Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Pvt. John Sheahan of Co. K, 1st Maine Cavalry, on picket duty near Fredericksburg, Virginia, wrote to his parents in Dennysville, asking them to be sure his older brother, Sgt. William Sheahan of the 6th Maine, who was at home on furlough, brought John a pound of pepper, Woodstock pipes, and a dried cod as large as he could carry.
The two regiments were camped fairly close to one another and the brothers saw each other as often as they could.
William Sheahan was killed later that year at Rappahannock.
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About This Item
- Title: Pvt. John Sheahan requests for pepper, cod, Virginia, 1863
- Creator: John Parris Sheahan
- Creation Date: 1863-03-13
- Subject Date: 1863
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Locations:
- Fredericksburg, VA
- Dennysville, Washington County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.3 cm x 12.7 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/3
- Collection: John Parris Sheahan papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Letters
- Military life
- Sheahan, John Parris--Correspondence
- Soldiers--Maine
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- United States. Army. Maine Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865). Company K
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1864)
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