Keywords: Civil War prisons
Item 28471
William Henry Fogg Civil War Reminiscences, Bath, 1888
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1888 Location: Bath; Richmond Media: Ink on paper
Item 19252
Andersonville Prison, J.B. Walker, lithograph, ca. 1864
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Andersonville Media: Paper
Exhibit
Mainers have been held prisoners in conflicts fought on Maine and American soil and in those fought overseas. In addition, enemy prisoners from several wars have been brought to Maine soil for the duration of the war.
Exhibit
Civil War Soldiers Impact Pittsfield
Although not everyone in town supported the war effort, more than 200 Pittsfield men served in Civil War regiments. Several reminders of their service remain in the town.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War
"Ames on January 10, 1864. He went to prison in the same year. People say that he died in prison in the state of Georgia on March 3, 1865."
Site Page
Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812
"… whose grandson, Joshua, became a hero in the Civil War. The elder Chamberlain was a shipbuilder from Orrington and lost two ships in the Battle of…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
