Military History

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Alien Registration- Lariviere, Simone B. (Biddeford, York County)

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Registrations
Date: 1940-06

Correspondence to Intelligence Section, Adjutant General

23 Objects

World War I (1914-1918)

The Maine National Guard kept personnel records for all soldiers who entered the service under the National Guard during World War I. After the Guard was mobilized by the federal government in 1917, the State no longer kept soldiers' service files but did keep general records of those who served. This gallery features the Maine National Guard's records of soldiers who participated in World War I and a collection of documents about Maine's response to the explosion in Halifax, Novia Scotia.

105 Objects

Halifax Explosion

On December 6, 1917, the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia was rocked by a massive explosion after two ships collided in the harbor. One of them, the SS Mont-Blanc, was packed with explosives, and the resulting conflagration killed nearly 2,000 people and injured thousands more. The State of Maine was quick to respond. The Archives holds many documents from the Adjutant General records which document the aid Maine provided Halifax.

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William C. Hawker

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Maine Volunteer Militia (Post-Civil War)
Date: 1918-12-18

1st Lt. Elbridge G.A. Stetson

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Maine Volunteer Militia (Post-Civil War)
Date: 1918-01-08

Dexter True, 2nd Maine Cavalry

Dexter W. True of Turner, Maine, enlisted at age 23 in Company I, 2nd Maine Cavalry, on December 22, 1863. He was promoted to Corporal and then to Sergeant in 1865 and was mustered out on December 6, 1865. His wife, Celestia, died in 1869 at 23, and he died on November 23, 1876. They are buried in the Twin Bridges Cemetery in Livermore.