Vol.1,1864-5

BENEVOLENT AGENCIES FOR SOLDIERS’ RELIEF.

From the early commencement of the war, the people throughout the Northern States were generously impelled to contribute in various ways to the comfort of the soldier whilst en route to the scenes of conflict, and to ameliorate his condition when suffering on the battle-field or in hospital. As such exigencies increased, it was found desirable to establish distinctive organizations to be regarded as appropriate channels through which should flow the beneficence of the people, and which should be considered responsible for the proper disbursement of funds and the disposal of such articles for the relief of soldiers, as might be entrusted to them.

In my previous Reports, I have referred to some of these agencies at length, and published such records of their value and efficiency as I had received. These are now continued, with a resume of their work from the commencement of the war to the present time. They will be found to contain a record of the noble generosity of our people, which will form one of the most surprising features of history, and show that Maine was never behind a sister State in true benevolence on behalf of her brave sons who had gone forth to battle.

MAINE STATE AGENCY IN PORTLANDREPORT FOR 1864

GENERAL: – My last report, embracing a period of ten months, was made up to Nov. 1, 1863. The present report comprises the fourteen subsequent months, closing with the year 1864.During the latter period, 1,365 cases and barrels, containing every article of hospital stores for the use of our Maine soldiers, whether in the field or in hospital, have been forwarded directly to the Maine Agency at Washington, every city and town in the State having contributed to this great and noble object.

Since the re-organization of the Maine Association at Washington in April last, a large amount of labor, in connection with the Agency, has been performed by Maine people now residents of that city, whilst especial credit is due the noble women who have labored so assiduously for the welfare of the soldier.

The Maine agency having an established branch at the front with the army of Gen. Grant, the majority of the stores is sent there and distributed under the direction of Mrs. Ruth C. Mayhew, of Rockland, and Captain C. C. Hayes, of Portland, by whom that branch is managed. By their untiring and efficient exertions both in camp and on the battle-field, they have well earned the gratitude of every citizen of this State.

Maine has been represented at Annapolis, also, by some of our excellent women. That being the first landing-place of our soldiers after liberation from Southern prisons, especial care and attention are bestowed in that locality. The large number of one hundred and seventy-five cases and barrels, containing hospital stores, &c.;, the gifts of the people of Maine, have been forwarded to that place.

In the early part of the year, fifty-one cases and barrels of stores were sent to New Orleans for the benefit of the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 29th and 30th Regiments, Maine Infantry, and 1st Maine Battery, then stationed in that city. These regiments, being transferred Washington and now under the command of Gen. Sheridan, receive their hospital stores by way of Baltimore and Harper’s Ferry.

Sixty-five cases have been sent from the city of Bath to Mrs. Col. Sampson, who for three years past, until lately called to her home by domestic duties, has been unfailing in her exertions for the comfort and welfare of the brave boys of her native State.

Seventy-three boxes and barrels have been sent to Beaufort and Hilton Head for the benefit of our soldiers languishing in the prisons of the South. These were mainly the gifts of relatives and friends of the prisoners. I would here call the attention of the people of Maine to the fact that the rebels have freely granted the Sanitary Commission every facility to reach our men with these boxes of the gifts of our people. That Commission is entitled to the highest praise for their noble efforts to alleviate the sufferings of all who may be so unfortunate as to need assistance. Those persons who may wish to forward boxes to their friends in Southern prisons should mark them legibly with the name of the person, company and regiment. The contents, also, should be as legibly marked on the outside of each and every box. Such, sent to my care Portland, will be forwarded with due dispatch to the point nearest to that where our men are confined.

The establishment of a branch of the Christian Commission in this city has proved a success. During the past year its officers have forwarded one hundred and twenty-five cases and barrels of hospital stores direct to the agents in the field.

The Maine Camp Hospital Association, which has received its donations from but a small portion of the State, has performed a vast amount of work and effected much good. This organization is entitle to the support of its native State, as through it the Agency receives some of its supplies. Their annual Report is hereto appended:

“The ladies of the Maine Camp Hospital Association present the following report of their work during the ending December 31, 1864.

