Keywords: Camp Abraham Lincoln
Item 34136
John French letter to brother, Washington, D.C., 1861
Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1861-07-06 Location: Albion; Washington Media: Ink on paper
Item 72556
Charles Cole letter to his family, 1862
Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-09-20 Location: Sebago; Portland Media: Ink on paper
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Field & Homefront: Bethel during the Civil War
Like many towns, Bethel responded to the Civil War by sending many soldiers and those at the homefront sent aid and supported families. The town grew during the war, but suffered after its end.
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Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'
Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools
"Abraham Lincoln Statue, Islesboro, ca. 1914Islesboro Historical Society Islesboro High School, ca."
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Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier
"… to vote for “Old Abe” and later, that he had read Abraham Lincoln had won the election for president."
