Keywords: cavalry
Item 9437
Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: circa 1800 Location: Thomaston Media: Distemper paint on silk
Item 16369
Cavalry sword of Ephraim H. Taylor, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Metal, Leather
Exhibit
John P. Sheahan, 1st Maine Cavalry, 31st Maine Infantry
John P. Sheahan of Dennysville served in the 1st Maine Cavalry from August 1862 until March 1864 when he was commissioned as a lieutenant in Co. E of the 31st Maine Infantry. His letters reveal much about the life of a soldier, including political views and thoughts about the war.
Exhibit
Imagery on letterhead soldiers used, on soldiers' memorials produced after the war, and on many other items captured the themes of the American Civil War: union, liberty, and freedom.
Site Page
Maine and the Civil War - Poster seeking cavalry horses, Aroostook County, 1861
"Poster seeking cavalry horses, Aroostook County, 1861 Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Description A Civil War…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War
"He was enlisted with the Maine’s 1st Cavalry on September 3, 1862. He was discharged on June 15,1865. Sadly he died on May 1866."