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Special Event
Event
Bearing the People's Love: The U.S. Sanitary Commission in Virginia, 1864
Fee:
Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 37.660784, -77.346969
Totopotomoy Creek Battlefield at Rural Plains 7273 Studley Road Mechanicsville, VA 23116
Dates & Times
Date:
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Time:
11:00 AM
Duration:
1 hour
Type of Event
Campfire/Evening Program
Talk
Description
Formed in the first days of the Civil War, the the United States Sanitary Commission was composed of civilian volunteers devoted to the health of Union soldiers, through medical education, food deliveries, and even medical care near the battle-field. It was called by one admirer “the great artery bearing the people’s love to the people’s army.”
Ranger Maddie’s talk will detail how Commission members, some working near Rural Plains, cared for the multitudes of wounded soldiers felled at the Battle of Totopotomy Creek and elsewhere during the 1864 Overland Campaign.
Ranger Maddie’s talk will detail how Commission members, some working near Rural Plains, cared for the multitudes of wounded soldiers felled at the Battle of Totopotomy Creek and elsewhere during the 1864 Overland Campaign.
The program will be held at the Totopotomoy Creek Battlefield.