Great Western Sanitary Fair broadside   Save
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Description: Broadside advertising the Great Western Sanitary Fair, to be held December 21, 1863, through January 4, 1864, by the Cincinnati Branch of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. The event was held to raise money to help sick and wounded soldiers during the Civil War. The USSC was a private relief organization federally legislated on June 18, 1861, and directed by Frederick Law Olmsted. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05257
Subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- War work; Military Ohio;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)