Keywords: Civil War clothing
Item 110411
Lt. H.H. Wadsworth's Civil War overcoat, Eastport, ca. 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Eastport Media: wool. cotton metal
Item 101132
Civil War era soldier's garb, ca. 1866
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: circa 1866 Location: Bangor Media: Ink and watercolor on paper
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Civil War-era clothing
An exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads, Part 1," featuring American Civil War civilian and military clothing, 1860 to 1869.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Mourning Clothing
"Mourning Clothing View the Mourning Clothing Slide Show With the growth of the middle class, the custom of wearing black during periods of…"
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"… and Emma Ann Foster: A Year in Maine During the Civil War. Wayne E. Reilly, ed. 2002: Picton Press, Rockport, ME Luther Lawrence’s US military…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
