The Horatio Pitcher Civil War Letters and Memorabilia Collection contains documents and artifacts from Horatio Pitcher's time as a Quartermaster in Maine. His letters document his experience as a soldier fighting for the North during the Civil War. This collection also contains documents that described and instructed Pitcher on how to do his job, accompanying these items there are also personal artifacts such as photos and letters. When Pitcher was in Washington he was able to snag a signature of Abraham Lincoln's son, William Lincoln.