Keywords: 18th Regiment Infantry
Item 16119
18th Regiment recruiting poster, Aroostook County, 1862
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1862 Media: Paper
Item 15806
Memorial Print for Lt. Albert G. Abbott, 1864
Contributed by: Kings Landing Historical Settlement Date: 1864-06-18 Location: Fredericton; Petersburg Media: Lithograph
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
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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John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865
"… Artillery, a Civil War regiment organized as the 18th Maine Infantry, returned to Bangor in September 1865, greeted by a large crowd."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4
"By the end of the 18th century, townspeople asked that the area be incorporated. Governor Caleb Strong, of Massachusetts, decreed on January 31…"