Stephen H., Jr. Bogardus, letter
June 5, 1863
“I saw in one grave 100 rebels buried in this place [the Antietam battlefield], and the lady of the house said eight thousand soldiers, two thirds of which were Confederates, were buried on the farm. Her house was used for a hospital, the family being away in Pennsylvania, and everything it contained being ruined. The family returned on Friday after the battle, and where they left a home of comfort and ease, found it full of wounded and dying soldiers.”
Author
Name: Stephen H., Jr. Bogardus
Unit: Purnell's Maryland Legion, Co. H
Document Information
Type: Letter
Subject(s):
- Hospitals/Medical Care
- Impact on Civilians
Event Location: Sharpsburg, Washington Co., MD
Document Origin: Sharpsburg, Washington Co., MD
Notes
Stephen H. Bogardus, Jr. volunteered his services to the state of New York after attending a rally that was advertised in the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle in 1861 - shortly after the beginning of the Civil War.
Source
Stephen H. Bogardus to The Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle. June 5, 1863. Joel Gregory Craig, ed. Dear Eagle: The Civil War Correspondence of Stephen H. Bogardus, Jr.. Wake Forest: Sojourner Publishing, Inc., 2004.
