Correspondence, 1869-1888.

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Correspondence, 1869-1888.

Letters written to Robert McAllister from Fred C. Low concerning the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment and its charge at Petersburg on June 18, 1864. In the letters Low expresses his gratitude to McAllister for his defense of the performance of the 1st Maine and its commander Daniel Chaplin in the disastrous battle fought that day. Drafts of letters from McAllister to Low are also included.

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McAllister, Robert, 1813-1891

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Robert McAllister was a major general who served in the Civil War in the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry and the 11th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He fought at Gettysburg and in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania and the Petersburg campaign. Fred C. Low was a captain in Company B of the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery. After the war, he was a photographer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and later lived in Bangor, Maine. From the description of Correspondence, 1869-1888. (Unknown)...

Low, Fred C.

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United States. Army. Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, 1st (1863-1865)

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