Maine at War Posts for October 2025
In October 2025, Maine at War “discovered” an officially non-existent monument, reminisced about historian and battlefield-preservationist Nick Picerno, watched soldiers from Georgia and Maine start a sniping contest, and reported on fake news that riled folks living in a central Maine city.
Residents of Phillips in northwestern Maine dedicate a Civil War monument in 1900. To this day, the state government apparently does not know that the monument exists.
October 8, 2025: Maine’s Mr. Moxie commands Fort Popham
Baptized in combat at Fort Butler in Louisiana, Augustin Thompson returns home to Maine to command a state-based infantry company. The Army then assigns the future inventor of Moxie to command another fort.
October 15, 2025: Nick Picerno: the Virginia who knew three Maine regiments so well
Well-known in battlefield-preservation and law-enforcement circles, Nick Picerno particularly focused his Civil War passion on the 1st/10th/29th Maine infantry regiments. The author shares his friendship with and respect for the Virginian who knew these regiments better than anyone else in the United States.
October 22, 2025: Fake news becomes real news in Gardiner
In April 1862 a Gardiner woman receives a letter reporting that one local soldier was mortally wounded and another local boy had lost a leg during a skirmish in Virginia. This is terrible news! But, wait …
October 29, 2025: Maine vs Georgia at Yorktown
A skirmisher from Georgia and a skirmisher from Maine engage in a sniping contest near Yorktown, Virginia. The outcome is not a foregone conclusion.
