. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . MICHIGAN STATE RELIEF ASSOCIATION MINISTERING TO WOUNDED AT WHITE HOUSE, VIRGLNIA There were various relief iissoriations besides the Sanitary and Cliristian Commissions which did extremely efficient work. Here aresome women from the West who are not only cooking on their stove in the open air, and broaching their boxes and baskets of deli-cacies, but seem to have cheered up the wounded soldier boys mightily. The soldier under the flag, with the girl in the whitefrock
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . MICHIGAN STATE RELIEF ASSOCIATION MINISTERING TO WOUNDED AT WHITE HOUSE, VIRGLNIA There were various relief iissoriations besides the Sanitary and Cliristian Commissions which did extremely efficient work. Here aresome women from the West who are not only cooking on their stove in the open air, and broaching their boxes and baskets of deli-cacies, but seem to have cheered up the wounded soldier boys mightily. The soldier under the flag, with the girl in the whitefrock and little straw hat nestling close to him, appears far from discontented. The big sign Michigan over the entrance to thetent on which one can see the words Michigan Headquarters. partially concealed, must have been a beacon of hope to many of thewounded soldiers from the far West of that day. The stoves and pans and kettles show that the inner man cared BUSY WITH GOOD WORKS FOR THE SOLDIERS In this photograph oiio gets an actual ghnipse of the nianifoUl activities of tlie Christian Connnission. especially as they appeared thefirst two years of the war. At the left a man with a hatchet is opening a box of such stores for the siek and wounded as the medicaldepartment did not supply-special me<licines, jellies, chocolates, perfumes, and many others delicaeies-which were greatly appre-ciated by the soldiers. In front of him stands a wounded soldier, his hand bound up and leaning upon a crutch, doubtless suppliedby the Christian Commission, looking down gratefuUj at the woman in the poke-bonnet. Another woman is dipping into a tub, ap-342]
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