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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 72558

Pvt. Charles Cole to family, Arlington, Va., 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-11-29 Location: Arlington Heights; Washington; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 72561

Charles Cole to his family, Virginia, 1862

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Sebago; Standish; Arlington Heights; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 73127

Walter Rounds Letter to his Cousin Abbie, 1864

Contributed by: Diana Letellier through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1864-09-29 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 94910

Civil War remembrance poem, Presque Isle, 1905

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1861–1864 Location: Presque Isle Media: Ink on paper

Item 84644

'Eva' doll, Washington, D.C., ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: China, muslin, bone

Item 10553

William Bayley to mother, May 9, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-05-09 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13804

Cumberland Civil War bounties, 1864

Contributed by: Town of Cumberland Date: 1864-08-11 Location: Cumberland Media: Paper

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Item 16001

Moses Greenleaf letter from Fort Ridgely, Minnesota, 1863

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

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Item 63360

Pvt. John Sheahan on death of brother in war, 1863

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

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Item 64485

John P. Sheahan on wound to foot, Virginia, 1864

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

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Item 64487

John P. Sheahan on nearing Petersburg, 1864

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

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Item 65096

Request for prisoner exchange, Litchfield, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-10-12 Location: Litchfield; Hilton Head; Charleston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 66024

C.A. Garcelon from Gettysburg, 1863

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1863 Location: Gettysburg; Lewiston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 66943

Lt. Horace M. Wing to Lt. Charles Bridges, New Orleans, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Castine; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67745

Letter from William Haley Jr. to his wife Miriam, Winchester, Virginia, 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-04-01 Location: Winchester; Richmond; Petersburg; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67840

William Haley Jr. letter to his wife Miriam, Winchester, Va., 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-04-08 Location: Sebago; Winchester; Winchester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67902

William Haley, Jr. letter to his wife, Miriam, near Washington, D.C., 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-05-14 Location: Sebago; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100971

Samuel Washburn on rebel attack at City Point, Virginia, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-06-18 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1042

Mustering Spanish-American War, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 35819

Marshall Phillips letter about Bull Run, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 62408

Sgt. Horace White on Battle of Winchester, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-05-25 Location: Winchester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 79275

Pvt. Leonard Jordan to mother, Leesburg, Va., 1863

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

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Item 98705

Letter to Gen. Hodsdon from recruiter Hovey Austin, Presque Isle, 1862

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Presque Isle Media: Ink on paper

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Item 62406

Sgt. Horace White about rumor of 1st Maine Cavalry, Virginia, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Houlton Media: Ink on paper

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