Keywords: Enlistments
Item 100906
J.C. Connor letter about Civil War enlistments, Pittsfield, 1864
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1864-07-05 Location: Pittsfield Media: Ink on paper
Item 100281
Zebulon Knight enlistment receipt, Scarborough, 1864
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1864 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper
Item 150947
Sketch for Maternity Hospital, Portland, ca. 1914
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson
Item 151712
Leighton Block, Portland, 1915-1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1915–1917 Location: Portland Client: Adam P. Leighton Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Belfast During the Civil War: The Home Front
Belfast residents responded to the Civil War by enlisting in large numbers, providing relief from the home front to soldiers, defending Maine's shoreline, and closely following the news from soldiers and from various battles.
Exhibit
The War was not going well for the Union and in the summer of 1862, when President Lincoln called for an additional 300,000 troops, it was not a surprise to see so many men enlist in an attempt to bring proper leadership into the Army.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century
"Many enlisted; others were drafted. Still others went to work in shipyards in Bath and South Portland and to other states."
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"Olin enlisted to serve in the Civil War at age 15. Several years Phebe’s junior, Olin became a distinguished Civil War soldier and ended the war six…"
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.
Story
USCG Boot Camp Experience, Vietnam War era
by Peter S. Morgan, Jr.
"Letters to the Wall" Memorial Day
