Maine Memory Network

Union waist belt buckle, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Brass, leather

James Harvey Stinson, Belfast, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print

Andrew H. Nickerson letter, Swanville, 1862

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1862-09-22 Location: Swanville Media: Ink on paper

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John Martin telegram on returning home, Portland, 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1870-04-23 Location: Portland; Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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William Cobb receives his gas mask, France, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917-12-23 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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PFC Dawson Carney, North Yarmouth, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Civil War drum, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Portland Media: Wood, calfskin

Frank Soeder, Fort Kent, 1946

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: 1946 Location: Fort Kent Media: Photographic print

Charles T. Lord to wife, Baton Rouge, 1863

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1863-05-29 Location: Bath; Port Hudson Media: Ink on paper

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John Millett on Pittsfield Civil War enlistment quotas, Pittsfield, 1862

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1862-07-20 Location: Pittsfield Media: Ink on paper

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Emilius Small, Mount Vernon, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Photographic print

Col. Charles W. Tilden, 16th Maine Infantry, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Castine Media: Photographic print

Conrad Heyer, Waldoboro, ca. 1852

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1852 Location: Waldoboro Media: Daguerreotype

Robert McArthur and comrades, ca. 1864

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1862 Location: Biddeford; Springfield Media: Carte de visite

John Sheahan on 31st Infantry, Warrenton, Virginia, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Warrenton; Dennysville Media: Pencil on paper

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Charles Garcelon to uncle on finances, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1863-12-10 Media: Ink on paper

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George Perkins request for furlough, New Orleans, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-04-09 Location: New Orleans; Carthage Media: Ink on paper

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T.B. Shelvey, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Irish Heritage Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

John M. Brown officer sash, ca. 1863

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

Hiram Church, Presque Isle, 1861

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

Bert Dutil, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Bertrand Dutil through Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1950 Location: Columbia; Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Charcoal House, Oriental Powder Mills, Gorham and Windham, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Windham; Gorham Media: Photographic print

Zebulon and Ida Knight, Scarborough, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Private Elmer Greenleaf and Forest Lewis, Fort Devens, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1918 Location: Westport Island; Ayer Media: Photographic print