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Site Pages
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"During the Civil War, A.C. also served in the Union Navy as a Capt on the revenue cutter USS Delaware patrolling the Potomac River."
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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911
"… the Republican, was a fraternal organization of union Civil War veterans. The youngest would have been 60 in 1911, assuming a 14 year old fighting…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House
"Now the property is host to the credit union and its parking lot. Alameda Opera House keys, Bath, ca."
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War
"Out of the 45,000 Union soldiers confined here at different times, around 13,000 died from disease, poor sanitation, malnutrition, overcrowding, or…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby
"… for three years until he enlisted into the Union army during the Civil War, which was fighting to keep the country together under President…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware
"Weatherbee attended law school at Union University at Albany, N.Y.; he graduated in 1875. After his law degree, he built his hardware and tin shop in…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.
"Towards the end of the battle, the Union was only left with 2,200 men. They were fighting against Robert E Lee’s army because they wanted railroads…"
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"… slavery and the secession too, so they joined the Union states to fight against the South to end slavery and reunite the United States."
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Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield
"… their country in the war which preserved the Union, destroyed slavery and maintained the Constitution, 1861-1865.” Charles made the statue in…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4
"… Compromise that permitted Maine to enter the Union as a free state. In 1816 he was an unsuccessful candidate for both Governor of New York and…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4
"Six more children were born of this union, two of whom were William and Cyrus. Three of Richard’s children, Rufus, William and Cyrus, became major…"
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Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
"… Sanford Smith from Trenton, Maine, across Union River Bay, on March 5, 1859, when Phebe was 17."
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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry
"… to be allowed to settle between the Penobscot and Union Rivers. The petition met the King's approval, so on March 2, 1762 the petitioners were…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3
"It was called the Union Grove Association. The First Baptist Church was first known as the Chapel Association, organized in 1888."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"… call for a volunteer army from every state in the Union. The Civil War had begun. Maine responded vigorously by supplying the U.S."
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park
"… sea freely offered their lives in defense of the union that they might transmit to posterity the priceless inheritance received from their fathers."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools
"… on the second floor of the Parker School and at Union Hall (Community Hall), with eighty-two pupils enrolled altogether."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block
"To the south, at Union Wharf, King sold property to William Ledyard and Asa Palmer for $300 in 1806."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter
"… secessionists and looked, if at all, upon a Union soldier with scorn. As soon as we took possession, the blacks were set to work on the street…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair
"It went up Union Street, past Merrill & Hinckley’s store (which is still there), across High Street and back down Main Street."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4
"… he built a house for himself on the corner of Union and High Streets. Two months before he died in 1880, Thomas Lord summed up his life work: “Have…"
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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3
"… In 1934, organizers attempted to establish a union at the mill. Tensions ran high on both sides of the issue and finally, the National Guard was…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4
"… shipping point for horses and livestock for the Union Army.(6) Scarboro Beach Railroad Station, 1909Scarborough Historical Society & Museum…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4
"… Compromise that permitted Maine to enter the Union as a free state. Cyrus, a jurist and orator, served two terms in Congress and William led the…"