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Keywords: Civil War, 1861-1865

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

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Item 100582

Samuel Washburn on Chancellorsville, 1862

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

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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

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Item 66912

William Maker GAR application, Gardiner, 1874

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1874-03-26 Location: Gardiner Media: Ink on paper

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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

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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

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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

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Item 5480

Battle of Antietam map, 1862

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

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Item 22528

Llewelyn Powers' form 31, Bangor, 1863

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1863-09-01 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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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

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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

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Item 15999

Moses Greenleaf letter to his family, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Media: Ink on 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 16002

Letter to family from Moses Greenleaf, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Media: Ink on paper

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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

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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

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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