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LC Subject Heading: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives

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 7965

Civil War soldier's letter home, Oct. 1861

Contributed by: Fort Kent Public Library Date: 1861-10-12 Location: Washington; Fort Kent Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9283

John Sheahan letter from Belle Plain, Virginia, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-01-16 Location: Belle Plain; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9284

Letter from John Sheahan to his father, Jan. 29, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-01-29 Location: Belle Plain; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13728

Letter from Orin Allen, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-09-02 Location: Sanford Media: Ink on paper

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Item 15999

Moses Greenleaf letter to his family, 1864

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

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Item 16000

Moses Greenleaf Civil War letter, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1864

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

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Item 16001

Moses Greenleaf letter from Fort Ridgely, Minnesota, 1863

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

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Item 16002

Letter to family from Moses Greenleaf, 1865

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

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Item 16003

Civil War letter from Moses Greenleaf, Missouri, 1864

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

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Item 16004

Moses Greenleaf letter from Mississippi, 1865

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

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Item 16005

Civil War letter from Moses Greenleaf, Tennessee, 1865

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

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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 4170

Rebecca Usher, Hollis, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Hollis Center Media: Photographic print

Item 6952

Sprig of Green poem, 1862

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

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Item 9274

Willis M. Porter letter about Lee surrender, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865-04-06 Location: Old Town Media: Ink on paper

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Item 5486

Rebecca Usher account of Abraham Lincoln visit, Virginia, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: City Point; Hollis Center Media: Paper

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Item 5715

Abner Small to Luther Emerson, Sept. 21, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-09-21 Location: Sharpsburg; Waterville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9281

Letter from John Sheahan to his father, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-07-04 Location: Gettysburg; Dennysville Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9298

Letter from Luther Lawrence to Frank, August 9, 1864

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1864-08-09 Location: Deep Bottom Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9300

Letter from Luther Lawrence to his brother, May 25, 1862

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1862-05-25 Location: Richmond Media: Paper

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Item 11314

W.H. Hammond letter to wife, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: circa 1862 Location: Houlton; Penobscot; Arlington Heights; Washington Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13726

Letter from Cpl. William A. Allen, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-05-03 Location: Fairfax Media: Ink on paper

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Item 17138

William Boyd, Houlton, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 25209

John Marshall Brown letter from Sharpsburg, 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Sharpsburg; Portland Media: Pencil on paper

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