Contributed by Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library
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Charles Garcelon, 2nd lieutenant in Co. I of the 16th Maine Infantry., wrote to his father, Dr. Alonzo Garcelon, from Rappahannock Station, Virginia, about his war service.
"Father if ever I do get in battle I will try to sustain the Garcelon name. I shall try to do my duty to my country and my God," he wrote.
The younger Garcelon added, "I cannot think war in general is right, but this war is for the protection of our glorious Country."
He also asked for hometown newspapers from Lewiston.
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About This Item
- Title: Charles Garcelon to father, Virginia, 1862
- Creator: Charles Augustus Garcelon
- Creation Date: 1862-11-10
- Subject Date: 1862
- Location: Rappahannock Station, VA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: MC106 K
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Garcelon, Charles A.--Correspondence
- Letters
- Maine--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Military discharges--United States--1860-1870
- Soldiers--Maine
- United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 16th (1862-1865). Company F
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