Maine Memory Network

Maine and the Civil War - Headstone, unknown Confederate soldier, Gray, 1979

"Headstone, unknown Confederate soldier, Gray, 1979 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description In 1862 a grieving Gray family…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 10 of 17

"… was not likely, because Boston papers stated that Confederate President Jefferson Davis had telegraphed to Charleston not to prevent the landing of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107

"… compared to Democratic states, especially former Confederate states. He leaves politics temporarily with clipping a clipping of an account he wrote…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 129-142

"… giving in to demands and interests of the former Confederates. Included are references to: Grant-Wilson rally at Augusta Portland Iron Men Tanners…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"… 3rd, the Union celebrated the capture of the Confederate capital, Richmond. The Union and Journal published the following message on April 7th…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 16 of 17

"1865Maine Historical Society April 9th marked Confederate Robert E. Lee’s surrender. Like, April 3rd, Biddeford and Saco rejoiced in the streets as…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice

"The goal of the battle was to force the Confederates to retreat to their next line of defense; the Rappahannock River."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"… upon 1,500 men into war to fight against the Confederates.” “I will go Mother. I love my schooling, but I love my country more."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tillson Testimonial

"Henry was among the soldiers killed when the Confederates drove the Unions from Bull Run, during the battle a cannon ball shot off both his legs."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… man, drew an illustration of Marcellus Emery, a Confederate supporter and Democrat, who published a newspaper in Bangor during the Civil War."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"… or running blockades to be destroyed at sea by Confederate gunboats. Except for those willing to risk their ships for considerable profits, the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"Sprague, Homer B. Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons: A Personal Experience. New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1915. U.S."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"The Civil War & Biddeford X Confederate money, 1862Biddeford Historical Society "It is with feelings of patriotic pride that I refer to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"… States military and even a few who served in the Confederate Army, we realized that the Civil War had a dramatic effect on the people of our area."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ After being released by the Confederates, he was left in Middletown until he could be moved in August 1862."

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

"Our job is to attack Confederate ships and prevent them from trade. Lately, we have been attacking Fort Jackson."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… union and abolishing slavery by waging war with Confederate States of America and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… Secretary at War under the Articles of Confederation and later Secretary of War under the Constitution."

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

"He was captured by Confederate soldiers on August 19, 1864 and taken to C.S. Military Prison in Richmond, Virginia."

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"… but he was in attendance at the execution of a Confederate Captain, who had killed a guard in an escape attempt. After the war Mr."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… captured in Virginia and died in November in the Confederate prison camp in Salisbury, North Carolina. Sgt. Nelson W."

Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"… two drum musicians.Drummers in both the Union and Confederate armies learned different drum calls to alert soldiers."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… Society Setting the Scene On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina’s harbor."

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

"… Den" near Gettysburg from an onslaught of Confederate soldiers from the Forty-fourth and Forty-eighth Alabama Regiments. Frederick H."