Keywords: confederate
Item 83773
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Media: Brass
Item 84639
Confederate Lorenz musket, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Iron, brass, beech
Exhibit
George Henry Preble of Portland, nephew of Edward Preble who was known as the father of the U.S. Navy, temporarily lost his command during the Civil War when he was charged with failing to stop a Confederate ship from getting through the Union blockade at Mobile.
Exhibit
Capt. Grenville F. Sparrow, 17th Maine
Grenville F. Sparrow of Portland was 25 when he answered Lincoln's call for more troops to fight the Confederates. He enlisted in Co. A of Maine's 17th Volunteer Infantry regiment. He fought in 30 battles between 1862 and the war's end in 1865.
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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…"
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"… was not likely, because Boston papers stated that Confederate President Jefferson Davis had telegraphed to Charleston not to prevent the landing of…"
Story
Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
by Jamison McAlister
Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
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A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference