Maine Memory Network

Alonzo Garcelon to Israel Washburn on regimental surgeons, 1861

Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1861-04-24 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper

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2nd Maine Regiment flag fragment, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Media: Silk, cloth

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8th Maine Regimental Assoc. property, S. Side 8th Maine Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: 8th Maine Regimental Assoc. Use: Summer Dwelling

Fifth Maine Regimental Mem. Society property, S. Side Seashore Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Fifth Maine Regimental Mem. Society Use: Summer Dwelling

Mrs. Welch house alterations, Portland, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938 Location: Portland Client: F. B. W. Welch Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Maine's 20th Regiment

The War was not going well for the Union and in the summer of 1862, when President Lincoln called for an additional 300,000 troops, it was not a surprise to see so many men enlist in an attempt to bring proper leadership into the Army.

Maine and the Civil War - Regiments: Images, Documents

"The choice of regiments is determined largely by available collections of images and documents. The page will be updated as material is digitized and…"

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… Oxford University Press, 1995 Civil War Regiments from Maine, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlin, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, reprint 2003…"

Rev James Wells Appointment as Chaplain for Maine in Civil War
by David Woodward

Certificate for Rev. Wells commissioned by Gov. Israel Washburn Jr. to serve in Maine 11th Regiment

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.