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Letter from John Sheahan to his father, Jan. 16, 1863
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Letter from John Sheahan to his father, Jan. 16, 1863

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Letter from John Sheahan, a Civil War soldier, to his father in Dennysville, Jan. 16, 1863. Though John Sheahan dated this letter 1862, it is really a 1863 letter. He wrote this from a camp near Belle Plain, Virginia.

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Maine Historical Society
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LC Subject Headings

Letters
Sheahan, John Parris--Correspondence
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Manuscripts

People

John Parris Sheahan

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