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Thomaston Historical Society

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

"Scarborough, Maine: Harp Publications, 1992. Print. Shaw, Horace H. The First Maine Heavy Artillery, 1861-1865 : a history of its part and place in…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… joined the volunteers of the 1st Maine Volunteer Regiment. These 779 men signed up to serve for three months."

Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"… the Civil War, when members served as the First Regimental Band. Daniel Chandler and other musicians s split from the Portland Band in 1873, when…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… Tolman Gammon of Machias joined out-of-state regiments. Private Gammon served in the 39th Massachusetts before transferring to the 12th…"

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

"… Company of Boston, and the town’s militia regiment. Oliver Noyes Oliver Noyes (1699-1720) was a physician and merchant by profession."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… out that they already had a drummer boy in his regiment, he got a gun and fought. Thomas and I have a major connection."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… was known as the “A-Company of Riflemen, Sixth Regiment, First Brigade, Third Division.” Jacob was also elected town clerk."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… followed the rush of enlistments and departure of regiments. His descriptions and newspaper clippings about the celebrations in Bangor of the war's…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… there were “Rumford men in nearly every Maine regiment raised down to the close of the war... It is believed that no other town in the county…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"He died on May 30, 1947. Following these first 4 important businesses and their owners, 6 businesses were at the location from 1934 to 2009…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… becoming Captain of the E Company of the 8th regiment of Maine on October 19, 1863. Once he returned to the area, he became the postmaster of the…"