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U.S. Paymaster Dr. Frederick Robie writes to Governor Washburn about officer bills
- U.S. Paymaster Dr. Frederick Robie writes to Governor Washburn about officer's bills, letter from Colonel Dunnell, and whether Robie would go to Washington.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: 5th Maine Regiment
Undated - Adjutant General inquiry into the case of Fessenden Swan
- Inquiry regarding the case of Private Fessenden Swan, who was sick in hospital when the regiment departed.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: 5th Maine Regiment
John R. Adams offers his services as a chaplain of the Maine Volunteers
- Letter from John R. Adams offering his services as a chaplain of the Maine Volunteers.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: 5th Maine Regiment
Colonel Mark H. Dunnell discusses difficulties in enlisting men without help
- Colonel Dunnell discusses difficulties in enlisting men without help, asks for a small sum from the paymaster to pay an extra man to help enlist men and fill the regiment.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: 5th Maine Regiment
W.H. Thomas writes to General Hodsdon regarding bills for recruiting
- W.H. Thomas writes to General Hodsdon regarding bills for recruiting incurred by his son, Captain Thomas.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: 5th Maine Regiment
Colonel Mark Dunnell states the regiment is ready to march
- Colonel Mark Dunnell states the regiment is ready to march
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: 5th Maine Regiment
Horace Wright Correspondence - 1st Maine Regiment, 1st Maine Cavalry
- Horace Wright at the age of 42 left his wife, Maryann, and their home in Auburn for a summer away. At least, that is what he thought in April, 1861, when he enlisted in the 1st Maine Infantry Regiment. Assigned with his regiment to provide part of the defense for the city of Washington, Wright is confident that U.S. General Winfield Scott will lead the Army and the Confederacy would soon fall. While the rest of the 1st Maine marches and drills in humid 90-degree heat, he takes the afternoon off. Barely six weeks away from home and yet to have fired a weapon in anger, Horace informs Maryann that he has had enough. "I have got sick and tired of the sound of war, but must stand it a while longer," he writes. Five weeks later, the two armies clash at Manassas Junction, the First Battle of Bull Run. The outcome is not what Wright envisioned. The Union Army suffers nearly 2,900 losses; the Confederate Army suffers almost 400 dead, and more than 1,500 wounded. Wright is assigned to the 10th Maine Infantry Regiment and serves until May 1863. He re-enlists in January 1864 in the 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment and is discharged for illness in August. He does not recover and dies on August 18, 1864. Wright is one of the three officers and 341 enlisted men of the 1st Maine Cavalry who die of disease during the war. “…God deliver me from ever seeing another such a sight as I have seen for the week past but such is the effects of war.”
Colonel Samuel Lawrence of the 5th Massachusetts Regiment recommends Horatio Bisbee as 2nd Lieutenant
- Colonel Samuel Lawrence of the 5th Massachusetts Regiment writes to William Fessenden to recommend Horatio Bisbee as 2nd Lieutenant in the regular Army.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: 5th Maine Regiment
Colonel Thomas A. Davies communicates the result of regimental election
- Colonel Thomas A. Davies communicates the result of regimental election to Governor Washburn.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: 5th Maine Regiment