THE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 The eventful week in the experience of 
 the armies of the James and the Potomac 
 has found the Sanitary Commission prepared 
 for its proper work. For a month past 
 agents and supplies have been quietly but 
 steadily accumulating at convenient points, 
 in ancicipation of the movement that has 
 resulted so gloriously to our arms. The 
 wagon trainsof the Commission entered both 
 Richmond and Petersburg in company with 
 our victorious troops, and advices are re- 
 ceived that the section of the army now in 
 pursuit of Lee is fully attended by both 
 relief agents and supplies. Over one hun- 
 dred experienced and well trained men are 
 now at work in this department ; and when 
 we consider that this organized band had 
 its disposal on the 4th instant a supply of 
 stores " sufficient to meet all necessary de- 
 mands," and that such supply has been 
 since increased by the arrival at City Point 
 of two schooners loaded with the proper 
 material, it will readily appear that the well 
 earned reputation of the Sanitary Commis- 
 sion for timely preparation and efficiency 
 in the field is being now fully justified. — 
 Washington Chronicle. 
 
 ACCOUNT OF " LITTLE ACORN FAIR," YIELD- 
 ING $4,000. 
 
 In compliance with your request that I 
 should furnish you with some particulars of 
 the Fair of " The Little Acorns," I proceed 
 to do so as briefly as possible. The project 
 was started "in aid of the Sanitary," by six 
 little girls, all under eleven years of age. 
 These children evinced so much energy and 
 perseverance that their older friends be- 
 came interested, and came to their aid with 
 liberality and kindness. A few of the 
 Cuban merchants in Havana and Matanzas 
 responded handsomely to the appeal made 
 to them for money, &c. 
 
 After two months of industry the chil- 
 dren's Fair was held in the last week in 
 June, and lasted three days. " The Little 
 Acorns" were successful beyond their 
 hopes, being able to feel that they had 
 cleared ^5,000 for the Sanitary, S4,000 of 
 which was immediately paid over to the 
 
 Ladies' Sanitary Committee of Portland, 
 and $80 subsequently. 
 
 The residue of the amount raised by their 
 efforts was retained by one of the ladies of 
 the Advisory Committee, and by her dis- 
 tributed toother objects in the city. Hoping 
 that these facts may be what you required, 
 I remain, very respectfully yours, 
 Mary Neal Sherwood, 
 
 Portland, January, 1865. 
 
 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES. 
 
 . Rev. Andrew Cather, one of our agents, 
 has just returned from visiting the Provi- 
 dence, New England, Troy, and New York 
 Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, lately holding their annual sessions. 
 At each one of them he was very kindly re- 
 ceived, and his representations of the six 
 principal departments of the Sanitary Com- 
 mission's work were heard with marked at- 
 tention. Each one of the Conferences passed 
 resolutions commending the Commission to 
 the liberality of the people, and expressing 
 their purpose to co-operate with it in its 
 noble efforts. 
 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 CORRESPONDEUr;!?. 
 
 Newbern, N. C, by J. W. Page 1153 
 
 Wilmington, N. C, by G. B. Page 11. ")6 
 
 Annapolis, bv Mrs. H IKil 
 
 Cairo, 111., by C N. Shipman •. 116.3 
 
 Vicksburg, Miss, by J G. Brown 1163 
 
 Testimonials of Surgeons Henry W. Davis and Sol. 
 
 B. Wolff 1155 
 
 Armies before Richmond, by Dr. J. Foster Jenkins, 
 
 Gen. Sec 1168 
 
 James River, by J. Foster Jenkins, Gen. Sec 1175 
 
 Letter from City Point, by Dr. Parrish 1176 
 
 Reports. 
 Woman's Central Association of Relief, by Louisa 
 
 Lee Schuyler 1160 
 
 Departments of Missis.sippi and Arkansas, by Beuj. 
 
 Woodward 1 164 
 
 Knoxville, Tenn, by M. C. Reed 1166 
 
 Leavenworth, Kansas, by J. R Brown 1167 
 
 Nicfeteen Houses, Lodges, and Rests 1178 
 
 Miscellaneous. 
 
