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Description

John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, who began in 1864 writing and illustrating journals and scrapbooks about his life and experiences, drew this solider -- as people thought of soldiers "in the free states" before 1861 when the Civil War began.

Martin, on page 114 of the "Scrap & Sketch Book" that he began in 1864, described the soldier as wearing "a bear skin cap a fine red broad cloth coat a pair of fine black broad cloth pants a fine cotton shirt with linen dickey a knapsack empty and a pair of fine calf boots with either white silk or white cotton gloves with red stripes on the pants."

Below that on the page, he drew a soldier as "a million of men" discovered one to look like from 1861 to 1866.

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About This Item

• Title: Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860
• Creator: John Martin
• Creation Date: circa 1866
• Subject Date: circa 1860
• Location: Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
• Media: Ink and watercolor on paper
• Dimensions: 10.5 cm x 3 cm
• Local Code: Coll. 1972; 1997.16.1
• Object Type: Image

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Military personnel--United States--Maine--Bangor
• Scrapbooks
• Bangor (Me.)--History
• Clothing & dress--Maine--Bangor
• Martin, John, 1823-1904
• Uniforms--Maine--Bangor
• Diaries

People

• Martin, John

Other Keywords

• Artwork
• Drawings
• Fashion
• Folk art
• Journals
• Soldiers

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For more information about this item, contact:

Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum
489 Congress St., Portland, ME 04101
207-774-1822 x230
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