Keywords: C. H. Woodbury
Item 9218
Letter to Charles P. Chandler from C.H.B. Woodbury, Jan. 21, 1857
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1857-01-21 Media: Ink on paper
Item 9214
Asa Getchell letter to Charles P. Chandler, 1857
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1857-03-25 Location: Dover-Foxcroft Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
