2024-03-29T10:24:43Z
http://api.mainememory.net/oai
oai:mainememory.net:98611
2017-07-05T18:10:11Z
contributor:belfasths
Harriet Burgess Towne was the older, married sister of William A. Burgess who was serving with the 59th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. She received a letter from him dated July 9, 1864 in which he tells her of camp life and the battles which he has fought in. The first line reads "Give Willie a kiss from me."
This photograph shows Harriet or "Hattie," as she was called by her brother, with her young son William R. Towne.
Tintype
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98611
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Portrait photographs--Maine--Belfast
Towne, Harriet Burgess
Towne, William R.
Harriet Burgess Towne, Belfast, ca. 1860
Image
circa 1860
8 cm x 7 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98611.JPG
Burgess Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1860
oai:mainememory.net:97507
2017-07-13T08:55:11Z
contributor:belfasths
Augusta S. Quimby (1833-1928) was 31 years old and unmarried when she helped to design and sew the Belfast Civil War soldiers quilt in June 1864.
Her talk, "Recollections of the Civil War," written in 1917, describes events and activities that took place during the war years. Of special interest is her description of the decision to create a quilt, "as a diversion from real work it was proposed to make a Flag Bed Quilt for a hospital."
This photograph was taken in Belfast on February 27, 1861.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/97507
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female
Seamstresses--Maine--Belfast
Quimby, Augusta Susan, 1833-1928--Portrait photographs
Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female
Quilts--Maine--Belfast
Quimby, Augusta Susan
Augusta S. Quimby, Belfast, 1861
Image
1861-02-27
3.0 cm x 2.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/97507.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1861-02-27
oai:mainememory.net:97591
2017-07-13T08:55:11Z
contributor:belfasths
Philo Hersey was born to a farm family in Canton and moved to Belfast as a young man. He was principal of Belfast High School in 1862 when he enlisted as captain of Co. I, 26th Maine Regiment. This was a nine-month regiment fighting in the western Louisiana campaign.
Despite receiving a severe arm wound at the Battle of Irish Bend, Hersey remained with his regiment until it mustered out in August 1863.
He returned to Belfast where he married Arbella "Belle" Johnson and raised two sons. In 1885, Hersey and his family moved to San Jose, California, where he became a successful fruit grower.
Despite living 3,000 miles away, Hersey traveled back to Belfast by train in order to attend reunions well into the 20th century. The <em>History of the Twenty-Sixth Maine Regiment</em> notes, "A better officer never drew sword than Colonel Hersey."
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/97591
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States--HIstory--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
Portrait photographs
Soldiers--Maine
Hersey, Philo
Philo Hersey, Belfast, 1862
Image
circa 1862
21 cm x 17.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/97591.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1862
oai:mainememory.net:98621
2017-07-13T08:55:23Z
contributor:belfasths
Major Frank W. Dickerson, son of Judge Jonathan G. Dickerson of Belfast, served during the Civil War with the Regular Army, Fifth U. S. Cavalry. Frank participated in twelve major battles, and in one engagement, had his horse shot out from under him. Pronounced unable to continue to fight because of the combined effects of a war wound compounded by a debilitating illness, he served his remaining time fulfilling behind-the-lines support responsibilities.
His enduring wish towards the end of his life was to return home. At age 24, on board a ship in Boston Harbor, with his father at his side, Frank died on February 11, 1866.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98621
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Dickerson, Frank, 1841-1866--Portrait photographs
Soldiers--Maine
United States. Army. Cavalry regiment, 5th
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
War wounds
War casualties
Dickerson, Frank W.
Dickerson, Jonathan G.
Frank W. Dickerson, Belfast, ca. 1860
Image
circa 1860
19 cm x 15 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98621.JPG
Quimby-Pineo Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1860
oai:mainememory.net:99325
2017-07-13T08:55:31Z
contributor:belfasths
The view of the harbor and commercial district of Belfast was taken from Primrose Hill on High Street and shows downtown as it looked several years after the catastrophic fire on October 12, 1865.
That fire swept along the lower portion of downtown, destroying 125 buildings in a 20-acre section. In the years following the fire, the rebuilding of the downtown and waterfront was well underway.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/99325
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Cityscapes--Maine--Belfast
Fires--Maine--Belfast
Belfast (Me.)--Fire, 1865
Harbors--Maine--Belfast
View of harbor and downtown, Belfast, 1869
Image
1869
15 cm x 24 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/99325.JPG
Maritime
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1869
oai:mainememory.net:97563
2018-10-18T08:40:02Z
contributor:belfasths
The 26th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment reunion members posed on the steps of Memorial Hall on August 8, 1901.
Private Philip S. Holmes is the only person identified. He is in the front row, fifth from the left.
The 26th was a nine-month regiment, mustered in on October 11, 1862 and mustered out on August 17, 1863. Ninety-five men from Belfast enlisted in Company I.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/97563
3-3-2A Folder 4
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Group portraits
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 26th (1862-1863)
Reunions--Maine--Belfast
Holmes, Philip Souder
26th Maine Regiment Reunion, Belfast, 1901
Image
1901-08-08
16.5 cm x 11.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/97563.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1901-08-08
oai:mainememory.net:97571
2018-10-18T08:40:02Z
contributor:belfasths
James Harvey Stinson is pictured here as the grand marshall of a parade in downtown Belfast in the early 1900s. He is shown dressed in his Civil War uniform with his daughter Maude sitting on his lap.
