It became painfully apparent very soon after the war began, that pecuniary aid for the relief of the wives and families of the soldiers would be needed. The wages of the volunteers were not enough for the needs of the case, and, moreover, much of the time those wages were greatly in arrears, and often it was difficult or impossible to send the money home when obtained. An act was passed by the Legislature, May 11, 1861, allowing the authorities of counties, cities and towns to appropriate funds for relief as might be needed, and empowering them at their discretion, to levy a tax to obtain money for such purposes. Under this act, great sums were raised and expended during the war, both for bounty and relief. In many cases, bonds were issued and employed in raising funds, or in payment, for the time, of bounties and otherwise. Townships, also, acted in the matter and large sums were raised by them and applied in the same way. Doubts existing as to the legality of the bonds thus issued, the Legislature, by an act passed March 3, 1865, legalized what counties, cities and towns had done, as also the action which the townships had taken, with the approval of the Board of County Commissioners, in issuing the bonds, etc., for bounty, relief and other like purposes named, and directed a tax to be levied for their payment. Another act was passed March 4, 1865, levying a tax of three mills on the dollar, and one dollar on each poll, during the years 1865 and 1866, for sick soldiers, soldiers' families, etc.
NATIONAL ACTION. Probably in no war since the world began has the soldier been dealt by so liberally as in our civil war of 1861-65:
1. His wages were unusually large.
2. His supplies were abundant and generous.
3. Large bounties were given both by the nation, by counties, cities, towns and townships, and by individuals.
4. Great sums of money were raised by taxation and by voluntary contribution, for the relief and support of soldiers' families.
5. Immense sums were expended by sanitary commissions, national, State and voluntary.
6. In many other ways, labor and money were applied to the comfort of the soldiers, as by hospitals, nurses, soldiers' homes, etc. Thus the nation showed, and the soldiers were made to feel, that her constant care was over them, to supply their wants, relieve their necessities, and support their loved ones. Much want and suffering existed, nevertheless; still, great and noble efforts were put forth throughout the whole war to do all that could be done for help and comfort and for relief. The following is an account of the bounties given by the nation:
NATIONAL BOUNTIES.
COUNTY ACTION. In the general movement for bounty and relief, the people of Delaware County, by the commissioners, Township Trustees, City Councils, etc, took a full and abundant share.
In 1861, now bounties were needed.
In 1862, $25 were given to each volunteer then enlisting for three years, or during the war.
In 1863 and 1864, $100 were paid to each person so enlisting.
In 1873, the Commissioners provided for an equalization of bounty to all three-years men. Thus, under this action, every three-years man from Delaware County has received, or is entitled to receive, from the county as bounty, a sum equal to $100. Under the provisions made in 1872, the men enlisted in 1862 received $75, and the men volunteering in 1861, got $100, and so they all got their equal bounty of $100 each.
RELIEF. Relief was given in a generous and liberal spirit both by the county and by townships, citizens and towns, in addition to that supplied by the people at large. A detailed account will be made out at this distance of time, but the amoutn, so far as can be obtained, both for bounty and relief, are as follows:
Bounty paid by county........................................$181,900.00
Relief paid by the county........................$129, 768.75
Relief paid by townships.........................$..51,137.00
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Total relief...........................................................$180,905.75
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Aggregate............................................................$362,895.75
A princely sum--showing, while citizens offered themselves willingly in the struggle to maintain the integrity of the nation, how nobly the authorities at home, and the people at large, assumed burdens, and contributed money, etc., for relief and support to the families of those who were absent in the service of the country, or who had died in her defense.
It may be proper to state that, up to 1869, the total amount expended throughout the State for bounty and relief, is computed to have been $20,250,640.68. That sum has probably been largely increased since that date. Delaware County, for instance, has expended about $80,000 for bounty money since 1872, under the action for equalization.
Such struggles put forth, such expenditures incurred, such sacrifices undergone on behalf of the unity and permanence of our government, indicate clearly that the noble utterance of Gen. Jackson in the day of nullification--"The National Union, it must and shall be preserved"--remains the steadfast and unalterable conviction fo the American people; and in the grand, that sublime sentiment, the hearts fo the patriotic citizens of Delaware County are settled and grounded with a firm and steadfast determination that can never be shaken. So may it ever be.
