November 2021 Maine at War blog posts
In November my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a new Gettysburg novel to a new monument erected at the Third Winchester battlefield in mid-month.
November 3, 2021: New novel explores the 9th Massachusetts Battery, a Mainer, and guts and glory
The heroes involved in the July 2, 1863 sacrifice made at Gettysburg by a Massachusetts artillery battery — and the Mainer who ordered the sacrifice — exquisitely come to life in Hold At All Hazards, the latest Civil War novel by former Navy officer and retired business executive David H. Jones.
November 10, 2021: Maine’s Unknown Soldiers Rests at Gettysburg
Among the 104 Mainers buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery lies a truly unknown Unknown, his headstone inscribed with only that seven-letter word.
November 17, 2021: Funkstown raid kills a Maine Yankee’s pipe
Ordered to raid a Confederate skirmish line outside Funkstown, Maryland with his 6th Maine Infantry company, Capt. Reuel Furlong leads the daring attack that earns him a mention in dispatches and causes only one Yankee casualty.
November 24, 2021: New Third Winchester monument honors Maine soldiers
Private donations fund the successful effort by the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation to erect a Maine monument at the Third Winchester battlefield. The monument was erected on November 17, 2021.