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Category: Military & War

Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 97581

Pvt. John Sheahan letter on picket duty, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97582

Pvt. John P. Sheahan on hopes for peace, victory, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville; Warrenton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97583

Pvt. John Sheahan on home, death, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97584

Pvt. John Sheahan on cavalry battles, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville; Fredericksburg Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 97590

Pvt. John P. Sheahan on progress of war, Washington, D.C., 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97592

Pvt. John Sheahan to mother on one year in army, Washington, D.C., 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97593

Pvt. John P. Sheahan on desire for education, Washington, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1983 Location: Dennysville; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97594

Pvt. John Sheahan advice to not enlist, Virginia, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville; Warrenton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97595

Pvt. John Sheahan on fighting near Richmond, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville; Richmond Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 97760

Lt. John Sheahan on soldier's life, future plans, Virginia, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97971

Virginia Jenness Millett Apodaca, Palmyra, 1946

Contributed by: Palmyra Historical Society Date: 1946 Location: Palmyra Media: Photographic print

Item 98372

Thomas J. Burgess, draft notice, Belfast, 1863

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98428

Recruitment Ad, Belfast, 1861

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1861-10-10 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98433

William A. Burgess letter to his brother Albert, Belfast, 1864

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1864-07-15 Location: Belfast; Petersburg Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 98528

Civil War Letter, Alden D.Chase, Belfast, 1861

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98556

Oriental Powder Mills gunpowder flask, Windham, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Windham; Gorham Media: Tin

Item 98557

Oriental Powder Company lithograph, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Gorham; Windham Media: Ink on paper

Item 98584

William A. Burgess letter to his sister Harriet, Belfast, 1864

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1864-07-09 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98588

Peter Hazen letter to Mrs. E. D. Towne, Belfast, 1864

Contributed by: An individual through Belfast Historical Society Date: 1864-08-15 Location: Belfast; Philadelphia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98608

Thomas J. Burgess, Certificate of Exemption, Belfast, 1863

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1863-08-14 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98610

Albert Cargill Burgess, Belfast, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Belfast Media: Carte de visite

Item 98611

Harriet Burgess Towne, Belfast, ca. 1860, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Belfast Media: Tintype

Item 98618

Andrew H. Nickerson letter, Swanville, 1862

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1862-09-22 Location: Swanville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98621

Frank W. Dickerson, Belfast, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print