Maine Memory Network

Kiah Sewall account of escape from Mobile, 1864

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

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K.B. Sewall request to go to Mobile, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Oath of allegiance record for Daniel Lane, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-02-03 Location: Albany Media: Ink on paper

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Call to arms, Portland, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-04-21 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Civil War recruiting broadside, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-10-01 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper

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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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Militia trains in Baldwin, 1815

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

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Army Recruits, Lewiston City Hall, 1918

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1918-10-02 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Army Recruits, Lewiston City Hall, 1917

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1917 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Selective Service Draft Law registration poster, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Media: Ink on paper

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Feeley substitute for conscription, Bangor, 1863

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1863-09-03 Location: Bangor; Houlton Media: Ink on paper

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Civil War monument dedication, Bethel, 1908

Contributed by: Bethel Historical Society Date: 1908-05-30 Location: Bethel Media: Photographic print

Willard Cross draft notice, Pittsfield, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Central Institute Date: 1862-09-13 Location: Pittsfield Media: Ink on paper

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Black Hawk Putnam's certificate of nonliability, 1863

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1863-09-25 Location: Houlton; Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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Letter from Albion K. Parris to his father, 1832

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1832-07-16 Location: Boston; Hebron Media: Ink on paper

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Recruiting party, 1st Maine Volunteers, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898-07-04 Location: Oglethorpe Media: Photographic print

Charles Weed's Certificate of Disability, 1862

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-09-15 Location: Sebago; Raymond Media: Ink on paper

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Charles Weed's Draft Notice September, 1864

Contributed by: Clayton Douglass family through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1864-09-19 Location: Portland; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Inquiry about lack of soldier's promotion, Auburn, 1863

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

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Gen. Butler to Gen. Shepley on duties in Virginia, 1864

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

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Exemption from military service, Westbrook, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Westbrook Media: Ink on paper

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Thomas J. Burgess, Certificate of Exemption, Belfast, 1863

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1863-08-14 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper

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Civil War soldier, Rumford Center, ca. 1861

Contributed by: David & Ann Kimball through Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print

You Wireless Fans, Help the Navy get the Hun Submarine World War I poster, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Media: Lithograph