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Contributed by John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society

Description

William Brown of Sebago, a solider in the 25th Maine Regiment, wrote to Benjamin Cole in Sebago, to tell him that his son, Pvt. Charles Cole was quite sick and probably not going to recover.

Brown had written a week earlier to tell the family that Cole was sick with a fever.

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About This Item

• Title: Letter about Pvt. Cole serious illness, near Washington, D.C., 1862, 1862
• Creator: William Stearns Brown
• Creation Date: 1862-12-15
• Subject Date: 1862-12-15
• Locations:
  • Sebago, Cumberland County, ME
  • Washington, DC
• Media: Ink on paper
• Dimensions: 20 cm x 13 cm
• Local Code: W.CC.14
• Collection: John Micavich: Charles Cole Civil War letters
• Object Type: Text

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Cole family
• Brown, William Stearns--Correspondence
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
• Cole, Charles H.--Health
• United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
• Maine--Civil War, 1861-1865
• Families--Maine--Sebago
• Soldiers--Maine
• United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 25th (1862-1863)
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care

People

• Brown, William S.
• Cole, Benjamin
• Cole , Charles W.
• Cook, Alonzo S.
• Cook, Jason

Other Keywords

• Camp Casey
• Civil War
• Co K 25th Infantry Regt
• telegraph
• Typhoid Fever

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For more information about this item, contact:

Sebago Historical Society
PO Box 59, Sebago, ME 04029
(207) 787-2489

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