Keywords: Civil War, 1861-1865
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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 54539
W.B. Adams on 'Council of War,' Virginia, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Media: Ink on paper
Item 74469
Gen. G.F. Shepley to Edwin Stanton on Spanish ship, New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-10-13 Media: Ink on paper
Item 98557
Oriental Powder Company lithograph, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Gorham; Windham Media: Ink on paper
Item 19267
Capt. John G. Dillingham to his wife, June 27, 1861
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Callao Media: Paper
Item 98433
William A. Burgess letter to his brother Albert, Belfast, 1864
Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1864-07-15 Location: Belfast; Petersburg Media: Pencil on paper
Item 76036
Mary Calderwood pension certificate, Augusta, 1871
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1871 Location: Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper
Item 98700
John C. Cobb, Windham, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1861 Location: Windham Media: Carte de visite
Item 100654
Israel Washburn Jr. on Civil War challenges, Augusta, 1861
Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1861-05-04 Location: Augusta Media: Paper and ink
Item 100454
Zebulon and Ida Knight, Scarborough, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print
Item 105953
Henry N. Oliver discharge paper, Houlton, 1863
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1863-08-14 Location: Houlton; Bangor Media: Ink on Paper
Item 12250
Grand Army of the Republic members, Caribou, 1898
Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: 1898 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print
Item 78676
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Oxford Media: Photographic print
Item 20143
Recruitment notice for Civil War soldiers, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Bridgton Media: Ink on paper
Item 73343
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
Item 19269
John G. Dillingham letter to wife, May 9, 1861
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Chinchas Islands; Cape Horn Media: Paper
Item 80785
Civil War Monument, Lubec, ca. 1907, ca. 1907
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1907 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard
Item 98703
Meshach Purington Larry, Windham, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1861 Location: Windham Media: Carte de visite
Item 25760
Civil War Veterans Reunion, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1880 Media: Photographic print
Item 100906
J.C. Connor letter about Civil War enlistments, Pittsfield, 1864
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1864-07-05 Location: Pittsfield Media: Ink on paper
Item 100469
GAR pin, Scarborough, ca. 1866
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1866 Location: Scarborough Media: Metal
Item 99432
K.B. Sewall list of items to take to Mobile, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-05-15 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper
Item 4276
Unidentified Civil War soldier, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Photographic print
Item 100274
Edward T Pilsbury, Scarborough, ca. 1864
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1864 Location: Scarborough Media: Carte de visite
Item 34133
Civil War sheet music, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1861 Location: Albion; Portland Media: Ink on paper