 Starved to Death, by Minnie Mintwood 1153 
 
 A Week in Annapolis, by Mrs. H 1161 
 
 Supplies, from Sanitary Reporter.^ •« 1163 
 
 Andersonville Prisonei's .'. 1163 
 
 Departments of Mississippi and Arkansas, fron San- 
 
 tary Reporter 1164 
 
 Explosion of steamer Eclipse, from Cincinnati Gaz. 1165 
 
 The Far West 1167 
 
 Aid to Victims of Southern Barbarity 1168 
 
 Official action of Commission on the death of Presi- 
 dent Lincoln 1170 
 
 Visit of Commission to President Johnson 1171 
 
 Workings of U. S. Saa. Com. at Camp Parole, from 
 
 Soldiers' Journal ' 1172 
 
 Relation of San. Com. to rebel civilians 1172 
 
 The Commissions 1175 
 
 In aid of the Chicago Fair 1176 
 
 Petroleum for the San. Com 1177 
 
 EDITORI.iL. 
 
 President Lincoln 1169 
 
 The Bulletin— a Monthly 1171 
 
 The Crisis , 1171 
 
 Resignation of Dr. J. Foster Jenkins, Gen. Sec 1172 
 
 The Work of Nineteen Homes 1178 
 
 List of Special Relief Stations 1179 
 
The Sanitary Commission Bulletin. 
 
 1181 
 
 PROTECTIVE 
 
 OF THB 
 
 U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 OflBce : No. 1307 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 
 
 All the papers and correspondence required 
 to procure Pensions, Bounty and Buck Pay, and 
 Prize Money for discharged soldiers and sailors, 
 and for the relatives of soldiers and sailors dying 
 in the service of the United States, prepared and 
 forwarded, and the proceeds of all claims, when 
 collected, remitted to the parties entitled, //-ee of 
 charge. 
 
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
 
 WILLIAil M. TILGHMAN, Chairman. 
 
 Horace Bin.vey, Jr., Robert M. Lewis, 
 
 Alexander Brown, George M. Conarroe, 
 
 Hon. J. I. Clark Hare, Charles J. Stille, 
 
 William Welsh, George D. Pakrirh, 
 
 William L. Rehn, H. Lenox Hodge, M.D., 
 
 George Trott, Atuerton Blight. 
 
 H. Lenox Hodge, M.D., Examining Surgeon. 
 Edward A. Smith M.D., Assistant Surgeon. 
 W. N. ASH.MAN, Solicitor. 
 Jas. W. Hazlehdrst, Assistant Solicitor. 
 
 PROTECTIVE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 U. S. SANITARY COMMISSIOx\. 
 OFFICE, 35 CHAMBERS STREET, 
 
 JVEJ'^r YOUIC. 
 
 President. 
 
 Lieut.-Gen. WINFIELD SCOTT. 
 
 Vice-Presidents. 
 
 Hon. Hamilton Fisk, Admiral Dupont, 
 
 John J. Cisco, Esq., Rud. A. Witthaus, Esq 
 
 Treasurer. — Robert B. Mintuhn, Esq. 
 
 Directors. 
 
 Hons. E. D. Morgan, 
 George Opdyke, 
 Hiram Barney, 
 Jas W. Beekman, 
 
 H. W. Bellows, D.D., 
 
 John Jacob Astor, 
 
 James Brown, 
 
 William H. Aspinwall, 
 
 James Gallatin, 
 
 Howard Potter, 
 William E. Dodge, jr., 
 Theodore Roosevelt, 
 Peter Cooper, 
 George Bancroft, 
 Daniel Lord, 
 Wilson G. IIdnt, 
 Robert L. Stdart, 
 Alfred Pell. 
 
 THE U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION 
 
 Was constituted by the Secretary of War in June, 
 1861, in accordance with the recommendation of 
 the Surgeon-General of the United States Army, 
 and its appointment and plan of organization were 
 approved by the President of the United States, 
 Its present organization is as follows : 
 
 H. W. Bellows, D.D., New York. 
 A. D. Bache, LL.D., Washington, D. C, 
 F. L. Olmsted, California. 
 George T. Strong, Esq., New York. 
 Elisha Harris, M.D., New York. 
 W. H. Van Buren, M.D., New York. 
 Wolcott Gibbs, M.D., Cambridge, Mass. 
 S. G. Howe, M.D., Boston, Mass. 
 C. R. Agnew, M.D., New York. 
 J. S. Newberry, M.D., Cleveland, Ohio. 
 Rt. Rev. T. M. Clark, Providence, R. I. 
 Hon. R. W. Burnett, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 Hon. Mark Skinner, Chicago, 111. 
 Hon. Joseph Holt, Washington, D. C. 
 Horace Binney, jr., Philadelphia, Penna. 
 Rev. J. H. Heywood, Louisville, Ky. 
 I J. Huntington Wolcott, Boston, Mass. 
 Charles J. Stille, Philadelphia, Peniia. 
 Ezra B. McCagg, Chicago, IlL 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 H. W. Bellows, D.D., President. 
 A. D. Bache, LL.D., Vice-President. 
 George T. Strong, Treasurer. 
 J. Foster Jenkins, M.D., General Secretary. 
 J. S. Newberry, M.D., Associate Secretary. 
 standing committee. 
 
