Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… Many townspeople were held captive on a British prison ship and others were held in John Crosby’s warehouse at the corner of Elm Street West and…"

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.

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

"People say that he died in prison in the state of Georgia on March 3, 1865. In 1890 his widow lived in Shirley, Maine."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Sgt. Nelson W. Jones, 3rd Maine Infantry, ca. 1862Maine Historical Society Examples of standing soldiers include an ambrotype of Captain Harrison G."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"William King owned a large tract of land in Thomaston, formerly owned by General Henry Knox. This property included Limestone Hill and its nearly…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"He had a great interest in the reformation of criminals and became very involved in the layout of the new prison."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 6 of 17

"… in Biddeford & Saco Report on cotton for prison, New Orleans, 1862Maine Historical Society Raw cotton was imported from the Southern States…"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"Edwards never had to endure the southern prisons, but he was in attendance at the execution of a Confederate Captain, who had killed a guard in an…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"More evidence of his bravery during the Civil War was they had to steal food from the farmers just to survive."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Andersonville Prison Above is a sketch of Andersonville Prison as it appeared on August 1, 1864 when it contained 35,000 prisoners of war."

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

"Being the Report of a Commission of Inquiry, Appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission. With an Appendix, Containing the Testimony."

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

"His diary of prison life tells of the horrendous living conditions at the prisons. Numerous people died every day."

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

"He died on October 6, 1864, in Andersonville Prison of scorbutus. He is buried at the Andersonville National Cemetery."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"Its members cared for the sick and ransomed prisoners of war. Mother McAuley modeled the Sisters of Mercy coat of arms on the original Order insignia."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Pelagie in 1830, an old man who now knew the prison as his home. After three days of freedom, Swan set out to turn himself back in, but died on the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"While captured she spent most of her time in a prisoner of war camp. Even during that rough time she helped injured prisoners in the camp."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… of his letters he talks about how he was taken prisoner and sent to a prison in Libby for nine months then to various other campsites."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"He died at the Maine State Prison after only serving six years, proclaiming his innocence to the day he died."

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

"One prisoner from the state prison was brought here to do the welding. Sometime in the winter of 1841 the cables came to Bath, Maine."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Home

"… of Major General Henry Knox EXPERIENCE the dark history of the Maine State Prison IMAGINE the hey-day of Thomaston's lucrative Shipbuilding era."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"Daniel's partner was sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole. Swanton Infantry Election Papers, Bath, 1863Patten Free Library Bath…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"Cyrus Sturdivant, the Prisoner's Friend (New York: William McDonald & Co., 1879). Collections of Maine Historical Society B St 96 A native of…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"The Colonel was eventually taken prisoner. On July 4, 1863, Capt. John Franklin of Bangor wrote of Dow's capture, "A small squad of rebels gobbled…"