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Maine Volunteer Militia (Post-Civil War)
- Correspondence and other records of Maine’s militia in the years after the Civil War. Much of the collection includes requests for aid in obtaining veteran pensions.
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.
Alien Registrations (1941)
- On June 14, 1940, Governor Lewis O. Barrows issued a proclamation stating that alien residents of Maine were required to register at their local town office. Over the next month more than 30,000 people registered and their information was collected by the Adjutant General’s office who extracted the statistical data to create data sheets for government use.
General Henry Sewall Papers - 8th Division Militia (1778-1819)
- The militia book and personal papers belonging to General Henry Sewall (1752-1845) of Augusta, who served in the Revolutionary War and wintered at Valley Forge in 1778. After the war, Sewall opened a store at Fort Western in Augusta and served as Division Inspector, Brigadier and Major General of the 8th Division of the Maine militia.