Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Pvt. John Sheahan, a member of Co. K of the 1st Maine Cavalry, who was at a dismounted camp in Washington, D.C., wrote to his mother in Dennysville, commenting that it was the first letter he had written just to her in the year since he joined the army.
He told her he had followed her advice to be a "good boy" as well as that of "Charlotte," whom he met at East Machias, where he studied at Washington Academy.
He wrote about how much Charlotte meant to him, how she helped a poor woman in East Machias, and how she was mistakenly called an "infidel."
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: Pvt. John Sheahan to mother on one year in army, Washington, D.C., 1863
- Creator: John Parris Sheahan
- Creation Date: 1863-10-10
- Subject Date: 1863
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Locations:
- Dennysville, Washington County, ME
- Washington, DC
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 32.2 cm x 19.5 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/6
- Collection: John Parris Sheahan papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Letters
- Military life
- Sheahan, John Parris--Correspondence
- Soldiers--Maine
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- United States. Army. Maine Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865). Company K
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