Army Hospital in Georgetown. Martia L. Davis Berry raised supplies for the Great Northwestern Sanitary Fair (Chicago, 1865), receiving medal No. 15 for her services Mary Ann Bickerdyke served as a nurse for the Sanitary Commission and is credited with establishing 300 field hospitals during the Civil War Henry Whitney Bellows served as the President of the Commission. Atherton Blight, served as a Director of the Commission. Samuel Howe served as a Director of the Commission. Mary Livermore led the Northwestern Branch of the Sanitary Commission John Strong Newberry Frederick Law Olmsted served as the Executive Secretary of the Sanitary Commission. George Templeton Strong was Treasurer of the Commission Legacy The U.S. Sanitary Commission is memorialized by a group of re-enactors who portray the Boston branch of the commission at various civic events, educational programs, and Civil War re-enactments. The group is based out of the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts. Gallery See also United States Christian Commission, a similar organization Western Sanitary Commission, a smaller rival based in St. Louis Hospital Ships of the Sanitary Commission Notes References Further reading Attie, Jeanie. Patriotic Toil: Northern Women and the American Civil War (1998), focus on the Sanitary Commission online edition Bremner, Robert Hamlett. The Public Good: Philanthropy and Welfare in the Civil War Era. New York: Knopf, 1980. Brockett, Linus Pierpont. The Philanthropic Results of the War in America. New York: Sheldon & Co., 1864. Catalogue of the Department of Arms and Trophies Donated and Exhibited at the Northwestern Sanitary Fair, Held at Chicago, Illinois, May 30th to June 21st, 1865 including United States Flags Carried in Different Battles, Captured Rebel Flags, Autographs, Photographs, Etc. Chicago: Rounds and James, 1865. Catalogue of Paintings, Statuary, Etc. Exhibited for the Benefit of Ladies' North-Western Fair, In Aid of the Chicago Branch of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, For the Relief of Soldiers. Chicago, 1863. Coatsworth, Stella S. The Loyal People of the North-West, A Record of Prominent Persons, Places and Events, During Eight Years of Unparalleled American History. Chicago: Church, Goodman & Donnelley, 1869. Giesberg, Judith Ann. Civil War Sisterhood: The U.S. Sanitary Commission and Women's Politics in Transition (2006) Gordon, Beverly. "A Furor of Benevolence." Chicago History 15, no. 4 (1986): 48-65. Martin, Justin. Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted (2011) pp 178–230 Maxwell, William Quentin. Lincoln's Fifth Wheel: The Political History of the U.S. Sanitary Commission (1956) online