Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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Eben Roberts of Co. H, 21st Maine Infantry wrote to his cousin Mary Calderwood at Vinalhaven on April 1863. Mary's husband, Eben Calderwood, was in the same company and regiment, serving in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Calderwood had suggested Roberts write to Mary with his views on the war, something Mary had expressed an interest in.
Roberts wrote that he did not think the war would end under the Lincoln administration, a view echoed by Eben Calderwood. He wrote, "the Back Bone of this Rebellion is in my opinion Broken and if the officers were what they aught to be this war would soon dry up."
He added that he was surprised that "the female sex took so active part in this war as they do till I come here. The officers are well provided with all the Boarding houses they want and Everything goes on in about the same still a disgrace to themselves and their Country to this war is to make money and that is about all their is about it."
Roberts died on June 27, 1863 at Baton Rouge.
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About This Item
- Title: Eben Roberts, 21st Maine, to Mary Calderwood, 1863
- Creator: Eben Roberts
- Creation Date: 1863-04-16
- Subject Date: 1863-04-16
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Locations:
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Vinalhaven, Knox County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.4 cm x 12.3 cm
- Local Code: Coll. S-1952, Misc. Box 93/13
- Collection: Eben S. Calderwood correspondence
- Object Type: Text
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- Community service
- Maine--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Military casualties--Louisiana Baton Rouge
- Military life--American
- Political issues
- Racism
- Roberts, Eben--Correspondence
- Soldiers--Maine
- United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Women
People
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