Notable Members
- Henry Whitney Bellows served as the President of the Commission.
- Samuel Howe served as a Director of the Commission.
- Frederick Law Olmsted served as the Executive Secretary of the Sanitary Commission.
- Louisa May Alcott served as a nurse for the Sanitary Commission at a Union Army Hospital in Georgetown.
States could use their own tax money to supplement the Commission's work, as Ohio did. Under the energetic leadership of Governor David Tod, a War Democrat who won office on a coalition "Union Party" ticket with Republicans, Ohio acted vigorously. Following the unexpected carnage at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, it sent three steamboats to the scene as floating hospitals with doctors, nurses and medical supplies. The state fleet expanded to eleven hospital ships. The state also set up 12 local offices in main transportation nodes to help Ohio soldiers moving back and forth.
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