Military History

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Petition of J. Weston and citizens of Levant recommending Preston R. Wing for lieutenant

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Type: OBJECT
Collection: 1st Maine Cavalry

Members of the Lincoln-Penobscot Company request appointment of Julius M. Leuzander as lieutenant

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Type: OBJECT
Collection: 1st Maine Cavalry

Undated - Captain Turner W. Whitehouse and others dispute report that they are dissatisfied with the field officers

Captain T.W. Whitehouse and others dispute report that they are dissatisfied with the field officers, and request that the officers be commissioned.

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Type: OBJECT
Collection: 22nd Maine Regiment

Petition by Colonel Dunnell and officers for promotion of Sherwood, Walker, and Atwood

Petition by Colonel Dunnell and officers for promotion of George P. Sherwood, Nathan Walker, and George E. Atwood to Captain, 1st, and 2nd Lieutenants of Company F, respectively.

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Type: OBJECT
Collection: 5th Maine Regiment

Petition of officers for the promotion of Captain Heath and Captain Scamman

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Type: OBJECT
Collection: 5th Maine Regiment

Petition of Joseph W. Parker and citizens of Gorham requesting discharge of deserter Edward Gillman

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Type: OBJECT
Collection: 5th Maine Regiment

Miniature of Undated - Petition of citizens of Brewer and Bangor requesting appointment of Cyrus A. Washburn as lieutenant in the Hamlin Flying Battery

Undated - Petition of citizens of Brewer and Bangor requesting appointment of Cyrus A. Washburn as lieutenant in the Hamlin Flying Battery

Undated petition from the citizens of Brewer and Bangor to Governor Israel Washburn, Jr. requesting the appointment of Cyrus A. Washburn to lieutenant in the Hamlin Flying Battery under Captain James Swett. Cyrus Washburn served as a gunner in the 2nd Maine Regiment, Company C, and the citizens requested his transfer out of the 2nd Regiment.

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Type: OBJECT
Collection: 2nd Maine Regiment

Petition from officers requesting discharge of the regiment due to lack of clothing and mutiny

Petition from Colonel Charles Roberts and other officers to Governor Israel Washburn requesting the discharge of the regiment due to lack of clothing, ill health of the soldiers, and mutiny. He states that 58 men refused service and were sent by General Scott to the Dry Tortugas in the Gulf of Mexico as punishment.