Keywords: 1st Maine Regiment
Item 16119
18th Regiment recruiting poster, Aroostook County, 1862
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1862 Media: Paper
Item 15275
1st Maine Volunteers, Georgia, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898-08-19 Location: Fort Oglethorpe Media: Photographic print
Item 151737
Mrs. Welch house alterations, Portland, 1938
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938 Location: Portland Client: F. B. W. Welch Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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John P. Sheahan, 1st Maine Cavalry, 31st Maine Infantry
John P. Sheahan of Dennysville served in the 1st Maine Cavalry from August 1862 until March 1864 when he was commissioned as a lieutenant in Co. E of the 31st Maine Infantry. His letters reveal much about the life of a soldier, including political views and thoughts about the war.
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Capt. Grenville F. Sparrow, 17th Maine
Grenville F. Sparrow of Portland was 25 when he answered Lincoln's call for more troops to fight the Confederates. He enlisted in Co. A of Maine's 17th Volunteer Infantry regiment. He fought in 30 battles between 1862 and the war's end in 1865.
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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2
"Some Mainers such as Randall Tolman Gammon of Machias joined out-of-state regiments. Private Gammon served in the 39th Massachusetts before…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865
"… and Maine State Museum Description The 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, a Civil War regiment organized as the 18th Maine Infantry, returned to…"
