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    "title": "Draft Copy of Chapter XXIX: The Hospital Directory at Louisville, Kentucky",
    "description": "This item is a draft copy of Chapter XXIX of the \"History of the Special Relief Service of the United States Sanitary Commission, 1861-1865,\" by Frederick N. Knapp, Special Relief Agent.",
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    "ocrText": "O.\nNo\nThingh 21066\nmy dearfin I answered your\nhith from nolpole N.H. as requested\nWith this I Rendyon a\nfew sheets more — bedded\na the Report m the placed\nas noted on the phy leaf of\neach sheet i that is - of approved\nS you Have I green you\nenough strnes ? Whether\npoint needs omeor more\nfor illus hation\n,\npile, and\nhave only a cough\nindicated by pages where\nthese accompanying sheets\nbelong as pubs of whah\nin your hands\nK.S. Hollowk\npl, Please acknowledge\npackage yard\nhave no Copy -\n11/18\nNB\nIf aproned - attached page.\nThis may come into\nplace after the allusion th\nSamitary ammipion agents. in\nthere Connection with Hispital\nDirectory i fish premous to The\nUnited on Table D\n\"all this and more they did to\nmacase the asipuling oth\nPirectory 4\nThen follow with this- -\nw\nThere has natrapion the\nTanks yth Jan Come. 4 to\nOr a - ht it follow\nafter No 2 a No 3 of\nThe lemarks information 1.d state agains\n2- Christian Come agents, 3 military\naffecers. -\nThere was no Secepionism in the\nanks of The Smithary Commision\nIt was for mion everythere.\nwith no fealousy toward athers it\narmed to be helpful to all\nRegarding the great struggle in which\nall loyal hearts were enlisted as\nnational and not sectional\nit Conspired aimed to manifish in its\nmultiform work a spirit in harmony\nwith all who monght or fought\nin the fame holy and Common\nCause\nWhile therefore, WE the\nAspital Directory, report the\nachievements your Registrant\nand are proud of its record,\nhe dont forget that it has\nThe grand army the People\nat home and in the Field\nevery where upon the about,\nthat mought out the Sum\nthe tation's glory.\nm the within General Ammony\nmay berioid as a pat of Hh Report\nor will answer for you to Correct, and\nSupply the lacking spaces in the Statistes- 5\njob in m Branes Section- Louismith\n20 the ky Deathsrepotal D - which --\nincometty given in my Section _a\nRepart- as also noted on anoth sheet\nHOB\nGeneral Statishcal Summary of Hospital Directory- Hork\nBranch\nOffices\nNof Hospitals whence\nreports usere received\nNof Reports on file\nShec'd from S rec'd from hospitals\nN° of Names on\nReports and Registered\nNo N=of of Deaths on\n1\nNo No Inquiries- made\nboth in Person & by Letter.\nNo of answers- with\nInformation\nN° of answers without\nInformation\nNoof Inquiries Personal-\nN°of Letter\nInquiries\nN-of answers with\nInformation to Personal Inguirs.\nNoof andwers with Information\nto Inquiries made by Letter\nNo-of Deaths (Somievilla)\nReported by Letter € 1179 (1179\n\" Personally (4927\nN And of Letters written to\nf for applicants concerning\ntheir In wives Inguiries -\nWashington\n131\n?\n429.429\n?\n16.346\n10.924\n5422\n5695\n10.651\n?\n?\n?\n16.052\nPhiladelphia\n17\n?\n89.450\n?\n9.021\n8.171\n850\n7.000\n2,021\n?\n?\n?\n10.028\nNewYork\n15\n?\n32,014\n?\n987\n592\n395\n987\n?\n?\n?\nI\n{\n(654)\nLouisville\n386\n52.768\n799317\n81.621\n24005\n1459\n6.54\n6\n18,829\n5176\n13644\n3,815\n6106\n12520\nTotal\n549\nin\n1.350.210\nmm\n50.359\n37.146\n13.213\n32.511\n14848\n386.00\nPlease Compare\nError\nBlue\nand Correct by this\n\"Summary of Table D. acport)\nX X X XX\n29\nXXXXX\n51.76\nX X XX X\n18.829\nXXXX\n24,000 2\nX\nX\nX\nX\nX\nX\nLith Injuries 3.815\nfrom 11:44 X X X 3\nTotal Successful Inguines\n-\n17.459\nadd < instead of Deaths. do.\nN\n6546\n24,000\nTotal to of Answers reporting Deaths\nmade by Letter\n-\n1.179\na\nPersonally - 4927\nTotal\n6106\nafter Correcting the Original Report\naccording to above - tear this shert\noff fremions to the Introduction tyo the\nand add what follows.