Stinson, originally from Prospect, enlisted on December 19, 1863 with the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery. He was discharged a year later with severe facial wounds and returned to live in Belfast.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/97571
Lawless Collection
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Parades & processions--Maine--Belfast
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
Children--Maine--Belfast
Horses--Maine--Belfast
Stinson, James Harvey
Stinson, Maude
James Harvey Stinson, Belfast, ca. 1900
Image
circa 1900
8.5 cm x 13.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/97571.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:98614
2018-10-18T08:40:15Z
contributor:belfasths
A large group of "Fantastics" or "Horribles" pose at Memorial Hall in Belfast prior to marching in a Fourth of July parade. The group has not yet put on their masks.
Memorial Hall was the second floor meeting space used by the Thomas H. Marshall Post, No. 42, Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War veteran's group. A portrait of Col. T. H. Marshall hangs to the left and a portrait of Gen. Joshua Chamberlain, to the right.
In 1890, the G.A.R. Post erected the building and used the second floor for meetings, reunions and veteran's assistance. The rest of the building was rented to the City of Belfast for municipal offices.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98614
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Group portraits
Fourth of July celebrations
Costumes
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic. Thomas H. Marshall Post No. 42 (Belfast, Me.)
Buildings--Maine--Belfast
Marshall, Thomas H.--Portraits
Marshall, Thomas H.
"Fantastics," Memorial Hall, Belfast, ca. 1900
Image
circa 1900
10 cm x 12 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98614.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:98641
2018-10-18T08:40:19Z
contributor:belfasths
The Hayford Block was built on Church Street 1866-68 by local contractor, Axel Hayford. There were retail stores on the ground level and offices on the second floor. In the back section was Hayford Hall, later renamed as the Opera House, which occupied two upper levels.
The Opera House was used for a variety of entertainments including plays, operas, fairs, formal dinners, club meetings, public gatherings and dances. Its seating capacity was 1,300 and it had a stage, a large balcony and ample floor space. Roller skating was introduced in 1882 and the first basketball game in Belfast was held there in 1904.
Postcard
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98641
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Buildings--Maine--Belfast
Opera houses--Maine--Belfast
Roller skating--Maine--Belfast
Skating rinks--Maine--Belfast
Basketball--Maine--Belfast
Firsts--Maine--Belfast
Hayford, Axel
Hayford Block, Belfast, ca. 1900
Text and Image
circa 1900
8.5 cm x 13.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98641.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:98682
2018-10-18T08:40:19Z
contributor:belfasths
Memorial Hall was built on Church Street in 1890 by the Thomas H. Marshall Post, No. 42, Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War veterans organization, as its memorial to fallen comrades.
The post occupied the second floor for reunions and social events and various City of Belfast departments used the lower levels.
In 1934, as the numbers of veterans had diminished, the building was deeded to the City.
Postcard
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98682
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Grand Army of the Republic. Thomas H. Marshall Post No. 42 (Belfast, Me.)
Buildings--Maine--Belfast
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
Memorial Building, Belfast, ca. 1900
Text and Image
circa 1900
9 cm x 14 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98682.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:99123
2018-10-18T08:40:20Z
contributor:belfasths
First Church was built at the corner of Church and Spring streets. The building is Federal style with a square clock tower, open octagonal belfry surmounted by an octagonal cupola with a wrought-iron weathervane. The congregation formed in 1796. The construction of the building began in June, 1818 and the new meetinghouse was dedicated on November 15, 1818.
In May of 1819 a Paul Revere Bell was hung in the belfry. In 1836 the town owned clock, designed by Belfast clock makers, Timothy Chase and Phineas P. Quimby, was installed.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/99123
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Bell towers--Maine--Belfast
Clock towers--Maine--Belfast
Churches--Maine--Belfast
Architectural elements
Revere, Paul, 1735-1818--Associated objects
Church bells--Maine--Belfast
First Church, Belfast, ca. 1900
Image
circa 1900
11.5 cm x 9 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/99123.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:99324
2018-10-18T08:40:30Z
contributor:belfasths
The launching of the schooner <em>Theoline #1</em> in Belfast in 1900 drew a large crowd.
She was built by George A. Gilchrist at the shipyard located at the foot of Miller Street for owners Fred McQuesten and others. The <em>Theoline</em> was sold to a New York company in 1907 and her name changed to <em>Lakewood</em>.
She sank on April 29, 1907, off Cape Hatteras, N.C.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/99324
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Boat & ship industry--Maine--Belfast
Theoline #1 (Ship)
Launchings--Maine--Belfast
Ships--Maine--Belfast
Launching of schooner "Theoline #1," Belfast, 1900
Image
1900
11 cm x 16.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/99324.JPG
Maritime
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1900
oai:mainememory.net:99469
2018-10-18T08:40:32Z
contributor:belfasths
City Hall showing the granite monument dedicated to the soldiers from Belfast who fought in the Civil War. The monument was installed in 1924.
Postcard
http://www.mainememory.net/item/99469
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Government facilities
City & town halls--Maine--Belfast
Commemoration--Maine--Belfast
Monuments & memorials--Maine--Belfast
City Hall, Belfast, ca. 1950
Image
circa 1950
9 cm x 13.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/99469.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1950
oai:mainememory.net:97336
2018-10-31T08:51:40Z
contributor:belfasths
Ladies Aid Society
The 1864 Belfast Civil War quilt was sewn by twenty three members of the Ladies' Aid Society of the First Church. It was designed as an over-sized and inspirational quilt, rather than as a standard Sanitary Commission cot-sized quilt.
Sewing began on June 17, 1864 and by mid-July it was ready to be sent to the Armory Square Hospital in Washington, D.C.
It was returned to Belfast in March 2011, after being stored in Montana with two families for more than 140 years. This photograph shows the quilt as it looked after conservation.
Wool, cotton, embroidery
http://www.mainememory.net/item/97336
110001
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Textiles
Quilts--Maine
Civil War quilt , Belfast, 1864
Physical Object
1864-06-17
155 cm x 234 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/97336.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1864-06-17
oai:mainememory.net:98100
2018-10-31T08:51:50Z
contributor:belfasths
A group of Civil War veterans and a young boy are standing on the steps of Memorial Hall, which was built in 1890 by the Thomas H. Marshall Post, No. 42, Grand Army of the Republic.
The GAR used the second floor was used for its reunions and veteran's services.
The War of 1812 cannon on the lawn was relocated in 1924 to the Civil War veterans memorial lot in Grove Cemetery. In its place, the G. A. R. erected a 17-foot tall monument made from Lincolnville granite, inscribed to "The Boys of 1861 - 1865."
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98100
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
Buildings--Maine--Belfast
Cannons--Maine--Belfast
Reunions--Maine--Belfast
Cannon balls
Grand Army of the Republic. Thomas H. Marshall Post No. 42 (Belfast, Me.)
Group portraits
United States--History--War of 1812
Civil War veterans, Belfast, ca. 1900
Image
circa 1900
13 cm x 17.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98100.JPG
Helen Shute Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:98615
2018-10-31T08:51:51Z
contributor:belfasths
Members of the 26th Maine Regiment pose on the steps of Memorial Hall in Belfast for a reunion.
The group was part of the Waldo County Veterans Association of the Grand Army of the Republic. The 26th Maine was mustered in on September 23, 1862 and mustered out on August 17, 1863. They were an active regiment and participated in many battles in Louisiana, including Irish Bend and Port Hudson.
James A. Dunton, Co. G, seated, second from left, was the last surviving Civil War veteran in Waldo County. He died at age 93 on January 1, 1940 and was buried in Grove Cemetery, Belfast.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98615
991120
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Group portraits
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 26th (1862-1863)
Reunions--Maine--Belfast
Firsts--Maine--Belfast
Dunton, James A.
Waldo County Veterans Association, Belfast, ca. 1920
Image
circa 1920
12.5 cm x 17.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98615.JPG
Helen Shute Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1920
oai:mainememory.net:98428
2018-10-31T08:51:55Z
contributor:belfasths
The 4th Maine Regiment advertisement in the October 10, 1861 edition of the Progressive Age newspaper.
The ad states, "The popularity of the Maine 4th, makes this a desirable chance for any one desiring to enlist." Capt. Andrew D. Bean and Lieut. R. H. Gray were the recruitment officers.
The 4th Maine Volunteer Militia was the only Civil War infantry organization to be mustered into service in Maine's Mid-coast area. The regiment was unique, for it was an all-volunteer unit, no military conscription was needed to fill the ranks.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98428
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Recruiting & enlistment
United States. Army----Recruiting and enlistment, etc.
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1864)
Bean, Andrew D.
Gray, R. H.
Recruitment Ad, Belfast, 1861
Text and Image
1861-10-10
10 cm x 5.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98428.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1861-10-10
oai:mainememory.net:98727
2021-06-16T09:00:28Z
contributor:belfasths
The Waldo County Veterans Association reunion took place in Morrill on June 1, 1922.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98727
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Drums (Musical instruments)
Group portraits
Reunions--Maine--Morrill
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 26th (1862-1863)
Waldo County Veterans Association reunion, Morrill, 1922
Image
1922-06-01
19 cm x 24.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98727.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Morrill, Waldo County, ME, USA
1922-06-01
oai:mainememory.net:21329
2022-06-29T05:26:16Z
contributor:belfasths
Charles A. Townsend
The Jennie Flood Kreger was the largest and only five-masted ship built in Belfast. She weighed 1,838 gross tons, her length 243.7, beam 42.2, draft 19.5.
She was launched from the Mathews Bros. Shipyard on March 5, 1919.
Postcard
http://www.mainememory.net/item/21329
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Ships--Maine--Belfast
Launchings--Maine--Belfast
Jennie Flood Kreger (Ship)
Boat & ship industry--Maine--Belfast
Mathews Brothers Shipyard (Belfast, Me.)
Launching of Jennie Flood Kreger, Belfast, 1919
Image
1919-03-05
9 cm x 14 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/21329.JPG
Helen Shute Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1919-03-05
oai:mainememory.net:21484
2022-06-29T05:26:20Z
contributor:belfasths
Melvin Augustus Cook
George Dunbar, Belfast's steeple jack, atop the Waldo County Court House. You can see the bell in the cupola, both bell and cupola have been removed from the building. The building to the right of the Court House is City Hall. In the early 20th century, it was not uncommon to find Dunbar scaling the larger buildings in town, just for fun.
Postcard
http://www.mainememory.net/item/21484
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Courthouses--Maine
Waldo County Courthouse (Belfast, Me.)
Steeples--Maine--Belfast
Construction industry--Maine--Belfast
Construction
Steeplejacks--Maine--Belfast
Climbing--Maine--Belfast
Cupolas--Maine--Belfast
Bells
Eccentrics and eccentricities
Dunbar, George
George Dunbar, Steeple Jack, Belfast, ca. 1920
Image
circa 1920
14 cm x 8.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/21484.JPG
Helen Shute Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1920
oai:mainememory.net:97027
2022-06-29T05:48:24Z
contributor:belfasths
William Cain Tuttle
A stereographic card shows a reunion of veterans of the 19th Maine Regiment, Co. D, standing on the steps of the Belfast Post Office. The reunion was held on September 2, 1875.
