Pvt. Sheahan on guarding Frederick, MD, 1862
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Maine Historical Society
A figure holding an American flag stands over what appears to be a burning landscape. The image, which evokes the concept of Union victory over the fires of disunion.
John P. Sheahan of Dennysville, who wrote the letter, was a private in Co. K of the 1st Maine Cavalry until March 1864, when he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 31st Maine Infantry.
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