They have forwarded to Mrs. Mayhew, at City Point, eighty-nine boxes and barrels; to the 12th Regiment, two boxes and one barrel; to Miss Merrill, Armory Square Hospital, Washington, one barrel; to Mrs. Fales, Washington, two boxes; to Col. Hubbard, 30th Regiment, two boxes. These contained 803 pairs of mittens, 288 flannel shirts, 397 pairs of flannel drawers, 75 cotton shirts, 2350 handkerchiefs and towels, 579 pillows and slips, 127 sheets, 84 quilts and blankets, 41 slings and swathes, 160 fans, 8 dressing-gowns, 410 comfort-bags and housewives, 34 barrels of crackers, 487 cans of milk, 513 cans of meat, soup and fruits, 75 pounds of corn starch, 11 bushels of corn and oatmeal, 202 pounds of tea and sugar, 49 pounds of butter, 1,000 bottles of wine, brandy, camphor, cologne, Jamaica ginger, pickles, jellies and preserves, 830 pounds of salt fish, 12 boxes of herring, 23 boxes of sweet herbs, 233 pounds of nutmegs, condensed cider, cough candy, soap and sponge, a large quantity of lint, bandages, cotton and linen compresses, thread, needles, pins, books, stationery and numerous other articles. The value of these articles amounted to $4,483.40.

Sincere thanks are due to all friends who so promptly and generously aided the ladies of the Christian Commission and Camp Hospital Association in sending, Dec. 24th, to the 19th Regiment, 275 pairs of mittens, in response to a call made by Mrs. Eaton for the sufferers in that regiment. The value of these mittens was $169.45.

The untiring co operation of the ladies of the Free Street Aid Society and of the circle of the Chestnut Street Church, in addition to liberal donations from the ladies of Gorham, Hollis, Buxton, Bridgton, Bridgton Centre, Hampden, Freeport, East Livermore and other towns, have been very grateful to us and essentially aided our labors.

We have also given supplies to the Fort and Camp Hospitals, to the Soldiers’ Home, and to many needy soldiers passing through the city, to the amount of $790.66.H. L. Fox, Secretary.”

In the month of October, an appeal was made for a supply of vegetables for the use of our regiments in the army of the Potomac and the 2d Maine Cavalry – the last named regiment, stationed at Pensacola, being severely afflicted with the scurvy. Two thousand barrels were contributed to the 2d Maine Cavalry and shipped to New York by the Portland and New York steamers, thence by a Government steamer direct to the regiment. The sum of $650 was also raised for the same regiment and appropriated to the purchase of onions, a vegetable known as an anti-scorbutic, and recommended by our surgeons for general use in the hospital department. Nearly six hundred barrels were contributed for our regiments with Generals Grant and Sheridan, and forwarded as needed. One hundred barrels were forwarded to the Maine Agency at Washington, in November; and, at about the same time, one hundred barrels were sent to the regiments in the Valley. Fifty barrels were forwarded directly to the Front, to be distributed under the direction of Mrs. Mayhew, of the Maine Camp. Fifty barrels were forwarded to the New England Soldiers’ Aid Association, Philadelphia; also fifty barrels to New York, to aid in furnishing a Thanksgiving dinner to our soldiers. One hundred barrels remain on hand to be forwarded when the weather is suitable for their conveyance.

The establishment of the Soldiers’ Home in this city, by a few of our loyal and generous people, is entirely independent of any aid from the United Sates. The institution is directed by a Board of Managers consisting of two persons, “male and female,” from each of the churches of the city. Many of the men provided for are sick and wounded, on their way from hospitals, destitute of money, and entirely dependent on charity. The net proceeds of the Independent Course of Lectures, delivered in Portland, were voted to this most worthy institution.

The Ladies’ Sanitary Commission, Christian Commission, Young Ladies’ R. F. Society and Martha Washington Society have each contributed a large amount of hospital stores, and with their auxiliary societies throughout the State, are performing a great work in supplying the wants of our soldiers.

Whilst the Ladies’ Sanitary and Christian Commissions are noble and patriotic associations, devoting their efforts to all our soldiers on every battle-field and in every camp, the Maine Agency and Maine Camp Hospital are the only organizations which labor exclusively for our Maine soldiers. The people of this State, therefore, should render them all necessary aid.

The total of the money-value of cash and stores contributed in this State during the past year for the benefit of the soldiers will not fall short of $200,000 – every city, town and plantation in the State having done something to aid in the good cause.

