History of Boothbay, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine1623-1905With family genealogies . ding from this populationmay know what their ancestors contributed to that mightyconflict. Men and women, boys and girls, almost universallywore the national colors. Bits of red, white and blue appearedeverywhere and on all occasions. Public meetings were almostuniversally held. The first in Boothbay was at the East Booth-bay schoolhouse, where many young men stepped forward andsigned a pledge to go to the front and defend the Government.This was immediately followed by another meeting, in the oldUnion
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History of Boothbay, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine1623-1905With family genealogies . ding from this populationmay know what their ancestors contributed to that mightyconflict. Men and women, boys and girls, almost universallywore the national colors. Bits of red, white and blue appearedeverywhere and on all occasions. Public meetings were almostuniversally held. The first in Boothbay was at the East Booth-bay schoolhouse, where many young men stepped forward andsigned a pledge to go to the front and defend the Government.This was immediately followed by another meeting, in the oldUnion Church at Boothbay Center, of similar purpose andresult. The ladies of the town were not less patriotic than themen, and they actively participated on nearly every publicoccasion. But these gatherings, which occurred throughoutthe North, were simply the expressions of National feeling.The crisis first produced this spontaneous outburst of indigna-tion and patriotism combined, and then settled down to a legal, formal, systematic effort to stamp out treason in the land.Town action follows.. The McCobb and Auld House. built about 1807. The Leishman House, buUt in J 775, THE CIVIL WAR. 425 At a special meeting called on May 6, 1861, Charles Car-lisle, moderator, the following article was presented : To see what sum of money the town will raise to pay thosevolunteers in their countrys service and provide for the fami-lies of those who may need assistance. The action of the town follows : Voted to pay volunteers $25 per month if it can legally bedone. Voted to raise $2, 000 for the support of the families ofthose who volunteer in their countrys service if needed. Voted to choose a committee of five to wait on the fami-lies of those who volunteer and see what assistance is needed. Allen Lewis, Robert Montgomery, Benjamin Reed, WilliamCarlisle and Samuel K. Hilton were chosen a committee. This committee was continued in 1862. At a special meeting July 26, 1862 : Voted to pay each volunte