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Collection Reference Number GLC06559.031
From Archive Folder Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden 
Title Charles Ford to Sarah Ogden informing her he has been sick with rheumatism and reminiscing about the Broad and Cherry hospital
Date 17 January 1864
Author Ford, Charles (fl. 1863-1865)  
Recipient Ogden, Sarah Perot  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Informs Ogden he has been sick for about a week with rheumatism. Reminisces fondly about the Christmas celebration at the Broad and Cherry Hospital. Says the weather has been severe and cold, the duty very hard at the headquarters for the volunteers, and that he is on duty every other day. Envelope includes a three cent stamp.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Women's History  Soldier's Letter  Union Soldier's Letter  Hospital  Health and Medical  Holidays and Celebrations  
People Ogden, Sarah Perot (b. 1831)  Ford, Charles (fl. 1863-1865)  
Place written Elmira, New York
Theme The American Civil War; Health & Medicine
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