In the month of June last, the first instalment of wounded soldiers, en route for Augusta, arrived by special train from Boston. His Excellency Gov. Cony having telegraphed me to provide necessary refreshments for these men, by the generous assistance of many ladies and gentlemen who have always interested themselves for the welfare of the soldier, 450 men received all proper attention and kindness. Returned sick and wounded soldiers continued to arrive almost daily during the months of June, July and August, and were made the recipients of similar beneficence. These, with the men who arrived from the front on the first day of July, numbered about 3500. Many of these men arrive without a cent in their possession, and entirely dependent on charity unless provided for by order of the Government. During the months of September, October, November and December, more than 10,000 Maine soldiers were provided with necessary comforts in this city – all bearing testimony that never since they left their native State had they been so well provided for. The majority of this large number were from hospitals in the field and from Washington, Baltimore, Annapolis, Philadelphia, New York and Portsmouth Grove, most of them being turned loose from those hospitals without money or even rations, having only an order for transportation. There does not appear to me any reason why the rations of soldiers transferred from one hospital to another should not be commuted, that the men might be provided with the necessaries of life.

In presenting you this report, allow me to express my gratitude to Mrs. Wheeler Barnum, and others, who efficiently aided in feeding our soldiers, and to all the friends of the soldier throughout the State who by their generous gifts have rendered invaluable assistance in prosecuting our noble work.

Hoping that the time is not far distant when peace and prosperity will be restored and our nation be once more a united people, and with the best wishes for our State and country.I have the honor to be, General,Respectfully, your obedient servantG. R. Davis, State Agent.

The following is the final report of the Agent, and gives a summary of his various operations from the commencement of his mission:

PORTLAND, December 30th, 1865,

To the Governor and Council of the State of Maine:

Having been requested by you for as full a statement as possible of the Hospital stores, &c.;, sent from the Maine Agency during its existence, I submit for your approval the following:

This Agency was established by the Legislature at the opening of the session on the 1st of January, 1862, at which time I received my appointment from Gov. Washburn, as State Agent.

The rebellion had then been in existence about eight months, and the State had no perfect system of forwarding Hospital supplies to the regiments then on the field, numbering about 13,000 men.

Prior to this Agency being established, I was appointed Agent to forward Hospital stores to the seat of war, through the Quartermaster at Boston, who was a personal friend of mine; but when I made direct application to him, he found he needed the authority of a superior officer as his rank was that of Captain. He then advised making requisition to the Medical Surveyor at New York, Dr. Satterlie, which was accordingly done and refused, on the ground that Maine was at so great a distance from the seat of war, and all such stores must be in common for the whole army. Owing to the inclement season, there was a very large sick list in all our regiments, requiring from our good people at home, constant care and attention. In the months of November and December, the call for supplies was heavy. Each of the regiments that left this State under the act of the Legislature creating the Ten Regiment Bill, were supplied by Dr. Garcelon, (an officer appointed by his Excellency Gov. Washburn,) with fifteen medical chests filled with Hospital necessities, furnished by through the Ladies’ Committee of this city. Many of these supplies had become exhausted, and the cry from the regiments was for help, and there was no way of placing these stores within their reach. In the month of November, 1861, the 10th Maine Regiment, stationed at the Relay House, being in their Hospital Department very destitute, having sixty men sick, and without Hospital stores, an appeal was made by them to their friends in Maine, who at once forwarded thirty cases of Hospital stores to relieve them, together with two hundred dollars in money.

