Contributed by Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library
Description
Second Lt. Charles Garcelon of Co. I, 16th Maine Infantry, wrote to his aunt Jane Waldron in Lewiston, commenting on seeing his uncle, her husband Capt. William H. Waldron, also of the 16th Maine, and about various family and friends.
He wrote that the regiment left camp to attack the Rebels, but the attack was canceled because of heavy rain.
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About This Item
- Title: Charles Garcelon to aunt on friends, family, Virginia, 1863
- Creator: Charles A. Garcelon
- Creation Date: 1863-02-02
- Subject Date: 1863
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: MC106 E
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Garcelon, Charles A.--Correspondence
- Letters
- Maine--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Soldiers--Maine
- United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 16th (1862-1865). Company F
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