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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… out West drew away many Maine farmers, and the Civil War (1860-1864) marked an end to the age of East coast shipping and reliance on forest…"

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"From 1816 to the Civil War, the town saw a steady increase in population. Businesses flourished, schools were instituted, and the people seemed to be…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… the children and household chores when they went home. The work was dangerous and many children lost fingers on the cutting tables." Civil War"

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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… Republican, was a fraternal organization of union Civil War veterans. The youngest would have been 60 in 1911, assuming a 14 year old fighting in…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"After the Civil War, Aroostook County, in general, and Presque Isle, in particular, found economic prosperity in the starch industry."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… studies classes contributed to the John Horton Civil War exhibit. The Bay School . The mission of The Bay School, rooted in the Waldorf tradition…"

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"Two of these wars, the Civil War and World War II were without question the costliest in terms of manpower and materiel."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… Weekly sent Homer to the front lines of the Civil War with General McClellan’s army where he sketched battle scenes and camp life."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Merrill, a Civil War veteran, recalled the days when Scarborough was a well-known shipbuilding center."

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Skowhegan History House

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Maine State Museum

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Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"Lapham states in War of the Rebellion: The Civil War of 1861-1865, that there were “Rumford men in nearly every Maine regiment raised down to the…"

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Westport Island History Committee

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… would have been supporting the efforts of the Civil War, probably an expensive venture. There is also a large rock that one of the cables of the…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… a few years of the second fire, the events of the Civil War called away so many young men that the school once again declined and did not regain…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Co., who had donated the land to the town for the Civil War Soldiers’ monument. Click on the photo below then zoom in left center and see her…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"The Civil War shut down southern markets for fish and ice and insurance rates skyrocketed from Confederate predation on Yankee trading vessels."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… where 44-46 Black Point Road is today. During the Civil War, the Oak Hill station was a busy shipping point for horses and livestock for the Union…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… government money stimulated industry, and the Civil War increased fish prices. Better fishing practices were also adopted; around 1871 the hook and…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Nearly 2,700 men from Bangor served during the Civil War, 236 of whom did not return home to their city on the Penobscot."

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St. Croix Historical Society

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