This letter from Joseph Currier, written from Fort Alexander, MD, to a Mr. Higgins is asking for state aid for his impoverished family in Maine. Currier mention that the soldiers have not been paid in six months.
Joseph Currier, “Civil War Letter,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed April 2, 2025, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/16035.Item 16401
