Keywords: old wounds
Item 100542
Civil War bullet, Bethel, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Bethel Media: Metal
Item 11249
18th century pocket watch and case, ca. 1763
Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1763 Location: York Media: Gold, silver, brass, enamel, silk, paper
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.
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.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter
"Some slightly wounded were limping off but told us to go in and ?? their wounds. But when we got on to the field, sights that will hardly bear…"
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby
"The day he went was August 21, 1862. He was wounded by a gun shot and had to get his finger amputated."
Story
The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona
Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.
Story
Epidemic of violence against Indigenous people
by Michael-Corey F. Hinton
Systemic racism, murder, and the danger of stereotypes