THE BATTLE LIST. In the following exhibit we present a list of the battles and other engagements, in which regiments containing Delaware County soldiers took part.
1861.
Philippi, Western Virginia, June 3--Seventh Regiment.
Rich Mountain, July 11--Eighth Regiment.
Carrick's Ford, Virginia, July 12--Seventh Regiment.
Lewinsville, Virginia, September 11--Nineteenth Regiment.
Cheat Mountain, Virginia, September 12 and 12--Thirteenth Regiment.
Elk Water, Virginia, September 12 and 13--Thirteenth Regiment
Green Briar, Virginia, October 8--Thirteenth Regiment.
Chickamacomico, North Carolina, October 4--Twentieth Regiment.
Allegahany, Virginia, December 13--Thirteenth Regiment.
Rowlett's Station, Kentucky, December 17--Thirty-second Regiment.
1862.
Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 6-8--Eighth Regiment.
Winchester, Virginia, March 22, 23--Seventh & Thirteenth regiments.
Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6, 7--Thirty-ninth & Fifty-seventh Regiments.
Siege of Corinth, Mississippi, April 11 to May 30--Thirty-sixth, Forty-first, Fifty-seventh Regiments.
Pea Ridge, Tennessee, April 15--Forty-first Regiment.
Summerville, Virginia, May 7--Thirteenth Regiment.
Tuscumbia, Alabama, May 31--Forty-first Regiment.
Fair Oaks, Virginia, May 31 and June 1--Twentieth Regiment.;
Fort Republic, Virginia, June 9--Seventh Regiment.
Front Royal, Virginia, June 12--Seventh Regiment.
Orchards, Virginia, June 25--Twentieth Regiment.
Gaines' Mill, Virginia, June 27--Twentieth Regiment.
Glendale, Virginia, June 28--Twentieth Regiment.
Savage's Station, Virginia, June 29--Twentieth Regiment.
White Oak Swamp, Virginia, June 30--Twentieth Regiment.
Malvern Hills, Virginia, July 1--Twentieth Regiment.
Cotton Plant, Arkansas, July 7--Eighth Regiment
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 5--Twenty-first Regiment.
Cedar Mountain, August 9--Seventh Regiment.
Austin, Mississippi, August J (sic)--Eighth Regiment.
McMinnville, Tennessee, August 9--Forty-first Regiment.
Gainesville, Virginia, August 27--Nineteenth Regiment.
Bull Run (second), Virginia, August 28--Ninteenth & Twentieth Regiments..
Richmond, Kentucky, August 30--Sixty-ninth Regiment.
Chantilly, Virginia, September 1--Twentieth Regiment.
Des Allemands, Louisiana, September 8--Twenty-first Regiment.
South Mountain, Maryland, September 14--Nineteenth Regiment.
Antietam, Maryland, September 17--Nineteenth Regiment.
Vinegar Hill, Kentucky, September 22--Forty-first Regiment.
Perryville, Kentucky, October 8--Thirty-fifth & Forty-first Regiments.
Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 11-13--Seventh, Nineteenth & Twentieth Regiments.
Cornet's Bridge, Louisianna, December L (sic)--Twenty-first Regiment.
Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi--December 28-31--Sixty-ninth Regiment.
Stone River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862, January 2, 1863--Thirty-fifth, Thirty-ninth, Fifty-seventh Regiments.
1863. Arkansas Post, Arkansas, January 11--Sixty-ninth Regiment.
Deserted Farm, Virginia, January 30--Thirteenth Regiment.
Milton, tennessee, March -- --One Hundred and First Regiment.
Fitzbugh's Crossing, Virginia, april 29--Nineteenth Regiment.
Port Gibson (Magnolia Hill), Mississippi, May 1--Eighth & Sixty-ninth regiments.
Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2, 3--Seventh, Nineteenth & Twentieth Regiments.
Varnall's Station, georgia, May 9--Forty-first Regiment.
Jackson, Mississippi, May 14--Eighth Regiment.
Champion Hills, Mississippi, May 16--Eighth & Sixty-ninth Regiments.
Black River Bridge, Mississippi, May 17--Eighth & Sixty-ninth Regiments.
Vicksburg (siege), Mississippi, May 18 to July 4--Eighth & Sixty-ninth Regiments.
Port Hudson, Louisiana, May 21 to July 8--Twenty-first Regiment.
