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Keywords: 1864
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Item 15806
Title: Memorial Print for Lt. Albert G. Abbott, 1864
Contributed by: Kings Landing Historical Settlement
Date: 1864
Location: Fredericton; Petersburg
Media: lithograph
Item 65093
Title: Letter seeking information on POW husband, Saco, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1864
Location: Saco
Media: Ink on paper
Item 65147
Title: Underage soldier request for furlough, Washington, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1864-10-27
Location: Biddeford; Washington
Media: Ink on paper
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John P. Sheahan, 1st Maine Cavalry, 31st Maine Infantry
John P. Sheahan of Dennysville served in the 1st Maine Cavalry from August 1862 until March 1864 when he was commissioned as a lieutenant in Co. E of the 31st Maine Infantry. His letters reveal much about the life of a soldier, including political views and thoughts about the war.
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The Fifth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry was mustered into service in June 1861, only months after the beginning of hostilities.
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The 12th Maine Regiment, organized in November 1861 for three years, served primarily in New Orleans.
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village
The history of a small western Maine community north of Farmington as told by a team consisting of Strong Historical Society, Strong Elementary School, and Strong Public Library. Exhibit topics include Strong's prominence in the wood products industry (it was once the "Toothpick Capital of the World"), the "Bridge that Changed the Map," schools and educational history, clubs and organizations, "Fly Rod" Crosby, the first Maine guide, and a rich student section related to the Civil War and post-Civil War era in the town.
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870
A history of Maine's Swedish Colony in Aroostook County. Project partners include Caribou Public Library, Maine Swedish Colony, New Sweden School, New Sweden Historical Society, Nylander Museum, and Stockholm Historical Society. In addition to a substantive history of the Colony generally, exhibit topics cover specific family histories, Olof Nylander, mills and homes in Stockholm, hand tools, railroads, and more.
Site
The history of a long-time mill town as depicted by seventh and eighth grade students at Mattanawcook Junior High School, with help from Lincoln Historical Society and Lincoln Memorial Library. The site includes exhibits on the paper industry, founding fathers, wartime Lincoln, Main Street, influential institutions, and communication and transportation.