Volunteer Urgently Needed! SUVCW Department of Maine urgently seeks to identify a volunteer able to serve as a public relations and social media coordinator. Our ideal candidate would: Two upcoming events – the Department Encampment on June 17th and the Fort Knox Civil War Days in July – would provide an excellent opportunity to become…

The Department of Maine has received the U.S. Grant Cup Award for 2021-2022 year. The Grant Cup is awarded to departments with largest percentage increase in new members. SUVCW Commandery-in-Chief Annual Awards and Recipients

A year and a half after the Camp was formed, Col. C. S. Douty Camp 11, Department of Maine, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War finally received its physical charter in a signing ceremony at last week’s annual Department Encampment in Waterville. This was the first time members of Maine’s SUVCW had been…

Earlier this year, NOVA Parks opened the Mt. Defiance Historic Park on a ridge just west of Middleburg, Maine. On Saturday, June 22, 2019, the Union cavalrymen who lost their lives on the battlefield 156 years ago were commemorated in granite.  During the day, 1st Maine Cavalry re-enactors recreated life in camp, explained their uniforms and…

Private George Burns of the 6th Maine never had a headstone to mark his grave in Montville’s Mount Repose Cemetery, just a wood plaque made by a local GAR Post. Last year, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Depart of Maine set out to properly honor PVT Burns.  They applied for and…