During the Civil War the 19th Maine mustered in at Bath on August 25, 1862 and mustered out on May 31, 1865. They fought in most of the major eastern battles, including Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and The Wilderness.
Stereograph
http://www.mainememory.net/item/97027
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
Group portraits
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)
Tuttle, William Cain
19th Maine Regiment, Co. D Reunion, Belfast, 1875
Image
1875-09-02
10 cm x 17.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/97027.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1875-09-02
oai:mainememory.net:97954
2022-06-29T05:48:26Z
contributor:belfasths
T. W. Stuart
On the eve of the Civil War Belfast was a bustling, prosperous community of more than 5,000 people. Known for its shipbuilding and maritime commerce, it was an important trading center with connections to eastern seacoast ports and world wide harbors.
Nearly 30% of men living in Belfast were employed in the maritime trades. Much of this trade, vital to the local economy, would be interrupted following the news of the attack on and the fall of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.
This view of Belfast, taken from the east side of the harbor, was photographed by T. W. Stuart and engraved by Mallory for publication in <em>History and Description of New England. Maine</em> by A. J. Coolidge and J. B. Mansfield, published in Boston, 1860, by Austin J. Coolidge.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/97954
090016
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Marines (Visual works)
Stuart, T. W.
Harbor View, Belfast, 1860
Image
circa 1860
15.5 cm x 24 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/97954.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1860
oai:mainememory.net:97957
2022-06-29T05:48:26Z
contributor:belfasths
Edward N Wight
Members of the Civil War veterans organization, the Thomas H Marshall Post, No. 42, Grand Army of the Republic, stand in formation on High Street in Belfast in this circa 1886 photograph.
The Belfast GAR post formed in 1881 and, in 1886, began using the second floor of a building located on High Street for their reunions and meetings
It is possible that this photograph shows the veterans preparing to lead Decoration Day exercises in 1887.
The photographer, Edward N. Wight, worked in Belfast from 1886 to 1888.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/97957
040036
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
High Street (Belfast, Me.)
Group portraits
Grand Army of the Republic
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
Parades--Maine--Belfast
Grand Army of the Republic. Thomas H. Marshall Post No. 42 (Belfast, Me.)
Wight, Edward N.
Thomas H. Marshall Post GAR parade, Belfast, ca. 1886
Image
circa 1886
13 cm x 21.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/97957.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1886
oai:mainememory.net:98099
2022-06-29T05:48:27Z
contributor:belfasths
Henry Leonard Kilgore
This stereoview shows a large group gathered in front of the Belfast Post Office Square on upper Main Street during winter. The brick building behind the crowd is Peirce's Block, built in 1852. On the first floor were storefronts and the second floor was a large hall used for dances, concerts, and public meetings.
On April 19, 1861, at the onset of the Civil War, Peirce's Hall was filled with a large group of townspeople gathered together to hear patriotic speeches and to show support of the government, the Constitution, and the Union. The hall also served as a recruitment center for the Belfast City Greys, the local militia.
Stereograph
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98099
020514.5
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Business Districts
Maine Street (Belfast, Me.)
Post offices--Maine--Belfast
Post Office Square, Belfast, ca. 1875
Image
circa 1875
8.5 cm x 17.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98099.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1875
oai:mainememory.net:98528
2022-06-29T05:48:28Z
contributor:belfasths
Alden D. Chase
Alden Darwin Chase, volunteered to serve with the Fourth Maine Regiment, Co. K, on June 15, and resigned his position due to illness the next month. He was a member of the Belfast City Greys, the local militia unit.
This nine-page letter was written to his brother, Hiram Chase on July 10, 1861 and recounts interesting events in camp and on the march. The upcoming battle he refers to is First Bull Run fought on July 21, 1861.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98528
04001
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United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1864)
Chase, Alden D.--Correspondence
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Chase, Alden D.
Chase, Hiram O.
Civil War Letter, Alden D.Chase, Belfast, 1861
Text
1861-07-10
24.5 cm x 20 cm
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Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1861
oai:mainememory.net:98623
2022-06-29T05:48:30Z
contributor:belfasths
Alfred E. Nickerson
Lieutenant Alfred Emery Nickerson was born in Swanville. He enlisted with the 19th Maine Infantry Volunteers, Co. E, on July 16, 1862 and mustered out of service on May 31, 1865. He fought at many of the major battles, including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and Appomattox.
In this letter to his wife, he mentions his brother Andrew, who also was a soldier in the same regiment.
At age 73, Alfred was one of the few remaining veterans from Waldo County to attend the Battle of Gettysburg semi-centennial exercises in July, 1913.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98623
120045
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)
Soldiers
Nickerson, Alfred Emery--Correspondence
Nickerson family
United States. Army-Military life
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Nickerson, Alfred E.
Nickerson, Alfred Emery
Nickerson, Andrew H.
Lieutenant Alfred E. Nickerson letter, Swanville, 1862
Text and Image
1862-10-17
19.5 cm x 12 cm
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Belfast Historical Society
Swanville, Waldo County, ME, USA
1862
oai:mainememory.net:98642
2022-06-29T05:48:30Z
contributor:belfasths
Frank P. Blodgett
This shoe factory was built by the Belfast Manufacturing Company on lower Main Street in 1872. It was first leased to Richardson and Critchett, who employed one hundred fifty workers
For nearly one hundred years, mens,' boys' and women's shoes and boots were produced. During World War II the factory supplied combat boots to the U. S. Army.
Shoe production continued at this factory until 1949, when a more modern facility was built. This building was razed in 1965.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98642
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Factories--Maine--Belfast
Shoe industry--Maine--Belfast
Blodgett, Frank P.
