Keywords: Booty
Item 75223
Gen. Banks telegram on Confederates loss of boat, Louisiana, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: New Iberia Media: Ink on paper
Item 104505
Home of John Moreland Cummings, Richmond's Island, ca. 1855
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Ambrotype
Exhibit
This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
Exhibit
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.
