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Item 28481
Title: Civil War Soldiers' Monument postcard, Bath, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Patten Free Library
Date: circa 1940
Location: Bath; Richmond; Frederick City
Media: black-and-white lithographed postcard
Item 28472
Title: Civil War letter, George Pepper, 1862
Contributed by: Patten Free Library
Date: 1862-05-23
Location: Bath; Yorktown
Media: Ink on paper
Item 28463
Title: George Pepper, Civil War, tintype, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Patten Free Library
Date: circa 1861
Location: Bath; Yorktown
Media: tintype
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Meshach P. Larry: Civil War Letters
Meshach P. Larry, a Windham blacksmith, joined Maine's 17th Regiment Company H on August 18, 1862. Larry and his sister, Phebe, wrote to each other frequently during the Civil War, and his letters paint a vivid picture of the life of a soldier.
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Lt. Charles A. Garcelon, 16th Maine
The son of Maine's surgeon general and nephew of a captain in the 16th Maine, Charles A. Garcelon of Lewiston served in Co. I of the 16th Maine. His letters home in the first 17 months of his service express his reflections on war and his place in it.
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Capt. Grenville F. Sparrow, 17th Maine
Grenville F. Sparrow of Portland was 25 when he answered Lincoln's call for more troops to fight the Confederates. He enlisted in Co. A of Maine's 17th Volunteer Infantry regiment. He fought in 30 battles between 1862 and the war's end in 1865.