Maine Memory Network

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

"… of the battle was to force the Confederates to retreat to their next line of defense; the Rappahannock River."

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… themselves alone on the battle field, they too retreated. Those officers included Major Chamberlain, whose grandson, Joshua, became a hero in the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… fencing in an effort to create a picturesque retreat. In the 1930s this place became known as the Gregory Inn and was operated as a hotel by the…"

Frye Island Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… insisted that although “the spirit of prayer and retreat must be most dear to us,” that spirit “would never withdraw us from these works of mercy.”…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… Among the earliest of the Boston rusticators to retreat to Mount Desert Island each summer was landscape engineer Joseph Henry Curtis (1841-1928)."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"The retreat from this second conflict was so complete that settlers did not return until around 1715."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… roads and houses on the hillsides in place of the retreating forest. Then, at last, a beautiful town, the center of a prosperous region, the happy…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… the first on the island to develop as a summer retreat. In 1857 the Rockland's Captain, Charles Deering, added Bar Harbor to his stops."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… disappointed by seeing the coat tails of the retreating foes, streaming in a horizontal line from their bodies, where their wearers were going…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… unwelcome guests for nearly three days before retreating down river. The selectmen had no idea how they would pay the sum of the bond to the…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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