Appeals were made from all our Maine regiments, through the Sanitary Commission, for Hospital stores, &c.; Many of our Maine regiments on my first visit to the army in the early part of January, had on an average eight to ten per cent on sick list, and without the means of ready assistance; I at once made arrangements with the Sanitary Commission to fill all and every requisition made by the surgeon of each regiment in the Army of the Potomac, and this at once relieved our surgeons, for they could make their requisition in the morning, and by the next morning it would be filled and with them. This benefit extended to every regiment from Maine in the Army of the Potomac, including the 10th Maine at the Relay House. In making this arrangement with the Sanitary Commission, it became very important that Maine should furnish largely from her supplies of those articles needed for the sick. Accordingly, I turned over to the Sanitary Commission at Washington, twenty-three cases of hospital stores, being the first gift of the Ladies’ Committee of Portland, in aid of this noble work. At this time I received my appointment, dated Jan. 1st, 1862, as Maine Agent of the Sanitary Commission. On my return to Maine, I at once opened correspondence with all of the Soldiers’ Aid Societies and Postmasters in every town and city in the State, enjoining them to commence operations in aid of this work, and at the same time sent throughout the State five thousand circulars. By so doing, I was in correspondence with all of the Societies in this State, and the fruits of my labor will be shown at the closing of the rebellion. I continued to send Hospital stores to the Commission and to the army every week, also every article in aid of our men; and on the opening of the Spring campaign there was a large demand on the loyal States for stores, &c.; Maine was always ready to respond both in stores and money, and a special Agent of the Sanitary Commission was sent into the State in early Spring to solicit aid. The amount of stores was increased, and twenty thousand dollars in money collected and sent to their Treasurer in New York. The 8th and 9th Maine Regiments were located at Port Royal and Hilton Head. The State furnished in 1862, to these Regiments, full sets of Havelocks, about nineteen hundred in number. And to these points we continued to send hospital stores from the commencement of 1862 until the close of the year 1863.

The location of the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Maine Regiments was at or New Orleans, and at this point, after its capture, Maine had her Agency. The amount of hospital stores sent to the regiments there was very large. This Agency was closed after Gen. Shepley left the city, and at that time many of the regiments named above were sent North with the army of the Potomac and James. It will be seen that wherever our Maine regiments were, there was aid always ready to relieve them.

On the moving of Gen. McClellan on the Peninsula, our Maine troops made an appeal for hospital stores through Gov. Washburn, and he made a request of me by telegraph for surgeons, nurses, hospital stores, &c.; Col. Wildes, the Governor’s Aid, was dispatched Washington, having under his special charge Drs. Tewksbury and Green as surgeons, with some ten nurses and thirty cases of hospital stores, sent forward to his care at Fortress Monroe, and here continued to forward hospital stores.

During the battles of the Peninsula, there was a hospital established by Government at Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island, in which there was great complaint of the treatment and rations. I was requested by Hon. W.P. Fessenden to visit that hospital and report to him the true condition, and he would lay the same before the Department. I accordingly, in the month of July, visited it and found 179 Maine soldiers sick and wounded. Many of these men have reason to cast serious reflections upon this hospital. Although it had been established only thirty days, there were seven graves of our Maine soldiers in that part of the ground which had been laid out for a cemetery. The great amount of suffering was from neglect of officers who had charge of the hospital, not from any want of Government supplies, for everything was furnished in abundance when the proper requisition was made to obtain the same. The first cause of so much sickness was the manner in which the men were left at this place. They were taken from the transports and landed without shelter of any kind, exposed for days to the weather, with scarcely tents to protect those who most needed them. These men were taken from the hospitals on the Peninsula, having contracted disease, and with some eight hundred others placed on board of transports, and ordered to report at Fortress Monroe, which they did, but every hospital was crowded at that place, and the surgeon in charge ordered them north, giving instructions to the surgeon in charge of the ship to proceed to the most healthy location. He being a Rhode Island man, selected this place, and the hospital was established and continued until the close of the war.

After the retreat of McClellan and the second Bull Run battle, and while that battle was pending, an appeal was made by the Sanitary Commission and Government for special agents to assist at Washington and the battle-field. Miss S.E. Spring, Horatio Stebbins and eight others were selected by the City Government to visit Washington; and in the company with Hon. W.P. Fessenden and Dr. Garcelon, I left for that city. Mr. F’s visit was in reference to the death of his son Samuel, who was killed at Centreville. At this time, the State established a Special Agency at Washington, under the charge of J.W. Hathaway, Esq., assisted by C.C. Hayes, Esq., which, in connection with the Maine Relief Association, was of great advantage to our Maine soldiers, it being established just prior to the battle of Antietam, where many of our Maine regiments were engaged. By the assistance rendered at this time, the State was fully satisfied that such an Agency must be sustained, and accordingly a resolve was made on the opening of the Legislature enabling the Governor and Council to pay and maintain this Agency, then in the field. Provision was made for the Agents at New York and Philadelphia, and the requisite appropriation was made for it and its full complement of officers, at an expense of three thousand dollars a year. This was in addition to the pay of Col. Hayes, who duty was to deliver on the field the stores sent from Maine, and to look after our sick and wounded men. Col. Hayes was brought directly in communication with the Department at Washington, and they rendered every facility, both in transportation and means, to enable him to carry out his glorious work, at an expense of one thousand dollars a year. A special appeal was made to enable those interested in the Association to carry forward their work. The result was, the hospital stores of the Maine Agency were largely increased, giving them of stores and means abundance, and there was no State which had it Agency at Washington that rendered to soldiers more facilities than the Maine Agency, through the Maine Relief Association. It was located at 273 F street, and was the general storehouse for all supplies and baggage of our troops, and the general headquarters of our Maine soldiers. Through this Agency I was enabled to obtain any and all the facts, as for as could be found after a battle, giving me full lists of killed and wounded, together with full lists of sick men in hospitals, and great credit is due to all who directly or indirectly gave us their aid.

