Relief Assosciation

This evening the members of the Relief Association, and the public generally, will bear in mind, is the monthly meeting of that Society.  It is needless to say that there ought to be a large attendance at the meeting.  Even before to-night a savage battle may have been fought at Corinth, and hundreds more of Iowa’s soldiers be stretched in death on the field, or suffering with gaping and agonizing wounds.  Let there be a full attendance, and let the spirit of the meeting be such that our soldiers, hearing of it, may realize that they have faithful friends here, ever solicitous for their welfare, and may feel assured that strong hands and eager hearts will render them abundant assistance, both when in health and when prostrated by sickness, or by wounds received in battle.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, May 5, 1862, p. 1