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1 schooner captured. The Union revenue cutter USRC Caleb Cushing was captured and scuttled by the Confederates during the battle. The Battle of Portland Harbor was an incident during the American Civil War, in June 1863, in the waters off Portland, Maine. Two civilian ships engaged two vessels under Confederate States Navy employment.
Maine in the American Civil War. Flag of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the war. As a fervently abolitionist and strongly Republican state, Maine contributed a higher proportion of its citizens to the Union armies than any other, as well as supplying money, equipment and stores. No land battles were fought in Maine.
Smith, Joshua M. Making Maine: Statehood and the War of 1812 Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2022. Stanton, Shelby L. (1991). World War II Order of Battle. Galahad Books. pp. 477–481. ISBN 0-88365-775-9. United States Army (1941). "Harbor Defenses of Portland, 1941: pictorial history". World War Regimental Histories. World War ...
Fort Gorges is a former United States military fort built on Hog Island Ledge in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. [2] Built from 1858 to 1864, no battles were fought there and no troops were stationed there. Advancing military technology, including iron clad ships and long range guns, rendered the fort obsolete before it could be used.
In 1786, the citizens of Falmouth formed a separate town in Falmouth Neck and named it Portland. Portland's economy was greatly stressed by the Embargo Act of 1807 (prohibition of trade with the British), which ended in 1809, and the War of 1812, which ended in 1815. In 1820, Maine became a state and Portland was selected as its capital.
Fort Williams is a former United States Army fort in Cape Elizabeth, Maine which operated from 1872 to 1964. It was part of the Coast Defenses of Portland, later renamed the Harbor Defenses of Portland, a command which protected Portland's port and naval anchorage 1904–1950. After its closure, it was redeveloped into Fort Williams Park.
F. Battle of Falmouth (1690) Battle of Falmouth (1703) First Abenaki War.
Fort McKinley (Maine) Fort McKinley is a former United States Army coastal defense fort on Great Diamond Island, Maine in Casco Bay, which operated from 1873 to 1947. It was named for President William McKinley. It included a sub-post, Fort Lyon, on Cow Island, just north of Great Diamond Island. Fort Lyon was named for Nathaniel Lyon.