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Keywords: Civil War prisons

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 28471

William Henry Fogg Civil War Reminiscences, Bath, 1888

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1888 Location: Bath; Richmond Media: Ink on paper

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Item 19252

Andersonville Prison, J.B. Walker, lithograph, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Andersonville Media: Paper

Item 19270

Civil War pension for Margaret D. Dillingham, March 9, 1872

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1872 Location: Portland; Freeport Media: Paper

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Item 5440

Henry A. Willis, Thomaston, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Thomaston Media: Carte de visite

Item 19253

Andersonville Prison Hospital and Stockade, Felix de la Baume, ca. 1864

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Andersonville Media: Paper

Item 75446

Obed Francis Millett, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Palmyra Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Palmyra Media: Photographic print

Item 9200

Abner Small prison diary, 1864-1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864–1865 Location: Petersburg Media: Ink on paper

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Item 12796

Richard Cutts Shannon, Colby 1862

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1862 Media: Photographic print

Item 98915

Wesley Martin on peg leg, Bangor, 1916

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: Bangor; Presque Isle Media: Photograph, postcard

Item 72855

George Varney letter from Libby Prison, 1862

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1862-06-30 Location: Leesburg Media: Paper

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Item 98914

Artificial leg, Bangor, 1865

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Presque Isle; Spotsylvania; Bangor Media: Wood, leather

Item 19237

Capt. John G. Dillingham to his wife, 1865

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Freeport; Baltimore Media: Paper

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Item 73421

Bone ring, ca. 1861

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

Item 100452

Sumner Cummings Libby, Scarborough, 1863

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1863 Location: Scarborough; Cape Elizabeth Media: Tintype

Item 73523

Bone ring, 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Leesburg Media: Bone, paint

Item 19239

John M. Dillingham letter to mother, 1863

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; Columbia; Richmond Media: Paper

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Item 19238

John M. Dillingham letter to father, January 13, 1864

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Freeport; Richmond Media: Paper

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Item 19240

Woodbury S. Purinton on capture of John M. Dillingham, 1863

Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Freeport; East Harpswell; Charleston; Philadelphia Media: Paper

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Item 73088

Bone ring, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Media: Bone, paint

Item 68021

Horatio Cole writes to Charles Cole, 1865

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-10-05 Location: Sebago; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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 79211

Brig. Gen. Neal Dow resignation from army, Washington, 1864

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

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Item 73967

Request to prohibit whipping of prisoners, New Orleans, 1862

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

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