 George T. Strong. 
 
 Wolcott Gibbs, M.D. 
 
 Charles J. Stille. 
 
 Apply in person or by letter, to 
 
 HENRY GREENFIELD, Secretary, 
 35 Chambers Street, New York. 
 
 OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 \st. To secure the soldiers and sailors and their 
 families, any claims for pensioTis, pay, or bounty, 
 etc., without cost to the claimant. 
 
 2d. To protect soldiers or sailors and their famiUes 
 from imposture and fraud. 
 
 3d. To prevent false claims from being made 
 against the Government. 
 
 'ith. To give gratuitous advice and information to 
 soldiers and sailors or their families needing it. 
 
 Henry W. Bellows, D.D 
 Wm. H. Van Buren, M.D 
 C. R. Agnew, M.D. 
 
 HOSPITAL DIRECTORY. 
 
 The Sanitary Commission has made arrange- 
 ments for supplying information gratuitously, 
 with regard to patients in all the United States 
 General Hospitals. 
 
 For information relative to patients in the Hos- 
 pitals in New York, New- Jersey, the New England 
 States, Eastern Virginia, Maryland, District of Co- 
 lumbia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida 
 and Louisiana, address "Office of Sanitary Com- 
 mission, Washington, D. C." 
 
 For the Hospitals in Pennsylvania, address 
 "Office of Sanitary Commission, No. 1307 Chest- 
 nut Street, Philadelphia." 
 
 For the Hospitals in Western Virginia, Ohio, 
 Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kentucky, Ten- 
 nessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, address " Office 
 Sanitary Commission, Louisville, Ky." 
 
 In all cases the name, rank, company, and regi- 
 ment of the person inquired for should be given, 
 and where he was when last heard from. If the 
 application is by letter, the answer will be sent 
 by return of mail ; if in person, it will be answered 
 at once ; or if by telegraph, an answer will be re- 
 turned immediately at the inquirer's expense. 
 
 J8^»Soldiers' Aid Societies, clergymen, editors, 
 and others, can scarcely serve the cause of hu- 
 
 imanity more effectually than by frequently and 
 widely disseminating a knowledge of the above, 
 among those who have friends in the army. 
 
1182 
 
 The Sanitary Commission Bulletin. 
 
 SUPPLY DEPARTMENT. 
 
 The Sanitary Commission, under special au- 
 thority of the President of the United States, 
 maintains an extensive system of agencies for 
 securing the safe conveyance to, and distribution 
 of, goods put in its charge for the sick and 
 wounded at points where they are most wanted. 
 It operates with equal care and generosity at all 
 points — at New Orleans and at Washington, 
 before Charleston and at Chattanooga — its dis- 
 tributions being governed by a comparison of the 
 wants of the patients in all cases. The following 
 is a list of depots, to which auxiliary societies 
 and all disposed to aid the sick and wounded, 
 without reference to States or.localities, but sim- 
 ply to their relative necessity for assistance, are 
 invited to send, their offerings : 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST. 
 
 CENTRAL DEPOTS OF COLLECTION. 
 
 U. S. San. Com., No. 18 West St., Boston, Mass. 
 U. S. San. Com., Nos. 10 & 11 Cooper Union, 
 New York. 
 
 U. S. San. Com., State House, New Haven,Conn. 
 U. S. San. Com., 1307 Chestnut St., Philada. 
 
 DEPOTS OP DISTRIBUTION. 
 
 U. S. San. Com., 244 F St., Washington, D. C. 
 
 U. S. San. Com. Camp Distribution, Va. 
 
 U. S San. Com., 46 Sharp St., Baltimore, Md. 
 
 U S. Sanitary Commission, Harper's Ferry, Va. 
 
