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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06559.115 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Sarah Perot Ogden |
| Title | Wilhelmine Pankow to Sarah Ogden regarding her fiancé's belongings and family |
| Date | 11 October 1863 |
| Author | Pankow, Wilhelmine (fl. 1863) |
| Recipient | Ogden, Sarah Perot |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Pankow, who was engaged to William Hartman, tells Ogden that he kept two pictures of the two of them. Requests Ogden sends her the pictures if possible. Mentions that Mr. Hartman's son-in-law's brother, a "comrade of William," would have visited Ogden when he was in Philadelphia, but did not receive the letter in time. States that the family received the body and opened the coffin because they "could not bear to have the body of their beloved son as near and not see him." She concludes by thanking Ogden for caring for William. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Women's History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Hospital Woman Author Marriage Death Photography Children and Family |
| People | Ogden, Sarah Perot (b. 1831) Pankow, Wilhelmine (fl. 1863) Hartman, William (d. 1863) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Children & Family; Women in American History |
| 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 |