John P. Sheahan POW journal, 1864
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John P. Sheehan of Dennysville, 1st Lt. of Co. E, 31st Maine Infantry, kept a journal while a prisoner of war in Danville, Virginia, and Columbia, South Carolina.
He was held from July 30, 1864, until November 1864, when he escaped.
Sheehan was a private in the 1st Maine Cavalry from August 1862 until he received his commission as an officer in March 1864.
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- Title: John P. Sheahan POW journal, 1864
- Creator: Sheahan, John P.
- Creation Date: 1864-07-30 - 1864-11-11
- Subject Date: 1864-07-30 - 1864-11-11
- Town: Columbia, Danville
- State: SC, VA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions (cm): 19.5 x 15
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/11
- Object Type: Text
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Maine Historical Society
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LC Subject Headings
Soldiers--Maine
American diaries
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 31st (1864-1865)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Letters
Sheahan, John Parris--Diaries
Prisoners of war
Camp Sorghum (Columbia, S.C.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
War diaries
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