Keywords: Woodstock Letters
Item 35333
Contributed by: John Bapst Memorial High School Date: circa 1860 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 97575
Pvt. John Sheahan requests for pepper, cod, Virginia, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Fredericksburg; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
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John P. Sheahan, 1st Maine Cavalry, 31st Maine Infantry
John P. Sheahan of Dennysville served in the 1st Maine Cavalry from August 1862 until March 1864 when he was commissioned as a lieutenant in Co. E of the 31st Maine Infantry. His letters reveal much about the life of a soldier, including political views and thoughts about the war.
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Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter
Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.
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