Keywords: sabre
Item 10359
Black Hawk Putnam's sabre, 1862
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1862 Location: Houlton Media: Metal
Item 63355
Pvt. John Sheahan on possible promotion, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Middleton Media: Pencil and ink on paper
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
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4
"… and Co’s A & K are to have Winsor Rifles with sabre Bayonetts – they have come and we shall get them tomorrow or next day."
