Keywords: 1st Me.
Item 6041
Encampment of the 1st Brigade, Augusta, 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885-08-05 Location: Augusta Media: Lithograph
Item 18044
1st Maine Cavalry Encampment menu, 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917-08-18 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 74289
Assessor's Record, 64-66 Salem Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: 1st National Bank Use: Land only
Item 99144
20-22 Poland Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Deering Hall Co. / Red Mens' Hall Use: School & Red Mens' Hall
Item 116613
Mrs. Welch house alterations, Portland, 1938
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938 Location: Portland Client: F. B. W. Welch Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
John P. Sheahan, 1st Maine Cavalry, 31st Maine Infantry
John P. Sheahan of Dennysville served in the 1st Maine Cavalry from August 1862 until March 1864 when he was commissioned as a lieutenant in Co. E of the 31st Maine Infantry. His letters reveal much about the life of a soldier, including political views and thoughts about the war.
Exhibit
The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865
"1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The 1st Maine Heavy…"
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War
"He was enlisted in company L, the 1st of Maine’s Cavalry. Edward died from his wounds at the Battle of Petersburg."
Story
November 1st on Horseshoe Pond
by Susan Mancine
A poem about the loss of three elderly relatives
Story
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
