Keywords: 18th Regiment Infantry
Item 16119
18th Regiment recruiting poster, Aroostook County, 1862
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1862 Location: Maine Media: Paper
Item 154959
Soldiers Memorial for Company D of 17th regiment Maine Volunteers, 1864
Courtesy of Peter Mack, an individual partner Date: 1864 Location: Maine Media: Ink on paper, lithograph
Exhibit
The War was not going well for the Union and in the summer of 1862, when President Lincoln called for an additional 300,000 troops, it was not a surprise to see so many men enlist in an attempt to bring proper leadership into the Army.
Exhibit
For the Union: Civil War Deaths
More than 9,000 Maine soldiers and sailors died during the Civil War while serving with Union forces. This exhibit tells the stories of a few of those men.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865
"… Artillery, a Civil War regiment organized as the 18th Maine Infantry, returned to Bangor in September 1865, greeted by a large crowd."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4
"By the end of the 18th century, townspeople asked that the area be incorporated. Governor Caleb Strong, of Massachusetts, decreed on January 31…"
