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Michigan in the Civil War Sanitary Operations
We also established in Washington a 'Home, ' where our men in passing could find shelter for a night without being thrown into the bad associations of the , city:
It had long been felt that such an asylum was needed, and we had been
prevented from establishing one chiefly from scarcity of means. This objection no longer existed, and the association rented and furnished a house, with comfortable and cheap furniture, engaged a competent matron, and from April 1st to September 1st, 1865, was able to provide for the wounded and sick a comfortable resting place. The whole expenditure in this enterprise, as shown by the treasurer's report, was 82, 675. 38, diminished by the sum of $507. 30 received for furniture, etc., on breaking up the house—making the whole expense $2, 168. 08.
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