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Description
This photograph records the summer reunion of Civil War veterans from the Fifth Maine Regiment on Peaks Island. The veteran soldiers and their family members are positioned on the steps and porch of the Fifth Maine Memorial Hall, a Queen Anne style cottage that they built in 1888 on the shore of Peaks Island overlooking Whitehead Passage and Cushing Island.
About This Item
- Title: Fifth Maine Regiment Veteran Reunion, Peaks Island, 1912
- Creator: E. Washburn
- Creation Date: 1912
- Subject Date: 1912
- Location: Peaks Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photograph, jpg
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Fifth Maine Regiment Community Building (Peaks Island, Me.)
- Group portraits
- Reunions--Maine--Peaks Island
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)
- Veterans--Maine
For more information about this item, contact:
Fifth Maine Regiment Museum45 Seashore Avenue, PO Box 41, Peaks Island, ME 04108
(207) 766-3330
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