Keywords: Unknown soldier
Item 100362
Civil War soldier, Rumford Center, ca. 1861
Contributed by: David & Ann Kimball through Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print
Item 101550
Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1920
What are the buildings to the right of the United States Hotel?
Courtesy of Douglas Noble, an individual partner Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Postcard
Item 111555
Barracks in Togus, Chelsea, 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1935 Location: Chelsea; Eastport Client: Eastern Branch N.H.D.V.S. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Civil War Soldiers Impact Pittsfield
Although not everyone in town supported the war effort, more than 200 Pittsfield men served in Civil War regiments. Several reminders of their service remain in the town.
Exhibit
Capt. Grenville F. Sparrow, 17th Maine
Grenville F. Sparrow of Portland was 25 when he answered Lincoln's call for more troops to fight the Confederates. He enlisted in Co. A of Maine's 17th Volunteer Infantry regiment. He fought in 30 battles between 1862 and the war's end in 1865.
Site Page
Maine and the Civil War - Headstone, unknown Confederate soldier, Gray, 1979
"Headstone, unknown Confederate soldier, Gray, 1979 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description In 1862 a grieving Gray family…"
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier
"It is unknown if the increase was granted, but prior to the application for increase, Laura Horton received $8.00 per month in pension payment."
Story
Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
by Jamison McAlister
Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
Story
Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
