Maine Memory Network

Pittsfield Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"He was a mason soldier of the 4th Me. He was the son of Samuel H., and Sylvanus C. He had a son named Albert S., born June 3, 1936."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… CIVIL WAR (1861-65) Because of the high cost of soldier's bounties to be paid by the city, the war had an overall negative economic impact upon…"

Bangor Historical Society

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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"… are daguerreotypes of Revolutionary War soldiers Conrad Heyer of Waldoboro and the Reverend John Sawyer of Bangor."

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

"Frederick H. Rogers was killed in this battle. His name appears on the Civil War monument at Mount Hope Cemetery that honors the 236 soldiers from…"

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

"They give us a glimpse of the life of a Maine soldier in the Civil War. At the time of Fred’s first letter, the Fourth Maine Regiment had been…"

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 - 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."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"Jacob Stinchfield The Soldier's Monument Dedicated in honor of Jacob Stinchfield, Founding Father of Lincoln X Responses from four students in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"In 1775 he enlisted as a soldier of the Revolution and lost a thumb in the Battle of Bunker Hill. John and Sarah married in Marblehead, Massachusetts."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"The fog was so heavy that the British soldiers were heard, but could not be seen. When General Blake’s men finally saw the British, they were so…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"In addition many former soldiers left our communities to settle elsewhere, including lands in the western United States."

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…"

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."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"On the evening of August 21 the soldiers surprised Chief Bomazeen and his maiden. They killed the woman and a child and Bomazeen ran to warn the…"

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

"Regardless of whether they were from New Portland or not, she knit and sent warm socks to the soldiers. Many letters exist today written to Ms."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… left on Skowhegan Island by one of Arnold's soldiers X The Dead River was mostly all swamp, hard to pass through normally, but now all the…"

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

"Josiah Parker, a Revolutionary War soldier came to the East Village shortly after his discharge from the Army."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… granite, brick, terra-cotta, dentil moldings and soldier bricks. Galen Moses and friends, Bath, ca."

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…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… the state to organize its local militias, Lincoln soldiers became ready. Many of the town's male residents prepared for war."

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."