John Sheahan on Battle of Brandy Station, 1863
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Pvt. John Sheahan of the 1st Maine Cavalry wrote to his father in Dennysville, June 10, 1863 from a camp near Warrenton Junction, Virginia, describing the Battle of Brandy Station.
Sheahan called it "the great cavalry fight" and told his father it "was the most horrid thing that I ever saw dead horses and men lay strewn all over the field and the air was filled with iorn hail..."
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- Title: John Sheahan on Battle of Brandy Station, 1863
- Creator: Sheahan, John Parris
- Creation Date: 1863-06-10
- Subject Date: 1863-06-10
- Town: Dennysville, Warrenton
- County: Washington
- State: ME, VA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions (cm): 20.1 x 12.5
- Local Code: Coll. 184 Box 1/4
- Object Type: Text
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Letters
Soldiers--Maine
Sheahan, John Parris--Correspondence
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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