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


Item 79920

Charles Barnard to wife, New Orleans, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-06-02 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 100582

Samuel Washburn on Chancellorsville, 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1862 Location: City Point Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5252

Capt. John D. Conley, 16th Maine, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Bangor Media: Carte de visite

Item 64613

Lt. John P. Sheahan on writing to him in prison, South Carolina, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia Media: Pencil on paper

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Item 61643

Prisoner request for Parole, Annapolis, Md., 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Annapolis 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 84290

Views of Andersonville Prison, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Andersonville Media: Lithograph

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Item 76529

Request for Black workers, New Orleans, 1863

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

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Item 22380

Cherry pit necklace, Island Falls, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Island Falls Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Island Falls Media: Cherry pits

Item 64625

Letter about changes in North Carolina, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: New Bern; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76190

Gen. Neal Dow to Gen. G.F. Shepley, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Richmond; New Orleans; Port Hudson; Mobile; Augusta; Atlanta; Raleigh Media: Ink on paper

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Item 11580

Mess Hall, Fort Long, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 84643

POW dagger, Virginia, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Steel, brass, wood

Item 73418

Bone ring, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1861–1865 Media: Bone, pigment

Item 104533

George Allen Soule of Yarmouth, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Yarmouth Media: Tintype

Item 79232

Former Confederate letter to Neal Dow, Arkansas, 1891

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Portland; Conway Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64614

POW John Sheahan to Lizzie Shriver, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Columbia; Westminster Media: Ink on paper

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Item 82340

'Confederacy Forever' flag, ca. 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Cotton, silk

Item 76531

Surgeon Thompson to Gen. Shepley, Point Lookout, MD, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Point Lookout; New Orleans Media: Ink on paper

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Item 54528

William B. Adams description of fight, Virginia, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 76527

Fred Dow to Gen. Shepley requesting baggage, Portland, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Portland; New Orleans; Richmond Media: Ink on paper

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Item 4254

Libby Prison cane, 1893

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893 Media: Wood, metal, brass

Item 63500

Daniel Mahoney, Augusta, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Augusta Media: Tintype

Item 5714

Abner Small letter to mother and sister, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-01-24 Location: Danville Media: Ink on paper

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