Maine Memory Network

Putnam payment for conscription substitute, Houlton, 1864

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1864-05-04 Location: Houlton Media: Paper

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Feeley substitute for conscription, Bangor, 1863

Contributed by: Cary Library Date: 1863-09-03 Location: Bangor; Houlton Media: Ink on paper

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Presque Isle and the Civil War

Presque Isle had fewer than 1,000 residents in 1860, but it still felt the impact of the Civil War. About half of the town's men went off to war. Of those, a third died. The effects of the war were widespread in the small community.

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.

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… Hansen Bruns (1863-1910) left Denmark to avoid conscription into the army. He was nineteen years old when he arrived in Portland in 1883."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… were in the army, either voluntarily or conscription. A part of the female portion still remained, but the greater part had gone to Richmond. A…"

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down