Keywords: Red Diamond Regiment
Item 23375
17th Maine Regiment Band, Virginia, ca. 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Media: Photographic print
Item 48480
Verrill Grand Army of the Republic hat, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Media: Wool, brass, leather
Exhibit
Capt. Grenville F. Sparrow, 17th Maine
Grenville F. Sparrow of Portland was 25 when he answered Lincoln's call for more troops to fight the Confederates. He enlisted in Co. A of Maine's 17th Volunteer Infantry regiment. He fought in 30 battles between 1862 and the war's end in 1865.
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.