Shoe Factory, Belfast, ca. 1885
Image
circa 1885
17.5 cm x 22.5 cm
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Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1885
oai:mainememory.net:98697
2022-06-29T05:48:31Z
contributor:belfasths
William M. Hall
The great fire of Belfast took place on October 12, 1865. The fire swept along the waterfront, downtown and residential areas, destroying 125 buildings in a 22-acre area.
William M. Hall of Belfast was the artist who drew the sketch for <em>Harper's Weekly</em> Magazine. The engraving appeared in the November 4, 1865 edition.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98697
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Fires--Maine--Belfast
Belfast (Me.)--Fire, 1865
Hall, William M.
Hall, William Milson
Fire, Belfast, 1865
Text and Image
1865-11-04
29 cm x 40 cm
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Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1865-10-04
oai:mainememory.net:21327
2023-03-12T08:29:08Z
contributor:belfasths
Members of the Belfast baseball team from 1899 are, front row, from left, Tom Berry and Bert "Pap" Darby.
In the second row, from left, are Fru Johnson, Ish Patterson, George Darby, Horace Newingham, and Funny Patterson.
In the back row, from left, are Billy Welch, Orrie Vickery, Hugh McLellan, Wee Johnson, Ben Hazeltine, Karl McDonald, and Fred Patterson.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/21327
Photographs--Sports
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Baseball--Maine--Belfast
Baseball players--Maine--Belfast
African American baseball players--Maine
Athletes--Maine
Group portraits
Berry, Tom
Darby, Bert
Darby, George
Hazeltine, Ben
Johnson, Fru
Johnson, Wee
McDonald, Karl
McLellan, Hugh
Newingham, Horace
Patterson, Fred
Patterson, Funny
Patterson, Ish
Vickery, Orrie
Welch, Billy
Belfast baseball team, 1899
Image
1899
16.2 cm x 21.3 cm
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Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1899
oai:mainememory.net:22169
2023-03-12T08:29:15Z
contributor:belfasths
Adrian Tuttle
A Chinese-American wedding group posed in Belfast, on June 22, 1940.
Pictured are, from left, Walter Wong, best man from Belfast; Lew Chang Minn, the groom from Belfast; Carolyn Wong, the bride from Bath; and Lilli Wong, the bridesmaid from Bath.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/22169
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Brides
Chinese Americans--Maine--Belfast
Grooms (Weddings)
Minn, Lew Chang--Marriage
Wedding clothing & dress
Weddings--Maine--Belfast
Wong, Carolyn--Marriage
Minn, Lew C.
Wong, Carolyn
Wong, Lilli
Wong, Walter
Wong and Minn wedding party, Belfast, 1940
Image
1940-06-22
13 cm x 18 cm
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Helen Shute Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME, USA
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1940-06-22
oai:mainememory.net:90751
2023-03-12T08:35:17Z
contributor:belfasths
H. L. Kilgore
William Austin Burgess (1837-1864) was born and raised in Belfast, but served as a Corporal in Company D, 59th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. Burgess was severely wounded at Petersburg by a Rebel sharpshooter on July 15, 1864 and died a month later from his wounds. At the time of his death, Burgess was 26 years old and unmarried. This carte de visite photograph was taken by Belfast photographer H. L. Kilgore.
Carte de visite
http://www.mainememory.net/item/90751
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Portrait photographs
Carte de visites
United States. Army
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 59th (1864-1865)
Burgess, William Austin
Kilgore, H. L.
Kilgore, Henry Leonard
William Austin Burgess, Belfast, ca. 1864
Image
circa 1864
10 cm x 6 cm
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Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1864
oai:mainememory.net:97026
2023-03-12T08:35:24Z
contributor:belfasths
Nancy M. Burgess, pictured here, was the mother of two sons who fought in the Civil War. George Washington Burgess, volunteered for the 4th Maine Regiment Co. K in June of 1861 and remained with his regiment until 1863. William Austin Burgess, enlisted in February 1864 with the 59th Mass. Infantry Co. D. and died from wounds received six months later. Another son, Thomas Jefferson Burgess, was drafted in 1863 but was exempted due to a disability. Her youngest son, Albert Cargill Burgess, was a Second Lieutenant with Company B, one of the five Divisions organized in Belfast to enroll men into the ununiformed State Militia in 1862.
The embossed inscription on the decorative frame reads, "The Union Now And Forever."
Tintype
http://www.mainememory.net/item/97026
940829
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Portraits
Burgess, Albert Cargill
Burgess, George Washington
Burgess, Nancy Morang
Burgess, Thomas Jefferson
Burgess, William Austin
Nancy Morang Burgess, Belfast, ca. 1864
Image
circa 1864
6 cm x 5 cm
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Burgess Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1864
oai:mainememory.net:98091
2023-03-12T08:35:24Z
contributor:belfasths
Thomas Jefferson Burgess was a native of Belfast and a printer by trade. During the Civil War years, he was drafted, but exempted from service due to a bad hip. In 1862, Burgess published the Evening Bulletin, which was a daily broadsheet containing all the evening telegraph dispatches from the war.
Before the war, Burgess entered into business with his brother, George Washington Burgess, and together they established the Progressive Age newspaper, a competitor to the Republican Journal.
Carte de visite
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98091
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Portrait photographs
Burgess, Thomas J.
Burgess, Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Burgess, Belfast, ca.1870
Image
circa 1870
10 cm x 6 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98091.JPG
Burgess Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1870
oai:mainememory.net:98098
2023-03-12T08:35:24Z
contributor:belfasths
Henry Leonard Kilgore
George Washington Burgess enlisted with the 4th Maine Infantry Regiment on June 15, 1861. He first served in the Regimental Band until the bands were mustered out; at that time he became a private with Co. K 4th Maine and served his three years' enlistment.
