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Item 35844

Marshall Phillips on West Point battle, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 28289

G.W. Pierce letter from Wheeling, Va., 1829

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1829 Location: Wheeling Media: Ink on paper

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Item 19349

Black Hawk and Jursha Snell Putnam, Houlton, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1885 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Online Exhibits

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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.

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Music in Maine - Country Music

"in Wheeling, West Virginia. Dick Curless started wearing an eye patch in the mid-1960s on his right eye because of deteriorating vision, and it…"

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Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"… with them, including the Lilly Brothers from West Virginia, who in 1957, recorded at Al Hawkes’ Event Records in Westbrook."

Site Pages

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Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"Military Prison in Richmond, Virginia. From there, he was transferred to a prison in Salisbury, North Carolina on October 9, 1864."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… the local names supplied by Smith, changing North Virginia to New England and Segochet to Norwich, today the site of Thomaston."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… that his unit was preparing to march in Richmond, Virginia, which was just 6 miles away. George Pepper, unlike his brother Joseph, did not die in…"