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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 74247
Col. Kimball request for release of prisoners, New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 64623
Letter to John Sheahan recalling escape, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Erie; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 64620
John P. Sheahan on court martial, Virginia, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Alexandria; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
Item 64618
Lt. John Sheahan on intent to escape, South Carolina, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia Media: Ink on paper
Item 65093
Letter seeking information on POW husband, Saco, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Saco Media: Ink on paper
Item 60280
POW letter requesting food, Richmond, Va., 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Farmington; Petersburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 64624
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper
Item 64617
POW Sheahan request for money, South Carolina, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia; Dennysville Media: Pencil and ink on paper
Item 4303
William W. Eaton, surgeon of the 16th Maine Infantry, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 64619
POW Sheahan plea for money, South Carolina, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper
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 81153
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Bangor Media: Carte de visite
Item 4300
Lewis C. Bisbee, Canton, ca. 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Canton Media: Photographic print
Item 79210
View of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Richmond Media: Stereograph
Item 18108
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 61642
Soldier's request for shoes, stockings, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 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 74501
Annie Thornton to Gen. George F. Shepley, Scarborough, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Media: Ink on paper
Item 82257
16th Maine flag fragment, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Silk, bullion
Item 5537
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1874 Media: Photographic print
Item 4167
Brig. Gen. Neal Dow, 13th Maine, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Media: Photographic print
Item 96591
Nurse Mary Dupree on soldiers' needs, City Point, Virginia, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper
Item 84665
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Richmond Media: Iron
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