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Anna and William Holstein with members of the Sanitary Commission
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Gordon Winslow (Chaplain, in charge of US Sanitary Commission), William. and Anna. Holstein, Steward King, Mrs. Knowles, Dr. and Mrs. H.C. Mays, in front of tent captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Anna is wearing the striped dress; William is standing on the far left.
Anna and William were Upper Merion residents. Anna was an army nurse, later Matron-in-chief, of the 2nd Corps hospitals of the Army of the Potomac. William, a wounded veteran himself, worked to obtain supplies and beds for the wounded.
From the bound volumes of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS), Massachusetts Commandary, obtained from the US Army Heritage and Education Center.
Date: 1863
Gordon Winslow (Chaplain, in charge of US Sanitary Commission), William. and Anna. Holstein, Steward King, Mrs. Knowles, Dr. and Mrs. H.C. Mays, in front of tent captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Anna is wearing the striped dress; William is standing on the far left. Anna and William were Upper Merion residents. Anna was an army nurse, later Matron-in-chief, of the 2nd Corps hospitals of the Army of the Potomac. William, a wounded veteran himself, worked to obtain supplies and beds for the wounded. From the bound volumes of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS), Massachusetts Commandary, obtained from the US Army Heritage and Education Center.
Date: 1863
(c) King of Prussia Historical Society and the US Army Heritage and Education Center