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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 64613
Lt. John P. Sheahan on writing to him in prison, South Carolina, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia Media: Pencil on paper
Item 84643
POW dagger, Virginia, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Steel, brass, wood
Item 61643
Prisoner request for Parole, Annapolis, Md., 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Annapolis Media: Ink on paper
Item 22380
Cherry pit necklace, Island Falls, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Island Falls Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Island Falls Media: Cherry pits
Item 104533
George Allen Soule of Yarmouth, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Yarmouth Media: Tintype
Item 64625
Letter about changes in North Carolina, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: New Bern; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 76601
Plea for exchange of prisoner, Brunswick, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Richmond; Macon; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
Item 82340
'Confederacy Forever' flag, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Cotton, silk
Item 64614
POW John Sheahan to Lizzie Shriver, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia; Westminster Media: Ink on paper
Item 4254
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893 Media: Wood, metal, brass
Item 63500
Daniel Mahoney, Augusta, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Augusta Media: Tintype
Item 5714
Abner Small letter to mother and sister, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-01-24 Location: Danville Media: Ink on paper
Item 79232
Former Confederate letter to Neal Dow, Arkansas, 1891
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Portland; Conway Media: Ink on paper
Item 54528
William B. Adams description of fight, Virginia, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Petersburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 73522
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Leesburg Media: Bone
Item 84290
Views of Andersonville Prison, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Andersonville Media: Lithograph
Item 54659
Status of Co. K, 5th Maine Regiment, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Media: Ink on paper
Item 76529
Request for Black workers, New Orleans, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 79920
Charles Barnard to wife, New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-06-02 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 5716
Abner Small to the Emersons, Nov. 20, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Waterville Media: Ink on paper
Item 73418
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1861–1865 Media: Bone, pigment
Item 64611
John P. Sheahan from POW prison, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Danville; Dennysville Media: Pencil on paper
Item 100364
George D. Bisbee, Peru, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Peru Media: Photographic print
Item 98609
Louise Titcomb letter to Rebecca Usher on Annapolis Hospital, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-04-27 Location: Hollis; Annapolis Media: Ink on paper
