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Keywords: Soldier's life

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 148606

Sailor at the U.S. Naval Frontier Base, Portland, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film negative

Item 29141

Dock Square, Kennebunkport, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Kennebunkport Historical Society Date: circa 1912 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Photographic print

Item 54445

W.B. Adams on failed campaign, 1863

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

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Item 36516

Lt. Hayes letter on British blocking routes, Gardiner, 1814

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1814 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15806

Memorial Print for Lt. Albert G. Abbott, 1864

Contributed by: Kings Landing Historical Settlement Date: 1864-06-18 Location: Fredericton; Petersburg Media: Lithograph

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 82066

World War II draft card, Lewiston, 1942

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1942-02-16 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9425

Military inductees, South Paris, 1943

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1943-01-20 Location: South Paris Media: Photographic print

Item 23362

Leave card, Camp King, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: South Portland Media: Ink and pencil on paper

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Item 34124

John French letter on enlistment, 1861

Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1861-04-30 Location: Portland; Albion Media: Ink on paper

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Item 34153

John French letter to brother, 1862

Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1862-01-25 Location: Albion Media: Ink on paper

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Item 72857

Last letter from Sergeant Walter Rounds, 1865

Contributed by: Diana Letellier: Family Letters through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-01-16 Location: Richmond Media: Ink on paper

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Item 72929

Walter Rounds writes from Camp Pitcher, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1863-03-31 Location: Fredericksburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 73114

Sergeant Walter Rounds letter, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1863-11-19 Location: Petersburg; Richmond; Baldwin; Charleston Media: Pencil on paper

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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 9283

John Sheahan letter from Belle Plain, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-01-16 Location: Belle Plain; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 105289

Maine State Pier from the USAT St. Mihiel, Portland, 1939

Courtesy of Tom Richards, an individual partner Date: 1939-10-29 Location: Portland Media: Photographic Print

Item 9275

John Sheahan letter on brother's death, Dec. 14, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-12-14 Location: Washington; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9282

John Sheahan on Battle of Brandy Station, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-06-10 Location: Warrenton; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 25225

J.M. Brown from North Anna River, Va., 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: North Anna; Portland Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 35710

Marshall Phillips letter from Fredricksburg, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Fredericksburg Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 55494

John Sheahan on conditions in Maryland, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Washington; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 55495

Pvt. John Sheahan on importance of letters, Washington, D.C., 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Washington; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 55496

Pvt. John Sheahan on conditions in cavalry, Maryland, 1862

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

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