Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Lt. John Sheahan, formerly of the 1st Maine Cavalry, was waiting in White House, Virginia, to join his new regiment, the 31st Maine Infantry. He had recently been commissioned as a 1st lieutenant.
He wrote to his father in Dennysville about Grant's army, the wounded coming in from battlefields, and the declining strength of the Confederate army.
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About This Item
- Title: Lt. John Sheahan on army nearing Richmond, 1864
- Creator: John P. Sheahan
- Creation Date: 1864-06-07
- Subject Date: 1864
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Locations:
- White House, VA
- Dennysville, Washington County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 19.8 cm x 12 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/9
- Collection: John Parris Sheahan papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Confederate States of America. Army
- Letters
- Sheahan, John Parris, 1844?-1894
- Sheahan, John Parris,--Correspondence
- Soldiers--Maine
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- United States. Army. Maine Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 31st (1864-1865)
- War casualties
- War wounds
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