This book is a history of the United States Sanitary Commission, a volunteer organization that provided medical and humanitarian services to Union soldiers during the American Civil War. Stillé examines the origins and development of the Commission and highlights its major accomplishments, including the establishment of hospitals, the distribution of supplies, and the promotion of hygiene and sanitation. This book is an important resource for scholars of American military history and the history of medicine. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.