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Breaks my heart to see my poor boy with one arm

The sight of his one-armed son after the Battle of Cedar Mountain almost broke Sgt. Horace Wright, a 42-year-old Auburn resident when he mustered into service with Co. H, 10th Maine Infantry Regiment on Oct. 4, 1861. His 18-year-old son, Lyman H. Wright, mustered into Co. H the next day. But Lyman was actually 16, […]