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Library of Congress says: Washington, D.C. Group of Sanitary Commission workers at the entrance of the Home Lodge.

1861. The War for the Union. Photographic History. 1865. The U. S. Sanitary Commission. The “Sanitary Commision” was doubtless the grandest and noblest charity ever organized by the citizens of any country for the benefit of soldiers. The U. S. Sanitary Commission had its branches all over our land, gathering the contributions of loyal people with which to relieve the suffering soldier. The members of this Commission were tireless and it seemed, almost omnipresent. They were in hospitals, they attended the wounded in the ambulance march,–the most terrible march of all,–they visited us in the trenches, bringing some comfort to cheer us, they were on the battlefield, they even passed through the lines of the enemy and carried joy and comforts to our wounded prisoners. This view gives a glimpse of “The Home” of the Sanitary Commission in Washington, D. C. The women of Bridgeport, Conn.. are entitled to the honor of having organized the society from which grew the U. S. Sanitary Commission. The Bridgeport society was organized April 15, 1861, the first in all the land. [Taylor & Huntington cabinet card]

Etched onto negative: No. 707.