Maine Memory Network

Civil War Monument, Presque Isle, 2013

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 2013 Location: Presque Isle Media: Digital photograph

Civil War soldier's monument, Rumford Center, 1921

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: 1921 Location: Rumford Media: Postcard

Monuments to Civil War Soldiers

Maine supplied a huge number of soldiers to the Union Army during the Civil War -- some 70,000 -- and responded after the war by building monuments to soldiers who had served and soldiers who had died in the epic American struggle.

Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook

Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"Soldier's Monument X "How did the Civil war impact your life? Your future? Or future as a town?" The Civil War impacted my life because, when I…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"Also, Lincoln put up a monument to keep the memory of World War I in this town. The monument is located near Rite Aid in downtown Lincoln."

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.