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Historical Items

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Item 7480

John Campbell letter on Peleg Wadsworth's escape, 1781

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1781-06-19 Location: Castine Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76601

Plea for exchange of prisoner, Brunswick, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Richmond; Macon; Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 108921

Seaside vista, Houlton, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting

Online Exhibits

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Prisoners of War

Mainers have been held prisoners in conflicts fought on Maine and American soil and in those fought overseas. In addition, enemy prisoners from several wars have been brought to Maine soil for the duration of the war.

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Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs

In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.

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War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor

Eager to deal with the "Sesech" [Secessionists], young deepwater sailor John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport enlisted in the U.S. Navy as soon as he returned from a long voyage in 1862. His letters and those of his family offer first-hand insight into how one individual viewed the war.

Site Pages

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"People say that he died in prison in the state of Georgia on March 3, 1865. In 1890 his widow lived in Shirley, Maine."

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Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"After the war Mr. Edwards returned to his home in Lincoln and shortly after married Miss Angeline Bruce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Bruce. Mr."

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Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"More evidence of his bravery during the Civil War was they had to steal food from the farmers just to survive."

My Maine Stories

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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