His brother, William A. Burgess, served with Co. D, 59th Massachusetts Infantry in 1864.
A printer by trade, he resumed in that business after the war with his brother, Thomas J. Burgess.
Carte de visite
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98098
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1864). Company K
Printers--Maine--Belfast
Portrait photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Burgess, George Washington
Burgess, Thomas J.
Burgess, William A.
Kilgore, H. L.
Kilgore, Henry Leonard
George Washington Burgess, Belfast, ca. 1870
Image
circa 1870
10 cm x 6 cm
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Burgess Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1870
oai:mainememory.net:97570
2023-03-12T08:35:25Z
contributor:belfasths
In 1862, small currency had been driven out of circulation and businesses issued printed checks. These were printed like miniature bank bills and were in denominations of five cents, ten cents, twenty-five cents and fifty cents. They were valid for one year.
This check was signed by Mrs. A. D. Chase, Belfast businesswoman, whose store was located at the corner of Main and Church streets.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/97570
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Checks
Ephemera
Money
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Chase, A. D.
Chase, Nancy Jane
Bank of Commerce Fifty Cent Check, Belfast, 1862
Physical Object
1862-11-01
5.5 cm x 10 cm
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Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1862
oai:mainememory.net:98610
2023-03-12T08:35:25Z
contributor:belfasths
Albert C. Burgess, pictured here, received a letter from his brother William, dated July 15, 1864. William Burgess was serving with the 59th Massachusetts Infantry at Petersburg and had just been shot by a Rebel sharpshooter. He considered the wound to be quite serious and wished to tell his family that he probably would not survive. Albert was to convey both the news and William's goodbyes to the rest of the Burgess family.
Albert Burgess served as a Second Lieutenant with Company B, one of the five Divisions organized in Belfast to enroll men into the un-uniformed State Militia in 1862. Following the war, he worked in the hardware business and had a store on Main Street for many years.
Carte de visite
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98610
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army
Carte de visites
Portrait photograph--Maine--Belfast
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 59th (1864-1865)
Burgess, Albert C.
Burgess, Albert Cargill
Albert Cargill Burgess, Belfast, ca. 1870
Image
circa 1870
10 cm x 6 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98610.JPG
Burgess Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1870
oai:mainememory.net:98632
2023-03-12T08:35:25Z
contributor:belfasths
Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802-1866) was a clockmaker, photographer, inventor and healer. His healing practices and teachings inspired the founder of the Christian Science movement.
Carte de visite
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98632
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Quimby, P.P. (Phineas Parkhurst), 1802-1866--Portrait photographs
Physicians--Maine--Belfast
Christian Science--History
Quimby, Phineas P.
Quimby, Phineas Parkhurst
Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, Belfast, ca. 1860
Image
circa 1860
10.2 cm x 6 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98632.JPG
Quimby-Pineo Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1860
oai:mainememory.net:98640
2023-03-12T08:35:25Z
contributor:belfasths
Charles A. Townsend
The Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railway Company built the thirty-two mile long railroad in 1870. The line was leased by the Maine Central Railroad, which carried mail, freight and passengers until 1925, when the City of Belfast assumed ownership. At that time, the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad was the only publicly owned freight and passenger line in the country.
The passenger station was torn down in 1960 to make way for a grain elevator used for the poultry industry. The last train left Belfast on June 5, 2005.
Postcard
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98640
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Railroads stations--Maine--Belfast
Railroad passengers--Maine--Belfast
Carts & wagons--Maine--Belfast
Belfast K& Moosehead Lake Railroad
Transportation--Maine--Moosehead Lake Region
Railroads--Maine
Townsend, C. A.
Townsend, Charles A.
Railroad Station, Belfast, 1908
Image
1908
8.5 cm x 14 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/98640.JPG
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1908
oai:mainememory.net:98644
2023-03-12T08:35:25Z
contributor:belfasths
Hiram Chase and Son was located on upper Main Street in Belfast for many years selling watches, jewelry, silverware and musical instruments.
Chase's father, Timothy, established the the business at this location in 1826 and was a gunsmith and clockmaker.
In 1861, Hiram Chase was appointed by Abraham Lincoln to be Belfast Postmaster, a position he held throughout the war years.
From left are Fred T. Chase, Hiram Chase and Edgar M. Hall
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98644
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Stores & shops--Maine--Belfast
Buildings--Maine--Belfast
Postmasters--Maine--Belfast
Chase, Hiram O.--Homes and haunts--Maine--Belfast
Jewelry stores--Maine--Belfast
Music stores--Maine--Belfast
Chase, Fred T.
Chase, Hiram O.
Hall, Edgar M.
Hiram Chase & Son, Belfast, ca. 1895
Image
circa 1895
10.5 cm x 16.5 cm
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Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1895
oai:mainememory.net:98645
2023-03-12T08:35:25Z
contributor:belfasths
This building at the corner of Main and High Street was built ca. 1805 as a dwelling for George Hopkins. During the War of 1812 it was owned by John Huse and used as a hotel and tavern. It was here on September 1, 1814, that General Gosselin met with town magistrates to negotiate the occupation of Belfast by his British troops. Later, it was occupied by A. A. Howes, merchant.
The other buildings on the block were built in the early 19th century and remained unchanged until 1894, when third stories were added to each.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98645
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Taverns (Inns)--Maine--Belfast
Buildings--Maine--Belfast
Dwellings--Maine--Belfast
Houses--Maine--Belfast
United States--History--War of 1812
Maine--History--War of 1812
Hopkins, George
Howes, A. A.
