part of the Union earthworks at Petersburg constructed later during the siege, was named in his memory. The antebellum Post #30 of the Grand Army of the Republic in Maine was also named for McGilvery. In 2001, the Maine state legislature passed an act designating the first Saturday in September as Colonel Freeman McGilvery Day. References Wilson, James Grant and Fiske, John, editors, Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. Six volumes. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887–1889. U.S. Army War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 70 volumes in 4 series. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. External links Maine statute honoring McGilvery 1823 births 1864 deaths Union Army colonels People from Prospect, Maine People of Maine in the American Civil War People from Searsport, Maine Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War Drug-related deaths in Virginia