LC Subject Heading: Arms & armament
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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 4252
Officers' light cavalry saber, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Metal
Item 4256
William Albert Turner infantry sword, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Metal, wood
Item 4259
John Marshall Brown sword, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: Iron
Item 4253
Dagger crafted in the Libby Prison, Virginia, by a prisoner of war, ca. 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Richmond Media: Metal, leather
Item 9805
Black Hawk Putnam's sword, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1861 Location: Houlton Media: Metal
Item 10359
Black Hawk Putnam's sabre, 1862
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1862 Location: Houlton Media: Metal
Item 10361
James Duffy's powder horn, ca. 1848
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1848 Location: Houlton Media: Cow horn
Item 21652
Ammunition magazine, Fort Preble, 1959
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1959-12-17 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 84642
Commander James Alden sword, ca. 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Media: Steel, brass, fish skin
Item 84643
POW dagger, Virginia, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Steel, brass, wood
Item 4257
Militia noncommissioned officer's sword, ca. 1830
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Media: Leather, brass, bone, steel
Item 4258
Naval officers' sword, ca. 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Media: Steel, fish skin
Item 4260
Granville F. Sparrow sword, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Steel, leather, brass, chamois
Item 4261
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Bowdoinham Media: Brass, leather, iron
Item 4262
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1859 Media: Iron, brass, leather, wood
Item 14764
Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Bucksport Media: Metal
Item 27000
Cross Guard For a Plug Bayonet, ca. 1690
Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1690 Location: Bristol Media: Metal
Item 84640
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Media: Steel
Item 4263
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Media: Brass, leather, steel
Item 81252
Charles A. Longfellow cavalry saber, Massachusetts, 1863
Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1863 Media: Metal
Item 83633
Granville F. Sparrow sword, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Steel, brass
Item 85610
Oriental Powder Mills gunpowder keg, Gorham and Windham, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Windham; Gorham Media: Wood
Item 13726
Letter from Cpl. William A. Allen, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-05-03 Location: Fairfax Media: Ink on paper
Item 16988
Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1980 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print
