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Civil War Trail
Follow the trail through twenty three sites...
The Maine Civil War Trail
2013 Exhibit Sites
The Maine Civil War Trail
Americans, north and south, responded to
the demands of the conflict in similar
ways. Husbands, fathers and sons enlisted
in the army and navy, sometimes on
opposing sides. Women kept the
homefires burning while supporting the
troops as nurses, Sanitary Commission
workers and spies. Children did their part,
too, working on the farms and in mills
producing weapons, gunpowder, blankets
and the like. Some 70,000 Maine men
and an uncounted number of women
served on the battlefields. Thousands
more labored at home to provide for the
troops what the federal government could
not. The exhibits along the
Maine Civil War Trail tell their stories.
Exhibit Site
Town
Page
Southern Maine Coast
Brick Store Museum
Kennebunk
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Saco Museum
Saco
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So. Portland
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Osher Map Library
Portland
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Portland Museum of Art
Portland
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Maine Historical Society
Portland
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum Peaks Island
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Eighth Maine Regiment Museum Peaks Island
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Greater Portland - Casco Bay
So. Portland Historical Society
Midcoast
Joshua Chamberlain House
Brunswick
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Maine Maritime Museum
Bath
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8
Lincoln County Historical Soc.
Wiscasset
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Thomaston Historical Society
Thomaston
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Rockland Historical Society
Rockland
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Castine
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Bangor Museum & History Ctr. Bangor
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Follow the Trail along the coast from
Kennebunk to Castine; then head inland
to Bangor, Augusta and Livermore.
Don’t forget the western mountains –
Kingfield, Bethel and Bridgton.
Belfast Historical Soc./Museum Belfast
Other activities that complement the
Trail will be taking place throughout
Maine during 2013.
Please check the Trail website for details:
www.mainecivilwartrail.org.
Kennebec Valley
The Trail opens in spring 2013.
Map
Downeast - Acadia
Wilson Museum
Katahdin - Moosehead
Maine Military Historical Soc.
Augusta
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Maine State Museum
Augusta
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Western Lakes and Mountains
Stanley Museum
Kingfield
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Bethel Historical Society
Bethel
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15
Bridgeton Historical Society
Bridgeton
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Rufus Porter Museum
Bridgeton
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Washburn Norlands Living Hist. Ctr. Livermore
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Maine Civil War Trail Map
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Call ahead before visiting a site as hours may vary.
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Removed from the battleground of the South, citizens of Maine
and the Kennebunks watched as their soldiers marched off to war.
Beginning with the Missouri Compromise in 1820, this exhibit
features the prominent ways in which Maine and the Kennebunks
played a part in the Civil War. The so-called “footnotes of history,”
the personal stories of love and loss, bravery and determination, and
war life at home and away are the focus of this exhibition, in which
visitors can expect to find period clothing, armament, furniture, and
the voices of local citizens – at home and away – defining everyday
life during the Civil War.
Coast
Letter, Marcus Getchell to
Friend Roxannah
Marcus Getchell, a 27th
Maine soldier, wrote to his
friend in 1862 explaining his
troop’s movements and actions.
In the letter, Getchell wrote that
he hoped Roxannah would be
there when he returned home.
Address 117 Main Street Kennebunk
Telephone 207.985.4802
Email [email protected]
Website www.brickstoremuseum.org
Hours 10 - 4:30 Tues. - Fri.
From I-95: Take Exit 25. Go
left, proceed East on Route 35
toward Kennebunk. At the
junction of Route 35 and
Route 1, the Museum is
directly across the street from
the traffic light.
Route 1 is Main Street in
Kennebunk.
Items which belonged to Noah B. Knight from
Cape Elizabeth/South Portland, who served in the
17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Address 5 Bug Light Park So. Portland
Telephone 207.767.7299
Email [email protected]
Website www.sphistory.org
Hours 10 - 4 Daily: May - October
10 - 4 Sat. - Sun. Nov. - Dec.
