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Historical Items

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Item 4162

32nd Maine Infantry, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 67548

Letter from Lorenzo Gammon to his cousin in Sebago, 1864

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1864-11-24 Location: Washington; Sebago Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 83640

John M. Brown infantry cap, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Media: Wool, leather, bullion

Online Exhibits

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This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War

For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.

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The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families

The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.

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Building the International Appalachian Trail

Wildlife biologist Richard Anderson first proposed the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) in 1993. The IAT is a long-distance hiking trail along the modern-day Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountain ranges, geological descendants of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains. Today, the IAT stretches from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, through portions of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Europe, and into northern Africa.