Triune, Tennessee, June 1--Forty-first & Eighty-fourth Regiments.
La Fourche Crossing, Louisiana, June 21--Forty-first Regiment.
Hoover's Gap, Tennessee, June 24--One Hundred and First regiment.
Liberty Gap, Tennessee, June 26--Thirty-ninth Regiment.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1-3--Seventh, Nineteenth, Twentieth Regiments.
Jackson, Mississippi, July 9-16--Eighth, Twelfth, Sixty-ninth Regiments.
Buffington Island, Ohio River, July 19--Ninetieth Regiment.
Manassas Gap, Virginia, July 23--Twentieth Regiment.
Fort Wagner, South Carolina, September 7--Thirteenth Regiment.
Chickamauga, georgia, September 19, 20--Thirty-second, Thirty-fifth, Thirty-ninth, Eighty-fourth, One Hundred and First Regiments.
Zollicoffer, Tennessee, September 20--Ninetieth Regiment.
Blountsville, Tennessee, September 22--Ninetieth Regiment. Henderson's Mill, Tennessee, October 11--Ninetieth Regiment.
Mustang Island, Texas, November 17--Eighth Regiment.
Mission Ridge, Tenn., November 25--Twelfth, Thirty-second, Fifty-seventh, One Hundred and First Regiments.
Pursuit of Longstreet, Tennessee. November and December--Fifty-seventh and Ninetieth Regiments.
Ashby's Gap, Virginia, November 27--Seventh Regiment.
Mine Run, Virginia, November 30--Seventh, Nineteenth, Twentieth Regiments.
Walker's Ford, Tennessee, December 2--Ninetieth Regiment.
Bean's Station. Tennessee, december 14--Ninetieth Regiment.
Talbott's Station, Tennessee, December 29--Forty-first Regiment.
1864 Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, January 10--Ninetieth Regiment.
Mossy Creek, Tennessee, January 12--Ninetieth Regiment.
Dandridge, Tennessee, January 17--Ninetieth Regiment.
Egypt Station, Missisippi, February __,--One Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment.
Paris, Tennessee, February__, One Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment.
Okolona, Mississippi, February 22--One Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment.
Sabine Cross Roads, Louisiana, April 1--Twenty-first Regiment.
Suffolk (defense), Virginia, April 10 and May 3--Thirteenth Regiment.
Wilderness, Virginia, May 5, 6 and 7--Nineteenth and Twentieth Regiments.
Tunnel Hill, Georgia, May 6 and 7--Eighty-four Regiment.
Wathel Junction, Virginia, May 7--Thirteenth Regiment.
Laurel Hill, Virginia, May 8--Seventh & Nineteenth Regiments.
Spottsylvania Court House, Virginia, May 8-10--Seventh, Nineteenth & Twentieth Regiments.
Rocky Face Redge, Georgia, May 9--Fifty-seventh, Eighty-fourth & One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiments.
Chester Station, Virginia, May 10--Thirteenth Regiment.
Po River, Virginia, May 10 and 12--Seventh, Nineteenth & Twentieth Regiments.
Yellow Tavern, Virginia, May 11--Seventh, Nineteenth Regiment.
Resaca, Georgia, May 14 and 15--Thirtieth, Thirty-second, Thirty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, Eighty-fourth, One Hundred and First, One Hundred and twenty-forth and One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiments.
Adairsville, Georgia, May,--One Hundred and First Regiment.
Cassville, Georgia, May 19--One Hundred and First Regiment.
Foster's Farm, Virginia, May 20--Seventh, Nineteenth & Twetieth Regiments.
North Anna, Virginia, May 25--Seventh, Nineteenth & Twentieth Regiments.
New Hope Church, Georgia, May 25--Twelfth, Thirty-sixth & Fifty-seventh Regiments.
Dallas, Georgia, May 27--Eighty-fourth & One Hundred and First Regiment.
Bethesda Church, May 30--Seventh Regiment.
Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 3--Seventh, Thirteenth, Nineteenth & Twentieth Regiments.
Guntown, Mississippi, June 10--One Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment.
Petersburg, Virginia, June, 1861 to April, 1865--Seventh, Thirteenth, Nineteenth & Twentieth Regiments.
Kingston, georgia, June--Eighty-fourth Regiment.
