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Question 13: Soldiers Fair

April 13, 2021

Brooklyn Sanitary Fair. Lithograph from 1864, by A. Brown & Co. From the Brooklyn Museum.

On December 22, 1863, Anna Marie Resseguie wrote in her Journal about a Soldiers Fair. What was a Soldiers Fair?

  1. Entertainment for soldiers returning from the war
  2. Gathering for returning soldiers to sell their farm produce and handmade goods.
  3. Social activity for the of sanitary bandages, gowns and for the soldiers in hospitals
  4. Event to raise money for medical humanitarian care for sick soldiers at the front.
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Soldiers Fairs, often called Sanitary Fairs, were promoted by the Sanitary Commission, an association chartered by the Union government during the Civil War to promote health in the northern Army's camps through attention to cleanliness, nutrition, and medical care.

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