Charles Garcelon to Maggie Haskell, Virginia, 1862
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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library
Garcelon thought about more than war. In a letter to Maggie Haskell of Lewiston on Dec. 1, 1862, he asked for news of his siblings and whether they needed anything.
His mother, Ann Waldron Garcelon, had died in 1857, leaving behind several young children. In 1859, Charles' father, Alonzo, married Olivia Nelson Spear.
Charles answered a question Maggie had posed about his Sunday activities. "I don't know when it is Sunday until it has passed half the time," he wrote.
He assured Maggie, however, that "I don't forget my God. I strive to live so that if I should be called away I shall be ready to go."
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