Lost Mountain, Georgia, June 17--One Hundred and Twenty-fourth & One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiments.
Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27--Twelfth, Thirty-second, Fifty-seventh, Eighty-fourth, One Hundred and First, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth & One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiments.
Decatur, Georgia, July 19--One Hundred and Twenty-fourth & One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiments.
Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, July 20--Thirty-second, Fifty-seventh & Eighty-fourth Regiments.
Atlanta (siege), Georgia, July 21 to September 2--Twelfth, Thirty-second, Fifty-seventh, Eighty-fourth, One Hundred and First, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth & One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiments.
Atchafalaya, Louisiana, July 28--Eighth Regiment.
Newnan, Georgia, July 31--Forty-first Regiment.
Hillsboro, Georgia, July 31--Ninetieth Regiment.
Fort Gaines, Alabama, August 5-8--Twenty-first Regiment.
Fort Morgan, Alabama, August 5-12--Twenty-first Regiment.
LaMavoo, Mississippi, August 18--One Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment.
Yellow House, Virginia, August 19-21--Nineteenth Regiment.
Jonesboro, Georgia, September 1--Twelfth, Thirty-ninth, Fifty-seventh, Eighty-fourth, One Hundred and First & One Hundred and thirtieth Regiments.
Lovejoy, Georgia, September 2--Thirty-ninth & Eighty-fourth Regiments.
Atlanta (capture), Georgia, September 2--see above.
Strawberry Plains, Virginia, September 15--Thirteenth & Twentieth Regiments.
Deep Bottom, Virginia, September 18--Thirteenth & Twentieth Regiments.
Opequon, Virginia, September 19--Eighth Regiment.
Chapin's Bluff, Virginia, September 19--Thirteenth & Twentieth Regiments.
Fort Gilmore, Virginia, September 20--Thirteenth & Twentieth Regiments.
Fisher's Hill, Virginia, September 22--Eighth Regiment.
New Market, Virginia, september 23--Eighth Regiment.
Sulphur Branch Trestle, Alabama, September 25--One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment.
Huntsville, Alabama, October 1--One Hundred and thirty-first Regiment.
Cedar Creek, Virgina, October 19--Eighth Regiment.
Griswoldville, Georgia, November 23--Twelfth Regiment. Spring Hill, Tenn., November 29.
Franklin, Tennessee, November 30--Thirty-ninth, Fifty-seventh, Eighty-fourth, One Hundred and First & One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiments.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee (defense), December 7--One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment.
Nashville, Tennessee, December 15 and 16--Fifty-seventh, Eighty-fourth, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth, One Hundred and Thirtieth & One Hundred and Thirty-first Regiments.
Vernon, Mississippi, December 28--One Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment.
Wilkinson's Pike, Tennessee, December,--One Hundred and Thirty-first Regiment.
Overall's Creek, Tennessee, December--One Hundred and thirty-first Regiment.
1865. Fort Fisher, North Carolina, January 14, 15--Thirteenth & One Hundred and Fortieth Reiments.
Fort Anderson, North Carolina, February 19--Thirteenth & One Hundred and Fortieth Regiments.
Fair Garden, Tennessee, February 19--Forty-first Regiment.
Town Creek Bridge, North Carolina, February 20--Thirteenth & One Hundred and Fortieth Regiments.
Wise's Forks, North Carolina, March 10--One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth & One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiments.
Averysboreo, North Carolina, March 16--Thirty-ninth regiment.
Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19--Twelfth & Thirty-ninth Regiments.
Mobile (siege), Alabama, March 27 to April 11--Twenty-first & One Hundred and Thirty-first regiments.
Spanish Fort, Alabama, March 27 to April 19--Twenty-first & One Hundred and Thirty-first regiments.
Scottsville, Alabama, April 2--Forty-first Regiment.
Morrisville, North Carolina, April------Thirty-ninth Regiment.
Fort Blakely, Alabama, April 9--Sixty-ninth & One Hundred and Thirty-first Regiments.
Slover Hill, Virginia, April 9--Twentieth Regiment.
West Point, Georgia, April 16--Forty-first Regiment.
RECAPULATION.
Thus a total number of 2,563 names appear, of men enlisted as volunteers from Delaware County. A considerable number will be found to have been repeated. the whole number will, at least reach 2,000, probably much more.
