Maine Memory Network

Lieutenant Alfred E. Nickerson letter, Swanville, 1862

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Swanville Media: Ink on paper

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Lieutenant Henry Fortune holding Turner murder weapon, Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926 Location: Portland Media: Glass negative

Sketch for Maternity Hospital, Portland, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

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

John P. Sheahan, 1st Maine Cavalry, 31st Maine Infantry

John P. Sheahan of Dennysville served in the 1st Maine Cavalry from August 1862 until March 1864 when he was commissioned as a lieutenant in Co. E of the 31st Maine Infantry. His letters reveal much about the life of a soldier, including political views and thoughts about the war.

Capt. Grenville F. Sparrow, 17th Maine

Grenville F. Sparrow of Portland was 25 when he answered Lincoln's call for more troops to fight the Confederates. He enlisted in Co. A of Maine's 17th Volunteer Infantry regiment. He fought in 30 battles between 1862 and the war's end in 1865.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel June 7, 1864. § Participated in the Battle of Trevillian Station June 11-12, 1864."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"In 1872, Porter became a 1st lieutenant and fought in Indian warfare on the American Plains. On June 25, 1876, at age 29, he died at the battle of…"

Nemo's Nightmare of World War I
by Mike and Bryan Luciano

Franklyn J. "Nemo" Burbank of Livermore Falls was our ancestor who fought in World War I.

An allegory about the Vietnam war
by Bill Hinderer

An allegory about my service in the Vietnam War