Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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Pvt. John Sheahan of Co. K of the 1st Maine Cavalry wrote to his father in Dennysville about a battle at Shepherdstown, Virginia, that he described as "one of the hardest fights that the cavalry has ever been in."
He said he was in the "hotest" of the fights, but was uninjured. He said a quarter of the 1st Maine was lost.
Sheahan then described the differences between cavalry and infantry battles. At the end of the letter he wrote, "The Hights of Frederciksburg are ours and the Rebel forts are leveled to the ground."
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About This Item
- Title: Pvt. John Sheahan on cavalry battles, Virginia, 1863
- Creator: John Parris Sheahan
- Creation Date: 1863-07-27
- Subject Date: 1863
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Locations:
- Dennysville, Washington County, ME
- Fredericksburg, VA
- Media: Pencil on paper
- Dimensions: 20.2 cm x 12.3 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/5
- 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--Cavalry operations
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- United States. Army. Maine Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865). Company K
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