Keywords: Alabama
Item 22421
Kearsarge and the Alabama, ca. 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Cherbourg Media: Oil on canvas
Item 100329
Eunice Sewall to sister on school, Choctaw County, Alabama, 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863-12-11 Media: Ink on paper
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George Henry Preble of Portland, nephew of Edward Preble who was known as the father of the U.S. Navy, temporarily lost his command during the Civil War when he was charged with failing to stop a Confederate ship from getting through the Union blockade at Mobile.
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Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.
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"… to the textile production centers of Georgia and Alabama, where the help was cheaper and the raw materials were grown next door."
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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3
"… Greek Revival house is believed to be the Mobile, Alabama home of Kiah Bailey Sewall and his wife Lucretia Bailey Sewall, the daughter of Portland…"
