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Item 70733

Civil War Infantry first sergeant, Bangor ca. 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1861 Media: Carte de visite

Item 72857

Last letter from Sergeant Walter Rounds, 1865

Contributed by: Diana Letellier: Family Letters through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-01-16 Location: Richmond Media: Ink on paper

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Item 73114

Sergeant Walter Rounds Letter, VA, 1863

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1863-11-19 Location: Petersburg; Richmond; Baldwin; Charleston Media: Pencil on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Granville Sparrow, 17th Maine Volunteers, ca. 1863

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.

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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.

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Guarding Maine Rail Lines

Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.

Site Pages

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… during this engagement On Iwo Jima Island, now “Sergeant” Trafton, was a member of the FIFTH Amphibious Corps that landed under withering fire and…"

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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Jones (at right) strikes a military pose and looks determinedly into the camera of a photographer whose painted backdrop depicts an army camp scene…"