a Republican and advocated for progressive values and the establishment of a central-city government. His first wife, Ellen died from consumption, and he later remarried with Alice Hart. He was elected again and served for a second term ending in 1895. As Mayor, he remained committed to the progression of Veteran Affairs and founded the 20th Maine Regiment Association (1876 – 1905), where he served as president. He published an article titled An Experience in the Battle of the Wilderness in the Maine MOLLUS's War Papers Vol. 1 (1898), based on his own experiences in that battle. Death and legacy Melcher suffered from poor health toward the end of his life due to the pain from his old war wounds. He eventually died after a long fight with Bright's Disease, and died on June 25, 1905, at age 64. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, Maine. His brother, Nathaniel died in 1902. Melcher and Alice Hart had one daughter, Georgiana Hill, who married Harry Tukey Johnson. Hart outlived Melcher by 18 years. Most of Melcher's papers are currently stored at the Maine Historical Society, Bates College, and Bowdoin College. Melcher's writings, along with correspondence from other members of the 20th Maine were published in With a Flash of His Sword: The Writings of. Maj. Holman S. Melcher, 20th Maine Infantry. Melcher's house in Portland survives at 84 Pine Street. See also Little Round Top Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Portland, Maine History of Bates College Maine Historical Society References Bibliography Styple, William B. (Ed.), With a Flash of his Sword: The Writings of. Maj. Holman S. Melcher, 20th Maine Infantry, Belle Grove Publishing, 1994, . Desjardin, Thomas A., Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign, Thomas Publications, 1995, . Donald, David Herbert (1996) [1995]. Lincoln. Simon and Schuster. External links Mentioned in Bates College Thesis 'Who Saved Little Round Top?' Bowdoin Papers Enlistment information Notes 1841 births 1905 deaths Union Army officers Bates College alumni People of Maine in the American Civil War People from Topsham, Maine Mayors of Portland, Maine Maine Republicans