Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Pvt. John Sheahan of the 1st Maine Cavalry wrote to his father in Dennysville, June 10, 1863 from a camp near Warrenton Junction, Virginia, describing the Battle of Brandy Station.
Sheahan called it "the great cavalry fight" and told his father it "was the most horrid thing that I ever saw dead horses and men lay strewn all over the field and the air was filled with iorn hail..."
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About This Item
- Title: John Sheahan on Battle of Brandy Station, 1863
- Creator: John Parris Sheahan
- Creation Date: 1863-06-10
- Subject Date: 1863-06-10
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Locations:
- Warrenton, VA
- Dennysville, Washington County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.1 cm x 12.5 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/4
- Collection: John Parris Sheahan papers
- Object Type: Text
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- Letters
- 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, 6th (1861-1864)
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