Keywords: Physicians in the military
Item 65096
Request for prisoner exchange, Litchfield, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-10-12 Location: Litchfield; Hilton Head; Charleston Media: Ink on paper
Item 69871
Surgeon request to join regiment, Augusta, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861-12-17 Location: Augusta; Lowell Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Rumford's Notable Citizens in the Civil War
A number of Rumford area residents played important roles during the Civil War -- and in the community afterwards. Among these are William King Kimball, who commanded the 12th Maine for much of the war.
Exhibit
Surgeon General Alonzo Garcelon
Alonzo Garcelon of Lewiston was a physician, politician, businessman, and civic leader when he became Maine's surgeon general during the Civil War, responsible for ensuring regiments had surgeons, for setting up a regimental hospital in Portland, and generally concerned with the well-being of Maine soldiers.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2
"When news reached Bangor, physicians were dispatched to the scene. The next day, spectators and photographers flocked to the site of the wreck…"
Site Page
Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies
"This merchant physician was known as a ruthless debt collector and given the amount of legal records contained in the Kennebec Proprietors collection…"
Story
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.
