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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.11.32 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Abram Bogart |
| Title | Abram Bogart to Mary M. Bogart and children reporting that his is well and working at a hospital taking care of the sick |
| Date | 7 June 1865 |
| Author | Bogart, Abram (fl. 1825-1865) |
| Recipient | Bogart, M, Bogart |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Begins letter with "dear ones at home." Reports that he is well and at a hospital taking care of the sick, waiting for his release papers to come. Tells his wife that he expects to "come to delhie to be discharged and paid and take all of our equipage with us...by the first of July..." Informs her that his work is light and he has food to eat. "You needent worry a bout me now and I shant about you..." Asks that she meet him at "the franklin road" and "tell my children that I have not forgotten them..." Mentions that he has a trial tomorrow, but does not discuss the details of what it concerns. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Diet and Nutrition Military Provisions Hospital Military Supplies Soldier's Pay Finance Military Law Health and Medical |
| People | Bogart, Abram (fl. 1825-1865) Bogart, Mary M. (fl. 1826-1865) |
| Place written | Hilton Head, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Abram Bogart enlisted on 15 August 1862 at Sidney, New York as a Private. He was mustered into "I" Co. NY 144th Infantry. He was transferred from "I" Co. into "K" Co. on 16 October 1862. He was mustered out on 25 June 1865 at Hilton Head, South Carolina. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach |
| Civil War: Unit | 144th New York, Infantry, K Company |