Description: LIKELY SOLDIER A. J. FAWCETT WRITING HOME. THERE IS NO ENCLOSURE WITH THIS COVER NASHVILLE, TENN. CANCEL. JUL 9 The United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to support sick and wounded soldiers of the United States Army (Federal / Northern / Union Army) during the American Civil War.[a] It operated across the North, raised an estimated $25 million in Civil War era revenue (assuming 1865 dollars, $497.61 million in 2024) and in-kind contributions[1] to support the cause, and enlisted thousands of volunteers. The president was Henry Whitney Bellows, and Frederick Law Olmsted acted as executive secretary. It was modeled on the British Sanitary Commission, set up during the Crimean War (1853–1856), and from the British parliamentary report published after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ("Sepoy Rebellion").[2][3][b]
Price: 33 USD
Location: Needham Hgts, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-11-29T16:23:25.000Z
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
A. J. FAWCETT, BLOOMFIELD INDIANA: 1860's