Keywords: Ladies Sanitary Committee
Item 5384
Ladies' Sanitary Fair fundraiser, Bangor, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-12-20 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper
Item 79496
Account of items sent to soldiers, Portland, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Portland; Washington; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
Exhibit
One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC
In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.
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Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
