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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06559.052 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden |
| Title | James Hirnenger to Sarah Ogden regarding money and his promotion |
| Date | 20 August 1864 |
| Author | Hirnenger, James (ca. 1861-1864) |
| Recipient | Ogden, Sarah Perot |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Apologizes for not visiting her at the Hospital while he was in the area. Tells her to keep the money he sent her previously. States, "I may get home this winter then I can take it with me." Says he has been appointed to the position of ward master. Requests that she send him her picture so that he can "remember one that took care of me when wounded." Year of the letter was taken from the envelope. Includes an embossed seal in the upper left hand corner. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Women's History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Hospital Soldier's Pay Injury or Wound Health and Medical Photography |
| People | Ogden, Sarah Perot (b. 1831) Hirnenger, James (ca. 1861-1864) |
| Place written | Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania |
| 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 |