Maine Memory Network

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

"… 2009 <http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1862/may/farragut-fleet.htm>. From this source we learned about the duties onboard a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"After the Civil War Seth Scamman and partners formed the Cumberland Diking Company, the Little River Diking Company and the Southgate Diking Company."

Belfast Historical Society

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Walker Memorial Library

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Presque Isle Historical Society

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Belfast Free Library

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… 1630-1690Maine Historical Society The English Civil War (1642-1651) had ramifications on all American colonies."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… grandfather’s time.” In a 1956 speech to Maine civil engineers, he used these terms to describe the campuses of Bowdoin, Colby, Bates, and the…"

Thomaston Historical Society

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

"… of Oxford County in the decades before the Civil War. Painted by one of the members of Rumford Corner's talented family of artists, it reflects an…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Nearly 2,700 men from Bangor served during the Civil War, 236 of whom did not return home to their city on the Penobscot."

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

"The Civil War caused a drop in population thanks to the great number of people serving their country, yet the giving and thoughtful spirit of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"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."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"… Historical Society B St 96 A native of Ireland, Civil War veteran Murphy was pulled from jail by Capt."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Merrill, a Civil War veteran, recalled the days when Scarborough was a well-known shipbuilding center."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… room: the assassination of President Kennedy; the civil rights movement; the equal rights movement for women; Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"Back in his studio after this assignment, Homer worked on a series of war-related paintings based on his sketches."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"A monument honoring Lubec’s Civil War veterans, as well as those of subsequent wars, was dedicated on September 20, 1904."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… the children and household chores when they went home. The work was dangerous and many children lost fingers on the cutting tables." Civil War"

Maine State Museum

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Westport Island History Committee

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"A World War II Honor Roll stood on the grounds of the library for a time, but burned and was not replaced."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… village and outlying areas 1904 • Lubec’s Civil War Monument dedicated 1907 • American Can Co."