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: John P. Sheahan
  • Creation Date: 1864-06-07
  • Subject Date: 1864
  • Locations:
    • White House, VA
    • Dennysville, Washington County, ME
  • Media: Ink on paper
  • Dimensions: 19.8 cm x 12 cm
  • Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/9
  • Collection: John Parris Sheahan papers
  • Object Type: Text

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