Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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Writing to his father in Dennysville, Pvt. John P. Sheahan of Co. K of the 1st Maine Cavalry, reported on low morale in the Union forces, as he had done earlier in the winter.
Sheahan said "traitors" in the North who do not support the war effort "do more injury to our cause than Jeff Davis and all his raged army."
He also said many rebel soldiers were crossing the river and pledging loyalty to the Union. The Confederates were low on ammunition, and had nothing to eat or wear, he wrote, and got many of their clothes from dead Union soldiers.
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About This Item
- Title: Pvt. John Sheahan on bad morale for Union, Rebels, Virginia, 1863
- Creator: John Parris Sheahan
- Creation Date: 1863-03-18
- Subject Date: 1863
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Locations:
- Dennysville, Washington County, ME
- VA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.3 cm x 12.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/3
- Collection: John Parris Sheahan papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1864)
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- Letters
- Sheahan, John Parris--Correspondence
- Soldiers--Maine
- Military life
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