Civil War Maine Militia
Uniform Star,
mid-19th century
sequins, medal, cardboard
Donated by Walter Lewis.
Army Medal of
Honor, 27th Maine
Regiment, 1904
grosgrain, bronze
Donated by
Caroline Goodier.
Dyer Library/Saco Museum
Telephone 207.283.3861
Email [email protected]
Website dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org
Hours 12 - 4
12 - 8
10 - 4
12 - 4
Tues., Wed., Thur.
Fri. (Free after 4 pm)
Sat.
Sun. June through Dec.
In So. Portland, take
Broadway east to the ocean.
Turn left onto Breakwater
Drive, take next right onto
Madison Street that leads
directly into Bug Light Park.
GPS users, enter “1 Madison
Street, South Portland, ME
04106” to obtain directions.
Torn in Two
Private John W. Haley's detailed Civil War journal forms the
centerpiece of this exhibit, a collaboration between the Saco Museum and
the History Department at the University of New England. Born in
Biddeford and later in life the second librarian of the Saco Library - which
now houses his remarkable journal - John Haley's service in the 17th
Maine Regiment of the Union Army is captured in this moving and
engaging account of the nation's darkest days. This exhibit explores how
Saco-Biddeford residents experienced, visualized and remembered the
Civil War. From John Haley's journal, to letters from the battle lines, to the
fundraising activities at home, to the memorials to those who died, this
exhibit explores the penetrating experiences and pervasive memories of
the Civil War.
Address 371 Main Street Saco
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Enlisted man
at Camp
Abraham
Lincoln, Cape
Elizabeth/
South Portland
John Haley’s Civil War
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From the Maine Turnpike,
take Exit 36 onto Route 195.
Take Exit 2A - Route 1 south
(Main Street). Pass Thornton
Academy on right. The Saco
Museum/Dyer Library is on
the left about 8/10 of a mile
down Main Street. Turn left
into parking lot - the
museum is on the left, the
library on the right.
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South Portland, (known as Cape Elizabeth in the Civil War,) was
home to two active military installations; Fort Preble was an active
military base where the 17th US Infantry was stationed; and Camp
Abraham Lincoln, later known as Camp Berry, was the mustering in
point for men enlisting in volunteer infantries from southern and
western Maine. The 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th, 12th, 17th, 20th, 23rd, 25th,
and 27th Maine Volunteer Infantry regiments mustered here, as well
as the 1st Maine Battery of Mounted Artillery. Also, a sampling of
Civil War artifacts from South Portland men who served during the
Civil War.
South Portland Historical Society
Brick Store Museum
10 - 1 Sat.
Southern Maine -
Rifle, 1982.043.006
John C. Lord, acting ensign on the
U.S.S. Yantic, took this rifle from
Fort Fischer during battle
January 15, 1865.
South Portland During the Civil War
This traveling exhibition originated at the Norman B. Leventhal
Map Center at the Boston Public Library. It uses historic maps,
photographs, and prints to take a geographic and cartographic
approach to exploring and illuminating the causes of the Civil War,
the conduct of the war, and how the war has been remembered. It
includes a Maine section, drawn from the collections of Kenneth
Thompson and the Osher Map Library, that focuses on the state’s
physical defenses and the
wartime training camps.
“Camp Beaufort Pass, 1861.”
Courtesy of Kenneth Thompson.
Winslow Homer. “News from the War,” page 376-377, detail
“Two Maine Recruits being Sketched by ‘Our Special Artist’”.
(Harper’s Weekly, June 14, 1862.) OML.
Casco Bay
From the Kennebunks to Appomattox:
The Civil War at Home and Away
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Greater Portland -
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Osher Map Library, University of Southern Maine
Address 314 Forest Avenue Portland
Telephone 207.780.4850
Email [email protected]
Website usm.maine.edu/maps/exhibitions
Hours 1 - 4 for Tues., Wed., Thurs.
