Keywords: "The Battle of Gettysburg"
Item 67547
Wm. Haley Jr. to daughter and niece, Alexandria, Va., 1864
Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1864-11-01 Location: Alexandria; Augusta; Sebago Media: Ink on paper
Item 5222
Culp's Hill from East Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Gettysburg Media: Photographic print
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The War was not going well for the Union and in the summer of 1862, when President Lincoln called for an additional 300,000 troops, it was not a surprise to see so many men enlist in an attempt to bring proper leadership into the Army.
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For the Union: Civil War Deaths
More than 9,000 Maine soldiers and sailors died during the Civil War while serving with Union forces. This exhibit tells the stories of a few of those men.
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Frye Island Historical Society
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The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.
