Keywords: Physicians in the military
Item 65096
Request for prisoner exchange, Litchfield, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-10-12 Location: Litchfield; Hilton Head; Charleston Media: Ink on paper
Item 69871
Surgeon request to join regiment, Augusta, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-12-17 Location: Augusta; Lowell Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Rumford's Notable Citizens in the Civil War
A number of Rumford area residents played important roles during the Civil War -- and in the community afterwards. Among these are William King Kimball, who commanded the 12th Maine for much of the war.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2
"When news reached Bangor, physicians were dispatched to the scene. The next day, spectators and photographers flocked to the site of the wreck…"
Site Page
Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies
"This merchant physician was known as a ruthless debt collector and given the amount of legal records contained in the Kennebec Proprietors collection…"
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.
