Tag: US Sanitary Commission Headquarters (Brandy Station VA)

Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book Of The War. Vol. 2, No. 51. The Shebang, or Quarters of U. S. Sanitary Commission, Brandy Station. November, 1863. Here is represented one of the establishments of the Sanitary Commission in the army. The object of the Commission was to alleviate the hardships of the soldier life, to afford physical comfort to the sick and wounded, and supply such of the well as were needy with under-clothing, &c.