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John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865

"1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The 1st Maine Heavy…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Paul Fleming and gun crew, WW II, 1945

"He was a member of Battery C 512th Anti-aircraft Artillery Gun Batallion which fought at the Battle of the Bulge."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He enlisted in Battery 2, 1st Maine Light Artillery, on November 11, 1861. He re-enlisted in December, 1863, and was promoted to Corporal in 1865."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 12 of 17

"… Infantry, 12th Maine Infantry, 13th Maine Infantry, 1st Maine Calvary, 1st Battery of Mounted Artillery, and 5th Battery of Mounted Artillery."

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Lincoln, Maine - Paul Fleming, WW II, South Germany, 1945

"He was a member of Battery C 512th Anti-aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. His service was mainly in Europe, fighting in the well-known Battle of the…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Stimpson House

"… Society Captain John Bradford Rider, an artillery officer in the Revolution, built many of the houses for General Knox."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 8, pages 135-150

"… Thomas Transport ship John Rice 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Col. Russell B. Shepherd Fenian Brotherhood Fenian uniform John Lynde Jim Ham Bill…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56

"Daniel Chaplin 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Thurston & Metcalf Nath Harlow nursery Apple tree Ada Martin Solon Wilder Egyptian Caravan Southern…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… James Parker, Artificer, First Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, ca. 1863Mount Desert Island Historical Society Soon something much worse happened…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… including a local militia company, a local artillery company and a local cavalry company, led the funeral procession, followed by the General’s…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum

"… the memory of Major General Henry Knox, chief of artillery during the American Revolution and George Washington’s first Secretary of War."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"… Knox : George Washington's Confidant, General of Artillery, and America's First Secretary of War Rockport, Me."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"… up 110 men in two days for the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, in which he became a captain. Martin worked for Thomas White from July to the end of…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier transport ships, Bangor, 1865

"… Rice, which had members of the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery aboard. They finally arrived at 2:30 p.m. on September 17."

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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 4 of 4

"Print. Shaw, Horace H. The First Maine Heavy Artillery, 1861-1865 : a history of its part and place in the war for the union, with an outline of…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"We also learned about artillery onboard the ship. We also learned more about the captain of this ship. This is a secondary resource."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… on his national career: His years as chief of artillery during the Revolution, as well as the nearly ten years he served as George Washington's…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Knox, commander of the American artillery in the Revolution, Secretary of War from 1785 to 1794 and close friend of George Washington, left his…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"… the Principal Musician with the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery in the Civil War. Edwards never had to endure the southern prisons, but he was in…"

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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Smith of Columbia Falls (1st Maine Heavy Artillery), described as a "farmer and lumberman, sturdy, robust, and practical, a most useful officer." In…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… had centered on his mercantile career, the Artillery Company of Boston, and the town’s militia regiment."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Other Recreation Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Prominent Women Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903Farmington Public Library…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"Resources Mountains of Maine, Steven Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995…"