History Of The Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon

Philadelphia, 1861: trains arrive, men depart, and a city answers with bread, coffee, and steadiness. Kindness marched with the troops.James Moore’s History Of The Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon is a vivid piece of civil war local history, recording how ordinary citizens organised a volunteer refreshment saloon to sustain soldiers in transit and to shoulder the hard, unglamorous work of relief. Set within the American Civil War era, it traces the networks of soldier relief work and wartime charitable societies that sprang up alongside the fighting, illuminating the everyday logistics of care as well as the moral imagination that powered it. For readers of Philadelphia Pennsylvania history, it offers a street-level view of a wartime metropolis; for researchers, it stands as a grounded civil war research reference with rich leads for names, places, and community ties.More than a narrow institutional record, this narrative enlarges the story of US Sanitary Commission history and civil war womens history, showing how women and men coordinated supplies, funds, and welcome, and how civic action reshaped public life. Presented as a complete text edition and a classic local history reprint, it is also a valuable Pennsylvania genealogy resource: a window into the civic clubs, churches, and neighbourhood alliances that families carried forward after the war. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector’s item and a cultural treasure. An essential volume for shelves, study desks, and gifts.