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Custodial History

This collection was formerly identified as Mss. Acc. 2010.701.

Preferred Citation

Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society Minute Book, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Scope and Contents

Minute book of the Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society of Monroe, Michigan. Includes minutes of the Society, whose purpose was to "furnish such hospital stores as are not known to be furnished by the general government." This would typically involve making packages and shipping them to the hospitals of various armies. Also includes list of members, constitution, and bylaws of the organization. Among the members listed are Elizabeth Bacon, the wife of George Armstrong Custer. She was elected treasurer of the organization on October 20, 1863.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society
• Michigan--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• Michigan--Social life and customs
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women--Sources.