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Michigan in the Civil War Sanitary Operations
To the individuals and associations at home who have so nobly supported us with contributions of money and material, and surely not least, with their encouraging words of commendation and council, we desire to say, that your noble efforts in behalf of the brave and self-sacrificing young men who have given their services, suffered toils, hunger, and thirst, encountered dangers, disease, and death, for the perpetuation of the Government, in defense of liberty, and in the cause of humanity, have no parallel in the annals of the world.
"If there can be any compensation in such a war as we have just emerged from, the chief must be sought in the grand outporing of generous humanities all over the entire loyal portion of the country, in endeavoring to ameliorate the condition of the soldier, and assuage his sufferings.
American civil war
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