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Alonzo Palmer Stinson was the first soldier from Portland killed in the Civil War. He was 19 when he died at the Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. He was a sergeant in Company H of the Fifth Maine Volunteer Regiment, which mustered in June of 1861.
A memorial in Eastern Cemetery was dedicated to A. Stinson on July 4, 1908.
Alonzo's brother Harry was also in Company H; he stayed on the battlefield with his brother after Alonzo was wounded by a cannonball. Harry was captured by the Confederates and was imprisoned for over a year. After getting out of prison he returned to the war as an officer in the Volunteers Aide-de-Camp Infantry Regiment. He died of disease, "in the service of his country," on Feb. 22, 1866.
About This Item
- Title: Alonzo Stinson, Portland, ca. 1860
- Creation Date: circa 1860
- Subject Date: circa 1860
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Photographs--OS--Large--Box 6
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
- Stinson, Alonzo (d. 1861)--Portraits
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields--Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)
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