Keywords: Civil War letters
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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 97592
Pvt. John Sheahan to mother on one year in army, Washington, D.C., 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville; Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 81014
Rebecca Usher to sister on hospital needs, Pennsylvania, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Chester; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 65108
Anna Weed letter offering services as nurse, Carmel, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-10-19 Location: Carmel Media: Ink on paper
Item 97594
Pvt. John Sheahan advice to not enlist, Virginia, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville; Warrenton Media: Ink on paper
Item 65105
Letter seeking bounty pay, Virginia, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Newfield; Alexandria Media: Ink on paper
Item 96630
Ruth Mayhew report on supplies, City Point, VA, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper
Item 76620
Letter concerning charges against Gen. G. F. Shepley, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: South Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 35515
J.E. Mitchell to Persis Blanchard, Franklin City, LA, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: New Orleans; Franklin Media: Ink on paper
Item 35561
J.E. Mitchell to Persis Blanchard, Maryland, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Cumberland Media: Ink on paper
Item 35858
Marshall Phillips on evacuation of Yorktown, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Yorktown Media: Pencil on paper
Item 62522
Eben Calderwood, New York, to wife, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper
Item 65603
Eben Calderwood from Monroe, Va., 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Vinalhaven; Monroe Media: Ink on paper
Item 65604
Eben Calderwood on arrival in New Orleans, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Vinalhaven; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 65095
Sister's plea for furlough for brother, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Freedom; Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 75488
Letter seeking furlough for ill soldier, New Orleans, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: New Orleans; Portland; Buras-Triumph Media: Ink on paper
Item 17378
Letter from Robert E. Lee to Gen. Braxton Bragg, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Richmond Media: Ink on paper
Item 73720
Letter from private seeking commission, New Orleans, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 61642
Soldier's request for shoes, stockings, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Media: Ink on paper
Item 76130
Request for information on ill soldier, Bangor, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Bangor; New Orleans; Baton Rouge Media: Ink on paper
Item 81061
Nursing invitation for Rebecca Usher, Biddeford, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Chester; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper
Item 81063
Rebecca Usher on leaving hospital job, Pennsylvania, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Chester; Baltimore; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 64612
Lt. John Sheahan to Lizzie Shriver, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Danville; Westminster Media: Pencil on paper
Item 79906
Capt. Charles Barnard letter from Ship Island, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans; Mobile; Mississippi City Media: Ink on paper
Item 35830
Marshall Phillips letter from Washington, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper
