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Charles Cole of Sebago, a private in Co. K of the 25th Maine Infantry, wrote to his family in late November 1862 that he was healthy and well fed, the barracks were warm, and they had a wood stove for heat.

Responding to a letter, he wrote that he was upset that a neighbor of his family in Sebago, Joe Wiggins, or one of his family stole a turkey from the Coles, but is happy his mother still had one for Thanksgiving.

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About This Item

• Title: Charles Cole to his family, Virginia, 1862
• Creator: Charles W Cole
• Creation Date: 1862-11-30
• Subject Date: 1862
• Locations:
  • Sebago, Cumberland County, ME
  • Standish, Cumberland County, ME
  • Arlington Heights, VA
  • Washington, DC
• Media: Ink on paper
• Dimensions: 20 cm x 13 cm
• Local Code: W.CC.31
• Collection: John Micavich: Charles Cole Civil War Letters
• Object Type: Text

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Thanksgiving Day
• Cole, Charles H.--Correspondence
• United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 25th (1862-1863)
• Cole family
• United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
• Soldiers--Maine
• Maine--Civil War, 1861-1865
• Families--Maine--Sebago

People

• Cole, Charles W.
• Hanes, Joe
• Higgins, Ansel A.
• Snow, Henry F.
• Walker, George M.
• Wiggins, Joe

Other Keywords

• 25th ME Infantry
• 27th ME Infantry
• Civil War
• Thanksgiving
• Typhoid fever

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For more information about this item, contact:

Sebago Historical Society
PO Box 59, Sebago, ME 04029
(207) 787-2489

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