Keywords: Civil War Prisons
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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 76190
Gen. Neal Dow to Gen. G.F. Shepley, Virginia, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Richmond; New Orleans; Port Hudson; Mobile; Augusta; Atlanta; Raleigh Media: Ink on paper
Item 64615
John Sheahan Sr. to son in POW prison, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper
Item 64616
Lt. John Sheahan from Richland Prison, Columbia, South Carolina, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 4296
George A. Deering, 16th Maine Infantry, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 64622
John P. Sheahan POW journal, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Danville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper
Item 61634
Request for information about missing soldier, Princeton, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Princeton Media: Ink on paper
Item 11502
Alonzo Stinson, Portland, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 60176
Receipt for Contraband Camp donation, Washington, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 76527
Fred Dow to Gen. Shepley requesting baggage, Portland, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Portland; New Orleans; Richmond Media: Ink on paper
Item 4278
Wilmot H. Chapman, Nobleboro, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Photographic print
Item 4253
Dagger crafted in the Libby Prison, Virginia, by a prisoner of war, ca. 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Richmond Media: Metal, leather
Item 83766
Argyle D. Morse memorial, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Media: Letterpress on paper
Item 11580
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print
Item 76531
Surgeon Thompson to Gen. Shepley, Point Lookout, Maryland, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Point Lookout; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 59537
Letter seeking information on POW, Limerick, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Washington; Limerick Media: Ink on paper
Item 65096
Request for prisoner exchange, Litchfield, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-10-12 Location: Litchfield; Hilton Head; Charleston Media: Ink on paper
Item 66024
C.A. Garcelon from Gettysburg, 1863
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1863 Location: Gettysburg; Lewiston Media: Ink on paper
Item 82258
Flag relic, 16th Maine, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Silk, bullion
Item 64626
Letter to John Sheahan about son, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 72090
Report on cotton for prison, New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Baton Rouge Media: Ink on paper
Item 5192
Lincoln K. Plummer, Jefferson, ca. 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Jefferson Media: Carte de visite
Item 4294
Melvin Wadsworth, Pittsfield, ca. 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Pittsfield Media: Photographic print
Item 64612
Lt. John Sheahan to Lizzie Shriver, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Danville; Westminster Media: Pencil on paper
Item 100655
Israel Washburn on battle of Malvern Hills, Portland, 1864
Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1864-05-21 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
