Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Pvt. John Sheahan of the 1st Maine Cavalry wrote to his father in Dennysville that he was being sent to the dismounted camp at Alexandria because his horse had been condemned.
He wrote that he hated to leave the front lines, but that he might be able to get a clerk's job at the War Department.
He also urged his father to try to get him a 2nd lieutenant commission in the 2nd Maine Cavalry, which would provide him more money and help him go to school.
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About This Item
- Title: Pvt. John Sheahan on transfer to dismounted camp, 1863
- Creator: John Parris Sheahan
- Creation Date: 1863-09-15
- Subject Date: 1863
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Locations:
- Warrenton, VA
- Dennysville, Washington County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.2 cm x 12.3 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/6
- Collection: John Parris Sheahan papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Letters
- Sheahan, John Parris--Correspondence
- Soldiers--Maine
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- United States. Army. Maine Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1864)
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(207) 774-1822 x230
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