Keywords: Battle of Portland Harbor
Item 96870
Harrison B. Brown drawing of 'Caleb Cushing,' Portland, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Portland Media: Pencil, paper
Item 8800
Sigsbee's narrative of battle of 'The Maine,' 1899
Contributed by: Portland Public Library Date: 1898-02-15 Location: Havana Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Enemies at Sea, Companions in Death
Lt. William Burrows and Commander Samuel Blyth, commanders of the USS Enterprise and the HMS Boxer, led their ships and crews in Battle in Muscongus Bay on Sept. 5, 1813. The American ship was victorious, but both captains were killed. Portland staged a large and regal joint burial.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"He was mortally wounded at age 24 at the Second Battle of Deep Bottom outside of Richmond, Virginia on August 16, 1864."
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century
"… Officer, was killed by Japanese bombers at the battle of Savo Island, August 28,1942, while serving on the USS Quincy, a Navy cruiser."
Story
Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.
Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide
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.
