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Michigan in the Civil War Sanitary Operations
Mrs. Laura S. Haviland, an old lady of Adrian, well known throughout the State by her long and continuous efforts in behalf of suffering humanity, and so specially active and successful during the war, in administering to the necessities of soldiers and freedmen, deserves a page in the history of Michigan troops.
Early in 1863 she received from Governor Blair a letter of appointment as a sanitary agent, and soon left the State with supplies for Michigan soldiers and freedmen, laboring about three months in the vicinity of Columbus, Kentucky, Island No. 10, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee.
From there ill health compelled her to return to Michigan, where she commenced collecting supplies, and continued until October, 1864. She then left for Vicksburg, Mississippi, where she distributed supplies in hospitals, prisons, and to freedmen.
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