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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Bangor Soldiers and Prisoner of War Camps Bangor residents in other Maine Company's like Pvt. Alden Ellis, Lieutenant George Anson and George Varney…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"Bangor and the Civil War Resources “Anderson Prison.” Civil War Trust. Civilwar.org, n.d. Web. 5/23/2012."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"By 1942, what was once Bangor Municipal Airport became Dow Air Force Base through which thousands of soldiers passed."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Civil War era soldier's garb, ca. 1866

"Civil War era soldier's garb, ca. 1866 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description In a "Scrap & Sketch…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"Three Civil War Letters Civil War Envelope, 1861Bangor Historical Society By Dana Lippitt, Curator, Bangor Historical Society On April 15…"

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

"… at Mount Hope Cemetery that honors the 236 soldiers from Bangor who died in the war (only fifty-five names were actually carved into the monument)…"

Bangor Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"An Illustrated History of Bangor, Maine. Bangor: Bangor Bi-Centennial Committee, 1976. Print. Bangor Chamber of Commerce. Bangor, The Center of Maine."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860

"… "in the free states" before 1861 when the Civil War began. Martin, on page 114 of the "Scrap & Sketch Book" that he began in 1864, described the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier transport ships, Bangor, 1865

"… residents, awaited the arrival of returning Civil War soldiers in September 1865. Martin, an accountant and shopkeeper who wrote and illustrated…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldiers' Monument, Bangor, 1864

"John Martin (1823-1904), an accountant and shopkeeper in Bangor, drew this illustration of the monument and wrote in the Scrap and Sketch Book he…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"… that accompanies the drawing that when the Civil War broke out in 1861, Daniel Chaplin, a clerk for Thurston & Metcalf used part of the building…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Knights Templar member, Bangor, 1864

"… of their appearance at the consecration of the Soldiers' Monument at Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor on June 17, 1864."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864

"The Bangor Cornet Band was part of the procession into the cemetery and performed during the ceremonies."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"… are daguerreotypes of Revolutionary War soldiers Conrad Heyer of Waldoboro and the Reverend John Sawyer of Bangor."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Capt. L. J. Morse, Co. A, Maine State Guard, Bangor, 1864

"John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, drew the illustration of Morse on page 25 in his 1864 "Scrap and Sketch Book." He…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Co. B, Maine State Guard member, Bangor, 1864

"… Guard participated in the consecration of the Soldiers' Monument at Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor on June 17, 1864."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… interests and reveals the deep divisions in Civil War Bangor and environs. To make the Scrap & Sketch Book more easily accessible, it is broken…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 534-603

"… the outbreak of the Civil War, and the effects of soldiers in Bangor and the war on local businesses; and his wife's serious illness and medical…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"He went to war when he was fourteen to be a drummer boy. There was already a drummer boy, so he fought along side his father, Thomas S. Libby."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… politics, dance and music, religion, the Civil War era, Irish in Bangor, family life, medicine and illness, and, the inner workings of various…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134

"… on Soldiers" in which he described what Civil War soldiers wore and carried and how little prepared Mainers were to be soldiers in 1861."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… Honors 2 Soldiers for Bravery in Somalia." Bangor Daily News (Bangor) 5 April 2010. "Gary Gordon." Web. Editorial. 23 May 1994."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"B.J.'s General Store in Mattawamkeag was rented out to the Army to house black soldiers who guarded the rail during that time."