Keywords: Soldiers' Cemetery
Item 16381
Soldiers Cemetery, Hancock Barracks, Houlton, 1829
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1829 Location: Houlton Media: Digital photograph
Item 108662
Memorial gathering at Hillside Cemetery, Monson, 1922
Courtesy of Carl Marsano, an individual partner Date: 1922 Location: Monson Media: Photographic Print
Exhibit
Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook
Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.
Exhibit
The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldiers' Monument, Bangor, 1864
"… The Bangor Soldiers' Monument at Mount Hope Cemetery was consecrated on June 17, 1864. John Martin (1823-1904), an accountant and shopkeeper in…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860
"Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor…"
Story
Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
by Jamison McAlister
Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
Story
Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey
Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics
