Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Madame Nordica concert poster, ca. 1897

"… for a Lillian Nordica concert at the Coliseum in Richmond, Indiana, April 19, 1897. The year is not certain, but Nordica undertook a tour of the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"… the capture of the Confederate capital, Richmond. The Union and Journal published the following message on April 7th, “The bells of Biddeford and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Arcy Cary Bradford's gigot sleeve wedding dress, ca. 1829 - Page 1 of 2

"… Arcy Cary wore this dress when she married Richmond Bradford in 1829. The beige silk dress features the fashionable gigot sleeve, which are lined…"

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

"Jeffry, William H. Richmond Prison 1861-1862. St. Johnsbury, Vermont: The Republican Press, 1893. Narrative of Privations And Sufferings of United…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"The siege of Richmond has commenced. We arrived here Sunday noon after a march of six miles, and went right to work felling trees and making rifle…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"Now we have steamers City of Richmond, Lewiston, Mt. Desert, Little Buttercup, Acadia, and Queen City of Bangor all running to and from this port.”…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76

"… Glassblowers exhibition Fort Sumter Capture of Richmond, Petersburg Lee's surrender Bangor victory "parade" Gorham L. Boynton Israel B."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… tintype of bearded Captain William Blanchard of Richmond is a reminder of that Kennebec River town’s flourishing pre Civil War shipbuilding…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Fishermen who went toward Richmond Island stopped at a place called Deep Ledge and those from the Spurwink River would fish along that part of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… 1987 “Kennebec Journal Staff Photographer Catches Richmond-Dresden Bridge Collapse.” Kennebec Journal, 13 Mar."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Home of John Moreland Cummings, Richmond's Island, ca. 1855Maine Historical Society An ambrotype of Richmond’s Island in Cape Elizabeth shows the…"

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… in the Kennebec River at Swan Island opposite Richmond. These daguerreotypes of young Sarah were preserved in the Richards family until they were…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… reports that his unit was preparing to march in Richmond, Virginia, which was just 6 miles away. George Pepper, unlike his brother Joseph, did not…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Libby prison was located in Richmond, Virginia. Ironically, Libby prison was named after Luther Libby who was a Maine native."

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."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"What a great day that was, it was Richmond vs. us, the game was played in Pittsfield, and we won 3-1! There’s kind of a funny story to this game that…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… behind the breakwater at the northeast side of Richmond Island at Cape Elizabeth until morning and then continue on to Portland."

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"… 1987 “Kennebec Journal Staff Photographer Catches Richmond-Dresden Bridge Collapse.” Kennebec Journal, 13 Mar."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… in short time and shall walk our way through to Richmond. Well I must wind up so goodby this time Yours truly Fred H Rogers 4th Maine Reg."

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… Society After several years of living in Richmond, Virginia, Elizabeth returned to Portland in 1874."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… of what the flood had caused was the destroyed Richmond-Dresden toll bridge. The cost of the damage was a total of $260,000."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"By 1870, Jeremiah’s son Charles Richmond (C.R.) Loring, who lived in Brunswick, was the last Loring family member to own Skyline Farm."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… 24 at the Second Battle of Deep Bottom outside of Richmond, Virginia on August 16, 1864. He died of his wounds at Chesapeake Hospital, Fort Monroe…"