Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"Hallowell musters were probably sponsored or were helped put on by the New England Muster Association."

Historic Hallowell - The Union Fire Club of Hallowell, Musters, & Carnivals

"… The Union Fire Club of Hallowell, Musters, & Carnivals Nicole Bodge, Josh Cowing, Haley Houdlette, Signe Lynch, Quinton Stebbins Masquerade…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Firemen's Muster, Presque Isle, 1938

"Firemen's Muster, Presque Isle, 1938 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description This photograph of a Firemen's Muster…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"“What’s a Muster?.” n.d. http://www.handtubs.com/muster.htm (accessed Apr. 11, 2011). Wikipedia; Muster (event). 17 Jan. 2011. wikipedia. 5 Apr."

Music in Maine - Kimball Drum, ca. 1860

"He was mustered out on July 27, 1864. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Historic Hallowell - Keeping Us Safe: Fire Department and Police Force

"The musters and carnivals were a way of raising money for the Fire Club. The technology was primitive in those days with only buckets used to put out…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"No. 1 firemen's muster and parade, Portland, 1846Maine Historical Society The Maine Historical Society Collection includes several major examples of…"

Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"1803 The Portland Light Infantry Muster with a drummer and a horn player in uniform on the muster field."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"The fire men were off at a muster when a fire started in a building. The women of the town hauled out the Tiger and used it to put out the fire…"

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"Carnival, Fire Department, Muster Field, Hallowell, ca 1934Hubbard Free Library While historic Hallowell had the annual carnival as a fundraiser for…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"The regiment mustered from Bangor on October 10, 1862. The soldiers were trained for only one day in Washington D.C., so they were fairly unprepared."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He enlisted on October 13th, 1862, and mustered out on August 25, 1863. Noah Gould served in Co. E 24th Maine Inf. & Co. L 2nd Maine. Cavalry."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"He mustered out on June 15, not with his friends in the Second Maine, but with Company K of the Fourth Maine."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"He was later discharged in muster on September 11, 1865. He later died on December 20, 1913. Aaron and his family were important to Lincoln's…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… of Maine Historical Society Militia and fire musters such as these were cause for heavy drinking and rowdyism."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The state built an armory in Bangor and mustered troops there. Bangor's elite Rifle Corps volunteered its services."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"in November he mustered into the new 11th Maine Volunteer Regiment, where he would stay for the remainder of his service."