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Incoming Municipal Correspondence
- The Civil War placed an unprecedented burden on municipal officials who were responsible for meeting Federal and State quotas of volunteers from their respective cities and towns, for establishing and paying out bounties to encourage enlistment, and for ensuring that the qualified dependent families of volunteers received "State Aid," financial assistance mandated by the State. The correspondence sheds light on the logistical problems the War inflicted upon the State of Maine as well as the hardships endured by citizens and dependent family members of soldiers during this period.
Edward Alonzo True Correspondence 1860-1864
- Letters from Edward A. True of Hope, Maine to his sisters Rosie True and Lizzie True, mother Olive K. True, and father Edward True. Collection includes letters to Edward True from friends. Edward True enlisted at Hope, Maine on August 14, 1861 and was mustered into the 8th Maine Regiment as a lieutenant. He mustered out January 18, 1866 as colonel.