RE-ORGANIZATION---ASSIGNMENT OF RECRUITS, ETC. Seventh Regiment (for three years).--The non-veterans of the Seventh Regiment were mustered out September 3, 1864, and the veterans were tranferred to the Ninteenth Regiment. On the 18th of October, 1864, the Nineteenth and Twentieth Regiments were consolidated as the Twentieth. The new Twentieth was mustered out Juily 12, 1865.
Twelfth Regiment.--This regiment was mustered out of service on the 8th of June, 1865, and the recruits were transferred to the Forty-eight and Fifty-ninth Regiments.
Thirteenth Regiment (for three years).--The Thirteenth Regiment was consolidated into a battalion of six companies, by Order 384, dated December 2, 1864. Five companies were added in the spring of 1865. The regiment was finally mustered out September 5, 1865.
Nineteeth regiment (for three years).--The Seventh and Nineteenth Regiments were consolidated in September, 1864. The new Nineteenth and the Twentieth (re-organized) were united as the Twentieth October 18, 1864. The Twentieth was finally mustered out July 12, 1865.
Twenty-first Regiment (for three years).--The Twenty-first Regiment was changed to a heavy artillery organization in February, 1863. Two companies were than added, and the regiment recruited to the full number. It was mustered out January 13, 1866.
Thirtieth Regiment (for three years).--Veterans and recruits were consolidated into a battery of seven companies December 3, 1864. Residuary company of the Thirty-sixth regiment was transferred to this battalion, July 12, 1865, as Company H. the battalion was mustered out November 25, 1865.
Thirty-Sixth Regiment (for three years).--{For details concerning the changes made in this regiment, see "Review of the Thirty-Second Regiment" in another place.}
Thirty-ninth Regiment (for three years).--This regiment was changed to mounted infantry in April, 1863, and re-organized as cavalry (Eighth Cavalry) in October, 1863. The Third Cavalry Battalion was united with it February 20, 1865. It was mustered out of service July 20, 1865.
Forty-first Regiment (Second Cavalry, for three years).--The Forty-first Regiment was consolidated into a battalion of four companies September 14, 1864, and was mustered out of service on the 22d of July, 1865.
Sixty-ninth regiment (for three years).--Was consolidated into a battalion of four companies under order dated January 4, 1865, and the battalion was musterd out July 5, 1865. The recruits were transferred to the Twenty-fourth Regiment, and that regiment was mustered out November 15, 1865.
Eighty-fourth Regiment (for three years).--The recruits of the Eighty-fourth were transferred to the Fifty-seventh Regiment, as Company K, June 14, 1865. The Fifty-seventh was musterd out December 14, 1865.
Ninetieth Regiment (Fifth Cavalry, for three years).--Recruits, together with Companies G, L and M, of the regiment were transferred to the Sixth Cavalry June 23, 1865, and mustered out September 15, 1865.
One Hundred and First Regiment.--The recruits in the regiment were transferred to the Fifty-eighth June 24, 1865, and the later regiment was mustered out July 16, 1865.
One Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment (Seventh Cavalry).--The One Hundred and Nineteenth was consolidated into a battalion of six companies on the 21st of July, 1865, and the battalion mustered out February 18, 1866.
HOME WORK. While the volunteer soldiers had gone to the front or on garrison duty, the people at home were active in every practicable way. The spirit of the whole loyal people was on fire. Hopes rose and fell, anxiety grew almost into angony, but, over and through it all, the purpose lived and triumphed--"The Nation shall be saved."
Such was the startled ardor of the citizens of Delaware, that in forty-eight hours from the time of the governor's call, April 19, 1861, a company of eager volunteers from this county were in camp at Indianapolis, the second company there, raised by Thomas J. Brady, since a Brigadier General by brevet, and for years holding distinguished positions under the national administration.
Their adventures were amusing. Once arrived, they were stowed away in the old State Fair Grounds, called afterward "Camp Morton." They had some sheds and stalls and buildings for shelter; but the beds and bed clothing! oh, where were they? And echo answered, "where?" The volunteers were flocking in by hundreds, from all directions; and in one more day 2,400 men were in camp. And at the end of seven days, more than 12,000 men were tendered. The company from Muncie telegraphed home that they had no beds, and that night and the next day an abundant supply was collected and sent on; enough in fact, not merely for them, but leaving a large surplus for others who still had none.
