Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"… States military and even a few who served in the Confederate Army, we realized that the Civil War had a dramatic effect on the people of our area."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… captured in Virginia and died in November in the Confederate prison camp in Salisbury, North Carolina. Sgt. Nelson W."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He was discharged from the United States Army in November, 1863, and he was married to Myra T. Ames on January 10, 1864."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… union and abolishing slavery by waging war with Confederate States of America and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice

"Before the battle began, General McDowell called 5,000 men to guard the rear of the army. After Union guns were captured, the Union Army was forced…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ After being released by the Confederates, he was left in Middletown until he could be moved in August 1862."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"In response, President Abraham Lincoln sent out a call for a volunteer army from every state in the Union. The Civil War had begun."

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.

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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