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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06559.134 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden |
| Title | Maria M.C. Hall to Sarah Ogden regarding hospital supplies and recent arrivals |
| Date | 10 April 1865 |
| Author | Hall, Maria M.C. (fl. 1865) |
| Recipient | Ogden, Sarah Perot |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Notes two boxes of "valuable hospital supplies" were received at Hall's storeroom. Thanks Ogden for the supplies, which were "in fine order, of the best quality." Mentions that their most recent arrivals to the hospital are "a very small number of paroled prisoners" and 350 wounded soldiers from City Point. Says everything seems "very uncertain," and she believes that the grief and sadness of the nation appears to be the only definite thing. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Women's History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Hospital Confederate States of America Battle Injury or Wound Woman Author Military Supplies Charity and Philanthropy Parole Prisoner of War Lincoln Assassination Assassination |
| People | Ogden, Sarah Perot (b. 1831) Hall, Maria M.C. (fl. 1865) |
| Place written | Annapolis, Maryland |
| 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 |