 U. S. Sanitary Commission, Annapolis, Md. 
 
 U. S. Sanitary Commission, Camp Parole, Md. 
 
 U. S. Sanitary Commission, Norfolk, Va. 
 
 U. S. Sanitary Commission, City Point, V.a. 
 
 U. S. Sanitary Commission, Newberne, N."^ C. 
 
 U. S. Sanitary Commission, Beaufort, S. C. 
 
 U. S. Sanitary Commission, New Orleans, La 
 
 Temporary Depots for distribution are estab- 
 lished from time to time as necessities of the 
 service require. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF THE WEST. 
 
 GENTRAIi DKPOTS OF COLLECTION. 
 
 U. S. San. Com., corner Vine and Sixth Sts., 
 Cincinnati, 0. 
 
 U. S. San. Com., No. 95 Bank St., Cleveland, 0. 
 
 U. S. San. Com., No. 66 Madison St., Chicago, 
 111. 
 
 U. S. San. Com., No. 2 Adam's Block, Buffalo, 
 N. Y. 
 
 U. S. San. Com., No. 59 Fourth St., Pittsburgh, 
 Penna. 
 
 U. S. San. Com., No. 32 Lamed St., Detroit, 
 Mich. 
 
 U. S. San. Com., Columbus, 0. 
 
 U. S. San. Com., Fifth St., Louisville, Ky. 
 
 The Commission receives no pecuniary aid 
 whatever from the Government, and is wholly 
 dependent on the voluntary contributions of the 
 public for the means of sustaining its operations. 
 Contributions to the Treasury are solicited, and 
 may be transmitted to George T. Strong, Esq., 
 Treasurer, 68 Wall Street, N. Y. 
 
 SPECIAL RELIEF DEPARTMENT. 
 
 F. N. Knapp, Supt., Washington, D. C. 
 
 J. B. Ab bott, Chief Assistant, Washington, D C 
 
 "SOLDIERS' HOMES" AND "LODGES." 
 
 [Objects. Terap(||iry aid and protection, — • 
 food, lodging, care, &c., — for soldiers in transitu, 
 chiefly the discharged, disabled, and furloughed.] 
 
 Alexandria, Va. "Alexandria Lodge." 
 Orange and Alexandria Railroad Station. J. B. 
 Holt, Superintendent. 
 
 Annapolis, Md. "Home for Soldiers' 
 Wives and Mothers " Mrs. Hopes Sayres, Matron. 
 
 Baltimore, Md. " Soldiers' Home." No. 
 62 Conway Street. A. E. Hastings, Supt. 
 
 "Soldiers' Lodge." Opposite Philadelphia, 
 Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Station. 
 , Superintendent. 
 
 Boston, Mass. " Soldiers' Home." No. 
 T6 Kingston Street. Charles F. Mudge, Supt., 
 near Boston and Worcester Railroad Depot. 
 
 Buffalo, N. Y. " Soldiers' Rest." Ex- 
 change Strett, opposite Central Railroad Depot. 
 Mrs. 11. Indevine, Matron. 
 
 Cairo, 111. " Soldiers' Home." C. N. Ship- 
 man, Superintendent. 
 
 Camp Nelson, Ky. " Soldiers' Home." 
 Thomas Butler, Superintendent. 
 
 Cincinnati, O. Soldiers' Home." Third 
 Street. Gol. G. W.D. Andrews, Superintendent. 
 Cleveland, Ohio. " Soldiers' Home." 
 Joseph Jerome, Superintendent. 
 
 Columbus, Ohio. " Soldiers' Home." T. 
 E. Botsford, Superintendent. 
 
 Detroit, Michigan. " Soldiers' Home." 
 No. 81 Jefferson Avenue. 
 
 Harrisburg, Pa. Near the Railroad Depot. 
 "Soldiers' Lodge." W. H. Hadley, Supt. 
 
 Jeffersonville, Indiana. " Soldiers' 
 Home." New Market Street, near the Depot. E. 
 T. Smith, Superintendent. 
 
 Louisville, Ky. " Soldiers' Home." V. 
 Scott, Superintendent. 
 
 Memphis, Tenn. "Soldiers' Lodge." 
 Near landing, 0. W. Christy, Superintendent and 
 Relief Agent. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. " Soldiers' Home." 
 Captain I. Brayton, Superintendent. 
 
 New Orleans, La. " Soldiers' Home." 
 Corner Magazine and Julia Streets. Sumner 
 Balhird, Superintendent. 
 
