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Keywords: Civil War, 1861-1865

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 66941

Col. C.W. Woodman letter on transfer, near Thibodaux, Louisiana, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Stockton Springs; Castine Media: Ink on paper

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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

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Item 64625

Letter about changes in North Carolina, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: New Bern; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 51344

Robert E. Lee surrender order, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-04-10 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 36070

Capt. John Curtis letter from Mobile, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Mobile; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100909

Lt. Orin S. Haskell, Bangor, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1864 Location: Bangor Media: Carte de visite

Item 79225

Neal Dow on capture in Louisiana, Portland, 1891

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

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Item 79233

Fred Dow letter on account of father's capture, Portland, 1897

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

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Item 96570

Mary Dupee letter to Ellen Bacon, Washington, D.C., 1865

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

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Item 5193

Chesbury F. Lothrop, Chesterville, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Chesterville Media: Photographic print

Item 5244

General Joseph Hooker, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Carte de visite

Item 100576

Freeland Holmes and Caroline Holmes, Foxcroft, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1860 Location: Foxcroft Media: Daguerreotype

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 84652

Civil War linen fragment, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Linen

Item 100486

Proclamation for a Day of Public Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer, Augusta, 1862

Contributed by: Janet Gill through Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-04-10 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5254

Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles , ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Carte de visite

Item 98713

Francis M. Eveleth, Presque Isle, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1861 Location: Presque Isle Media: Carte de visite

Item 73966

Gen. Shepley inquiry about soldier, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Baton Rouge; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 82202

GAR, Goodwin Post #32, Newport, ca. 1886

Contributed by: St. Albans Historical Society Date: circa 1886 Location: Newport; St. Albans Media: Photo on card stock

Item 65270

Memo on returning injured soldiers, Washington, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-05-20 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5504

Meshach P. Larry on events of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 18, 1862

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

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Item 98608

Thomas J. Burgess, Certificate of Exemption, Belfast, 1863

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1863-08-14 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100364

George D. Bisbee, Peru, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Peru Media: Photographic print

Item 5263

U.S. Hospital, Georgetown, D.C., ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1907 Location: Washington Media: Engraving