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Keywords: U.S. Civil War

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 31599

U.S. Grant post #143 charter, Biddeford, 1885

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1885-08-14 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper with gold foil, in frame

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Item 100465

U.S. Infantry Tactic Manual, Scarborough, 1861

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1861-05-01 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper

Item 70735

Civil War infantry soldier, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1862 Media: Tintype

Item 31317

U.S. Army discharge paper for Robert McArthur, 1865

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1865-06-17 Location: Portsmouth; Norfolk; Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 35273

Civil War Veterans of Biddeford, 1916

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1916-09-16 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 15720

Letter concerning Financial History of the War, 1869

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

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Item 74502

Loyalty oath to U.S., Louisiana, 1862

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

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Item 98558

Civil War bayonet with leather scabbard, Windham, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Windham Media: brass, leather

Item 82

Gangway board from 'U.S.S. Hartford', ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Wood

Item 79081

G.F. Shepley appointment as U.S. Attorney, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848 Location: Portland; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 102248

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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Item 15535

Samuel E. Stone of Brewer, military discharge paper, 1865

Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: 1895-05-13 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 12579

Civil War swords, ca. 1860

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

Item 31329

Robert McArthur and comrades, ca. 1864

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1862 Location: Biddeford; Springfield Media: Carte de visite

Item 30989

Daniel Fulton Ellis, Brunswick, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1870 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 19270

Civil War pension for Margaret D. Dillingham, March 9, 1872

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1872 Location: Portland; Freeport Media: Paper

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Item 80993

Rebecca Usher on needs for military hospital, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Hollis; Chester Media: Ink on paper

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Item 59881

Camp U.S. Grant, Portland, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Portland Media: Cabinet photograph

Item 11580

Mess Hall, Fort Long, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 98621

Frank W. Dickerson, Belfast, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print

Item 100590

Samuel B. Washburn, Portland, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1865 Location: Portland Media: Carte de visite

Item 66030

U.S. Surgeon General to Alonzo Garcelon, 1861

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1861 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9307

Civil War bullet case, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Cumberland Media: Leather, brass

Item 100649

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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