Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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John Sheahan of Dennysville received a letter in March 1865 about his son, Lt. John P. Sheahan of the 31st Maine Infantry, saying that he had escaped from a Confederate Prison at Charlotte, N.C. and should be through Confederate lines and home in several weeks.
Daniel White wrote from Bangor, "I have know doubt but he will come out all right." White was a Colonel in Co. A of the 31st Maine Infantry.
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About This Item
- Title: Letter to John Sheahan about son, 1865
- Creator: Daniel White
- Creation Date: 1865-03-22
- Subject Date: 1865
- Location: Dennysville, Washington County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 24.7 cm x 19.2 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/15
- Collection: John Parris Sheahan papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Letters
- Prisoners of war
- Sheahan, John Parris, 1844?-1894
- Soldiers--Maine
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 31st (1864-1865)
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