Maine Memory Network

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."

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."

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."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Agrarian laws designed to “confiscate land holdings and redistribute them to the landless”, temporarily freed many from traditional societal…"

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."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"RANGER who served as a private soldier in the Civil War in the fifty-third Mass. Infantry and the sixth Maine Battery light artillery."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… and exposed approximately three thousand soldiers to the potential of the region. Many of these men either stayed or returned to the area after…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"At a time when wool was needed in the manufacture of soldiers’ uniforms, Maine had little wool to give."

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…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Avery became the first Lubec soldier killed in action (Battle of Fredericksburg) 1864 – 1874 • Period of great commercial prosperity 1865 • Peak of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Hugh Stewart, a Revolutionary soldier, was the first Stewart here, bringing his family with him. Butler’s History of Farmington tells us he “built a…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"By the end of the war 14 soldiers had been wounded, with 26 killed in battle or having died in hospital."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Bangor soldiers saw action at Bull Run, Manassas, Antietam, Port Hudson, Irish Bend, Fredericksburg, and Cold Harbor among others."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Just to the west of the downtown, the Soldiers’ Monument (1867) and the Sagadahoc County Courthouse (1869) were constructed at the intersection of…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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