Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… Surry paid a town bounty of $22,948 to the Union cause. Eighteen Surry men served in the First Maine Heavy Artillery."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"During the Civil War, A.C. also served in the Union Navy as a Capt on the revenue cutter USS Delaware patrolling the Potomac River."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Six more children were born of this union, two of whom were William and Cyrus. Three of Richard’s children, Rufus, William and Cyrus, became major…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… Sanford Smith from Trenton, Maine, across Union River Bay, on March 5, 1859, when Phebe was 17."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… to be allowed to settle between the Penobscot and Union Rivers. The petition met the King's approval, so on March 2, 1762 the petitioners were…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"And enters the union as 23rd state on March 15. • Road to East Machias completed • Stage coaches for passengers run by William Chaloner who also kept…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… secessionists and looked, if at all, upon a Union soldier with scorn. As soon as we took possession, the blacks were set to work on the street…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… Compromise that permitted Maine to enter the Union as a free state. Cyrus, a jurist and orator, served two terms in Congress and William led the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… delivered a speech to the Maine Chautauqua Union in Fryeburg, Maine on the resources and future of Aroostook County."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"1880Farmington Historical Society Union School in Farmington Falls Farmington combined efforts with Chesterville and formed a Union School."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… in 1861, over 200 men aged 18 to 40 entered the Union Army – one for every 12 inhabitants. On December 14, 1862, Albion K.P."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… a small airfield from two farms on outer Union Street. Bangor would not be left behind in the age of the aircraft! Commercial flights began by 1931…"

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