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Item 9613

Receipt, Chincha Islands, 1861

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1861-04-09 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15183

Alexander Cameron, 1865

Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: 1865-04-04 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Item 15215

Luder Hopkins, ca. 1865

Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: circa 1865 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

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War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor

Eager to deal with the "Sesech" [Secessionists], young deepwater sailor John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport enlisted in the U.S. Navy as soon as he returned from a long voyage in 1862. His letters and those of his family offer first-hand insight into how one individual viewed the war.