Maine Memory Network

Underage soldier request for furlough, Washington, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-10-27 Location: Biddeford; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Soldier-boy and US flag postcard, Biddeford, ca. 1917

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1917 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard

Veterans and Boy Scouts, Portland, May 31, 1941

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1941-05-31 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Request for soldier transfers to navy, Virginia, 1864

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

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Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1854 Location: Portland Media: Wood, hide, rope

Military-scene postcard, Biddeford, ca. 1917

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1917 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard

Inquiry about soldier's promotion, Augusta, 1864

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

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WWI postcard from Clifford Rowe to Lloyd Herrick, Augusta, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Augusta; Old Town; Eddington Media: Postcard

Spanish American War Scene, 1898

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1898 Media: Photographic print

Pvt. Leonard Jordan to mother, Leesburg, Va., 1863

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

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Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Lincoln Media: Photographic print

Letter from Luther Lawrence to his brother, May 25, 1862

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1862-05-25 Location: Richmond Media: Paper

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Memorial card for John Arthur Stowell, 1919

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1918-06-16 Location: Freeport Media: Ink on paper

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Roll of Honor, Fanfare Ste Cécile, 1941-1945, Lewiston, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1945 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper, photographs

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Letter to family after arriving in Portland, 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-09-27 Location: Portland; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Pvt. John Sheahan on war losses, 1863

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

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World War I Monument, Fairfield, ca. 1935

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1935 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

William Brown on Charles Cole's death, Washington, D.C., 1862, 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-12-26 Location: Sebago; Georgetown Media: Ink on paper

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Pvt. John Sheahan to mother on one year in army, Washington, D.C., 1863

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

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Anson boys in the World War, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Anson Media: Ink on paper

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Pvt. Charles Cole to family, near Washington, D.C., 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-11-19 Location: Washington; New Bern; Sebago; Sebago 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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William Haley letter on army camp, 1864

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1864-09-01 Location: Augusta; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Keep them smiling, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Media: Ink on paper