Huse, John
Upper Main Street, Belfast, ca. 1880
Image
circa 1880
21.5 cm x 27 cm
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Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1880
oai:mainememory.net:98372
2023-03-12T08:35:26Z
contributor:belfasths
Thomas J. Burgess was thirty years old when, on August 11, 1863, he received this letter from the Provost Marshall, A. D. Bean, notifying him that he had been drafted for a three year enlistment. Just three days later, on August 14, following his physical examination he was found to be unfit for duty and exempted due to an injured trochanter major (bad hip).
Burgess was a printer by trade and published the Evening Bulletin, daily telegraph dispatches from the war, in 1862. His two younger brothers, George and William, also served during the war.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98372
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
Maine--Civil War, 1861-1865
Military service--1860-1870
Recruiting & enlistment--1860-1870
Bean, A. D.
Burgess, Thomas J.
Burgess, Thomas Jefferson
Thomas J. Burgess, draft notice, Belfast, 1863
Text
1863-08-11
25 cm x 20.5 cm
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Burgess Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1863
oai:mainememory.net:98433
2023-03-12T08:35:26Z
contributor:belfasths
William Austin Burgess
William Austin Burgess wrote home to his younger brother Albert Cargill on July 15, 1864 to tell his family about the serious chest wound he had just received. William enlisted with the 59th Massachusetts Infantry, Co. D on February 9, 1864. He was with his regiment at the Siege of Petersburg when he was shot by a Rebel sharpshooter.
At the time he wrote this letter he was being tended to at City Point, Virginia. William was later moved to Satterlee Hospital, outside of Philadelphia, where he died on August 15, 1864.
Pencil on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98433
940829
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 59th (1864-1865)
War casualties--Virginia--Petersburg
Burgess, Albert Cargill
Burgess, William A
Burgess, William Austin
McCauley, Clay
William A. Burgess letter to his brother Albert, Belfast, 1864
Text
1864-07-15
20.5 cm x 12.5 cm
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Burgess Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
Petersburg, VA, USA
1864-07-15
oai:mainememory.net:98584
2023-03-12T08:35:26Z
contributor:belfasths
William A. Burgess
William Austin Burgess wrote to his older, married sister, Harriet B. Towne on July 9, 1864 to tell her how he was faring, about camp life and in which engagements with the enemy he had fought. William enlisted with the 59th Massachusetts Infantry, Co. D on February 9, 1864. On August 15, 1864, he died from wounds received less than one week after this letter was written.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98584
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Soldiers
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 59th (1864-1865)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865---Military life
Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Burgess, William Austin
Towne, Harriet Burgess
William A. Burgess letter to his sister Harriet, Belfast, 1864
Text
1864-07-09
17.5 cm x 11.5 cm
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Burgess Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1864-07-09
oai:mainememory.net:98588
2023-03-12T08:35:26Z
contributor:belfasths
Peter P. Hazen
Sgt. Peter P. Hazen wrote to Mrs. Harriet Burgess Towne on August 15, 1864 to describe the details of her brother William A. Burgess' death earlier that day.
Hazen was a fellow patient at Satterlee Hospital, Ward E, outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was recovering from facial wounds he received at the Battle of Gettysburg. He had befriended her brother and felt the need to assure his family that William had received the greatest care from the Sisters of Charity, just as a mother, wife, or sister would have done.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98588
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Hospitals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narrative
Relief (Aid)
Military hospitals--Pennsylvania
Military medicine
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
United States--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment & supplies
War--Relief of sick and wounded
Hazen, Peter P.
Towne, E. D.
Towne, Harriet B.
Peter Hazen letter to Mrs. E. D. Towne, Belfast, 1864
Text
1864-08-15
20.5 cm x 12.5 cm
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Burgess Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
Philadelphia, PA, USA
1864-08-15
oai:mainememory.net:98608
2023-03-12T08:35:26Z
contributor:belfasths
Thomas J. Burgess was thirty years old when, on August 11, 1863, he was notified that he had been drafted. Following his physical examination on August 14, he was found to be unfit for duty and exempted due to an injured trochanter major (bad hip).
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98608
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Maine--Civil War, 1861-1865
Military service--1860-1870
Recruiting & enlistment--1860-1870
United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
Bean, A. D.
Burgess, Thomas J.
Burgess, Thomas Jefferson
Crocker, A. G.
Hunter, Sam B.
Thomas J. Burgess, Certificate of Exemption, Belfast, 1863
Text
1863-08-14
16 cm x 21 cm
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Burgess Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1863-08-14
oai:mainememory.net:98681
2023-03-12T08:35:26Z
contributor:belfasths
Journal Press, Belfast
The 8th Maine Infantry was organized in Augusta and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on September 7, 1861. They were originally attached to General Sherman’s South Carolina Expeditionary Corps and remained in the Hilton Head and Beaufort area for most of their service.
The regiment lost a total of 381 men; 6 officers and 128 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 243 enlisted men died of disease. The 8th Maine Infantry mustered out of service January 18, 1866. Twenty men from Belfast enlisted with the 8th 1861-1864.
Recruitment Officer, Edward H. Reynolds had an office in Phoenix Row, High Street. He was originally a Lieutenant with the militia unit, the Belfast City Greys. At the onset of the war, he helped with the training of the new recruits entering the city to enlist.
At the time of his own enlistment with Company A, 8th ME Infantry on January 13, 1862, Reynolds was 30 years old, married and working as a tailor.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/98681
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
United States. Army--Maine Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1866)
Broadsides
Posters
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Recruiting & enlistment
Recruiting & enlistment--Maine--Belfast
Reynolds, E. H.
Reynolds, Edward H.
