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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 His war experiences and later life were recorded in a series of diaries, as well as summarized in unpublished reminiscences written in 1920.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/
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
Letter from T. Harmon to Governor Washburn recommending Reverend J.N. Marsh for appointment as chaplain of 8th Maine Regiment, August 30, 1861
- Letter from T. Harmon to Governor Washburn recommending Reverend J.N. Marsh for appointment as chaplain of 8th Maine Regiment.
- 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