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LC Subject Heading: Recruiting & enlistment

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 98428

Recruitment Ad, Belfast, 1861

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1861-10-10 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98705

Letter to Gen. Hodsdon from recruiter Hovey Austin, Presque Isle, 1862

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Presque Isle Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98864

Zépherin Lessard, Royal Canadian Army, Fernie, BC, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Madeleine Paré Roy through Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1917 Location: Lewiston; Fernie Media: Photographic print

Item 99392

Kiah Sewall account of escape from Mobile, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 99412

K.B. Sewall request to go to Mobile, 1865

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

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Item 100133

Patriotic meeting broadside, Portland, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Portland Media: Lithograph, ink on paper

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Item 100382

Civil War drum, Rumford, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Rumford Media: Wood, leather

Item 100407

Civil War soldier's monument, Rumford Center, 1921

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: 1921 Location: Rumford Media: Postcard

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 100547

Civil War memorial groundbreaking, Bethel, 1908

Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: 1908 Location: Bethel Media: Photographic print

Item 100614

Elisha F. Goddard, Rumford Point, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1861 Location: Rumford Media: Carte de visite

Item 102248

Citizens, soldiers! Americans!, Portland, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-04-21 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100275

Frederic C. Prince, Scarborough, 1863

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough; Cumberland Media: Carte de visite

Item 1364

Kittery allocation for travel and pay of soldiers, 1779

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1779-07-06 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1365

Bounty money for Charles Chauncy, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780-04-06 Location: Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16119

18th Regiment recruiting poster, Aroostook County, 1862

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1862 Media: Paper

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Item 23363

Volunteer enlistment form, Portland, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-07-24 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 23365

Granville Sparrow appointment, Portland, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-08-01 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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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 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 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 61840

Mother seeking return of soldier son, Old Town, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Old Town 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 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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