The establishment of the Maine Camp Hospital and Field Association at this time was one of the most noble and humane acts of the war. The duty of this Association was directly on the field of battle, and many valuable lives have been saved through the energies of Mrs. Eaton, Sampson and Mayhew, together with Mr. C.C. Hayes, Col. Worcester, Moore, Watson and others.

During the Fall of 1862, The Maine Camp Association extended its mission to Annapolis. All of our soldiers who had been confined in Southern prisons, and who came North by water, landed at this place, and the tale of destitution that has been published throughout the length and breadth of this land only conveys a small idea of the real suffering of these men. Stores were liberally sent to this point, and through the kindness of Messrs C.W. Jackson & Co., our Agent at Baltimore, (both Maine residents,) we were enabled to act with dispatch; they generously offering every facility to forward them. The Maine ladies who were at this post of duty were Walker, Quimby, Pearson, Newhall, Merrill, Dupee and many others. Miss Walker was an early pioneer in the hospital at Annapolis, and remained at her post of duty until the time of her death. In the month of November, 1864, while on her errand of mercy, she was struck down with disease contracted by exposure and hardships, and laid down her life for those who were protecting the liberties of the Republic. Thus passed away one who had rendered to our sick and wounded every care and attention that laid in her power.

The Fall and Winter of 1862 and ’63 found a very large increase of hospital stores in the hands of the Maine Agency, and the line of battle held by our soldiers, stretched from Acquia Creek to the north waters of the Potomac; yet our agents were enabled to render adequate service to all. Having had the past experience of other States, in the improved mode of operation both in the field and hospital, they were enabled to labor more efficiently. The Spring of 1863 found our people ready to contribute freely for the benefit of our sick and wounded, and on the moving of the armies in the Spring, ample provision was made, and full stock of supplies sent forward to the nearest point where a battle was pending, thus affording the Maine Camp Hospital an opportunity to enter on their field of duty more liberally. There was more or less skirmishing, and after the battle of Chancellorsville, and also the battle of Gettysburg, which required a large amount of hospital stores, on account of the line extending over so large a space, our men were promptly there, ready to aid the sick and wounded, and the Fall of 1863 found the Maine Agency supplying our sick along the lines extending from the fortifications of Washington to the Rapidan.

In the month of October, 1863, the Sanitary Commission and the Maine Agency (owing to the appearance of Scurvy among the troops,) made a special appeal to the people of the State for potatoes and vegetables. Circulars and handbills were sent to every town and Postmaster in the State, asking for personal contribution; the result was 1,400 barrels of potatoes were sent as a free gift to our soldiers; free transportation was generously tendered at my request on all of our railroads in forwarding those vegetables to this place. 2,600 barrels were sent to New Orleans to the Agent of the Sanitary Commission at that place, on board of the schooner William and Henry, the Sanitary Commission paying one dollar per barrel freight on the cargo. The balance of the vegetables were sent to Fortress Monroe and to the Maine Agency in Washington. The relative value of this property delivered in Portland was $8,900. In the month of November, 1863, being very desirous of accumulating a fund for the benefit of our soldiers, I proposed an Independent Course of Lectures, the profits of the same to be applied to the Sanitary Commission. Invitation was extended to twenty of our citizens to meet at the Mayor’s office, when it was decided that the events of the times demanded that a course should be established, and an organization of officers made. The opening lecture of the course was delivered by Hon. Owen Lovejoy on the evening of the 26th of December, 1863, to one of the most patriotic audiences ever convened at City Hall, and followed by nine more on “the state of the country,” given by some of the most able men in the field. The low price of the tickets secured a large and full attendance, and after paying all bills, left a fund to the Ladies’ Committee of this city in aid of the Sanitary Commission, amounting to $1,000, which greatly relieved their treasury.

