Keywords: Military discipline
Item 66034
Nathaniel French to Alonzo Garcelon on Portland hospital, 1862
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1862 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 34153
John French letter to brother, 1862
Contributed by: Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Date: 1862-01-25 Location: Albion Media: Ink on paper
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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
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Surgeon General Alonzo Garcelon
Alonzo Garcelon of Lewiston was a physician, politician, businessman, and civic leader when he became Maine's surgeon general during the Civil War, responsible for ensuring regiments had surgeons, for setting up a regimental hospital in Portland, and generally concerned with the well-being of Maine soldiers.
Site Page
"… clothing? Clothing or dress study is a new discipline. With few exceptions, prior to the mid-20th century, clothing was not collected or considered…"
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society
"… the development of photography as a technology, discipline, art, occupation, cultural phenomenon, and language."
Story
Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
Story
Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
