Keywords: Regimental marches
Item 79275
Pvt. Leonard Jordan to mother, Leesburg, Va., 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Leesburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 79451
John W. Day letter on end of war, Georgia, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands
"… the Civil War, when members served as the First Regimental Band. Daniel Chandler and other musicians s split from the Portland Band in 1873, when…"
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War
"On November 30, 1864, he died in the regimental hospital and was buried at Barrancas National Cemetery in Florida in grave 5-0-535. Alanson F."
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865
"The illustration shows how the regiment appeared as it marched through Main Street in Bangor on its return."
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.
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
