Civil War (1861-1865)
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Governor Washburn from Woodman Miller, offers his services in drilling volunteers
- Letter from Woodman Miller to Governor Israel Washburn offering his services in drilling volunteers.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Incoming Municipal Correspondence
Letter from James Hart Seeking Pension, April 9, 1866
- Letter from James Hart seeking pension.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Incoming Municipal Correspondence
Letter from Josiah Mitchell to Governor Washburn requesting to transport soldiers to Augusta, August 26, 1861
- Letter from Josiah Mitchell to Governor Washburn requesting to transport soldiers from Camden and Belfast to Augusta at a reduced rate.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Incoming Municipal Correspondence
Letter to John Hodsdon Regarding Quotas
- Letter from Appleton selectmen to Adjutant General John Hodsdon regarding sailors from town who wish to be transferred to the Navy. Hodsdon notes that he "cannot credit you with men that go into the Navy."
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Incoming Municipal Correspondence
Letter from J.D. Rust to Governor Washburn recommending officer, August 17, 1861
- Letter from J.D. Rust to Governor Washburn recommending S.A. Burke of Dixmont for recruiting officer.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Incoming Municipal Correspondence
John L. Hodsdon from R. H. Goding, asking for blanks to return of men in the naval services
- Letter from Richard Goding to Adjutant General Hodsdon requesting additional blanks for state aid.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Incoming Municipal Correspondence
Letter from Town of Washington Relinquishing Quota Claim on Calvin Burkett, August 12, 1864
- Letter from Washington selectmen relinquishing quota claim to Calvin Burkett of Appleton.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Incoming Municipal Correspondence
Richard C. Shannon Diary, 5th Maine Regiment
- Richard Cutts Shannon (Colby, 1862) had a rich and interesting life. He served in the Civil War, traveled to Brazil and China, attended law school at age 44, served in the diplomatic core, and was a congressman from New York’s 13th District. His war experiences and later life were recorded in a series of diaries, as well as summarized in unpublished reminiscences written in 1920. After the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861, Shannon enlisted in Company “H” of the 5th Maine Regiment Volunteer Infantry. He was made an aide-de-camp for General Slocum in March 1862 and was taken prisoner at Chancellorsville in May 1863. Shannon spent 18 days in Libby Prison in Richmond and recorded his diary entries on blank leaves of a book. He was honorably discharged in 1866 and received the brevets of Major and Lieutenant Colonel in 1867. Text from http://www.colby.edu/specialcollections/about/richard-cutts-shannon-colby-1862/ Transcriptions may be found at http://web.colby.edu/csc-home/shannon/
Correspondence from E.B. Lovejoy, August 11, 1862
- Correspondence from E.B. Lovejoy regarding absent soldiers from Androscoggin County
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Absent Soldiers
Correspondence from S. Laughton
- Correspondence from S. Laughton regarding absent soldiers from Knox County
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Absent Soldiers