Six regiments were mustered into service on the same day, six days after the call, April 25, 1861, the company from Delaware County being Company A in the Eighth regiment, the first one formed being called the Sixth, because there had been five regiments from Indiana in the Mexican war. In six days (April 20-25), seventy companies were organized and mustered into service. Six three-months regiments (6-11) were formed April 25, taking sixty companies, and the other ten companies were formed into the Sixteenth Regiment (one year) May 11. These seventy companies were mustered into the service as follows: April 20, one company from Marion County, Company K, of the Tenth Regiment; April 21, five companies, viz., from Dearborn County, one; from Wayne County, two; from Delaware County, one; from Vigo County, one. April 22, nineteen companies; April 23, twenty companies; April 24, fourteen companies; April 25, eleven companies.
The people awakened rapidly to the stern realities of the fearful struggle. Full soon the families of the volunteers began to need aid, and the ladies at home took the matter in hand, and set on foot measures to raise means for the relief of the needy. On the 14th of July, 1861, the Fourteenth Regiment, the first three-years regiment organized, left Indianaplois for the seat of was in Western Virginia. Word came to Muncie that the regiment would pass on the cars about noon. Quick as thought, the citizens gathered impromptu with baskets of bread and pies and cakes and fruit and coffee, and when that heavily laden train came thundering along the track to the Muncie depot, as the eager soldiers gazed forth their astonished eyes beheld that grand supply, and thorough justice did the hungry crowd execute upon the mass of provisions before them, and with glad hearts they passed on in their appointed way. Col. Kimball, their gallant leader, was greatly pleased at this touching token of respect and regard manifested by our citizens toward the men under his command, and made a fitting speech in acknowledgment at the time, and also in a neat and well-written letter subsequently published in the Indianapolis papers, expressed his cordial thanks to the citizens of Muncie for their munificent generosity. From that time onward, to feed the soldiers as they passed to and fro became a constant practice by our loyal citizens. Hasty notice had only to be passed along the streets, and, as it were by magic, the "basket brigade" would muster with neither Colonel nor Captain in command, but every man (and woman, too), at his own sweet will, and the depot was the place of rendezvous; and the locomotive had to stand and wait till that hungry crowd of soldiers had obtained their fill. And many a hardy volunteer looks back to the hour in which his rolling train passed our goodly town, as a pleasant grateful memory in the history of his past life, a bright spot in the darkness that sometimes obscured his vision.
In the early part of the war, before organization had done its work, everything depended upon private, voluntary action, and right nobly did the citizens, male and female, take hold of the work. Supplies of food and clothing and money were raised and distributed. A "Ladies' Aid Aociety" was formed, and its operations were continued through most of the war. By "socials" and sewing circles and fairs, by private collections, and by every other method which sharp witted ladies could invent, the hearts and the pockets of the people, citizens and strangers as well, were attacked, and right splendidly did they respond to the earnest appeals thus persistently made. At one time, by a single effort, $500 were collected and sent Mr. Hannaman, at Indianapolis, President of the Indiana Sanitary Commission. At one fair, held by the "Ladies' Aid Society," and continued through two or three days, the net avails were more than $ 700.
Supplies of all sorts, of necessities and delicacies were gathered from the citizens of the town and from the county at large, and sent forward to the State Commission or otherwise. The people seemed never to grow weary in this course of well doing, but continued even to the end of the war, and in this grand work of mercy and love. Among the very many ladies prominently active in the work thus carried on in Muncie, a few, selected from the masses operating in this field, might with propriety be mentioned, though the whole people seemed to be moved as by a common impulse to excel in forwarding the noble enterprise. We mention-not aiming in the least to underestimate the services of others-the names of Mrs. John W. Burson, Mrs. Judge March, Mrs. William B. Kline, Mrs. Carlton E. Shipley, Mrs. James A. Maddy, Mrs. John Marsh, Mrs. G. W. Spilker and numerous others entitled to equal credit for their share in the work. The presentation of these names, therefore, is not for the purpose of excluding others no doubt as prominently associated with the movement, but merely as instances now remembered, of the activity which everywhere prevailed.(Pages 110-111) ------End of Bounties, Relief, Battle List, Recapulation, Reorganization & Homework------
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