Keywords: Civil War, 1861-1865
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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 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
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
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 51344
Robert E. Lee surrender order, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-04-10 Media: Ink on paper
Item 36070
Capt. John Curtis letter from Mobile, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Mobile; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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