 New York City. " Discharged Soldiers' 
 Home." No. 45 Grove Street, near Blecker. 
 , Superintendent. 
 
 Paducah, Ky. " Soldiers' Home." E. D. 
 Way, Superintendent. 
 
 Portsmouth, Va. "Soldiers' Home." John 
 Alcooke, Superintendent. 
 
 Washington, D. C. "The Home." No. 
 374 North Capitol Street. J. B. Clark, Supt. 
 
 " Home for Soldiers' Wives and Mothers. 
 No. 380 North Capitol Street. J. B. Clark, Supt., 
 
 "Lodge No. 4. No. 389 H Street. , Supt. 
 
 " Lodge No. 5." Maryland Avenue, near Wash- 
 ington & Alexandria R. R. Station. , Supt. 
 
 " Lodge No. 6." Foot of Sixth Street. Ho.v- 
 ard McPlierran, Superintendent. 
 
 SPECIAL RELIEF OFFICES. 
 
 [Objects. — To give aid in procuring pay, pen- 
 sions, bounty, prize money, arrears of pay and 
 bounty, and other claims upon government. To 
 
TJie Sanitary Commission Bulletin. 
 
 1183 
 
 supply clothing, hospital delicacies, crutches, 
 &c. To give transportation, information, &c.] 
 
 Alexandria, Va. Office in Soldiers' Lodge, 
 Orange and Alexandria Railroad Station. J. B. 
 Holt,Agent. . 
 
 Annapolis, Md. Office of United States 
 Sanitary Commission. Major F. C. Howes, Agent. 
 
 Baltimore, Md. United States Sanitary 
 Commission, No. 4G South Sharpe Street. J. T. 
 Pancoast, Agent. 
 
 Boston, Mass. United States Sanitary Com- 
 mission, No. 7(3 Kingston Street. 
 
 Buffalo N. Y. Branch United States San- 
 nitary Commission, Adams' Block, No. 209 
 Washington Street. 
 
 Cairo, 111. Office in "Soldiers' Home." C. 
 N. Shipman, Agent. 
 
 Camp Nelson. Ky. Office in " Soldiers' 
 Home." Thomas Butler, Agent. 
 
 Chattanooga, Tenn. United States Sani- 
 tarj' Commission. 
 
 Chicago, 111. United States Sanitary Com- 
 mission. 
 
 <%Cincinnati, Ohio. United States Sanitary 
 Commission, corner Vine and Sixth Streets. 
 
 Cleveland, Ohio. Branch United States 
 Sanitary Commission 
 
 Detroit, Mich. United States Sanitary 
 <;!ommission. No. 32 Larned Street. 
 
 Dubuque, la. United States Sanitary Com- 
 mission. Rev E. S. Morris, Agent. 
 
 Harrisburg, Pa. Office in " Soldiers' 
 Lodge." W. II. Hadley, Agent. 
 
 •lefiersonville, Ind. Office in " Soldiers' 
 
 Home," New Market Street, near railroad depot, 
 E. T. Smith, Agent. 
 
 Knoxville, Tenn. United States Sanitary 
 Commission. 
 
 Leavenworth, Kansas. United States 
 
 Sanitary Commission. J. R. Brown, Agent. 
 
 Louisville, Ky. United States Sanitary- 
 Commission, Fifth Street. 
 
 Memphis, Tenn. Office in "Soldiers' 
 Lodge," upar landing. C. W. Christy, Agent. 
 
 Milwaukie, Wis. Mrs. Colt. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. United States Sanitary 
 Commission. E. Root, Agent. 
 
 New Orleans, La. Special Relief Office, 
 United States Sanitary Commission, No. 96 Julia 
 Street. 0. C. Bullard, Agent. 
 
 New York City, N. Y. " Special Relief 
 Office," Cooper Union, No. 10 Third Avenue. 
 Mrs. W. P. Griffin, Chairman Special Relief 
 Committee. 
 
 Padueah, Ky. Office in " Soldiers' Home." 
 E. D. Way, Agent. 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa. United States Sanitary 
 Commission, 1307 Chestnut Street, third story, 
 back. Colonel Soest, Agent. 
 
 Portsmouth, Va. Office in "Soldiers' 
 Home." John Alcooke, Agent. 
 
 Vicksburg, Miss. United States Sanitary 
 Commission. J. G. Brown. 
 
 Washington, D. C. "Special Relief Of- 
 fice," No. 389 H Street, between 13th and 14th 
 Streets. J. B Abbott, Chief Assistant. 
 