The Osher Map Library is on
the corner of Forest Avenue
and Bedford Street, on the
campus of the University of
Southern Maine. Free public
parking is available in the
USM parking garage.
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Casco Bay
Exhibition dates: Sept. 7 – Dec. 8, 2013
Winslow Homer (1836–1910) first gained national recognition
for images about the Civil War that he produced while working as a
special artist-correspondent for the popular magazine Harper’s Weekly.
Homer took an unconventional approach to war reporting. Instead of
depicting heroic battle scenes, he humanized the war with pictures that
examined soldiers’ daily life in camp or the war’s impact on the home
front. This exhibition showcases Homer’s unique vision of modern
warfare and keen eye for social commentary through a selection of his
Civil War related works.
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After Winslow Homer (United States, 1836–1910),
The Army of the Potomac—A Sharpshooter on
Picket Duty from Harper’s Weekly
November 15, 1862. Wood engraving on wove paper.
Portland Museum of Art, Gift of Peggy and Harold Osher.
Winslow Homer (United States, 1836–1910),
Our Watering-Places - The Empty
Sleeve At Newport, August 26, 1865. Wood
engraving on wove paper. Portland Museum of Art,
Gift of Peggy and Harold Osher, 1991.25.66
Address 7 Congress Square Portland
Email [email protected]
Website www.portlandmuseum.org
Hours 10 - 5 Tues., Wed., Thur., Sat., Sun.
10 - 9 Fri.
10 - 5 Mon. - Memorial Day
through Columbus Day
Take I-295 to exit 6A, Forest
Avenue south. At the first
light, bear right onto Rt. 77,
State Street. Drive through the
park and proceed up State
Street to the top of the hill.
Turn left at the light onto
Congress Street. The Museum
is located on the right after
the next light.
This Rebellion: Mainers and the Civil War
This exhibit presents personal stories about people from Maine
during the Civil War years. Included are soldiers such as John
Sheahan of the 1st Maine Cavalry, and Grenville Sparrow of the 17th
Maine, nurse Rebecca Usher, Sarah Sampson and the Sanitary
Commission, John Marshall Brown of the 20th Maine, as well as
those in Maine – including politicians advocating for peace, business
men profiting from conflict, families concerned about loved ones, and
others. Using letters, diaries, other documents, artifacts, and images,
Maine and the Civil War provides a diverse perspective about the war
and its impact on the people of Maine.
This canteen was used
during the Civil War by
Capt. William H. Black
of Co. K, 26th Maine
volunteers. Black served
for nine months in 1862
and 1863. Black was
from Ellsworth.
Broadside,
Volunteers
Wanted!, 1861
A recruitment
notice for Col.
Fessenden's
Veteran
Regiment offered
a bounty of
$402, paid by
the U.S.
Government.
Maine Historical Society
Address 489 Congress Street Portland
Telephone 207.774.1822
Email [email protected]
Website www.mainememory.net
Hours 10 - 5 Mon. - Sat.
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Summer: Above & 12 - 5 Sun.
Take Congress Street to the
Portland Public Library on
your right, and then past
Preble Street. The Maine
Historical Society is on the
right corner of Congress and
Brown Streets. The brick
Wadsworth–Longfellow
House is on your right.
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Journey back in time at the “Headquarters” of the veterans of the
Fifth Maine Infantry. Discover the delightful summer cottage built by
them and the artifacts they left behind. Enjoy the cooling ocean
breezes and the ambiance of an island summer just as the veterans
and their families did so long ago.
The original
battle flag,
recently
conserved, was
presented to the
troops by the
Sons of Maine
and their
ladies as they
made their way
south in June
1861.
Hardtack, the
basic food of
the Civil War
soldier, is just
as tasty today
as it was when
this 1860’s
version was
freshly made.
Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Address 45 Seashore Ave. Peaks Island
Telephone 207.766.3330
Email [email protected]
Portland Museum of Art
Telephone 207.775.6148
The Forest City Regiment:
Maine’s Fighting Fifth
Website www.fifthmainemuseum.org
Hours 11 - 4 Sat. - Sun.
