Keywords: Civil War, 1861-1865
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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 66920
Lt. Charles Bridges examination orders, Louisiana, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Port Hudson; Castine Media: Ink on paper
Item 100582
Samuel Washburn on Chancellorsville, 1862
Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper
Item 9283
John Sheahan letter from Belle Plain, Virginia, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-01-16 Location: Belle Plain; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 66912
William Maker GAR application, Gardiner, 1874
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1874-03-26 Location: Gardiner Media: Ink on paper
Item 63500
Daniel Mahoney, Augusta, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Augusta Media: Tintype
Item 66033
Letter opposing appointment of regimental surgeon, Portland, 1862
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1862 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 9274
Willis M. Porter letter about Lee surrender, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-04-06 Location: Old Town Media: Ink on paper
Item 66921
Charles Bridges transfer orders, Port Hudson, Louisiana, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Port Hudson; Castine; Stockton Springs Media: Ink on paper
Item 5480
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-09-16 Location: Antietam Media: Ink on paper
Item 36416
Portrait of Elizabeth (Junkins/Jenkins) Putnam, York and Houlton, ca. 1840
Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: York; Houlton; Middletown Media: Grisaille and watercolor on paper
Item 19248
John M. Dillingham letter to mother, November 30, 1862
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Freeport; Port Royal Media: Paper
Item 22528
Llewelyn Powers' form 31, Bangor, 1863
Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1863-09-01 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper
Item 98707
Reverend Collamore Purington, Presque Isle, 1861
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Presque Isle Media: Carte de visite
Item 99428
K.B. Sewall on war, inability to travel, Mobile, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Mobile; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 99427
K.B. Sewall on son's education, war, Mobile, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Easthampton; Mobile; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 15999
Moses Greenleaf letter to his family, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Media: Ink on paper
Item 16001
Moses Greenleaf letter from Fort Ridgely, Minnesota, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Media: Ink on paper
Item 16002
Letter to family from Moses Greenleaf, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Media: Ink on paper
Item 84662
Battle of Gettysburg shell fragment, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Gettysburg Media: Iron
Item 66028
Alonzo Garcelon to Israel Washburn on regimental surgeons, 1861
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1861-04-24 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper
Item 9300
Letter from Luther Lawrence to his brother, May 25, 1862
Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1862-05-25 Location: Richmond Media: Paper
Item 31212
Knights of Pythias Hall, Lubec, ca. 1912, ca. 1912
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1912 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard
Item 4296
George A. Deering, 16th Maine Infantry, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 27997
5th Maine Regiment, Portland, 1911
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1911 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print