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Item 6035
Title: Portland Artillery Pitcher
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1802
Location: Portland
Media: pottery, creamware
Item 15279
Title: Coastal Artillery Corps companies, Fort McKinley, 1909
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1909
Location: Portland
Media: Photographic print
Item 34465
Title: Civil War Army Blanket, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Bangor Museum and Center for History
Date: circa 1865
Location: Bangor
Media: Wool
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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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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village
The history of a small western Maine community north of Farmington as told by a team consisting of Strong Historical Society, Strong Elementary School, and Strong Public Library. Exhibit topics include Strong's prominence in the wood products industry (it was once the "Toothpick Capital of the World"), the "Bridge that Changed the Map," schools and educational history, clubs and organizations, "Fly Rod" Crosby, the first Maine guide, and a rich student section related to the Civil War and post-Civil War era in the town.