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Document Type
Text
Contributing Institution
Maine State Archives
Broad Creation Date
30 August 1862 - 8 November 1862
Language
English
Other Location
Virginia
Disciplines
History | Military History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Shannon, Richard Cutts, "Richard Cutts Shannon, Civil War diary, Volume 2 (August-November 1862)" (2017). Richard C. Shannon Diary, 5th Maine Regiment. 3.
https://digitalmaine.com/cw_me_5th_regiment_shannon_diary/3
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Description
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.
This digital diary is shared by Maine State Archives and Colby College; original housed at Colby.