Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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R.M. Mason, assistant adjutant general of the Headquarters Department of Maine for the Grand Army of the Republic, a Union soldiers' veterans organization, wrote the George F. Shepley of Portland to inform him that he was unanimously elected commander of the Department of Maine.
Shepley (1819-1878), serving as judge of the First Circuit Court of the U.S., served as commander of the 12th Maine Infantry, then military governor of Louisiana and military governor of Richmond, Virginia.
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About This Item
- Title: G.F. Shepley election as commander of Maine GAR, 1877
- Creator: R. M. Mason
- Creation Date: 1877-02-06
- Subject Date: 1877
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Locations:
- Lewiston, Androscoggin County, ME
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 25.5 cm x 20.4 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 117, Box 4/11
- Collection: George Foster Shepley papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Organizations--Maine--Lewiston
- Veterans--Maine
- Grand Army of the Republic--Records and correspondence
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
People
- Andrew, J. M.
- Berry, Cyrus P.
- Heath, F. E.
- Lapham, W. B.
- Louguee, N. R.
- Mason, R. M.
- Preble, E. M.
- Shaw, E. M.
- Shepley, George F.
- Winship, J. O.
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