Keywords: Adjutant General
Item 100402
Letter regarding Pittsfield's Civil War enlistment quotas, Augusta, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Central Institute Date: 1862-09-03 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper
Item 66029
Alonzo Garcelon appointment as Hospital Surgeon, 1861
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1861-04-25 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper
Item 150389
Adjutant General's Office, Augusta, ca. 1888
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1888 Location: Augusta Client: City of Augusta Architect: George M. Coombs
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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
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From Fredericksburg to Appomattox, from August 1862 to June 1865, the 17th Maine Infantry Regiment's raw, untrained and undisciplined recruits soon learned to be soldiers. The 17th Maine was known as the Red Diamond Regiment.
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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 4 of 4
"Supplement to the Annual Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine, for the years 1861, ’62, ’63, ’64, ’65, and 1866."
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Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute
"Hall, a former Navy officer, who checked with the Adjutant General of the State of Maine and he concluded that “Surry is acting with proper respect…"
