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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"In addition many former soldiers left our communities to settle elsewhere, including lands in the western United States."

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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…"

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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…"

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

"Three Civil War Letters By the date of his third letter, the Regiment had participated at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Chantilly and…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 13 of 17

"… by so doing we can contribute in the least to soften the hard labor before you.” Read a transcription of this letter, "Soldiers of Biddeford" "

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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"War As the Civil War began in 1861, the ambrotype was joined by the tintype as a form of photography "popular with soldiers and camp photographers…"

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

"Small, Harold A. The Road to Richmond: the Civil War letters of Major Abner R. Small. New York: Fordham University Press, 2000. Smith, Ned."

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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…"

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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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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"Knopf, 2007 Some Civil War Soldiers of Northwestern Maine, http://www.oocities.org/barbour1048/CWsoldiers.htm Elizabeth Anne Chase Akers Allen."

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… house teaching the pupils one-on-one to know the letters and to say the catechism. The catechism, which contained 100 questions and answers…"

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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… Ross, an agent to General David Cobb, wrote a letter to General Cobb who was then President of the Massachusetts State Senate."

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Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"“ Claude L. Bonsey Flag Letter, Surry, 1952Surry Historical Society Harry G. Carter Flag Letter, Surry, 1952Surry Historical Society"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"Civil War Soldiers' Monument postcard, Bath, ca. 1940Patten Free Library According to Allison Hepler, the Soldiers' Monument was built to honor…"

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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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Bangor Historical Society

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

"Many letters exist today written to Ms. Greenleaf, thanking her for her generosity. One is from an Augustus Vaughn who was from the area, and…"

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

"… 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 lifting the…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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