Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… Chamberlain, whose grandson, Joshua, became a hero in the Civil War. The elder Chamberlain was a shipbuilder from Orrington and lost two ships in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"After dying, he was considered a hero who died in the service of the North. Several years later, a cemetery was built in honor of him for his family…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"As loyal as he was, he still died as a hero saving lives and doing what he wanted to do. Molly Gordon Personal response The fact that Gary Gordon…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War still carry on the work begun by the GAR in establishing and improving veterans…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… being sarcastically termed “bronze buttons heroes.” Although inside the Grand Army of the Republic they referred to each other as “Comrade.” The…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… "The gentleman below has been noted as the hero of profligacy in Bangor for 25 years. I have given his person & expression almost exact…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Francis Train, Bangor, 1866

"… years and cherished by the Democrats as the hero of incendiary remarks and discourses in his language and principles throwing away the principles…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… ball in Portland, in honor of Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette. By 1825, the dress was altered and re-constructed, perhaps as a…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"Two of these wars, the Civil War and World War II were without question the costliest in terms of manpower and materiel."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Yankee warrior: the story of a Civil War hero from Maine. Bangor: Bangor Publishing Company, 1993. Print. Heseltine, Charles D."

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