September 2026 Maine at War blog posts
During September, Maine at War readers met some bad cats guarded by the 13th Maine in Louisiana, marched along with a newly enlisted newspaper editor as he crossed Antietam just three days after the battle, and felt the sorrow a Maine widow encountered as she transported her dead son through Massachusetts.
September 2, 2026: The 13th Maine gets ball-and-chain duty at Fort Jackson on the Mississippi
Some patriotic lads of the 13th Maine Infantry figured they would fight after arriving in Louisiana with Ben Butler. He instead assigned them to guard Fort Jackson — and made them prison guards while they were at it.
September 9, 2026: Blue-clad newspaper editor encounters Antietam, part I
Overcoming his opposition to military life, a middle-class Maine newspaper editor joined the brand new 16th Maine Infantry Rediment. He wrote home about the horrors of Antietam battlefield.
September 16, 2026: Blue-clad newspaper editor encounters Antietam, part II
A well-known Maine newspaper editor marched onto the Antietam battlefield 38 days after mustering into the army. He shared with his readers back home his thoughts about the battlefield and life in uniform.
September 23, 2026: A pickpocket robs a Maine mom bringing her son home for burial, part 1
When her youngest son joined the 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Old Town widow Harriet W. Stinson volunteered as a nurse and funded her own work during the next three years. She could not imagine the grief that awaited her late in the war.
September 30, 2026: A pickpocket robs a Maine mom bringing her son home for burial, part 2
Learning that her youngest son had died in battle, Maine nurse Harriet W. Stinson brought him home for burial. What happened as she passed through Massachusetts was a grieving mother’s nightmare.
