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Item 94910

Civil War remembrance poem, Presque Isle, 1905

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1861–1864 Location: Presque Isle Media: Ink on paper

Item 99454

Lt. George B. Stevens letter to wife, Long Island, 1862

Contributed by: Westbrook Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Long Island Sound; Westbrook Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98558

Civil War bayonet with leather scabbard, Windham, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Windham Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Windham Media: brass, leather

Online Exhibits

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Culp's Hill from East Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ca. 1865

Meshach P. Larry: Civil War Letters

Meshach P. Larry, a Windham blacksmith, joined Maine's 17th Regiment Company H on August 18, 1862. Larry and his sister, Phebe, wrote to each other frequently during the Civil War, and his letters paint a vivid picture of the life of a soldier.

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Soldiers' Monument and Library, Pittsfield, 1904

Civil War Soldiers Impact Pittsfield

Although not everyone in town supported the war effort, more than 200 Pittsfield men served in Civil War regiments. Several reminders of their service remain in the town.

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Student Exhibit: A Civil War Soldier from Skowhegan

Alexander Crawford a soldier from Skowhegan, was born in 1839 on a farm on the Dudley Corner Road in Skowhegan. He served in the Civil War and returned to Skowhegan to run the family farm.