Keywords: Union Navy
Item 28471
William Henry Fogg Civil War Reminiscences, Bath, 1888
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1888 Location: Bath; Richmond Media: Ink on paper
Item 33532
Charles A. Boutelle, Washington, D.C., 1898
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1898 Location: Washington Media: Stereograph
Exhibit
George Henry Preble of Portland, nephew of Edward Preble who was known as the father of the U.S. Navy, temporarily lost his command during the Civil War when he was charged with failing to stop a Confederate ship from getting through the Union blockade at Mobile.
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War
"Some island men went into the infantry or Navy. Others, John Gilley of Beech Hill among them, joined the First Maine Cavalry. John did not survive."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900
"… in Thomaston during 1861 to serve in the US Navy. In the following year, only two ships were produced, one appropriately named “General McLellan,”…"
Story
Jim Murphy-living a multi-dimensional life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Life influences: Irish/Quebec ancestry, seminary, Navy, community businesses and organizations.
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
