Keywords: Fort William Henry
Item 26906
Iron Hooks Used to Hang a Musket
Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1690 Location: Bristol Media: Metal
Item 26901
Cock or Hammer From A Flintlock Musket, Pemaquid, 1690
Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1690 Location: Bristol Media: Iron
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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
Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works
Item Contributed byThomaston Historical Society Mr. Jordan, Williams and others, must be employed to break into the north side of the west end of…
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857
… a large-scale shipbuilding business at Fort Wharf on lower Knox Street. Chapman and Flint laid out a new yard on the Narrows (a narrowing of the…
