Person/Organization: Hill, Henry
Item 66033
Letter opposing appointment of regimental surgeon, Portland, 1862
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1862 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 122893
Plymouth Company Records, box 6/5, ca. 1806
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1806 Location: Augusta; Canaan; Fairfax; Hallowell; Winslow; Winthrop; Wiscasset Media: Ink on Paper
Exhibit
Surgeon General Alonzo Garcelon
Alonzo Garcelon of Lewiston was a physician, politician, businessman, and civic leader when he became Maine's surgeon general during the Civil War, responsible for ensuring regiments had surgeons, for setting up a regimental hospital in Portland, and generally concerned with the well-being of Maine soldiers.