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Keywords: Civil War, 1861-1865

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

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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

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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

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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

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Item 76036

Mary Calderwood pension certificate, Augusta, 1871

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1871 Location: Vinalhaven Media: Ink on paper

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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

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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

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Item 12250

Grand Army of the Republic members, Caribou, 1898

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: 1898 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Item 78676

Veterans, Oxford, ca. 1943

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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