Maine at War January 2025 posts
In January, Maine at War visited with the 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment, both at its inception and afterwards, and introduced three aging veterans traveling to their infantry regiment’s 50th anniversary.
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January 1, 2025: Newburgh’s shattered warrior actually lies with the heroes
Maine at War recently posted about cavalry trooper Juan Flinn, whose headstone lies shattered in seven pieces in a rural Maine cemetery. A Maine member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War soon discovered that Flinn was buried elsewhere.
January 8, 2025: Winter’s cold and storms in Civil War art
The brutal winter storms sweeping the Midwest and Upper South in January 2025 bring to mind how soldiers North and South dealt with similar weather during the Civil War. Surviving art and photographs reveal the wretched weather.
January 15, 1864: Three elderly Maine veterans return for a 50th anniversary
On a beautiful spring Monday in June 1913, three elderly veterans (two accompanied by their wives) boarded a train in Skowhegan and rode south to participate in the 50th anniversary — that of the 3rd Maine Infantry Regiment, with which they served during the Civil War.
January 22, 2025: Were 1st Maine Cavalry horses more valuable than their riders? Part 1
After the War Department authorized Maine to raise a cavalry regiment, state officials started recruiting men and buying horses in autumn 1861. The troopers soon suspected they were not as valuable as their horses.
January 29, 2025: Were 1st Maine Cavalry horses more valuable than their riders? Part 2
Kept in Augusta during a brutally cold and snowy winter, 1st Maine Cavalry troopers and horses suffered alike. Then the regiment reported casualties in soldiers and horseflesh.