Keywords: 22nd Regiment of Maine Infantry
Item 105953
Henry N. Oliver discharge paper, Houlton, 1863
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1863-08-14 Location: Houlton; Bangor Media: Ink on Paper
Item 101218
Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: circa 1867 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper
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Imagery on letterhead soldiers used, on soldiers' memorials produced after the war, and on many other items captured the themes of the American Civil War: union, liberty, and freedom.
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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867
"B of the 22nd Maine Infantry from October 1862 to August 1863. John Martin, a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, wrote of Kimball, "When the 22…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War
"The regiment mustered from Bangor on October 10, 1862. The soldiers were trained for only one day in Washington D.C., so they were fairly unprepared."
