The United States Sanitary Commission was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to support sick and wounded soldiers of the United States Army during the American Ci
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Leaders of the Sanitary Commission. From left to right: Dr. William Van Buren, George T. Strong, Commission President Henry Whitney Bellows, Dr. Cornelius R. Agnew, and Dr. Oliver Wolcott Gibbs.
United States Sanitary Commission: Our Heroines (Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly April 9, 1864)
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Katherine Prescott Wormeley
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Katherine Prescott Wormeley was a nurse in the American Civil War, author, editor, and translator of French language literary works. Her first name is frequently misspelled as "Katharine".
Katherine Prescott Wormeley, c. 1861–1865
