Civil War (1861-1865)
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C.P. Brown writes on behalf of Asa Dunham, inquiring about the fate of his remaining son Granville, reported dead of wounds
- C.P. Brown writes on behalf of Asa Dunham, inquiring about the fate of his remaining son Granville, reported dead of wounds. [Son Charles died of disease in hospital Feb. 25, 1864 and son Granville died of wounds June 28]
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: 1st Maine Heavy Artillery
Charles Merrill, MD, certifies the death of Seward Tucker at Springfield
- Charles Merrill, MD, certifies the death of Seward Tucker at Springfield
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: 1st Maine Heavy Artillery
Lt. Colonel Thomas Talbot recommends promotion of Lieutenant Benjamin Rollins due to death of Lieutenant James W. Clark
- Lt. Colonel Thomas Talbot recommends the promotion of Lieutenant Benjamin Rollins due to the death of Lieutenant James W. Clark
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: 1st Maine Heavy Artillery
Major George W. Sabine recommends promotion of Captain William S. Clark
- Major George W. Sabine recommends promotion of Captain William S. Clark
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: 1st Maine Heavy Artillery
John Appleton recommends Lieutenant William A. Barker for commission
- John Appleton recommends Lieutenant William A. Barker for commission
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: 4th Maine Regiment
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 His war experiences and later life were recorded in a series of diaries, as well as summarized in unpublished reminiscences written in 1920. Shortly after President Champlin closed the college in the ensuing excitement after the news of the firing on Fort Sumpter 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 (Grecian and Roman Antiquities, Robsn DE59.B685 E5 1848)) that he purchased while a prisoner. 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/