Browse Items (95 total)

  • Subject starts with "United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865"

BHS Program: "Joshua Chamberlain"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Joshua Chamberlain," presented by Jeremiah E. Goulka on April 9, 2005.

BHS program: "Silent Sentinels: Maine's Civil War Monuments"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Silent Sentinels: Maine's Civil War Monuments," presented by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. on June 1, 2006.

BHS Program: "Civil War Encampment"

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Bethel Historical Society program, "Civil War Encampment," held in June 15-16, 1996.

Civil War quilts / Pamela Weeks & Don Beld

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"With 170 color photos and engaging text, this book tells the stories of extraordinary antique Civil War quilts and the women who made them... In addition, information for making traditional-style 19th century bindings and potholder quilts, plus over…

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Montana's last Civil War veterans

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

Echoes from the Sixties [Part 1]

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ECHOES FROM THE SIXTIES. Official Report of One of the Most Bloody Conflicts of the Civil War. The following is the official report of the Fifth Maine at Fredericksburg, as given by Col. Edwards to General John L. Hodsdon.It has not been revised…

COLL 63: Jay S. Hoar Video Collection

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VHS tapes and DVDs collected by Jay S. Hoar, a professor of English at the University of Maine at Farmington and a Civil War biographer. The collection is a mixture of home videos, classroom lectures, speaking events, and television appearances by…

Collection: Finding Aids

COLL 65: Jay S. Hoar Sunset and Dusk Collection

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Large collection of research files on individual Civil War soldiers compiled by Jay S. Hoar for his trilogy "Sunset and Dusk of the Blue and the Gray."

Collection: Finding Aids

COLL 78: Roberta C. Pevear Collection

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A large collection of letters, letter transcriptions, photographs, family-related artifacts, a diary, and genealogy notebooks received from Roberta C. Pevear. Many of the letters contain important historical information about the Civil War.

Collection: Finding Aids

COLL 82: Lapham Family Collection

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Collection of photographs, papers, and artifacts pertaining to the Lapham family. Many of the items are related to the Civil War and a few items are related to local historian William Berry Lapham.

Collection: Finding Aids

Echoes from the Sixties [Part 2]

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ECHOES FROM THE SIXTIES. Official Report of One of the Most Bloody Conflicts of the Civil War. [Continued from last week.] Soon the shouts of the enemy immediately in our front, warned us that they were advancing, and every man stood ready to…

Echoes from the Sixties [Part 3]

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ECHOES FROM THE SIXTIES. By Col. C. S. Edwards. Bethel, May 3, 1900. Thirty-seven years ago this day, was fought the great battle of Chancellorsville, commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, who at that time was commander of the Potomac Army. We…

The Boys of '61

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The Boys of ’61.Bethel, May 4, 1901 This day, forty years ago, our lovely village was excited as never before in its history. In the early morn, carriages were seen coming in from every direction, in some cases, wives to bring their husbands, in…

The soldier's friend

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets