sweeper
Cadet
- Joined
- Dec 16, 2017
- Location
- Hill towns of Western Mass
When the nation descended into civil war in April 1861, Frederick Law Olmsted, like many thousands of Northerners, was eager to serve his country. However, a carriage accident in 1860 had rendered Olmsted unable to serve in a combat role. Fortunately for the Union cause, he possessed other weapons: a keen intellect, superb administrative skills, and fierce determination, all of which he applied in his role as General Secretary of the United States Sanitary Commission.
https://www.nps.gov/frla/learn/historyculture/olmsted-and-the-civil-war.htm
https://www.nps.gov/frla/learn/historyculture/olmsted-and-the-civil-war.htm