8th Maine Regiment recruitment poster, Belfast, ca. 1861
Text
circa 1861
41 cm x 64 cm
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Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1861
oai:mainememory.net:98618
2023-03-12T08:35:28Z
contributor:belfasths
Andrew H. Nickerson
Andrew H. Nickerson, brick-maker, joined the 19th Maine , Co. E in August, 1862. A month later, encamped at Fort Meigs, outside of Washington, he wrote to his grandparents in Swanville, to tell them about his life as a soldier. Andrew was the younger brother of Alfred E. Nickerson and both brothers joined the 19th Maine at the same time. Andrew was discharged on July 15, 1863.
The image on the first page is "View of Harper's Ferry, Virginia."
Ink on paper
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Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)
Nickerson, Andrew H.--Correspondence
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Nickerson family
United States. Army-Military life
Soldiers
Nickerson, Alfred E.
Nickerson, Andrew H.
Andrew H. Nickerson letter, Swanville, 1862
Text and Image
1862-09-22
24.5 cm x 19 cm
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Nickerson Civil War Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Swanville, Waldo County, ME, USA
1862-09-22
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J P Burnham
Arbella "Belle" Johnson, 1842-1895, of Belfast was the daughter of prominent merchant Horatio H. Johnson and Anne Frances Johnson.
She married Col. Philo Hersey on June 14, 1865. Hersey was a Civil War veteran and former officer with the 26th Maine Regiment.
Carte de visite
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Hersey, Arbella Johnson--Portrait photographs
Burnham, J. P.
Hersey, Arbella Johnson
Arbella Johnson Hersey, Belfast, ca. 1870
Image
circa 1870
10 cm x 6 cm
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Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1870
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Thirty-one members of the Civil War veterans organization, the Thomas H. Marshall Post #42, G. A. R. gathered together in Belfast ca. 1895. The Post was organized in 1881 and met for re-unions and special events until 1934, when the Post was disbanded.
A newspaper article dated June 4, 1942 described this photograph as being on view in a store window on Main Street. It was part of a patriotic-themed display to show support for Belfast men serving in World War II. All 31 men were identified in the article.
Of particular interest is Andrew Johnson, seated, far right. Johnson was a former slave who, after escaping, enlisted with the U. S. Navy and served for 30 months. He came to Belfast in 1868, married, and raised a family. He died in 1899.
Front, from left, are Henry Staples, Alexander D. Smalley, Martin C. Dilworth, Robert Whitehead, Nahum S. Parker, and Fitz W. Patterson.
Seated in chairs, from left, are Nathaniel Sholes, William Cobbett, Edward Woodbury, Isaac A. Conant, John T. Gilmore, Harry Clifford, Adelbert Knight, Samuel J. Gurney, George A. Wise, Wilder S. Grant, and Andrew Johnson.
Standing near the flag are Ezekiel R. Thomas, John W. Nash, and Samuel Morse.
In the back row, from left, are Andrew E. Clark, Alden D. Chase, Samuel F. Stevens, Adolphus W. Doe, James F. Churchill, David Edward Bird, James Pattee, Capt. George R. Carter, James G. Harding, Dexter T. Guptill, and William S. Aldus.
Photographic print
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African Americans--Maine--Belfast
Group portraits
Grand Army of the Republic. Thomas H. Marshall Post No. 42 (Belfast, Me.)
Reunions--Maine--Belfast
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans
Aldus, William S
Bird, David Edward
Carter, George R
Chase, Alden D
Churchill, James F
Clark, Andrew E
Clifford, Harry
Cobbett, William
Conant, Isaac A
Dilworth, Martin C
Doe, Adolphus W
Gilmore, John T
Grant, Wilder S
Guptill, Dexter T
Gurney, Samuel J
Harding, James G
Johnson, Andrew
Knight, Adelbert
Morse, Samuel
Nash, John W
Patte, James
Patterson, Fitz W
Piper, Nahum S
Sholes, Nathaniel
Smalley, Alexander D
Staples, Henry
Stevens, Samuel F
Thomas, Ezekiel R
Whitehead, Robert
Wise, George W
Woodbury, Edward
Thomas H. Marshall Post #42, Belfast, ca. 1895
Image
circa 1895
11 cm x 15.5 cm
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Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1895
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H. L. Kilgore
Rev. Cazneau Palfrey was a minister of First Church for twenty-three years. He became pastor of the Unitarian Church in March, 1848 and failing health forced him to resign in 1871.
Carte de visite
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Clergy--Maine--Belfast
Palfrey, Cazneau, 1805-1888--Portrait photographs
First Church (Belfast, Me.)--Clergy
Unitarian churches--Maine--Belfast
Kilgore, H. L.
Palfrey, Cazneau
Rev. Cazneau Palfrey, Belfast, ca. 1870
Image
circa 1870
9.5 cm x 6 cm
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Belfast Historical Society
Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
circa 1870
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contributor:belfasths
Automobile and horse sled of supplies on ice near Eastern Steamship Co. wharf on Belfast Bay.
A. A. Gray of Harborside drove his car to Belfast in the winter of 1917. It reportedly took him a half hour to arrive. He made several trips back and forth before the ice went out.
Photographic print
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Winter--Maine
Harbors--Maine--Belfast
Ice
Piers & wharves--Maine--Belfast
Automobile travel--Maine--Belfast
Firsts--Maine--Belfast
Penobscot Bay (Me.)
Gray, A. A.
First car to cross Penobscot Bay on ice, 1917
Image
1917
14.5 cm x 8.8 cm
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Helen Shute Collection
Belfast Historical Society
Harbor, Belfast, Waldo County, ME, USA
1917