Keywords: Cannon Ball
Item 14034
Revolutionary War Time Cannon Ball, ca. 1776
Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1776 Location: Bucksport Media: Iron
Item 98100
Civil War veterans, Belfast, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Lt. Charles A. Garcelon, 16th Maine
The son of Maine's surgeon general and nephew of a captain in the 16th Maine, Charles A. Garcelon of Lewiston served in Co. I of the 16th Maine. His letters home in the first 17 months of his service express his reflections on war and his place in it.
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tillson Testimonial
"… the Unions from Bull Run, during the battle a cannon ball shot off both his legs. Before passing Henry passed his diary to one of his comrades and…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice
"P.H. Tilson’s cause of death was a cannon ball that severed his legs from his body. Thomaston Historical Society "Battle of Bull Run or…"
Story
A Splash of Water
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin
Reminisce of a lifetime on Little Sebago Lake
