Civil War shell relics, ca. 1864
Item 83697 info
Maine Historical Society
Wartime experiences so affected the soldiers, nurses, and others that they sought ways to remember.
Relics picked up on a battlefield may have had particular meanings since lost to descendants who, nevertheless, saved the artifacts.
Grenville Sparrow of Portland, who served at ranks from sergeant to captain in Co. A of the 17th Maine Infantry, collected these shell relics from battlefields during the war.
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