In the early part of April, 1864, Gen. Grant took command of the Army of the Potomac, and on the 4th of May, commenced the battle of the Wilderness, which is known to every one as the most fearful battle of the war, making a great demand for Hospital necessities, and a call on the charities of our people. The large number of wounded men from the Army of the Potomac, especially of Maine, resulted in the establishment of the Cony Hospital at Augusta, and on the — day of June, a special train from Boston brought between four and five hundred men who were fed and well provided for, when they left for Augusta. Sick and wounded men continued to arrive during the remainder of the war; the steamer Ashland arrived here July 1st, 1864, with 250 men direct from Washington; they were all provided for, pilot put on board, and next morning she left for Augusta. During the Summer, and up to the 1st of October, 1865, there were fed at Portland by order of the Governor and Council, thirty-five thousand Maine soldiers.

Hospital stores from the various societies, Ladies’ Committee, Christian Commission and Maine Camp Hospital, under the auspices of the Maine Agency, was at that time under the immediate charge of Mrs. Ruth Mayhew.

In the Spring of 1863, they established the Maine Camp Hospital and Field Association, which in the field, was under the charge of Mrs. Eaton and Mayhew; and these ladies were untiring in their efforts to relieve our Maine soldiers. It must be borne in mind, that this was the only organization that directly assisted soldiers from our own State, and had it not been for this society and the Maine Relief at Washington, there must have been great suffering among our Maine troops. The aid rendered our men in securing back pay and rations, has has been sufficient to keep a large clerical force employed. There was no State but had an agency established, whose duty it was to look after its own soldiers; and never were the charities of a people so severely tested and so liberally dispensed as in this rebellion. In the month of September, 1864, the Chaplain of the 2d Maine Cavalry, then located at Barrancas, Florida, made a special request for potatoes and vegetables the relieve the sufferings of that regiment, many of whom were at that time down with the scurvy. The same call was made from the agency in Washington, and accordingly circulars and handbills were sent to the Postmasters and Soldiers’ Aid Societies throughout the State. The appeal was a success. Three thousand barrels of potatoes were raised, and about seven hundred dollars in money; free transportation was given by all lines leading into our city, and there were sent forward to the 2d Maine Cavalry twenty-three hundred barrels hundred barrels of potatoes and vegetables, and five hundred cases of stores, from the friends at home to their friends in the regiment; freight was paid to New York, and there the Government ordered a special steamer to take these stores to the regiment. The Maine Agency at Washington, the Maine Camp Hospital in the field, and each of our regiments, were the recipients of the donation; fifty barrels of potatoes were sent to the New England Soldiers’ Association in Philadelphia, and fifty to the New York Thanksgiving Dinner Committee. A large number of boxes were sent forward to our soldiers in Southern prisons, but I am sorry to say that our brave men never received them; they fell into the hands of the Confederates, whose only disposition was to deprive our men of their lives. The value of the vegetables raised for the 2d Maine Cavalry was about $7,500. Our people, during the Fall of 1864 and the early part of 1865, were ready, both at home and at the seat of war, to do all in their power to aid our men. The Soldiers’ Home was established in this city, and was maintained wholly by the loyal people of this place. It was kept open one year and one month at a total expense of $2,078.38. The number of men provided for was five hundred and thirty; this institution was located on Spring street, and had for its matrons the Misses Kilborn, assisted by Mr. Plummer; it was closed in the month of October, 1865. The Spring of 1865 brought a demand which was readily supplied by our people. Having direct access to City Point, where the depot of Gen. Grant’s supplies was located, and also the Maine Camp and Field Association, it enabled us to work directly with that point till the close of the rebellion.

The people of this State may well be proud of its history in aid of the sick and wounded. I have issued a circular to every Soldiers’ Aid Society in the State, to render to me as far as possible, an accurate account of Hospital stores, money, &c.;, contributed during the war; about one-half of the State has responded; the rest I hope will do so that I may be able to complete my record to send to you.

I present to you as nearly as possible the amount of Hospital stores, &c.;, sent forward from this Agency, during the rebellion, together with other statistics of value to our people.

1861– 300 cases, value………………..$25,000