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Item 100046

Co. E, 25th Maine memorial, ca. 1880

Co. E, 25th Maine memorial, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Westbrook Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Westbrook; Portland Media: Chromolithograph

Item 76321

Soldiers' Memorial, 25th Regiment Maine Volunteers Co. B, ca. 1865

Soldiers' Memorial, 25th Regiment Maine Volunteers Co. B, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: circa 1865 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100134

Encampment of 25th Maine, Virginia, ca. 1862

Encampment of 25th Maine, Virginia, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Arlington Heights; Gray Media: Lithograph

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Exhibit

Brig. Gen. George F. Shepley, ca. 1863

George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator

George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.

Exhibit

Charles Weed's Certificate of Disability, 1862

Home Ties: Sebago During the Civil War

Letters to and from Sebago soldiers who served in the Civil War show concern on both sides about farms and other issues at home as well as concern from the home front about soldiers' well-being.

Exhibit

Woodbury K. Dana's grave, Westbrook, 1924

Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook

Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.