Draft Copy of Chapter II: Growth of the Special Relief Work in the Fall of '61 and commencement of what subsequently becomes Independent Branches of the Service.

This item is a draft copy of Chapter II 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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