Keywords: Cold War
Item 35828
Marshall Phillips letter about Cold Harbor, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Media: Pencil on paper
Item 54459
W.B. Adams from Cold Harbor, Va., 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Cold Harbor Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
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.
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
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire
"A cold front brought a wind shift, and gales drove the fire toward Bar Harbor, where it burned almost the whole village."
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War
"Throughout the war overcrowding, disease, and hunger plagued the prisoners. Andersonville Prison Above is a sketch of Andersonville Prison as it…"
Story
The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona
Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.
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