- -\nfollowing\nIncidents -\nCorrect and insert\nNo of answey acporting Deaths\nLetter\n1179\n6,06\nnatice Correct in\nPersonally\n4927\nReport.\nerror\nRecapitulation of Inquiries;\nmade by SETTER ; in PERSON Total\n5176 ; 18.829 = 24,005.\nNo answers\ngiving information\nBy\nby Letter and\n3.815\n13.644. = 1459\n№ of Inguines\nanswered without\nInformation:\n1361 ;ty\nby Letter\npersonally 5185= Total 6546\nhate. Hith reference to these (6545)\nsixty Live hundred and forty six,\ninquiries, for which our Records\nat the time had no information,\nthrough valuable aid was furnished\nto most the inquires, it should\nbe said - that a large share\nof them related to Captured soldiers\nof whom mothing could be learned\nand some to Soldiers who were \" never\nheard of Since the battles of **** and\nwho were marked on the Company\nRolls as missing' many af whom\ndoubtly sleep their last sleep in\nin our \"Unknown\" graved, hastity buried\non the Field or by the wayside, by\nfellow-Doldiers or by Captors. many\nof thess unancepful inguiries were\nmade for those who were lost sight\nof in the first years of the Mar,\nbefore 1863 when our Records began\nThe ingent and funtlep ingrines for\nsuch preping upon the agents the\nCommipion from every direction, was\na chief reason for istablishing The\nHospital Directory.\nItis not wonderful that so many\ninginies friled b find answers in\nthe Records of the Directory when\nthe Government and official milctary\nRecords Could not account to then\nrelatives for these miping \"boys the\nreal wonder is, that so many\ninquiries did find answer in our\nRecords.\nnothing but an Order of the Government\nstrictly enforced requiring every officer\nin change of men, to report-\nfrom the Regiment the names of the\nmiping\", \"Killed\" or \"uounded it from the\nthe Nospital whether Regimental, Past,\na General, every \"admipion\", 'Death',\nand \"Dischaye\"- - daily or immediately\nas occasion occurred - to one or\nmore central points, or Governmental\nDirectories - only such an authoritative\narrangement, Could Secure approximately\nfull and accurate information of the\nlocation, Condition and fate of\nfoldiers 'miping' from the Canks\nof then Regiment\nIn the absence of Such a\nGovernmental Requisition, it is bothe\ncredit of medical Directors, and\nIngrons in Charge Mospitals that\ntheir humane Country allowed we\nto many facilities for Collecting\nthe materials of our Records\nofthe necefity and value\nof such Compreheneare an ^ Directory made thoroughly\nefficient the history of the Hospital\nDirectory affords ample proof\nIf more were needed, reference\nmight be made the long Rolls\nof miping men\", published by mifs\nClara Barton, now, under the\nthe patronage of Congrefs, reviewing and\ncontinuing A some extent the work\nof the Hospital Directory.\nand hare in fustice\nCommipion, it should bestated\nthat nearly a year before the\nList Jandersonville Prison Deaths\"\nwas published under the auspices\nof mip Barton, it was in\npopepion of the Hospital Directory,\nextensively advertised and its\ninformation furnished to the pablic\nnow that the Books\nand its offices are closed it\na branch of\nis but recommending om own work\nmust heartity to endorse the Continuance\nof it by mip Barton, under the\nappreciative / though Handy approbation of\nCongrep.\nThese are the results in\nfigures \"He- - as mitter\nforward\nNYB f Tear this off\nThis goes smith Ho Testimonials :\nthas a little has fattering as\nthe Inperintented a I should\nhave sout it before: but as is\nhas the funt of personal\nObservation, day and might,\nand therefre truest I\nreducing the proporthons\nof the Infer in tendert Amewhah_\nand leaving more for ma\nknopp to Cat down to\nto the point of mublishing\nmodesty!\n(Eds Trabume.)\nXXXXX\nwithout dwelling longer upon\nthe operations of the Sanitary Commission\nin its receiving and disbursing department\nallow me to dwell upon one feature\nthe System that is as yet but\nlittle known & refer to what\nis termed the Hospital Directory\ndesigned to facility inginees\nha\nTestimonials\nFrom the Chicago Tribune Dec 1863\n\"\nReport of Rev In Patton's Sanitary\nTrip to Ashille Term.