 Wheeling, Va. United States Sanitary 
 Commission. 
 
 BRANCH, 
 
 No. 744 Broadway, 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 ?7ZM/:ii^ 
 
 
 BRANCH, 
 
 No. 19 Green Street, 
 
 BOSTON, Mass. 
 
 PHIL.ADEJL,PHTA, 
 
 Important Information for Soldiers and Sailors who have lost Limbs, 
 
 The "Palmer" Arm and Lbs are now furnished for the mutilated herofes of the Army and Navy, and I have the 
 pleasure of presenting extracts from official letters from the Surgeon-General, which will gratify numerous applicants, 
 who, in the past, have been led to believe that they must accept an inferior limb, or have no aid from Government. 
 
 Subqeon-General's Office, 
 Washington City, D.C, Dec. 12, 1863. 
 Sir :— The Board of Medical Officers assembled in the City of Philadelphia, for the purpose of examining the diflerent 
 model.s submitted 5 them for an Artificial Arm, having reported ******** 
 In compliance with the kecom.mendation of the Board, when a soldier mat desire to purchase "the morb 
 
 ELEOANT AND EXPENSIVE ARM OF PaI.MER," FIFTT DOLLARS WILL BE ALLOWED TOWARDS PAYMENT FOR TBT .SAME. 
 
 By order of the Acting Surgeon-General. C. H. CKAME, Surgeon U.S.A. 
 
 StlROKON-GENERAL's OFFICE, 
 
 Washington City, D.C, Sept 20. 1S64. 
 Sir:— In answer to your letter 6f the Ist inst., I am directed to inform you, that the Report and lecoiameiidation of 
 the Medical Board recpntly assembled in New York, to examine samples and models of Artificial Limbs, is not designed 
 to supersede the recominecdation of the former Board, so far as regards the Limbs manl'FACtdred BY YOU. 
 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, by order of the Surgeon-Ceneral, 
 
 W. C. SfENCER, Assistant Surgeon U.S.A. 
 To B. FRANK. PALMER, LL.D., 744 Broadway, New York. 
 
 The Best PALMER LEG is famished THE SOLDIER FREE 
 
 The Best PALMER ARM. for a SMALL ADVANCE. 
 
 The Best LINCOLN " GOVERNMENT" ARM. FREE. 
 Prices of the PALMER LIMBS not raised to OFFICERS and CIVILIANS. 
 
 Apply in person, or by letter, at either of the offices Address 
 
 B. FRANK. PALMER, LL.D., 
 
 Frtnident American Artificial Limb Co. 
 
1184 
 
 The Sanitary Commission Bulletin. 
 
 UmARff 
 
 Adapted to every 'bi'aneli of bixsinesH. 
 
 MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THE ORIGINAL INVENTORS, 
 
 E. & T. FAIKBANKS & CO., St, Johnsbury, Vermont, 
 
 PRINCIPAL WAREHOUSES : 
 
 FAIRBANKS & CO., No. 252 Broadway, New York. 
 FAIRBANKS & BRO^A^N, No. 118 MiJk Street, Boston. 
 FAIRBANKS, GREENLEAF & CO., No. 172 Lake Street, Chicago. 
 FAIRBANKS & EWING, Masonic Hall, Philadelphia. 
 FAIRBANKS & CO., No. 246 Baltimore Street, Baltimore. 
 
 Descriptive Circulars furnished or mailed to any address, on application to either of tJie above. 
 
 486 BROADWAY 
 
 ESTABLISHED i860. 
 
 AND 441 BROOME ST. 
 
 SEWING IVIACHIIMES 
 
 OF THE MOST APPROVED MAKES, SUCH AS THE 
 WHEELER & WILSOnf, 
 
 GROVER & B.IKER, 
 
 WIEECOX & GIBBS, 
 
 A. B. UOWE, 
 
 SINGER A^D OTHERS. 
 
 TO RE]\T AND 
 
 FOR SALE, 
 
 At MANUFACTURERS' PRICES, and with the same privileges. Instruction THOROUGH and 
 
 gratis, at the 
 
 N. Y. SEWINC MACHINE EMPORIUM, 
 
 Corner Broadway and Broome Street, New York. 
 
 V. W. WICKES, Jr., Proprietor, 
 
 486 Broadway, Tip Sta||[s.g I 
 

 
 
 

 
 
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