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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06559.017 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden |
| Title | Mark Day to Sarah Ogden regarding returning home, wounded comrades and General Ambrose Burnside |
| Date | 9 January 1863 |
| Author | Day, Mark (fl. 1862-1863) |
| Recipient | Ogden, Sarah Perot |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes from Camp Pitcher that he has been in the hospital since he last wrote to Ogden. He hopes to go home soon, and promises to visit her at the Broad and Cherry on the way. Says he will also have a photograph taken for her. Informs her that seven men from his regiment were wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia. He and the men do not think very much of General Ambrose Burnside and asks Ogden's opinion on the subject. 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 Health and Medical Photography Injury or Wound Battle Battle of Fredericksburg Union General |
| People | Ogden, Sarah Perot (b. 1831) Day, Mark (fl. 1862-1863) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| 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 |
| Related documents | Carte de Visite of Mark Day, wounded at Williamsburg |