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Image showing the work of women related to the care of soldiers by women.

Branch of the WCAR.
"The report of thetreasurer of the Sanitary Commission shows that from June 27, 1861, to July 1, 1865, the receipts from the Sanitary fairs in the principalcities were $4,813,730.61, and the disbursements .$-l,530,77-t.95,…

Chromolithograph by Thomas Nast. Nast was a famous cartoonist in the nineteenth century. This image was first published in Harper's Weekly, Jamuary 24, 1864.  It was reproduced as a chromolithograph and sold at the Great Central Fair, also know as…

Photograph of Major General John White Geary on pin memorializing the Civil War. The pin is mounted on a velvet cushion in an ornate frame. Added by Ben Kaplow

Half a stereo card showing the construction of the main sanitary fair building

From June 7th to June 21st in 1864 the U.S. Sanitary Commission held a fundraising even on Logan Square. It was the only such fair that President Lincoln attended; he gave a speech there.

It seems to show two soldiers (one of which is injured/wounded) at an abandoned/war-torn base. The location is unknown.

- Calen McGee

A glass negative of Louisa Lee Schuyler, a philanthropist who began her career as the office organizer for the Woman's Central Association of Relief, alongside Barnard College Dean Virginia Gildersleeve. This photo was most likely taken at Columbia…

This is a set of two experimental images in which the project Virtual Gettysburg attempts to allow viewers to experience an original stereoscopic image from the Civil War on a computer screen using 3D glasses. The image itself is of Rock Creek, a…

A newspaper for citizens in Mississippi that details the war, with a definite slant and focus on the southern success. The newspaper is printed on wallpaper which can suggest that paper was hard to come by and resources were more limited during war…