Memorial Day - Columbus Day
12 - 4 Mon. - Fri.; 11 - 4 Sat. - Sun.
July 1 - Labor Day
From Portland: Take the
Peaks Island Ferry from
Casco Bay Lines at the intersection of Commercial and
Franklin Streets. On Peaks:
Straight up hill from wharf;
turn right onto Island Ave.
Follow paved road short way;
take 3rd right onto Whitehead
St. The Fifth Maine is a short
distance on your right. No
need to bring your car to the
island. The Fifth Maine is
only a 10 minute walk or 3
minute bike ride from the
wharf. Or take the island taxi
from the wharf.
The Regiment Marches On
Erected in 1891 by veterans of the Eighth Maine Regiment, the
building and the artifacts it contains tells the story of the Eighth
Maine Regiment’s participation in the Civil War and their post-war
comraderie.
Coffeepot used by the cook.
E-flat coronet played by the Maine band
member.
Casco Bay - Peaks Island
Winslow Homer’s Civil War
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Greater Portland -
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Eighth Maine Regiment Association
Address 13 Eighth Maine Ave. Peaks Isl. See above directions.
Telephone 207.766.5086
Email [email protected]
Website www.eighthmaine.org
Hours 11 - 4 for Tours
June - Sept.
Just past the Fifth Maine
Regiment Museum, turn right
onto Ryefield Street – a dirt
road. The Eighth Maine is the
large brown building with
green roof to the left.
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Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum
Visit the longtime home of Joshua L. Chamberlain—Civil War
hero, president of Bowdoin College, and governor of the state of
Maine. Inside the museum are many furnishings owned by
Chamberlain and his family, as well as many artifacts of his service
at Little Round Top and elsewhere.
“And They Marched Off To War”
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People and events in Wiscasset leading up to answering
Abraham Lincoln’s call to arms.
Headstone of Capt. William H. Clark.
Company G, Fourth Maine Regiment
Taken prisoner July 21, 1863
Bull Run, VA
Exchanged 1862
Resigned Commission, 1863
House of Joshua L. Chamberlain.
Address 226 Main Street Brunswick
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Telephone 207.729.6606
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Email [email protected]
Website www.pejepscothistorical.org
Hours Memorial Day - Columbus Day
10 - 4 Tues. - Sat.
1 - 4 Sun.
Tours on the hour; last tour at 3 pm.
From Maine Street,
Brunswick, go toward the big
gray First Parish Church,
standing on the left at the top
of the hill. The Chamberlain
Museum is located at the
corner of Maine & Potter
Street, across Maine Street
from the statue of
Chamberlain on the corner of
Bowdoin College’s campus.
Parking is available behind
the Chamberlain Museum.
That Flaunting Rag: Maine’s
Maritime War Against the Confederacy
Maine’s valour and sacrifice in the epic land battles of the Civil War has
been well documented; ‘That Flaunting Rag!’ sheds some light on the more
obscure war against the Confederate sea raiders, which played out in an era of
clicking telegraphs as a maritime chess game of espionage, long distance
sleuthing, and diplomatic double-entendres. The ‘Battle of Portland Harbor’ is
also featured, in which the explosion of the highjacked Federal Revenue Cutter
Caleb Cushing stymied only the most obvious attempt of Confederate agents to
exploit the vulnerabilities of Maine’s long coastline, easily penetrated from
Canadian refuge. Also shown is Maine shipbuilding contributions to the war
effort, including the Bath-built ’90-day gunboat’ USS Katahdin, whose lengthy
service on the lower Mississippi included the interception of a herd of Texas
cattle intended for Confederate troops; less black and white (blue and gray) was
the intriguing complication of the Union blockade for Maine shipping interests,
which had long cultivated profitable relationships within Southern port cities.
Riding
lantern from
US Revenue
Cutter
Caleb
Cushing.
