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LC Subject Heading: Arms & armament

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 4252

Officers' light cavalry saber, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Metal

Item 4256

William Albert Turner infantry sword, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Media: Metal, wood

Item 4259

John Marshall Brown sword, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: Iron

Item 4253

Dagger crafted in the Libby Prison, Virginia, by a prisoner of war, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Richmond Media: Metal, leather

Item 9805

Black Hawk Putnam's sword, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1861 Location: Houlton Media: Metal

Item 10359

Black Hawk Putnam's sabre, 1862

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1862 Location: Houlton Media: Metal

Item 10361

James Duffy's powder horn, ca. 1848

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1848 Location: Houlton Media: Cow horn

Item 21652

Ammunition magazine, Fort Preble, 1959

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1959-12-17 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 84642

Commander James Alden sword, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Media: Steel, brass, fish skin

Item 84643

POW dagger, Virginia, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Steel, brass, wood

Item 4257

Militia noncommissioned officer's sword, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Media: Leather, brass, bone, steel

Item 4258

Naval officers' sword, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Media: Steel, fish skin

Item 4260

Granville F. Sparrow sword, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Steel, leather, brass, chamois

Item 4261

Light cavalry saber, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Bowdoinham Media: Brass, leather, iron

Item 4262

Light cavalry saber, 1859

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1859 Media: Iron, brass, leather, wood

Item 14764

WW I 75MM Shells, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Bucksport Media: Metal

Item 27000

Cross Guard For a Plug Bayonet, ca. 1690

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1690 Location: Bristol Media: Metal

Item 84640

Civil War bayonet, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Media: Steel

Item 4263

Light cavalry saber, 1863

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

Item 81252

Charles A. Longfellow cavalry saber, Massachusetts, 1863

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: 1863 Media: Metal

Item 83633

Granville F. Sparrow sword, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Steel, brass

Item 85610

Oriental Powder Mills gunpowder keg, Gorham and Windham, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Windham; Gorham Media: Wood

Item 13726

Letter from Cpl. William A. Allen, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-05-03 Location: Fairfax Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16988

John Gray, Fryeburg, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1980 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print