What did the US Sanitary Commission accomplish during the US Civil War?

Answer 1

The United States Sanitary Commission was founded in 1861 as the American Civil War began. Its purpose was to promote clean and healthy conditions in the Union Army camps. The Sanitary Commission staffed field hospitals, raised money, provided supplies, and worked to educate the military and government on matters of health and sanitation.

Answer 2

The United States Sanitary Commission was a voluntary organisation which supported the Army's Medical Services. Under the guide of his secretary, Frederick Law Olmsted, the U.S.S.C. coordinated the work of thousands of civilian volunteers in tending to the wounded, collecting medicine and supplies of all sorts for the purpose and organising welfare facilities for both sick and healthy soldiers, all over the Union's States.

Last but not least it managed to recruit thousands of nurses, whose role became pivotal in wounded care as well as their convalescence.

The Commission became also a pressure group towards the Congress and the Union Army, succeeding into effectively increasing the measures of intervention in favour of sick and wounded.

Answer 3

During the US Civil War the Union established the Sanitary Commission. It's purpose was to aid the health problems suffered by Union soldiers. At one time during the war, the Commission pointed out that supplies to the military were being wasted and not reaching the soldiers who needed help.

Answer 4

As the Civil War started, the few competent Union commanders realized QUICKLY that more men were lost to disease than to enemy or friendly fire. More importantly, the Union Army was not equipped to support the long-term needs of soldiers apart from providing them "biscuits and bullets." The Sanitary Commission was an organization of mostly volunteers, both men and women, who did everything from writing letters home for soldiers who were unable to do so, to recommending exactly how and where to dig latrines, place cooking units, and how to dispose of amputated limbs without starting an epidemic. By the end of the war, many Union regiments had their own Sanitary Commission volunteers, and commanders ignored their recommendations at their own peril.

Answer 5

to improve sanitary conditions for soldiers. They set up hospitals trains and ships to move wounded soldiers from the battlefield

Answer 6

The United States Sanitary Commission was founded in 1861 as the American Civil War began. Its purpose was to promote clean and healthy conditions in the Union Army camps.