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LC Subject Heading: Military service

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

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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

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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

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Item 25469

Henry Lyon appointment, 1906

Contributed by: Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum Date: 1906-03-02 Location: Paris Media: Ink on paper

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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

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Item 79294

Infantry Tactics manual, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Ink on paper

Mystery Corner Item

Item 79704

Militiamen in dress uniform, Westport Island, ca. 1875

Mystery Corner Item 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

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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

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Item 50449

Letter on recruitment issues, Orono, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-12-20 Location: Orono Media: Ink on paper

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Item 53617

Recommendation of soldier, Mattawamkeag, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-12-22 Location: Mattawamkeag Media: Ink on paper

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Item 55357

Neal Dow to George F. Shepley, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-03-31 Media: Ink on paper

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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

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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

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Item 70082

Letter on regimental forms, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Boston Media: Ink on paper

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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

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