Report on the Operations of the Sanitary Commission During and After the Battles at Gettysburg

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I have already reported, in a communication to the Executive Committee, dated June 17, that all our stores had been safely removed to this city from Aquia, by means of our transport the steamer E lizabet/z, and that we had furnished substantial food to over sick and wounded soldiers, at Lodge N o. 5 of the Commission, situated at Sixth Street Wharf, where all of the transports brought the inmates of the Corps Hospitals on their way to the General Hospitals of this District. This work of transportation began Saturday, June 13, and continued unceas ingly until Monday night, the 15. Coffee, bread, hot beef soup, lemonade, were provided in quantities to meet the de mands of all, and on the arrival of the boats, each invalid was questioned as to his wants, a? Is wishes complied with. The continuous labor of these two days severely taxed the strength of those engaged in it.