Maine Memory Network

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.

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

"Sprague, Homer B. Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons: A Personal Experience. New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1915. U.S."

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

"Military Prison in Richmond, Virginia. From there, he was transferred to a prison in Salisbury, North Carolina on October 9, 1864."

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."

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"… but he was in attendance at the execution of a Confederate Captain, who had killed a guard in an escape attempt. After the war Mr."

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. He went to prison in the…"