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Item 100903

G.M. Atwood letter to J.L. Hodsdon about the 24th Maine Regiment, Augusta, 1862

G.M. Atwood letter to J.L. Hodsdon about the 24th Maine Regiment, Augusta, 1862

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1862-09-23 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100402

Letter regarding Pittsfield's Civil War enlistment quotas, Augusta, 1862

Letter regarding Pittsfield's Civil War enlistment quotas, Augusta, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Central Institute Date: 1862-09-03 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

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Item 71033

David Brown's letter from Sebago to John L Hodsdon, 1862

David Brown's letter from Sebago to John L Hodsdon, 1862

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-09-29 Location: Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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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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Charles Weed's Certificate of Disability, 1862

Home Ties: Sebago During the Civil War

Letters to and from Sebago soldiers who served in the Civil War show concern on both sides about farms and other issues at home as well as concern from the home front about soldiers' well-being.

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Alonzo Garcelon, Lewiston, ca. 1890

Surgeon General Alonzo Garcelon

Alonzo Garcelon of Lewiston was a physician, politician, businessman, and civic leader when he became Maine's surgeon general during the Civil War, responsible for ensuring regiments had surgeons, for setting up a regimental hospital in Portland, and generally concerned with the well-being of Maine soldiers.