Keywords: Civil War volunteers
Item 100744
List of Civil War soldiers, Pittsfield, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Central Institute Date: 1864-04-15 Location: Pittsfield Media: Ink on paper
Item 68977
Greene Civil Defense first aid team, Auburn, 1957
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1957-05-26 Location: Auburn; Greene Media: Photographic print
Item 111555
Barracks in Togus, Chelsea, 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1935 Location: Chelsea; Eastport Client: Eastern Branch N.H.D.V.S. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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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.
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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.
Site Page
"I think all the people that fought in the Civil War were really brave. One of the men that was part of the Civil War from Lincoln was William…"
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"The Civil War had begun. Maine responded vigorously by supplying the U.S. Army and Navy with more men proportionately than any other state."
Story
Rev James Wells Appointment as Chaplain for Maine in Civil War
by David Woodward
Certificate for Rev. Wells commissioned by Gov. Israel Washburn Jr. to serve in Maine 11th Regiment
