Maine Memory Network

George E. Brown, Fifth Maine Regiment, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall, Peaks Island, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Fifth Maine Regimental Mem. Society property, S. Side Seashore Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Fifth Maine Regimental Mem. Society Use: Summer Dwelling

Maine's 20th Regiment

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.

For the Union: Civil War Deaths

More than 9,000 Maine soldiers and sailors died during the Civil War while serving with Union forces. This exhibit tells the stories of a few of those men.

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 12 of 17

"… 1912Fifth Maine Regiment Museum B Company, Fifth Maine Infantry Regiment, served as the most Biddeford dense Maine company during the Civil War. B…"