Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"Many of the town's male residents prepared for war. The Military Road through Lincoln was the main avenue of transportation for most of the troops…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"Soldier's Monument X "How did the Civil war impact your life? Your future? Or future as a town?" The Civil War impacted my life because, when I…"

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."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"BUSINESSES HERRING BROTHERS Text by: Deven Martin, Kyla Desmarais, Sam Thomas Eighth Grade Students of Piscataquis Community Middle School Images…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 1 of 3

"BUSINESSES History of Businesses by: Piscataquis Community Middle School 8th Grade students Included in the next 3 pages: Davis Brothers…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"SPORTS Basketball Luke Nadeau, Matt Stone Mr. Webb Pirates Basketball was a very big sport in the 1900s. Over the years they won 10 championships."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"MANUFACTURING Interface Fabrics By Matt Stone and Luke Nadeau Images from the Guilford Historical Society Guilford Woolen Mills, ca."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 3 of 3

"EVENTS Log Drives (Text pending) Hardwood Products, Guilford, ca. 1930Guilford Historical Society Annual River Drive, Guilford, ca."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"BUILDINGS The Oldest House in Guilford Oldest House in Guilford, ca. 1880Guilford Historical Society Text by Belle-Natalie Wingert and Elaine…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"Some of the soldiers didn’t come back and that would have a negative effect on those who knew them. There could have been memories between people…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"Although becoming a soldier wasn’t his original plan, when he went to sign up for drummer boy he learned that drummer boy was already possessed by…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"was a soldier in the Civil War from Lincoln. He was born in 1832, and he died in action in Petersburg, Virginia in June of 1864."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"This was in the front window of Weatherbee's Hardware Store on Main Street during the war. The back of the photo mentions some of the soldiers…"

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

"… 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 veil…"

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

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

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"A Revolutionary Was soldier, Col. Jonathan Holman of Sutton, Massachusetts, had heard reports and was spurred on to explore what would become the…"

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."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"He was responsible for the upkeep of the Wells-Brunswick road and helped transport soldiers to the Brunswick fort."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… Assembled.” “We the Subscribers, having been soldiers at Fort Pownall and now settled at a Place called Magebaggadeuce on the Eastern Side of the…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… junior, Olin became a distinguished Civil War soldier and ended the war six years later as a lieutenant in the South leading African-American…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Ammunition Case

"A soldier whose name goes untold, and we know that there is a story behind the case that we will never be able to obtain."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tillson Testimonial

"On July 21st Henry was among the soldiers at the first battle of Bull Run. Henry was among the soldiers killed when the Confederates drove the Unions…"

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

"Women and men who remained home started a Soldier Relief Society, and supplies were sent to sick and infirmed Soldiers on the frontlines."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"So many Maine soldiers perished or migrated as a result of the War that the rural population was affected."