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Keywords: Enlistment and recruitment

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 100614

Elisha F. Goddard, Rumford Point, ca. 1861

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

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 75484

Capt. Joyce letter on Black troops, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: New Orleans; Barrancas Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100903

G.M. Atwood letter to J.L. Hodsdon about the 24th Maine Regiment, Augusta, 1862

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1862-09-23 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 71951

Surgeon letter on soldier resignation, New Orleans, 1862

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

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Item 100905

George Whitney letter to Gov. Washburn about Civil War quotas, Pittsfield, 1862

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1862-11-15 Location: Pittsfield Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11859

Theodore Cary non-liability certificate, Houlton, 1863

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1863-09-19 Location: Houlton Media: Ink on paper

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Item 71950

Lt. Elbridge Bolton resignation, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: New Orleans 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 79909

George S. Dyer on progress of war, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Falmouth 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 100273

John H. Lord, Scarborough, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1864 Location: Scarborough Media: Carte de visite

Item 100458

Hiram Berry, Scarborough, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Morris Berry through Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 100464

George Merrill, Scarborough, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Item 81153

John Conley, Bangor, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Bangor Media: Carte de visite

Item 70133

Soldier excuse for absence, Boston, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-12-18 Location: Augusta; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 65096

Request for prisoner exchange, Litchfield, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-10-12 Location: Litchfield; Hilton Head; Charleston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100456

Daniel H. Merrill, Scarborough, ca. 1910

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

Item 35838

Marshall Phillips to wife on reenlistment, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 74862

Militia trains in Baldwin, 1815

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1815 Location: Baldwin; Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76536

Horatio Jose to Gen. Shepley on Portland events, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Portland; New Orleans; Chicago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 75476

Charles Nealley appeal on son's desertion, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Kittery; South Berwick; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 71045

Edwin M. Stanton to Col. George F. Shepley, Washington, D.C., 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-06-10 Location: New Orleans; Washington Media: Ink on paper

Item 100452

Sumner Cummings Libby, Scarborough, 1863

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough; Cape Elizabeth Media: Tintype