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Category: Military & War, Military Life, Recruiting

Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 36523

Noah Parkman request for military promotion, Hallowell, 1814

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1814 Location: Hallowell Media: Ink on paper

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Item 1322

Oath of allegiance record for Daniel Lane, 1778

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1778-02-03 Location: Albany Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5382

Call to arms, Portland, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-04-21 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 6704

Civil War recruiting broadside, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-10-01 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9425

Military inductees, South Paris, 1943

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1943-01-20 Location: South Paris Media: Photographic print

Item 10555

Letter from William Bayley to mother, October 23, 1780

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1780-10-23 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13804

Cumberland Civil War bounties, 1864

Contributed by: Town of Cumberland Date: 1864-08-11 Location: Cumberland Media: Paper

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Item 13805

Town of Cumberland warrant, 1864

Contributed by: Town of Cumberland Date: 1864-11-01 Location: Cumberland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13806

Town meeting minutes, Cumberland, 1863

Contributed by: Town of Cumberland Date: 1863 Location: Cumberland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13921

George W. Dyer report on soldier enrollment, 1862

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1862 Location: Lubec; Machiasport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13922

George W. Dyer letter on soldier recruitment, 1862

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1862 Location: Columbia Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17378

Letter from Robert E. Lee to Gen. Braxton Bragg, 1864

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

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Item 18242

Draft for town of Baldwin's Civil War bounty certificates, 1863

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Item 36516

Lt. Hayes letter on British blocking routes, Gardiner, 1814

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1814 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 52792

Leonard Valentine on end of enlistment, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Media: Ink on paper

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Item 67485

Roll Call of Volunteers to meet Civil War Drafts

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1869-03-31 Location: Sebago; Westbrook; Gorham; Pownal Media: Ink on paper

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Item 68019

Cole family to son, Sebago, 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-09-28 Location: Sebago; Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper

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Item 70441

List of Veterans who were paid a bounty by the town of Sebago, 1868

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1868-08-25 Location: Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 71033

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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Item 72480

Charles W. Cole's Draft Notice, 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-09-16 Location: Sebago; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 72488

Militia call-up notice, Sebago, 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-09-06 Location: Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 72556

Charles Cole letter to his family, 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-09-20 Location: Sebago; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 73343

Charles Weed's Draft Notice September, 1864

Contributed by: Clayton Douglass family through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1864-09-19 Location: Portland; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 82066

World War II draft card, Lewiston, 1942

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1942-02-16 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper

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