John Sheahan on talks with Rebels, Virginia, 1863
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Item 61964
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Pvt. John P. Sheahan (1842-1894) described his conversations with Rebel soldiers in a letter to his parents in Dennysville in February 1863.
Sheahan, of the 1st Maine Cavalry, wrote that he had had a lot picket duty and conversed with Rebel soldiers, some of whom offered him a Southern newspaper. The soldiers tried to send the paper across the Potomac River so he could read them, but he never got the papers.
"The Rebels are sociable as you please," he wrote.
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- Title: John Sheahan on talks with Rebels, Virginia, 1863
- Creator: Sheahan, John Parris
- Creation Date: 1863-02-18
- Subject Date: 1863
- State: VA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions (cm): 17.5 x 10.7
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/3
- Collection: John Parris Sheahan Collection
- Object Type: Text
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LC Subject Headings
Fellowship
Humorous stories
Sheahan, John Parris--Correspondence
Soldiers--Maine
Letters
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1864)
United States. Army. Maine Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)
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