2024-03-29T08:25:21Z
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oai:mainememory.net:34133
2017-07-05T17:57:25Z
contributor:fifthmaine
Sheet music for patriotic song "We're Marching Down to Dixie's Land," by E.W. Locke, published 1861. Mailed to Albion, as part of a letter home by John French, Union soldier.
Ink on paper
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Locke, W.E., 1818-1900
United States--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
Patriotism
French, John--Correspondence
Letters
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)
Soldiers--Maine
French, John
Locke, E. W.
Civil War sheet music, ca. 1861
Text
1861
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Albion, Kennebec County, ME, USA
Portland, Cumberland County, ME, USA
1861
oai:mainememory.net:34131
2018-07-20T08:30:58Z
contributor:fifthmaine
Lt. John French of Albion, left, and Lt. John Stevens both were in the 5th Maine Regiment in the Civil War. Both enlisted in Lewiston.
Lt. Stevens, a native of Lewiston, kept a diary through the Civil War. It was later published by his descendants.
Both men are aged 23 in this picture; three months after the picture was taken, French was killed at Rappahannock Station.
Photographic print
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French, John--Friends & associates
Soldiers
Stevens, John--Friends & associates
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864).
French, John
Stevens, John
Lt. John French and Lt. John Stevens, 1863
Image
1863-08-12
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Albion, Kennebec County, ME, USA
New Baltimore, VA, USA
1863-08-12
oai:mainememory.net:34158
2018-07-20T08:30:59Z
contributor:fifthmaine
Daniel C. Clark enlisted in the Fifth Maine Regiment Company D in December of 1861 as a second lieutenant. By July of 1862 he was Captain of Company K.
He was wounded in action at the Battle of the Wilderness, May 16, 1864, and died shortly thereafter, at the age of 23.
There is a stained-glass window monument to Capt. Clark in the Fifth Maine Regiment Museum on Peaks Island.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/34158
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Soldiers
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864). Company D
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864). Company K
Clark, Daniel C.
Daniel C. Clark, ca. 1863
Image
circa 1863
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
ME, USA
circa 1863
oai:mainememory.net:34132
2018-10-31T08:41:48Z
contributor:fifthmaine
The sheet music for a patriotic song "We are Marching on to Richmond," by E.W. Locke, was published 1862. John French, a Union soldier, mailed it home to Albion in a letter
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/34132
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Locke, W.E., 1818-1900
United States--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
Soldiers--Maine
Patriotism
Letters
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)
French, John--Correspondence
French, John
Locke, E. W.
'We are Marching on to Richmond' music, ca. 1862
Image
1862
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Albion, Kennebec County, ME, USA
1862
oai:mainememory.net:34159
2018-10-31T08:41:48Z
contributor:fifthmaine
George Brown enlisted into Company H of the Fifth Maine Regiment on June 24, 1861. He was promoted to Captain four months later. After he was discharged from the Civil War in October, 1862, he became a professional photographer and opened a studio in Portland. He compiled a photographic album of Fifth Maine veterans, which he dedicated to the memory of Captain Daniel C. Clark.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/34159
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Photograph collections
Photographers--Maine
Photographic studios--Maine--Portland
Soldiers
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)--Regimental histories
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864). Company H
Brown, George E.
George E. Brown, Fifth Maine Regiment, ca. 1870
Image
circa 1870
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Portland, Cumberland County, ME, USA
circa 1870
oai:mainememory.net:34124
2022-06-29T05:31:11Z
contributor:fifthmaine
John French
John French of Albion, wrote to his family on April 30, 1861, informing them of his enlistment in the Union Army. The letter was postmarked May 7, 1861.
John French, a native of Albion, was 20 years old when he enlisted in Co. B of the 5th Maine Infantry Regiment as a private.
In this letter he informs his parents and siblings of his decision, writing "Perhaps you will condemn my actions, but I feel that I am but doing my duty to my country. I have enlisted and when you get this letter I shall probaly be in Fort Preble at Portland."
French was promoted to 2nd lieutenant in June 1863. His family never saw him again, as John French was killed in action at Rappahannock Station, Virginia, on November 7, 1863.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/34124
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French, John--Correspondence
Letters
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)
Soldiers--Maine
French, John
French, Nahum
John French letter on enlistment, 1861
Image
1861-04-30
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Albion, Kennebec County, ME, USA
Portland, Cumberland County, ME, USA
1861-04-30
oai:mainememory.net:34136
2022-06-29T05:31:11Z
contributor:fifthmaine
John French
John French, who enlisted in Co. B of the Maine 5th Infantry Regiment in June 1861, wrote to his brother two days after the Fourth of July to reassure him that, "I am well and feel good." He mentions several features of camp life in Washington, including the regiment's brass band and his childhood friends from Albion, also in the service, whom he sees frequently. He describes the first slaves he has seen, writing that they "looked about as I supposed they would."
This letter also contains a quick aside describing French's sighting of Abraham Lincoln: "I see Abe Lincoln last night he passed by here in his caridge he is a good looking man not half so homly as he is represented to be."
