Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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Pvt. John Sheahan of Co. K of the 1st Maine Cavalry wrote to his parents in Dennysville about "a very hard and dangerous time."
He described being ordered to the rear of Richmond, riding day and night, then being led through an area where they were led through "swamps, over fields, across rivers" by a black man who offered to guide them. He wrote that "hope had left me."
He reported on prices in Richmond and how little money workers there earned.
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About This Item
- Title: Pvt. John Sheahan on fighting near Richmond, 1864
- Creator: John Parris Sheahan
- Creation Date: 1864-03-05
- Subject Date: 1864
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Locations:
- Dennysville, Washington County, ME
- Richmond, VA
- Media: Pencil on paper
- Dimensions: 20.5 cm x 12.7 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/8
- 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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