The Museum in the Streets®: Augusta, Maine – The Civil War Historical Markers

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 11, 2021

Augusta Mourns Lincoln / Augusta Pleur Lincoln Marker

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1 ► Maine, Kennebec County, Augusta — 9 — Augusta Mourns Lincoln / Augusta Pleur Lincoln — Augusta, Maine – The Civil War — The Museum in the Streets® —

Abraham Lincoln's assassination in Washington on April 14, 1865, as the Civil War was ending plunged Augusta into sorrow. Businesses closed on the 19th and soldiers, civil authorities, and societies converged at the black draped . . . — — Map (db m186073) HM

2 ► Maine, Kennebec County, Augusta — Map — Augusta, Maine – The Civil War — The Museum in the Streets —

Augusta in the Civil War Civil War was now inaugurated: fifty years of dispute over slavery came to a contest of arms with the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor by forces of the new Confederate States of America. News of . . . — — Map (db m186091) HM

3 ► Maine, Kennebec County, Augusta — Map — Augusta, Maine – The Civil War — The Museum in the Streets —

Augusta in the Civil War Civil War was now inaugurated: fifty years of dispute over slavery came to a contest of arms with the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor by forces of the new Confederate States of America. News of . . . — — Map (db m186097) HM

4 ► Maine, Kennebec County, Augusta — 4 — Capitol Park & Augusta's Doughnut Brigade / Le Parc du Capitole et la Manne de Beignets — Augusta, Maine – The Civil War — The Museum in the Streets™ —

News of surrender at Fort Sumter and the onset of war reached Augusta on April 12, 1861. Governor Washburn quickly approved Horatio Staples' call for Augusta volunteers, who joined others at Capitol Park to form the 3rd Maine . . . — — Map (db m186099) HM

5 ► Maine, Kennebec County, Augusta — 6 — Kennebec Arsenal / L'Arsenal du Kennebec — Augusta, Maine – The Civil War — The Museum in the Streets™ —

The U.S. Arsenal was established here in 1827. Several of its commanders became prominent in the Civil War, including Capt. James Ripley, who became a Brigadier General and Chief of the Army's Ordnance Department; Lt. Robert . . . — — Map (db m186100) HM

6 ► Maine, Kennebec County, Augusta — 1 — Lincoln's Request / L'Appel de Lincoln — Augusta, Maine – The Civil War — The Museum in the Streets® —

On April 15, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln asked Maine to furnish one regiment to quell the rebellion of the Southern states. Maine's Legislature instantly called for 10,000 volunteers and appropriated $1 million to restore the . . . — — Map (db m186063) HM

7 ► Maine, Kennebec County, Augusta — 2 — Maine Mounted Light Artillery / Artillerie Légère à Cheval du Maine — Augusta, Maine – The Civil War — The Museum in the Streets® —

Six of the seven batteries of mounted light artillery raised by the State of Maine beginning in 1861 were mustered into service and trained in Augusta. They encamped in an expanse of high ground immediately southwest of the State . . . — — Map (db m186062) HM

8 ► Maine, Kennebec County, Augusta — 12 — Maine's Voice Against Slavery / Le Maine Proteste Contre l'Esclavage —

Charlotte Holand Vance Morrill could hold a grudge. When in 1869, her husband Lot lost his seat in the U.S. Senate to Hannibal Hamlin, she blamed James G. Blaine, who from then on she refused to allow in her house. Lot Morrill served . . . — — Map (db m186078) HM

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9 ► Maine, Kennebec County, Augusta — 3 — The Car "America" / Le Char America — Augusta, Maine – The Civil War — The Museum in the Streets® —

In 1865, Augusta observed the Fourth of July in peace. The war had been won and the city celebrated with a procession, an oration, and a dinner at the Augusta House. The day began with a cavalcade of Fantastic Bummers marching . . . — — Map (db m186053) HM

10 ► Maine, Kennebec County, Augusta — 8 — To Commend Their Example / Exemple Admirable — Augusta, Maine – The Civil War — The Museum in the Streets® —

Dedicated in 1882, this majestic monument honors Augusta's Civil War dead. Fifty feet from the base to sword tip, it features the figure of a woman representing Patriotism guarding the honor of her martyred sons. In her hands are an . . . — — Map (db m186071) HM