Keywords: Civil War camp life
Item 99459
Lt. George B. Stevens letter to wife, Chantilly, VA, 1863
Contributed by: Westbrook Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Chantilly; Westbrook Media: Ink on paper
Item 100447
Camp Seward, Arlington Heights, Virginia, 1862
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1862 Location: Arlington Heights Media: Ink on paper
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
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.
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"James survived the Civil War and returned home to Maine, although for the rest of his life he suffered from malaria that he probably contracted…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844
"Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The Millerites, a…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
