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Category Archives: They Answered the Call
12th Maine Regiment (Civil War)
A transcript of the first page of a 1908 flyer for the Twelfth Maine Regimental Association. It mentions how to get to Dunstan via the electrics. There is also a link to a digital copy of the document that includes … Continue reading
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Photos – Organizations – WW2 Ground Observers & Posts
Photo Box 2 Folder: Organizations – WW2 Ground Observers & Posts Photos are below this table. Hover the individual photo to see its title. Title (Comment) Accession # WWII Observers – Val Krijanovsky in center 90.45.1k WWII Observers – Mildred … Continue reading
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Corporal Lucian Thomas Libby
I recently received a question regarding the life of Corporal Lucian Thomas Libby of Scarborough. Lucian died of wounds during World War I. His questions were, do we know which battle he died in and if there are relatives in … Continue reading
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“A DOLEFUL SLAUGHTER NEAR BLACK POINT”
The Battle at Moore’s Brook, Scarborough, Maine, June 29, 1677 by Sumner Hunnewell Originally published in two parts in the May 2003 and August 2003 issues of The Maine Genealogist and is published here with permission of the publisher and the author. … Continue reading
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They Answered the Call – Part 2
Part 2 of 2 by Mary Pickard Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Maine Historical Society, and Maine State Archives Letters to and from soldiers revealed concerns about the future. In a letter to her friend Gardner Waterhouse with the 7th … Continue reading
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Tagged Augustus Freedom Moulton, Augustus Moulton, Benjamin Waterhouse, Charles C. G. Thoraton, Charles Gustin, Clara Moses, Enoch Snow, Freedom Milliken, Gardner Waterhouse, George E. Merrill, Henry Farr, Hiram Berry, Horatio Hight, John Young, Mahlon Parker, Martin Perry, Melville Milliken, Robert Waterhouse, Sumner Commings Libby, Thomas Libby, Zabulon Knight
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They Answered the Call – Part 1
Text by Mary Pickard Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Maine Historical Society, and Maine State Archives To Arms! Citizens! Our Country Calls!! Come on sons of Maine! Our brethren are already in the field; why stand we here idle! Now … Continue reading
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Tagged Augustus Freedom Moulton, Charles C. G. Thornton, Civil War, Freedom Milliken, Hiram Berry, Horatio Hight, John Higgins, Joseph Coy, Joseph Sherma, Simon Libby
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Charles C. G. Thornton
Charles C. G. Thornton, Scarborough, 1863 Contributed by Maine State Archives Captain Charles C. G. Thornton of the 12th Maine Infantry, Company C, was born in 1830 to James Brown and Elizabeth Gookin Thornton in Saco. Charles attended Thornton Academy … Continue reading
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Edward T Pilsbury
Edward T Pilsbury, Scarborough, ca. 1864 Contributed by Maine State Archives Edward Pilsbury served as a second lieutenant in the 12th Maine Infantry, Company C during the Civil War. Pilsbury was 28 when he mustered in as a sergeant on … Continue reading
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Frederic C. Prince
Frederic C. Prince, Scarborough, 1863 Contributed by Maine State Archives Second Lt. Frederic C. Prince was born on June 15, 1842, in Cumberland to Paul (1785-1868) and Abigail Wells Prince (1804-1871). On December 3, 1863, at the age of twenty-one, … Continue reading
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George Washington Pillsbury
George Washington Pillsbury, Louisiana, ca. 1863 Contributed by Scarborough Historical Society & Museum George W. Pillsbury was stationed in Louisiana with the 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, Company C during the Civil War. George Pillsbury was born in Scarborough on November … Continue reading
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