===================================================================== Match: Bowls Source: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com From: Virginia Crilley <varcsix@hot.rr.com> Subject: 1861 "Soldiers' Aid Society Mary Ann Willoughby shared this article with me some time ago, and I found it so interesting. Does anyone know what this was? Ga R & H Asso, Augusta Where was this hospital? Staunton Hospital Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle & Sentinel Saturday, November 23, 1861 Contributions from "Soldiers' Aid Society of Shoals of Ogeechee", Mrs. Mary Cheeley of Glascock Co., Pres't, per J.. J.. Sparks, Sec'y From Mrs. F. C. Beal, Glascock, co., 1 yarn blkt, 1 counterpane, 2 sheets, 2 p cases, 2 shirts, 1 pair drawers, 1 towel. From Mrs. S. M. Verdery, Warren co., 3 shirts, 2 towels. From Mrs. R. T. Coleman, Glascock co., 1 pillow, 2 p cases, 1 long shirt, 2 towels From Mrs. M. T. Jenkins, Warren co., 1 counterpane, 2 shirts, 2 towels, 1 pr drawers. From Mrs. Wm. Neal, Warren co., 1 sheet, 1 p cases, 1 towel From Mrs. Mary Cheely, Glascock co., 2 blank's, 2 sheets, 2 pillows, 4 p cases, 5 towels, 1 shirt From Mrs. J. Clarke, Glascock co., 1 lin table cloth, 7 bdls bandages, 2 p cases, 5 towels. From Mrs. M. L. Coleman, Hancock co., 1 lin tbl cloth, 1 towel, 2 sheets, 2 p cases, 1 pillow, 1 pair drawers. From Mr. L. Cheely, Hancock co., 1 shirt, 1 bdl rags, 1 p cases, 1 sheet, 1 towel, 1 tbl cloth From Miss Fannie Jones, Warren co., 2 sheets From R. H. Clarke, Glascock co., 1 bx medicines. From J. J. sparks, Hancock co., 1 pr blankets From Mrs. L. Spiers, Warren co, 1 counterpane, 2 p cases, 1 towel., 1 pr socks. From Mrs. Charles Halk, 1 pr socks From Mrs. Richd Peters, Calhoun, Ga. Box No 1, sent to Staunton Hospital in September, 12 comforts, 1 pkg slippery elm. Box No. 2 sent to Dr. Logan at Richmond in September, 21 comforts, 14 small pillows for wounded limbs, 1 bag hops, 1 gab sage, slippery elm, old rags. Box No. 3, sent to Dr. Logan, Richmond, Oct 1, 20 bed ticks, 2 bed spreads, 5 pr old drawers, ‡ doz. Tumblers, 4 small cups a3 bibles, 4 lb epsom salts, 1 bdl corn starch, 1 paper of tapioca, 1 bdl old rags. Box No. 4, sent to Ga R & H Asso, Augusta, Nov 6, 1 bag rice, 1 bag meal, 1 bag shorts, 1 bag white beans, 1 bag table salt, 1 bag hops, 1 pkg spices, 1 paper tea, q pkg gelatine, 2 pks corn starch, 3 lb epson salts. 4 bots tomato catsup, o bot pickles, 1 bdl tyhme, 3 bots catawba wine, 8 bowls jelly, 1 doz candles, ‡ bu shockley apples. From Wm H. Griffith, Secty, Danielsville, Madison Co., Box no. 3, 86 quilts, l8 pillows and cases, 8 sheets, 2 pr socks, 3 p cases, 1 bdl sage Box No. 6, 1 mattress, 16 quilts, 17 sheets, 2 blankets, 28 towels, 62 p cases, 51 pillows, 2 hdkfs, 7 counterpanes, 4 coverlets, 13 pr socks, 2 shirts, 5 pr drawers, 8 bdl sage, 1 bag elm bark, 2 sacks flour, No. 1 and 2.