Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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Pvt. John Sheahan of Co. K, 1st Maine Cavalry, wrote to his father in Dennysville about Frederick, Maryland, which he described as "far the best looking city I have seen in Maryland." Sheahan and the 1st Maine Cavalry had been in Washington, D.C., and the surrounding countryside for about a month.
He also commented on the shallow graves of Rebel soldiers and the "high glee" of residents that the Union army had driven the Confederate soldiers out of the area.
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About This Item
- Title: Pvt. John Sheahan on Frederick, MD, rebels, 1862
- Creator: John Parris Sheahan
- Creation Date: 1862-10-09
- Subject Date: 1862
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Locations:
- Frederick, MD
- Dennysville, Washington County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.8 cm x 13 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/1
- Collection: John Parris Sheahan papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Military life
- Soldiers--Maine
- Sheahan, John Parris--Correspondence
- Letters
- United States. Army. Maine Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865). Company K
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
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