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Keywords: 18th Regiment
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Item 16119
Title: 18th Regiment recruiting poster, Aroostook County, 1862
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
Date: 1862
Media: paper
Item 33711
Title: W. C. Clark of the 18th Maine, 1861
Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society
Date: 1861
Location: Brewer; Hampden; Lincoln
Media: photograph
Item 82152
Title: James Parker, Artificer, First Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Date: circa 1863
Media: Photograph
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For the Union: Civil War Deaths
More than 9,000 Maine soldiers and sailors died during the Civil War while serving with Union forces. This exhibit tells the stories of a few of those men.
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Britain was especially interested in occupying Maine during the Colonial era to take advantage of the timber resources. The tall, straight, old growth white pines were perfect for ships' masts to help supply the growing Royal Navy.