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 100574
Sylvan G. Shurtleff Promotion, Livermore, 1865
Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1865-01-23 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 67891
Elzira Haley letter to her father, William Haley Jr., 1865
Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-06-18 Location: Sebago; Standish; Gorham; Portland Media: Pencil on paper
Item 55495
Pvt. John Sheahan on importance of letters, Washington, D.C., 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Washington; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 71949
Capt. George Scott resignation, New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
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
Item 55490
John P. Sheahan on enthusiam for Union cause, Augusta, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 55493
Pvt. John Sheahan on arrival in Washington, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 62406
Sgt. Horace White about rumor of 1st Maine Cavalry, Virginia, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Houlton Media: Ink on paper
Item 65552
Sgt. William A. Campbell letter from Hilton Head, South Carolina., 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-04-19 Location: Hilton Head; Bowdoinham Media: Ink on paper
Item 4305
Major Abner R. Small of the 16th Maine Infantry, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Photographic print
Item 99116
Charles Howard to O.O. Howard, Leeds, 1865
Contributed by: Bowdoin College Library Date: 1865 Location: Leeds Media: Ink on paper
Item 68147
Letter from Miriam Haley to William Haley, Jr., Sebago, 1865
Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-06-28 Location: Sebago; Bridgton Media: Ink on paper
Item 100768
Melville Milliken and children, Scarborough, 1891
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1891 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print
Item 66942
François Savoie power of attorney, New Orleans, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: La Place Media: Ink on paper
Item 72855
George Varney letter from Libby Prison, 1862
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1862-06-30 Location: Leesburg Media: Paper
Item 100563
Israel Washburn Jr. recommendation for Charles Washburn, Portland, 1863
Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1863-12-19 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 79278
Pvt. John Foster to wife, Florida, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Warrington; New Orleans; Pensacola; Vicksburg; Port Hudson Media: Ink on paper
Item 4127
17th Maine Infantry volunteers, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-05-03 Media: Photographic print
Item 5198
Ruth Mayhew, Portland, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Carte de visite
Item 74542
Gen. G.F. Shepley on military secretary, New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-12-18 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 4306
Gustavus Moore, 16th Maine Infantry, ca. 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Gardiner Media: Photographic print
Item 100359
Hiram Abbott, Rumford Center, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print
Item 64474
John Sheahan, 1st Cavalry, on desire for commission in Black troops, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Warrenton Media: Ink on paper
Item 97584
Pvt. John Sheahan on cavalry battles, Virginia, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Dennysville; Fredericksburg Media: Pencil on paper
