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thru the press, by letter, and in person.^ Governor Morton 
was a central figure in the work.-^ During 1863 and 1864 
sanitary fairs were held over the state to good advantage, 
especially for raising money.® 
Soldiers home from the field and military agents were used 
to make a personal appeal whenever possible.'^ As these men 
went over the state they encouraged the organization of 
auxiliary aid societies in each county, with branches in the 
townships. Goods were forwarded from the county-seat 
center to Indianapolis when accumulations justified it.® The 
Sanitary Commission sent out general directions for preparing 
the contributions.® Everything promising to be of use in field 
or hospital for improving the welfare of the soldiers was 
donated: tons of clothing, poultry, cornmeal, butter, dried 
apples, eggs, pillows, sheets, towels, shirts, socks, lard, pickles, 
onions, beans, hominy, tobacco, etc.^® Books were collected, 
and special efforts were made to place a Bible in the hands of 
every soldier. Sunday School children made bags in which 
were placed needles, yarn, cloth, and other articles for the 
soldiers’ use.^^ 
Money was being raised all the time. Private citizens, 
societies, corporations, counties, and cities made contributions. 
With these amounts were purchased such articles as the Com- 
mission did not have when urgent relief calls came ; for dray- 
age, fuel, and stationery. William Hannaman estimated the 
value of goods contributed in 1862 at $86,000; in 1863 at 
$101,000; and to December, 1864, at $45,000. The total value 
of such contributions was placed at $359,000.^- 
In the battle of Fort Donelson the Union forces lost nearly 
10,000 in killed and wounded, 1,000 of whom were from 
Indiana.^® The rest of the men were so nearly exhausted by 
their labors and exposure that they were not able to prevent 
* Indianapolis Daily Journal, December 8, 1862. 
s Madison Cotirier, February 6, 1863 ; Terrell, Report, I, 327, 328. 
^Indianapolis Daily Journal, November 11 and December 3, 5, and 16, 1863; Terrell, 
Report, I, 326, 327 ; Documentary Journal, 1865, Part II, 83. 
Indianapolis Daily Sentinel, November 27, 1863 ; Documentary Journal, Part II, 78 ; 
Indianapolis Daily Journal, December 7, 1863. 
® Terrell, Report, I, 324-326. 
® Indianapolis Daily Journal, September 8, 1862. 
Documentary Journal, 1865, Part II, 109-112. 
Indianapolis Daily Journal, March 4, 1862, and May 19 and October 9, 1863. 
12 Terrell, Report, I, 328 ; Documentary Journal, 1865, Part II, 108, 109. 
1^ John Cadman Ropes and William Roscoe Livermore, The Civil War (New York, 
1913), II, 33, 34; Indianapolis Daily Journal, February 18, 1862. 
