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Collection Reference Number GLC06559.103
From Archive Folder Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden 
Title Susie C. Appell to Sarah Ogden regarding Orice's family and his degeneration
Date 8 October 1862
Author Appell, Susie C. (fl. 1862)  
Recipient Ogden, Sarah Perot  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Says she received a letter from Orice's family, informing her that they had good news from Mrs. Hastings concerning Orice's condition. In response, she informed the family of his bad state. Mentions that Orice's mother and sister "will go to see him if he is spared long enough."
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Women's History  Soldier's Letter  Union Soldier's Letter  Hospital  Woman Author  Health and Medical  Injury or Wound  Children and Family  
People Ogden, Sarah Perot (b. 1831)  Appell, Susie C. (fl. 1862)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Children & Family
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