Telephone 207.443.1316
Email [email protected]
Website mainemaritimemuseum.org
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Hours 9:30-5 Daily
Address 135 Federal Street Wiscasset
Telephone 207.882.6817
Email [email protected]
Website www.lincolncountyhistory.org
Hours 12 - 4
Route One into Wiscasset
from North or South.
Turn right or left onto Federal
Street (opposite Post Office).
Proceed one mile to Museum
and Old Jail on right.
Sat. - Sun.
Memorial Day through
Columbus Day
Civil War’s Impact on Thomaston
The exhibit focuses on the ideological split between wealthy ship-builder/
owners and sea captains of Thomaston, who depended on free trade and had
personal relationships with southern plantation owners and the strong
nationalism and anti-slavery fervor of many in outlying areas. The severe
financial hardship of the war on this maritime community is told through stories
of confiscated or burned ships and a decline in ship-building. The exhibit also
follows the personal impact on a few Thomaston soldiers and their families,
drawing from personal journals and the Memory Volume of the P. Henry
Tillson Post of the GAR. Summer events will also include topical lectures by
local Civil War expert and author, Blaikie Hines.
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Detail of fully rigged
display model of USS
Kearsarge as she was
during her engagement
with CSS Alabama.
Maine Maritime Museum
Address 243 Washington Street Bath
Lincoln County Historical Association
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Pejepscot Historical Society’s
Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum
Mid -
Joshua L. Chamberlain.
1.5 miles south of Rt. 1 at
Bath, past Bath Iron Works
shipyard on Washington St.
Thomaston Historical Society/Library
The library, where the display
is housed, is in the
Thomaston Academy
Building
on Route #1, just
Email [email protected]
north of the business district.
Website thomastonhistoricalsociety.com A public parking lot is behind
the building.
Address Public Library; 60 Main Street
Telephone 207.354.2453
Hours 11 - 7 Mon. & Fri.
11 - 5 Tue.,Wed., Thur.; 11 - 3 Sat.
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Follow the Civil War Exhibit Trail
The state of Maine played a vitally important role in the Civil War...
a complex story that has been explored and
interpreted by twenty three Maine institutions.
Maine lead the nation
in shipbuilding and forestry products; her
rapidly expanding mills produced textiles
and footwear; her politicians held a great
deal of influence on the national scene.
70,000 Maine men and uncounted
number of women served on the battlefield
and thousands more labored at home
serving the troops.
www.mainecivilwartrail.org.
The exhibit includes uniforms weapons, equipment, banners and
photograph portraits of members of the Edwin Libby Post #16 of the Grand
Army of the Republic collected by veterans of the Civil War. It includes
portraits of the four generals from Rockland, two of General Jonathan Cilley's
uniforms, General Adelbert Ames's revolver, Springfield and Harpers Ferry
rifles, bayonets, a saddle and blanket from the war, a drum carried at
Gettysburg, and a quilt made from Union and Confederate uniforms. The
many books in the collection include Adjutant General's Reports, histories,
biographies, atlases of battlegrounds, rotogravures of photographs from the
war and bound copies of Frank Leslie's Illustrated magazine.
The John Perkins House in Mourning
The Museum’s historic John Perkins House is shown in mourning
in honor of a fallen soldier who has returned to his hometown to be
buried. Visitors are welcomed into the parlor to pay their last respects;
a guided tour of the other rooms show how the home has been
arranged to accommodate for this sad occasion and to provide space
for the community’s efforts as Castine endeavors to support its troops.
Each closet has separate exhibits relating to Castine and the main hall
of the Museum exhibits additional artifacts, pictures, and documents
of the Civil War. Related programs throughout July and August.
Hair Wreath.
Cilley Uniforms.
GAR Post 16 Flag.
Civil War Uniform Buttons.
Rockland Historical Society
Route 1 North runs one-way
down Union Street. At the
80 Union Street (Lower level)
stoplight, turn right onto
Limerock Street and right
Telephone 207.594.6193
onto White Street.
