Maine Memory Network

Company A, Second Regiment, Maine Volunteers, 1861

Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

First Connecticut Infantry Troops at Fort Knox, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1898 Location: Prospect Media: Photographic print

First Tenth Twenty-ninth Regiment Association property, Island Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: First Tenth Twenty-ninth Regiment Association Use: Club House

First Tenth Twenty-ninth Regiment Association property, N. Side Island Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: First Tenth Twenty-ninth Regiment Association Use: Kitchen

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.

Civil War Soldiers Impact Pittsfield

Although not everyone in town supported the war effort, more than 200 Pittsfield men served in Civil War regiments. Several reminders of their service remain in the town.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… in 1869 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US 7th Cavalry Regiment. In 1872, Porter became a 1st lieutenant and fought in Indian warfare on the American…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"On November 30, 1864, he died in the regimental hospital and was buried at Barrancas National Cemetery in Florida in grave 5-0-535. Alanson F."

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.

My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima