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Day, Mark (fl. 1862-1863) to Sarah Ogden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06559.017 Author/Creator: Day, Mark (fl. 1862-1863) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 January 1863 Pagination: 3 p. ; 20.3 x 12.7 cm. Order a Copy

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.

Ogden, Sarah Morris Perot, 1831-1912

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