Keywords: Typical Maine Civil War Soldier
Item 70735
Civil War infantry soldier, ca. 1862
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1862 Media: Tintype
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Civil War-era clothing
An exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads, Part 1," featuring American Civil War civilian and military clothing, 1860 to 1869.
Exhibit
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.
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"… and Emma Ann Foster: A Year in Maine During the Civil War. Wayne E. Reilly, ed. 2002: Picton Press, Rockport, ME Luther Lawrence’s US military…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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