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Item 7707
Title: Volunteers, Maine Medical Center, 1965
Contributed by: Maine Medical Center Archives
Date: 1965
Location: Portland
Media: Photograph
Item 6334
Title: Portland Federal Volunteers report, 1800
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1800-07-04
Location: Portland
Media: Ink on paper
Item 6041
Title: Encampment of the 1st Brigade, Augusta, 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1885
Location: Augusta
Media: Lithograph
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The Fifth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry was mustered into service in June 1861, only months after the beginning of hostilities.
Exhibit
Capt. Grenville F. Sparrow, 17th Maine
Grenville F. Sparrow of Portland was 25 when he answered Lincoln's call for more troops to fight the Confederates. He enlisted in Co. A of Maine's 17th Volunteer Infantry regiment. He fought in 30 battles between 1862 and the war's end in 1865.
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Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army
Sgt. Charles Bridges of Co. B of the 2nd Maine Infantry was close to the end of his two years' enlistment in early 1863 when he took advantage of an opportunity for advancement by seeking and getting a commission as an officer in the 3rd Regiment U.S. (Colored) Volunteers.