Email [email protected] Route 1 South runs one-way
up Main Street. Turn left onto
Hours 12 - 5 Mon. - Fri.
Limerock Street. Cross Union
Street at the light, and turn
right onto White Street.
Parking is at the end of White
Street.
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Address Rockland Public Library,
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The Homefront in Belfast
The exhibit’s centerpiece is the Civil War Flag Quilt made by the
ladies of Belfast in 1864. Other artifacts include a Civil War era
drum, canteen, cartridge case and a GAR table. Displays feature
letters, documents and Homefront news clippings expressing local
opinion about the war.
The canteen belonging to
Edwin M. Norton of
Belfast who was 18
years old when he enlisted
with Company C, 1st
Heavy Artillery in 1863.
He was discharged on
June 9, 1865.
The Ladies Aid Society of First Church in Belfast sewed a
flag quilt in the summer of 1864 and shipped it to the Armory
Square Hospital in Washington. Covered with patriotic
inscriptions and psalm verses, it was sent with the hopes that it
would serve as an inspiration to the wounded soldiers.
The quilt made its return to Belfast in 2011.
Telephone 207.338.9229
Email [email protected]
Website www.belfastmuseum.org
Hours Summer: 10 - 4 Tues. - Sat.
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After Labor Day: 11 - 4 Fri. - Sat.
Telephone 207.326.9247
Email [email protected]
Website www.wilsonmuseum.org
Hours May 27-Sept. 30;
Weekdays (10-5), Sat & Sun (2-5 )
John Perkins, Blacksmith, Barn open
July & August; Sun & Wed (2-5)
Civil War Trail: July & August;
Sun. through Wed. (2-5)
From Bucksport take Route 1
heading toward Ellsworth
(2 miles), turn right on
Route 175, stay straight on
Route 166 to Castine
(15 miles).
After crossing the British
Canal, keep right on Battle
Ave, turn left onto Tarratine
Street, right on Perkins Street.
Bullets and Bandages
This exhibit explores the many aspects of medicinal practice
during the mid-19th century and focuses primarily on the difficulties
faced by the ill-prepared army medical establishment during the Civil
War. Understaffed, ill-supplied, and overwhelmed for the multitude of
casualties, doctors were forced to make changes to their standards of
practice including the scandalous addition of female nurses to attend
dressing wounds and bathing male soldiers. A special section of the
exhibit focuses on the medical and social aspects of amputation as it
pertained to battlefield medicine.
Apothecary chest used by
Dr. Augustus C.
Hamlin, Medical
Inspector of the Army.
It contains an
assortment of drugs from
whiskey to Turkey
opium.
Raines Keg Torpedo retrieved from Charleston Harbor, SC. This
confederate torpedo was made from a 5 gallon beer keg, coated with tar
and filled with 100 pounds of gun powder. The cone shaped (one is
missing) prevented it from rolling in the water. It would float just below
the surface of the water waiting for a ship to come in contact with it.
Belfast Historical Society & Museum
Address 10 Market Street Belfast
Wilson Museum
Address 120 Perkins Street Castine
Located in downtown, corner
of Market and Church streets,
opposite the Waldo County
Court House.
Bangor Museum and History Center
Address 159 Union Street Bangor
Telephone 207.942.1900
Email [email protected]
Website www.bangormuseum.org
Hours 10 - 4 Tues. - Sat.
From I95 Take exit 183 to
Hammond Street.
In 1.2 miles take a slight right
onto Union.
The Museum is on the left in
0.2 miles.
Parking is available on High
Street.
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Downeast-Acadia
Rockland in The Civil War
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Katahdin-Moosehead
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A display depicting well know and lesser known soldiers of the
Civil War from Maine, as told thru their Medal of Honor Citations.
