Keywords: Heavy Artillery
Item 101170
1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1865-09-17 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper
Item 80823
Co. H, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Memorial, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Media: Lithograph
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865
"1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The 1st Maine Heavy…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 8, pages 135-150
"… Thomas Transport ship John Rice 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Col. Russell B. Shepherd Fenian Brotherhood Fenian uniform John Lynde Jim Ham Bill…"
Story
The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona
Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.
