LC Subject Heading: Military service
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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 100449
Town meeting notice, Scarborough, 1861
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1861-10-29 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper
Item 100465
U.S. Infantry Tactic Manual, Scarborough, 1861
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1861-05-01 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper
Item 100547
Civil War memorial groundbreaking, Bethel, 1908
Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: 1908 Location: Bethel Media: Photographic print
Item 100574
Sylvan G. Shurtleff Promotion, Livermore, 1865
Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1865-01-23 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 100614
Elisha F. Goddard, Rumford Point, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1861 Location: Rumford Media: Carte de visite
Item 100767
George Washington Pillsbury, Louisiana, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print
Item 9415
Soldiers leaving for WWII, Norway, 1943
Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print
Item 9419
Draftees boarding bus, Norway, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print
Item 15264
Air Force trainees, Colby College, 1942
Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1942 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print
Item 16103
John Neal letter to Elizabeth Oakes Smith, 1856
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1856 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 25469
Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum Date: 1906-03-02 Location: Paris Media: Ink on paper
Item 76596
Letter thanking Brig. Gen. Shepley for service, New Orleans, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 79294
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Ink on paper
Item 79704
Militiamen in dress uniform, Westport Island, ca. 1875
Recognize the militia uniforms? the men?
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1875 Location: Westport Island Media: Lacquered iron
Item 81263
Symbol of Recognition for John Edward Barry, Portland, 1945
Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: 1945-05-30 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 36071
Request for pay for recruiting sailors, Portland, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-12-20 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 48478
Capt. Thornton to Gen. Shepley on assignment, Baton Rouge, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Baton Rouge Media: Ink on paper
Item 50449
Letter on recruitment issues, Orono, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-12-20 Location: Orono Media: Ink on paper
Item 53617
Recommendation of soldier, Mattawamkeag, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-12-22 Location: Mattawamkeag Media: Ink on paper
Item 55357
Neal Dow to George F. Shepley, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-03-31 Media: Ink on paper
Item 65828
E.S. Calderwood on nine-month enlistment, Baton Rouge, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Baton Rouge Media: Ink on paper
Item 69871
Surgeon request to join regiment, Augusta, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-12-17 Location: Augusta; Lowell Media: Ink on paper
Item 70082
Letter on regimental forms, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 70235
Col. Neal Dow on transfer of wagoner, New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-03-26 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper