Maine Memory Network

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

"On November 30, 1864, he died in the regimental hospital and was buried at Barrancas National Cemetery in Florida in grave 5-0-535. Alanson F."

John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865

"The illustration shows how the regiment appeared as it marched through Main Street in Bangor on its return."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… was created by an act of the Legislature on March 15, 1899. A corporation of seven townspeople was formed to construct and administer the system…"

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.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… Parker, Artificer, First Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, ca. 1863Mount Desert Island Historical Society Soon something much worse happened which…"

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

"Often the regiments spent their time building forts and roads. As told in the letter, a corduroy road--a road of parallel logs packed with sand and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… of the Police and a battalion of the 5th Regiment.” The Portland Brass Band accompanied them and crowds cheered as they marched along."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… out that they already had a drummer boy in his regiment, he got a gun and fought. Thomas and I have a major connection."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… there were “Rumford men in nearly every Maine regiment raised down to the close of the war... It is believed that no other town in the county…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… followed the rush of enlistments and departure of regiments. His descriptions and newspaper clippings about the celebrations in Bangor of the war's…"

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

"… becoming Captain of the E Company of the 8th regiment of Maine on October 19, 1863. Once he returned to the area, he became the postmaster of the…"