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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06559.093 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden |
| Title | Edmund Welles to Sarah Ogden regarding the closing of Broad and Cherry Hospital, acquaintances and camp life |
| Date | 12 February 1864 |
| Author | Welles, Edmund (fl. 1864) |
| Recipient | Ogden, Sarah Perot |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes from "Head Quarters A" of Potomac Signal Corps." Says the news of the Broad and Cherry Hospital's closing saddens him and other grateful wounded soldiers. Notes he is sorry to "learn of Miss Peterson's accident." Tells Ogden that he saw Sergeant Perkins, who has been promoted to the rank of first Lieutenant and has reenlisted for three more years. Perkins is now traveling home for recruiting purposes. Describes camp life, stating that women would be appalled at the way the soldiers live. Says he is unable to send Ogden a photograph at present, but he will send her a "Substitute." Mentions that he misses his home, but feels sad for those who "shall not return." He is now stationed at a camp overlooking the Rebel Camps, and he can "see them playing ball and in all the sports incident to a Camp life." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Women's History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Hospital Injury or Wound Recruitment Military Camp Photography Confederate States of America Sports and Games |
| People | Ogden, Sarah Perot (b. 1831) Welles, Edmund (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Sarah Perot Ogden was a Quaker from Philadelphia who took part in variety of philanthropic works such as assisting the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She was a member of the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames of America, the Philadelphia Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, and President of the Philadelphia Home for Incurables. Both Ogden and her husband, Edward H. Ogden, were strong supporters of the Union cause. During the Civil War Ogden volunteered in a military hospital where she made daily visits. Her husband served as a Union soldier. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |