 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
ALONZO P. STINSON
Third Sergeant Company H
Fifth Regiment
Maine Volunteer Infantry
Age 19 Years
Killed First Battle Bull Run
July 21st 1861
Sergeant Stinson was the first
Volunteer Soldier from
PORTLAND
To give his life for
The preservation of the Union
in the Civil War.
This Memorial erected by the
Survivors of Company H
Presented to the City of Portland
July 4th 1908
In 1908 the Fifth Maine Regiment veterans erected a monument to honor Sgt. Alonzo P. Stinson, the first Fifth Maine soldier and the first man from Portland to be killed in the Civil War. The monument was dedicated in grand style on July 4, 1908 with Joshua Chamberlain and Gen. Aaron S. Daggett as honored guests. The City of Portland has recently cleaned and refurbished the monument, and on June 2, 2001 (Sgt. Stinson's 159th birthday) the Fifth Maine and the Sons of Union Veterans will be re-dedicating the monument. The ceremony will re-create parts of the original dedication exercises. We are inviting all veterans organizations and military units in the state to participate and would especially love to have color guards from as many units as possible.
Company H, 5th Maine Regiment, July 4, 1908.
Congress St. & Mountfort St., Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County Maine
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