Ekings, John, fl. 1864 to Sarah Ogden

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GLC#
GLC06559.019-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
12 July 1864
Author/Creator
Ekings, John, fl. 1864
Title
to Sarah Ogden
Place Written
Burlington County, New Jersey
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes from Mt. Holly, a present day township in Burlington County, New Jersey. Informs Ogden his son was wounded and taken prisoner. Notes he obtained this information from a soldier who was captured at the same time. The soldier said that Thomas's wound had been treated. This information was confirmed in a letter received on 4 July from Dr. Armstrong of the 5th New York Cavalry, a fellow prisoner who, like Thomas, was being treated at Libby Prison Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. In a postscript, Ekings informs Ogden of the doctor's opinion on his son's wound.

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