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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 100270

Horatio Hight, Scarborough, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1862 Location: Scarborough Media: Carte de visite

Item 100273

John H. Lord, Scarborough, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1864 Location: Scarborough Media: Carte de visite

Item 100275

Frederic C. Prince, Scarborough, 1863

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough; Cumberland Media: Carte de visite

Item 100276

Charles C. G. Thornton, Scarborough, 1863

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough Media: Carte de visite

Item 100374

Col. Charles Wentworth Roberts, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Photographic print

Item 100402

Letter regarding Pittsfield's Civil War enlistment quotas, Augusta, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Central Institute Date: 1862-09-03 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100404

Percival A. Bachelder in uniform, Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Portland; Westbrook Media: Glass Negative

Item 100407

Civil War soldier's monument, Rumford Center, 1921

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: 1921 Location: Rumford Media: Postcard

Item 100452

Sumner Cummings Libby, Scarborough, 1863

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough; Cape Elizabeth Media: Tintype

Item 100501

Mary F. Fall Civil War pension request, Lebanon, 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1890-10-25 Location: Lebanon Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100502

James Goff affidavit on Ebenezer Cole pension request, Danville, ca. 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1848 Location: Danville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100510

Betsey H. Carsley request for information on brothers, Saco, 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1889 Location: Saco Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100576

Freeland Holmes and Caroline Holmes, Foxcroft, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1860 Location: Foxcroft Media: Daguerreotype

Item 100577

William Beckler's discharge document, Augusta, 1865

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1865-06-19 Location: Augusta; Livermore Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100579

Civil War belt buckle, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1862 Media: Brass

Item 100586

Freeland Holmes' Civil War sword and scabbard, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1862 Media: Metal and Leather

Item 100591

Clara Moses letter to soldier, Scarborough, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1862 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100614

Elisha F. Goddard, Rumford Point, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1861 Location: Rumford Media: Carte de visite

Item 100701

Samuel Washburn request for command, New York, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-01-28 Location: New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100702

Samuel Washburn on desire to be a Navy captain, New York, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-02-11 Location: New York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100768

Melville Milliken and children, Scarborough, 1891

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1891 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 100829

GAR ballot box, Pittsfield, ca. 1879

Contributed by: Pittsfield Historical Society Date: circa 1879 Location: Pittsfield Media: Wood, marble

Item 100834

GAR Flag, Pittsfield, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Pittsfield Historical Society Date: circa 1912 Location: Pittsfield Media: Cloth

Item 100902

Recruiter Farwell's letter regarding Civil War quotas, Pittsfield, 1863

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1863-12-21 Location: Pittsfield Media: Ink on paper

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