After 150 years, dignitaries gathered at Eastern Cemetery in Portland to honor Maine Col. Sabine Emery, captain of the 9th Maine Volunteers in 1861 then Major Lt. Colonel and Colonel from 1862-1864. Read Entire Article
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Civil War-era governor Abner Coburn’s Skowhegan home in disrepair
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While Abner Coburn of Skowhegan may be remembered this weekend as one of three Maine governors during the Civil War and as a generous philanthropist who left his mark in the region, Read Entire Article
Police plan to file charges after recovering Civil War, World War II memorabilia stolen from Bangor library
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Bangor police have recovered thousands of dollars worth of Civil War, World War I and World War II memorabilia they believe was stolen from the Bangor Public Library last week by a man working there as a janitor. Read Entire…