Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… before being killed at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. He is buried with 103 other Maine soldiers in the National Cemetery at Gettysburg."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… native, who practiced in Portland from 1851 to 1863. The Maine Historical Society owns Alexander’s 1856 rendering of Bramhall, the Western…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… approved by Governor Abner Coburn on March 25, 1863. It called attention to the suffering of public education in Maine due to an overwhelming…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"Among those pictured – George A. Savage (1863-1922, son of A.C. and Emily Savage, and father of Charles K."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"An 1863 anonymous correspondent to the Hallowell Gazette recalled the excitement generated by the book trade: We were decidedly a reading people."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"March 23 1863 Dear Mother Last nights Mail brought the ever welcome letter and the cheering tidings of “all well at home” and thanks to A Kind…"

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

"Ms. Greenleaf taught during 1863 – 1864, and most likely other years around this time. She had a class of twenty-three students ranging in ages from…"

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

"In 1863 the Covered Bridge was being built at the East Village and New Portland would have been supporting the efforts of the Civil War, probably an…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"In 1863, the legislature passed an act to build two normal schools in Maine. An attempt was made to establish one in Hampden in direct connection…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"In 1863 he sold it to Howland and Donnell, who had both been his apprentices and journeymen. Davis Hatch had a business selling boots and shoes at…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… having replaced the Universalist Church razed in 1863. The prosperity of these times not only brought more workers to the shipyards of Bath, but…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"In 1863 the railroad issued bonds and raised enough capital to extend the line to Vanceboro, on the Canadian border, and connect with the New…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… who also served as Maine's 30th Governor in 1863-64, was additionally president of the Kennebec Log Driving Company."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture.) 1863 Franklin Co. Agricultural Newsletter This newsletter shows the many categories for judging at…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"The house’s ell, built c. 1863, was of the most modern and efficient designs of that time. There were separate areas for grain and corn storage, a…"

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.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"When it was established on October 9, 1863 its name was Western State Normal School and it opened in August 1864 as such."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"During the October 17, 1863 town meeting, residents voted to increase the pay to $325 for each man who volunteered to fill Islesboro’s quota of…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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