Keywords: 2nd Maine Regiment
Item 34467
Company A, Second Regiment, Maine Volunteers, 1861
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 80799
2nd Maine Regiment flag fragment, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Media: Silk, cloth
Exhibit
Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army
Sgt. Charles Bridges of Co. B of the 2nd Maine Infantry was close to the end of his two years' enlistment in early 1863 when he took advantage of an opportunity for advancement by seeking and getting a commission as an officer in the 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteers.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family
"… to West Point and graduated in 1869 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US 7th Cavalry Regiment. In 1872, Porter became a 1st lieutenant and fought in…"
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War
"E 24th Maine Inf. & Co. L 2nd Maine. Cavalry. He was married to Alma Weymouth, who died in 1881. He later married Mary A. Toothaker who died in 1909."
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
