The Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall was built in 1888 as the "Headquarters" of the Fifth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry 1861-1864. For nearly sixty years the veterans and their families summered here, enjoying the cooling ocean breezes and magnificent view from the verandah of their beloved cottage.
Under the stewardship of the Fifth Maine Regiment Community Association, the Hall is maintained as a Civil War and local history museum and a cultural center for our island community.
Selected Fifth Maine Regiment Museum images:
Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall, Peaks Island, ca. 1890
George E. Brown, Fifth Maine Regiment, ca. 1870
Photograph album of Civil War veterans, Portland, ca. 1870
Daniel C. Clark, ca. 1863
Fifth Maine Regiment Veteran Reunion, Peaks Island, 1912
John French letter to his family, July 1861