Maine Memory Network

Deceased child, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Media: Daguerreotype

Letter on deceased soldier's pay, Georgetown, 1863, 1863

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1863-03-04 Location: Sebago; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Summer Dwelling, S. Side Lyndon Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lucrecia M. Cole Use: Summer Dwelling

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.

Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine

For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"… Alphabetical Index to Places of Interest of Deceased Union Soldiers in the Various and Territories, as Specified in Rolls of Honor Nos."

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… cherished as keepsakes by which to remember the deceased. Two daguerreotypes in the Vickery-Shettleworth Collection illustrate post-mortem…"

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.

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