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Identifier: photographichist07mill (find matches)
Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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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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MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMISSION AT WHITE HOUSE ON THE PAMUNKEY parentlv for something liquid, since the men behind her and the boy sitting on the grass in the foreground all have cups ,n the.r hands^L front of her is a man busy over a field stove. The men directly behind him seem to be constructing a temporary field ov«., andin the background stands one of the Commission s supply wagons. The masts of the boat which has brought the deheaces for thesoldiers to ^^•hite House Landing are ^^sibIe in the extreme background. This busy scene shows some of the practical good accom-plished by the Christian Commission and how enthusiastically the women worked together with the men to allev-iate the soldiers woes.

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  • bookyear:1911
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  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Miller__Francis_Trevelyan__1877_1959
  • bookauthor:Lanier__Robert_S___Robert_Sampson___1880_
  • booksubject:United_States____History_Civil_War__1861_1865_Pictorial_works
  • booksubject:United_States____History_Civil_War__1861_1865
  • bookpublisher:New_York___Review_of_Reviews_Co_
  • bookcontributor:New_York_Public_Library
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  • bookleafnumber:348
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