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Keywords: Civil War Prisons

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

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Item 64623

Letter to John Sheahan recalling escape, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Erie; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64620

John P. Sheahan on court martial, Virginia, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Alexandria; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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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

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Item 65093

Letter seeking information on POW husband, Saco, 1864

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

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Item 60280

POW letter requesting food, Richmond, Va., 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Farmington; Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64624

John Sheahan to POW son, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Dennysville; Columbia Media: Ink on paper

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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

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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

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Item 79225

Neal Dow on capture in Louisiana, Portland, 1891

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Portland; Conway Media: Ink on paper

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Item 81153

John Conley, Bangor, ca. 1863

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

Roswell Prescott, ca. 1905

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

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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

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Item 74501

Annie Thornton to Gen. George F. Shepley, Scarborough, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 82257

16th Maine flag fragment, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Silk, bullion

Item 5537

Neal Dow, Portland, 1874

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

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Item 84665

Libby Prison key, ca. 1863

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

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