Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… would prevent me from going further? Would the disease kill me eventually? In the end, no one ended up being killed due to fighting in the war…"

Early Maine Photography - War

"… with those of several young men who served in the Civil War. Simon Dearborn of Monmouth joined the staff of his illustrious uncle, General Henry…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Throughout the war overcrowding, disease, and hunger plagued the prisoners. Andersonville Prison Above is a sketch of Andersonville Prison as it…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier By Mrs. Snow's and Mr. Cole's 7th Grade Classes at Blue Hill Consolidated School John Edward Horton was born…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"His son, Charles, was the person who built the Civil War monument at the merging of Routes 2 and 6, in honor of his father, even though Jacob never…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… be able to have a shelter from the weather and diseases. If the store didn’t exist back then people couldn’t build houses, and there would be no…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"In total, 17 Surry men died in the Civil War. It was a terrible toll, one that had to have caused great sadness and grief among those remaining in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Others are more surprising: who was inoculated against diseases and how, types of fruit trees and other plants that Martin grew and how he took care…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"In earlier times, if someone had an internal disease, say they had cancer, doctors would not know how to treat them."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"He returned to Bath and died from disease. Another person from Bath who wrote letters to home was William H. Fog."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Second Generation & Permanent Structures at Asticou

"Samuel Tyler Savage in his Civil War UniformNortheast Harbor Library One result of this very high mortality rate -- Augustus Chase Savage…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… based European settlement until after the Civil War, although Acadians had lived along the St."

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"The Civil War (1861-1865) also encouraged both the growth of the medical profession in the United States and the government’s investment in it for…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… 1135 Washington Street due to a life-threatening disease at age 82. As previously stated, George Davenport requested in his will that the City Hall…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"He would donate a Civil War Monument to the park if it was cleaned up and the bandstand was removed. The cleanup began."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The War of 1812, Civil War and WWI took the men out of the fields, leaving farm hands in short supply."

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