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LC Subject Heading: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narrative

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 25210

John Marshall Brown letter to sister, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Harpers Ferry Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 25211

John Marshall Brown letter from Hartwood, Va., 1862

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

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Item 25212

John Marshall Brown from Emmitsburg, Md., 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Emmitsburg; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28466

Charles T. Lord to wife, Baton Rouge, 1863

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1863-05-29 Location: Bath; Port Hudson Media: Ink on paper

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Item 28472

Civil War letter, George Pepper, 1862

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1862-05-23 Location: Bath; York Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34124

John French letter on enlistment, 1861

Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1861-04-30 Location: Portland; Albion Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34153

John French letter to brother, 1862

Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1862-01-25 Location: Albion Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64490

John P. Sheahan on Petersburg trenches, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville; Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 96339

Pvt. John Sheahan letter to parents, Washington, D.C., 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Dennysville; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97577

Pvt. John Sheahan on bad morale for Union, Rebels, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 97578

Pvt. John Sheahan on hatred of slavery, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Belle Plain; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98528

Civil War Letter, Alden D.Chase, Belfast, 1861

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

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Item 1451

Rebecca Usher diary, 1865

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

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Item 1461

Letter from Rebecca Usher on soldiers' hospital, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-05-06 Location: City Point Media: Ink and pencil on paper

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Item 1464

Letter from Elizabeth Chase to Rebecca Usher, New York, 1865

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

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Item 5481

Rebecca Usher on trip to begin nursing work, 1862

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

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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

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Item 5716

Abner Small to the Emersons, Nov. 20, 1861

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

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Item 9275

John Sheahan letter on brother's death, Dec. 14, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-12-14 Location: Washington; Dennysville; Washington; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9276

Letter, John Sheahan to his family in Dennysville, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-12-26 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9282

John Sheahan on Battle of Brandy Station, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-06-10 Location: Warrenton; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9301

Letter from Luther Lawrence to his father, June 2, 1861

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1861-06-02 Location: Pownal; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9705

Letter from Thomas Lindsey to Abial Bishop, 1863

Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: 1863-06-19 Location: Leeds; Great Falls Media: Ink on paper, letter

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Item 25213

J.M. Brown letter from Aldie, Va., 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Aldie; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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