Lt. John Sheahan on army nearing Richmond, 1864
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Lt. John Sheahan, formerly of the 1st Maine Cavalry, was waiting in White House, Virginia, to join his new regiment, the 31st Maine Infantry. He had recently been commissioned as a 1st lieutenant.
He wrote to his father in Dennysville about Grant's army, the wounded coming in from battlefields, and the declining strength of the Confederate army.
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- Title: Lt. John Sheahan on army nearing Richmond, 1864
- Creator: Sheahan, John P.
- Creation Date: 1864-06-07
- Subject Date: 1864
- Town: Dennysville, White House
- County: Washington
- State: ME, VA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/9
- Object Type: Text
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Maine Historical Society
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United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 31st (1864-1865)
War wounds
War casualties
United States. Army. Maine Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)
Letters
Sheahan, John Parris, 1844?-1894
Soldiers--Maine
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Sheahan, John Parris,--Correspondence
Confederate States of America. Army
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