Typed Index to Folders and Bundles of Drafts

This item is a typed index to various folders and bundles containing drafts of the "History of the Relief Service of the United States Sanitary Commission, 1861-1865," by Frederick N. Knapp, Special Relief Agent.

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INdEX BUNDLE I HISTORY OF THE RELIEF SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES SANITAY COMMISSION 1861 - 1665 By Frederick N. Knapp, Special Relief Agent Folder I Index Folder II Preface Chapter I The Beginning. July and August 1861. Period of Individual Labor. Folder III Chapter II Growth of the Special Relief work in the Fall of 1861 and commencement of what subsequently becomes Independent Branches of the Service. Folder IV Chapter III Autumn of 1861 - Provision for newly arrived regiments. The erection of the "Reception Buildings", "Soldiers Rest" and"Soldiers Retreat" at Washington. Folder V Chapter IV Discharged Disabled Soldiers, destitute of means aided in reaching their homes. Appeal to Governors of States. Aid to Wives and Mothers of Soldiers. Folder VI Chapter V Returned Convalescents and Disabled Discharged Men; wrongs practiced on them; Our endeavors to benefit them.