Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… Library opened as the Biddeford Public Library in 1863; it was a city department and located in the City Building."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… Battle of Irish Bend which occurred on April 14, 1863 and the Siege of Port Hudson as well. The 22nd Maine Regiment consisted of ten companies and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"… a boy named Orrin Horton who was born on June 20, 1863 in Somerville, MA. Orrin grew up in Blue Hill and became a builder. He died in the 1920’s."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… before being killed at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. He is buried with 103 other Maine soldiers in the National Cemetery at Gettysburg."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… native, who practiced in Portland from 1851 to 1863. The Maine Historical Society owns Alexander’s 1856 rendering of Bramhall, the Western…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes

"1863, Box 3 This grape juice, marketed through the mail, gives specific instructions to prevent fermentation."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… approved by Governor Abner Coburn on March 25, 1863. It called attention to the suffering of public education in Maine due to an overwhelming…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"Among those pictured – George A. Savage (1863-1922, son of A.C. and Emily Savage, and father of Charles K."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"An 1863 anonymous correspondent to the Hallowell Gazette recalled the excitement generated by the book trade: We were decidedly a reading people."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"March 23 1863 Dear Mother Last nights Mail brought the ever welcome letter and the cheering tidings of “all well at home” and thanks to A Kind…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"1863, Box 3 X What Lillian M. N. Stevens Said Anna A. Gordon, Womans Christian Temperance Union, 1914 Collections of Maine Historical…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"On July 4, 1863, Capt. John Franklin of Bangor wrote of Dow's capture, "A small squad of rebels gobbled him up and took him to the confederacy, where…"

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… in Rapsted Field, Denmark, Soren Hansen Bruns (1863-1910) left Denmark to avoid conscription into the army."

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

"Ms. Greenleaf taught during 1863 – 1864, and most likely other years around this time. She had a class of twenty-three students ranging in ages from…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"In 1863 the Covered Bridge was being built at the East Village and New Portland would have been supporting the efforts of the Civil War, probably an…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"In 1863, the legislature passed an act to build two normal schools in Maine. An attempt was made to establish one in Hampden in direct connection…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"In 1863 he sold it to Howland and Donnell, who had both been his apprentices and journeymen. Davis Hatch had a business selling boots and shoes at…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"1863, Box 3 This verse summarizes the hope of moral improvement for individuals and communities which many people started to feel after 1820."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… having replaced the Universalist Church razed in 1863. The prosperity of these times not only brought more workers to the shipyards of Bath, but…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"In 1863 the railroad issued bonds and raised enough capital to extend the line to Vanceboro, on the Canadian border, and connect with the New…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… who also served as Maine's 30th Governor in 1863-64, was additionally president of the Kennebec Log Driving Company."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture.) 1863 Franklin Co. Agricultural Newsletter This newsletter shows the many categories for judging at…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"The house’s ell, built c. 1863, was of the most modern and efficient designs of that time. There were separate areas for grain and corn storage, a…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.