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The LUAS of St. Louis was started on August 2, 1861; the Western Sanitary Commission, was organized
in St. Louis on September 10, 1861.The LUAS quickly grew in size until meeting in private homes was impossible and this problem
was overcome when the WSC offered a room in the Military Hospital, corner of Fifth and Chestnut in St.Louis, as a meeting
place. These were hard and difficult times in St. Louis and passions ran high on both sides. Mrs. Anna Clapp, President of the LUAS, had to contend with her angry
neighbors who had barged into her home with the intent of removing the Union flag that her husband, Alfred Clapp, had raised
over their house. The organization of LUAS came after the Camp Jackson incident in St. Louis and before the death of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon at the Battle of Wilson Creek, the replacement of the Governor Clairborne
Jackson with pro-Union Hamilton R.
The Ladies Aid Roster
Women, we will one day be free to own our lives, to have property in our
own names. Now, we must strive ever onward to extend the power of the vote. We will sweep out corruption and fashion a society
to reflect the love and beauty with which we imbue our homes.
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Three out of every
five men in Ohio went off to fight in the Civil War. The Soldier's Ladies Aid Society was one of the largest supporters of
the war effort and worked hard to collect money and supplies for the Union Army. People helped with charity drives and bazaars. Children helped
the Society by having Potato and Onion Days at school. They also collected lint! |
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