Included are charts with some Maine demographic information
prepared by Bangor High School. Also on display is a Moore’s
revolver with the initials “JLC”. Although not proven, it is rumored to
have belonged to Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
Kingfield Rebellion - Kingfield Commitment
The exhibit showcases the history of Kingfield’s unique response to
the Civil War in which residents took up arms both in support and in
opposition to the war. A key aspect of the exhibit focuses on a local
uprising of armed draft resisters which was suppressed by a large
detachment of Maine State Militiamen in the summer of 1863,
perhaps the only Civil War “engagement” within the State of Maine
itself. Our exhibit pays tribute to local residents who enlisted and
fought to preserve the Union.
G.A.R. 34th
National
Encampment
Delegate’s
Badge,
Chicago,
Illinois, 1900;
brass and
enamel, with
Abraham Lincoln –
Hannibal Hamlin 1860
Campaign Button; oneinch diameter, ferrotype
mounted in brass
Both items owned by James Loren Merrick of Troy, Me.,
Co. “C” 19th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry
Stanley Museum
Valley
Maine Military Historical Society
Kennebec
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Address 194 Winthrop Street Augusta
Next to the Augusta Airport.
Telephone 207.626.4468
Email [email protected]
Fragment of 16th ME flag: At Gettysburg, on
July 1, 1863, the 16th Regiment Maine
Infantry found itself surrounded by Confederate
forces. Rather than surrender their flags, the
men tore them into pieces. While a few
fragments remained on the battlefield, the men
tucked most of the pieces into their clothing and
secretly carried them throughout their
confinement in Confederate prisons.
The Maine State Museum holds four
fragments of these flags.
Maine State Museum
Email [email protected]
Hours 9 - 5 Tues. - Fri.
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10 - 4 Sat.
From South: I-95 (Me. Tpk) to
Exit 75 (Auburn), Rt. 4 to Rt.
27 N to Kingfield; or I-295 to I95 Exit 112B (Belgrade), then
Rt. 27 N. From North: one
hour from Canadian border
on Rt. 27 S. From East or
West: US Rt. 2 to Farmington,
north 30 minutes on Rt. 27.
Entering Kingfield, turn left
on School Street – watch for
“Stanley Museum” sign.
Recruiting broadside:
This 1862 recruiting poster
from Farmington, Maine,
optimistically predicted a
quick end to the war.
Website www.mainestatemuseum.org
Email [email protected]
(closed weekends during winter)
Maine people played a significant role in the conflicts and
comprises of the American Civil War, on the military battlefield, the
political battlefield, and at home. Conflict and Compromise: Maine
Voices from the Civil War shows the varied ways Mainers participated
in the conflict, through the objects they made and used, and in their
own voices, through their letters and diaries.
Telephone 207.287.2301
Telephone 207.265.2729
Hours 1 - 4 Tues. - Sun.
Maine Voices from the Civil War
Address 230 State Street Augusta
Address 40 School Street Kingfield
Website www.stanleymuseum.org
Website www.mainemilmuseum.org
Hours First Sunday of every month and
by appointment.
Located next to Maine’s State
House in Augusta.
Maine's capital city, is
centrally located on the state's
major north/south interstate,
I-95, just north of the
terminus of the Maine
Turnpike.
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In the Field and On the Homefront:
Bethel During the Civil War
Using rarely seen artifacts and images from the Bethel Historical
Society’s permanent collection, this exhibit explores the effects profound and poignant - of the Civil War on the western Maine town
of Bethel, once known as “the Athens of Oxford County.” Although
the War years resulted in the loss of many of Bethel’s loyal sons, they
also witnessed the town’s development as an important inland Maine
center of commerce, industry and tourism.
Folding camp chair
manufactured in 1861 by
B. J. Harrison & Co.,
New York, and carried
throughout the Civil War by
Bethel-born General Cuvier
Grover (1828-1885).
The center of Bethel’s social and political life during
the Civil War, Pattee’s Hall at Bethel Hill village was
the site of numerous public gatherings, including regular
weekly meetings of the Ladies Union Aid Society.
