Report on the operations of the U.S. Sanitary Commission in the valley of the Mississippi, made September 1st, 1863 / by J.S. Newberry.

  • Newberry, J. S. (John Strong), 1822-1892.
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[1863?]
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Credit: Report on the operations of the U.S. Sanitary Commission in the valley of the Mississippi, made September 1st, 1863 / by J.S. Newberry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SANITARY COMMISSION. No. 75. REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION IN THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Made September 1st, 1863, BT DR. J. S. NEWBERRY, Sec'y Western Department. Louisville, Ky., September 1, 1863. F. L. Olmsted, Esq., Genl. Secretary Sanitary Commission. Dear Sir :—I herewith inclose our usual monthly financial report and roster of the Department; also, reports of receipts and disbursements of stores from the various receiving and distributing depots for the month of August, as well as a tab- ulated statement of our entire transactions in the Supply De- partment for the two years ending September 1st, during which time I have had the supervision of the operations of the Sanitary Commission at the West. I also inclose a report of the Hospital Directory at this office. In addition to all these, I now propose what I have frequently before attempted of late, but from the pressure of duties have not achieved, a brief re- sume of the present condition of our operations in all parts of the Western Department. Having recently returned from a visit to all the important