Castlebrook Sumner Collection

Archive

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Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

Name/Title

Castlebrook Sumner Collection

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2014.9

Scope and Content

Collection of documents relating to Castlebrook Sumner (1840-1920) of Camden, Maine. Sumner was a Civil War veteran of Company F, 26th Maine Infantry who married Harriet Gilkey in October 1862 and died in Malden, Massachusetts in 1920. Sumner's entry from the History of the 26th Maine Regiment: "Castlebrook Sumner, Private, enlisted at the age of 22 years from Rockport, Maine; was with his company a the battle of Irish Bend, LA, April 14, 1863, on the long hard march, and at Port Hudson through the siege and charge, June 15, 1863. Was musted out August 17, 1863 at Bangor. He was married October 1862 to Miss Harriet E. Gilkey of Camden; they have one girl and one boy. He is a jewelr and optician with good success and his present post office address is Marblehead, Mass. When Comrade Sumner arrived at Boston on his way home, he learned that his wife was in the city and sought Captain Clark for leave to stop over and received the reply, "I have no power to grant it, but if it was I, I should get left," and I think Comrade Sumner did." (p. 233)

Collection

Castlebrook Sumner Collection

Cataloged By

Heather Moran

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2014.9

Source or Donor

Mr. Charles Roscoe

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Civil wars, Fraternal organizations, Photographs

Search Terms

Camden, Civil War, Maine

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Manuscript Collection

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1862 - 1915

Archive Size/Extent

1 framed certificate 1 framed Sumner coat of arms 1 albumen 8x10" photo on cardboard mat 1 3x5" photo on cardboard mat 1 Masonic certificate (broken in 2 pieces) 1 envelope of pension papers 1 birth certificate (Carleton Paul Roscoe 1914) 1 box of uniform buttons

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1862-1915

Archive Items Details

Title

Civil War service certificate, 1868

Description

Military service certificate dated 4 July 1868 signed by Gov. Joshua Chamberlain. Certificate housed in wood and gold carved frame.

Date(s) of Creation

Jul 4, 1868

Container

Wood frame

Subjects

Civil wars, Military service

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: OS 007

Title

Sumner coat of arms

Description

Hand drawn coat of arms of the Sumner family housed in gold frame.

Creator

unknown

Container

Gold frame

Subjects

Coats of arms

Notes

Date: Unknown Location: Storage Room Container: OS 007

Title

Masonic certificate, Castlebrook Sumner

Description

Masonic certificate, 3rd Degree, St. Paul's Lodge (No. 82) in Camden, Maine.

Creator

W.P. Preble, Grand Master

Date(s) of Creation

1862

Container

Folder 1

Subjects

Masonic buildings, Fraternal lodges, Fraternal organizations

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: OS 007

Title

Pension certificates 1904-1915

Description

Pension certificates for Castlebrook Sumner's service in the Union Army 1862-1863.

Creator

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions

Container

Folder 2

Subjects

Pensions, Military service

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: OS 007

Title

History of the 26th Maine Regiment

Description

Castlebrook Sumner's biographical sketch on pg 233 of "History of the Twenty-Sixth Maine Regiment" (1899) compiled by Comrade Elden B. Maddocks.

Creator

Maddocks, Elden B.

Date(s) of Creation

1899

Container

Folder 2

Subjects

Civil wars, Military personnel

Search Terms

Military units

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: OS 007

Title

Man with clock [poss. Castlebrook Sumner]

Description

Photograph of elderly man standing to side of a large grandfather clock. Man is partially out of frame.

Creator

unknown

Container

Folder 2

Notes

Date: Unknown Location: Storage Room Container: OS 007

Title

Reunion of the 26th Maine Regiment, August 17, 1888 at Camden, ME

Description

Albumen photograph (8x10") on cardboard mat. Photograph of Civil War veterans gathered on in front of the Bayview House hotel on what is now the site of the Village Green. The Rokes & Adams Livery Statble is visible on Chestnut Street. Captioned at bottom in ink, "Reunion of the 26th ME Reg't, Aug. 17th, 1888 at Camden, ME ---89 in line---." Caption on left side of photo, "C.B. Sumner near the angle has on white hat."

Creator

unknown

Date(s) of Creation

Aug 17, 1888

Container

Folder 3

Subjects

Veterans, Hotels

Notes

Location: Storage Room Container: OS 007

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

OS 007

Location

Location

Container

OS 007 Box Castlebrook Sumner Collection

Shelf

Shelf 1

Cabinet

Vault Shelving Unit 2

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Location

Container

OS 007

Room

Storage Room

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Inventory

Inventoried By

Wyatt Berry

Inventoried Date

Apr 2, 2018

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sumner, Castlebrook (1840-1920)

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Heather Moran Status Date: 2014-04-17

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

April 17, 2014

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

October 27, 2025