Maine Memory Network

Citizens, soldiers! Americans!, Portland, 1861

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

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Civil War swords, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1860 Media: Metal, leather

Israel Washburn to Elihu Washburne about Civil War policies, Augusta, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-07-12 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Sumner Cummings Libby, Scarborough, 1863

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

Horatio Hight, Scarborough, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1862 Location: Scarborough Media: Carte de visite

Capt. John Curtis on approach of war, Mobile, Ala., 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Mobile; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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John P. Sheahan on duration of war, Virginia, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Warrenton; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Andersonville Prison Hospital and Stockade, Felix de la Baume, Andersonville, Georgia, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Andersonville Media: Paper

John H. Lord, Scarborough, ca. 1864

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

Meshach P. Larry letter, Oct. 18, 1863

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

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Charles C. G. Thornton, Scarborough, 1863

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough Media: Carte de visite

W.B. Adams on Cedar Creek, 1864

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

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Report on Buxton-Hollis Soldiers' Aide Society, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Hollis; Buxton Media: Ink on paper

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Samuel Washburn on rebel attack at City Point, Virginia, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862-06-18 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper

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Mary Dupee letter to Ellen Bacon, Washington, D.C., 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Washington; City Point Media: Ink on paper

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Sylvanus B. Bean, Brownfield, ca. 1861

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

Marshall Phillips on Chancellorsville, 1863

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

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Lizzie Howard to Gen. O.O. Howard, Leeds, 1865

Contributed by: Bowdoin College Library Date: 1865 Location: Leeds Media: Ink on paper

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Thomas F. McGillicuddy, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Irish Heritage Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Light cavalry saber, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Media: Brass, leather, steel

John W. Day, 14th Maine, to sister, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Great Falls; Harrisonburg; Shepardstown Media: Ink on paper

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Letter concerning brother's death, Portland, 1865

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

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Marshall Phillips on evacuation of Yorktown, 1862

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

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Leonard Valentine on end of enlistment, Virginia, 1863

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

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