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Michigan in the Civil War Sanitary Operations
She also reached Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Ship Island, where about 3, 000 Union military prisoners were in confinement, under sentence for various offenses, distributing tracts and books, and on her arrival at New Orleans had sanitary stores forwarded to them, and on her return to the State had additional supplies sent.
Soon after, she started for the southwest, making distributions at Port Leavenworth, Quindaro, Wyandotte, Kansas City, Lawrence, and Fort Scott, expending some $7, 000 in supplies, and disbursing nearly $1, 700 in money. She was greatly aided in these operations by Major General Curtis and other military officers, who extended kindness and assistance.
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