French says that if he can find any, he will send his brother "some paper," which may refer to the sheet music contained in his other letters, or to the kind of paper he has written his letter on: it is illustrated with a colored engraving of the Senate Chamber.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/34136
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United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Letters
French, John--Correspondence
Slaves--Washington, D.C.
Slaves--Virginia
Presidents--United States
United States Senate Chamber (United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
French, John
Lincoln, Abraham
John French letter to brother, Washington, D.C., 1861
Text and Image
1861-07-06
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Albion, Kennebec County, ME, USA
Washington, DC, USA
1861-07-06
oai:mainememory.net:34140
2022-06-29T05:31:11Z
contributor:fifthmaine
John French
John French, a private in Co. B of the 5th Maine Infantry, writes to tell his family not to believe all that they may have heard about the first Battle of Bull Run, which he took part in, saying "our loss is not near as large as it is reppresented in the papers."
He also mentions the secessionism at work in Maine at the time.
Several other young Maine men, friends of French's who also enlisted, are mentioned by name; they saw each other frequently, despite being in different regiments.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/34140
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French, John--Correspondence
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)
Letters
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
French, John
French, Nahum
John French letter to his family, July 1861
Text
1861-07-25
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Albion, Kennebec County, ME, USA
Fairfax County, VA, USA
1861-07-25
oai:mainememory.net:34153
2022-06-29T05:31:11Z
contributor:fifthmaine
John French
John French writes to his brother from Camp Franklin, Virginia. He mentions a case of smallpox in his regiment and describes army discipline, at one point saying that thieves are punished by being stood on a barrel "with a 32 pound ball suspended to his neck by a chain."
French also assures his brother that he is staying out of trouble while in the army (he was 22 years old): "I neither drink rum nor gamble nor steal."
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/34153
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United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
French, John--Correspondence
Letters
Soldiers
French, John
John French letter to brother, 1862
Text
1862-01-25
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Albion, Kennebec County, ME, USA
Fairfax County, VA, USA
1862-01-25
oai:mainememory.net:34160
2022-06-29T05:31:11Z
contributor:fifthmaine
George E. Brown
The photographs in this album were taken by George E. Brown, a veteran of the Fifth Maine Regiment.
The album consists of other Fifth Maine Regiment veterans, and was presented to the Fifth Maine Regiment Association "in memoriam of Capt. D. C. Clark."
Clark was killed in action at age 23 in Virginia.
Ink on paper, photographs
http://www.mainememory.net/item/34160
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Clark, Daniel C.--Commemoration
Veterans--Maine--Portland
Photograph albums
Photographers--Maine--Portland
United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)
Portrait photographs
Soldiers--Maine
Brown, George E.
Clark, Daniel C.
Photograph album of Civil War veterans, Portland, ca. 1870
Text and Image
circa 1870
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Portland, Cumberland County, ME, USA
circa 1870
oai:mainememory.net:34123
2024-02-24T09:29:24Z
contributor:fifthmaine
E. Washburn
This photograph records the summer reunion of Civil War veterans from the Fifth Maine Regiment on Peaks Island. The veteran soldiers and their family members are positioned on the steps and porch of the Fifth Maine Memorial Hall, a Queen Anne style cottage that they built in 1888 on the shore of Peaks Island overlooking Whitehead Passage and Cushing Island.
Photograph, jpg
http://www.mainememory.net/item/34123
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Fifth Maine Regiment Community Building (Peaks Island, Me.)
Group portraits
Reunions--Maine--Peaks Island
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)
Veterans--Maine
Fifth Maine Regiment Veteran Reunion, Peaks Island, 1912
Image
1912
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Peaks Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME, USA
1912
oai:mainememory.net:34386
2024-02-24T09:29:26Z
contributor:fifthmaine
The veterans of the Fifth Maine remained in close contact upon their return to civilian life and, in 1888, constructed the Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall as a memorial to their deceased comrades and as a reunion hall for themselves. This Queen Anne style cottage boasts memorial windows in the main hall crafted of hand-blown flash glass and engraved with the names of men who served in the regiment. The red cross above the doors on the oceanside of the hall memorializes the Sixth Corps whose insignia was a red cross.
The hall contained fifteen "sleeping rooms" that were rented out to the men and their families during the summer months. A common dining area and several kitchenettes were located on the lower level. Water was pumped into a kitchen sink, a two-hole privy was located in the back yard, and lighting was provided by the carbide gas plant on the island. Modern conveniences such as indoor plumbing and electricity were installed as soon as they became available.
Since 1954 the hall has been cared for by the Fifth Maine Regiment Community Association, an all-volunteer group dedicated to preserving this unique building and what it stands for. In 1978 it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places and, in 1984, was designated as a Greater Portland Landmark.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/34386
1995.49.5P
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Fifth Maine Regiment Community Building (Peaks Island, Me.)
Peaks Island (Me.)--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864)
Veterans--Maine
Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall, Peaks Island, ca. 1890
Image
circa 1890
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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
Peaks Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME, USA
circa 1890