Keywords: U.S. Civil War
Item 31599
U.S. Grant post #143 charter, Biddeford, 1885
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1885-08-14 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper with gold foil, in frame
Item 100465
U.S. Infantry Tactic Manual, Scarborough, 1861
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: 1861-05-01 Location: Scarborough Media: Ink on paper
Item 151453
Barracks in Togus, Chelsea, 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1935 Location: Chelsea; Eastport Client: Eastern Branch N.H.D.V.S. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Civil War Soldiers Impact Pittsfield
Although not everyone in town supported the war effort, more than 200 Pittsfield men served in Civil War regiments. Several reminders of their service remain in the town.
Exhibit
Presque Isle and the Civil War
Presque Isle had fewer than 1,000 residents in 1860, but it still felt the impact of the Civil War. About half of the town's men went off to war. Of those, a third died. The effects of the war were widespread in the small community.
Site Page
"Theresa Clifford "How does this topic connect to you in your life today?" Without the Civil War most African Americans and even women would not have…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford
"U.S. Flagship Hartford A recreation of a possible piece of correspondence of a shipman: Gunboat Kennebec Off Thomaston Maine April 23,1862 Dear…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