\non last Sabbath evening, the\nFirst Congregational Chunch was\nCrowded with a most attantine\naudience them the report their\nPastor, in behalf of the Chicago Br.\nSaintary Commpion, to the Sufferens\nby the late battle at\nWe have attained permition to\nprint the following action from\nthe discounce\n(Eds Trabume\nX\nXXXXX without dwelling longer upon\nthe operations of the Sanitary Commission\nin its receiving and disbursing departments,\nallow me to dwell upon one feature\n14th System that is as yet but\nlittle known I refer to what\nis termed the Hospital Directory,\ndesigned to facility inguines\nconcerning friends or relatives in the\narmy who are Supposed the sick\na hounded an dead For the\nEastern armies the office is located\nin the city Mashington, at\nthe headquarters of the faithing\nComminion; and for the Western\narmies Louisville Ky,\nLet me speak of the latter\nand I Saw it in operation\nThe office is in the Samilary\nRooms, Founth sheet, Lousville,\nunder the change of a Superimental\nwho, in youth was a member of the\nSame Bible-clafe with myself in NuMark\ncity (and is emphatically the night\nman in the night place; intelligent\nSystematic, prompt, patient and symputhetic O\nHe is apisted by eight danks, who\nkeep the books in which is recorded\nthe name of every seek and wounded\nfolding who has been received ah\nany time in the hospitals west of\nthe alleghanies. These names are\narranged by States and Regiments,\nand the records tell the nature\nof the disease or wound and\nthe history of the person from\nthe time this first reception;\nwhether he was handferred to\nanother, and when and where;\nor died, and when ; or recovered,\nand was discharged from the army;\nor returned to his Reginent, or\nis still ill Those who\ninquire by letter, incoming\nfriends, receive a prompt ansmer\nby return mail; and those who\napply in person, are informed on\nthe spot; and of wished, a\ntelegram is unitten and Sent\nat the person's expense, to barn\nthe Condition Mh. sick or\nWounded foldier XXXXX\nThis Directory not only gives\nthe Comfort of intelligence to\nanxious friends, but, Supplying\nthe latest inform ation, an\nmultitude of uselep formies,\nfaves families large expenses, and\nobviates Cruel disappointments To\nappreciate it, one needs stand\nin the office and See the\nsheam fortants, sad from eight\nOclock m the morning to ten on\neleven belock at might, especially\nafter a I evere battle, and hear\nthen earnesh questions, and\nlisten to their expreprions of\ngratitude arthe sympathy and\naid extended\nThe Weatter beaten farmers from our\nWestern States, who have heard\nthat their Sons were wounded\nin battle crowd into the office\nafter the arrival of every train\nor Steamboat, to barn in what\nplace or hospital these boys\nare; Whether they are still\nalive; how severely they are\nwornded, and whether a\nmilitary pass Can be obtained\nbig to them and it is\ntouching to witness then astomatment\narthe kindnep with which they\nare treated, and the gratestions\naid afforded as the idea\nsuddenly stukes them that this\nis all apart\nSystem which they and then\nlives contribute through the\nSoldiers' aid Societies at home,\nlittle suspecting at the time\nwhat help it would one\nday be to them and\noften they insist upon leaving\na contribution for the heavery\nof the Commision, and with\ntears running down their cheaks,\ndeclare it to he the most\nGenerolent institution the age,\nBut you shall Judge yits\nvalue from a few Cases I\nnoted\nXXX (a sample these are given\nthe report J XXX\n& have dwell thus long upon\nthe incidents the Directory\ndepartment, because its merits are\nnot appreciated, and even its existence I\nscareely know. Mebit is but one branch\nthe varied operations the United States\nSanitary Commision H"
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