These industrious ladies certainly produced large
volumes of supplies and not an insignificant amount of
money to support the Union cause.
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Home Town Heroes
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Bethel Historical Society
Address 10 Broad Street Bethel
Telephone 207.824.2908 / 800.824.2910
Email [email protected]
Website www.bethelhistorical.org
Hours 10 - 4 Tues. - Fri.: May - Dec. plus
11 - 4 Sat. July & August
Just off Route 2, 12 miles east
of Maine/N.H. border. Bethel
is at junction of Rt. 2 and 26.
From Portland, Me Tpk., Exit
63 to Rt. 26. Bethel can also be
reached on Routes 5 and 35.
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Bridgton Goes to War
Bridgton Goes to War features artifacts and memorabilia of the
town’s Civil War soldiers and the civilians who remained at home.
A Living Legacy: The Amazing Washburn Family
Home of Maine’s Civil War Governor Israel Washburn, Civil
War officers, and confidants of Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham
Lincoln, Washburn Norlands is a working farm that celebrates the
legacy of one of the most accomplished Maine families of the
nineteenth century.
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Frock coat worn by
Dr. James Flint Perley, a s
urgeon who served on Grant’s
staff for a while.
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Washburn Norlands Living History Center
Bridgton Historical Society
Address 5 Gibbs Avenue Bridgeton
Telephone 207.647.3699
Email [email protected]
Website www.bridgtonhistory.org
Hours 11 - 3
Follow Rt. 302 to Bridgton.
It becomes Maine Street.
Take second left onto Gibbs
Avenue.
Address 290 Norlands Road Livermore Take exit 75 on the Maine
Telephone 207.897.4366
Email [email protected]
Website www.norlands.org
Turnpike onto Rt. 202/4/100
towards Auburn.
Follow Rt. 4 North to
Rt. 108 East.
Turn left onto Norlands Road.
Hours 11 - 4 Tues. and Thurs. or by
appointment. July and August.
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Patriotic Art of the Civil War
Folk Art Inspired by the War Between the States in its many forms
– in paintings, objects, and the tools of everyday life.
Enlist Now!
Join in the quest
to learn about
and preserve
Maine’s
Civil War legacy.
Rufus Porter Museum
Located on Rte 302 on the
western side of Bridgton –
¼ mile on the right past the
Email [email protected] Civil War monument at the
top of the Main Street hill.
Address 67 N. High Street Bridgton
Telephone 207.647.2828
Website www.rufusportermuseum.org
Hours 10 - 4 Tues. - Sat.
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The Maine Civil War Trail
The state of Maine played a vitally
important role during the 1850’s, 60’s
and 70’s. She led the nation in
shipbuilding and forestry products;
her rapidly expanding mills produced
a variety of textile items and footwear;
her politicians held a great deal of
influence on the national scene.
Indeed, Maine sent more men
per capita to the war than any other
northern state as well as an uncounted
number of women.
The state’s participation in and response
to the war is a complex story that now
has been explored and interpreted in a
collaborative fashion by the participating
Trail institutions in Maine.
Supporters
The Maine Civil War Trail 2013
is made possible
through the generosity of:
The Maine Community Foundation’s
Community Building Fund
Davis Family Foundation
Daughters of the Union Veterans,
Department of Maine
Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Garfield Camp,
Sons of the Union Veterans
Haskell Marston Camp,
Sons of the Union Veterans
Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust
Third Maine Infantry Reenactors
Hannibal Hamlin
Paris Hill, Maine
Vice-President
United States
Robert Fuller
Ronald and Helen Newton
Utowna Associates
An Anonymous Friend
Dorothea Dix
Hampden, Maine
Superintendent,
Army Nurses
Organized by:
Kim MacIsaac
with Assistance from:
Charlie Burden
Oliver Otis Howard
Leeds, Maine
Director,
Freedmen’s Bureau
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Brochure Design: www.calljumpstart.com
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