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April 2022 Maine at War posts
In April 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a suspected murder to Baltimore Unionists who befriended a Maine regiment passing through while en route to the war. April 6, 2022: Augusta CSI pursues a soldier’s killer … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 10th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1st Maine Infantry Regiment, 25th Maine Infantry Regiment, 29th Maine Infantry Regiment, 2nd Maine Cavalry Regiment, 30th Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 7th Maine Infantry Regiment, Auburn, Augusta, baltimore, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Boston, Brian Swartz, Camp Washburn, Catharine Abbott, Charles Griffin, Charles S. Emerson, Clarissa Griffin, D.C., Edwin A. Abbott, Elijah M. Shaw, Fall River, Frank L. Jones, George H. Nye, George Knox, George L. Beal, Howard S. Griffin, Israel Washburn Jr., James S. Fillebrown, John Bowles, John Griffin, John Mead Gould. Kennebec Journal, Long Island Sound, Maine at War, Maine Farmer, Mary Griffin, New Gloucester, New York City, North Station, Patterson Park, Phil Sheridan, Pleasant Hill, Portland, Portland Daily Press, Potomac River, Province of Quebec, Reuben Viele, Shenandoah Valley, Soldiers’ Rest, St. Francis, Stafford County, Washington, Washington Monument, William Bowles, William N. Means
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On the March: Jeb Stuart ambushes a Maine regiment
Jeb Stuart could not resist ambushing Union infantry marching through northern Virginia on Thursday, June 25, 1863. The particular Yankees he attacked belonged to the 19th Maine Infantry Regiment (Col. Francis E. Heath), until that moment unbloodied in combat. Assigned … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 19th Maine Infantry Regiment, Androscoggin County, Bull Run, Francis E. Heath, George G. Meade, Gum Springs, Harrison Landing, Hay Market, Haymarket, II Corps, Israel D. Jones, JEB Stuart, Joe Hooker, John Day Smith, John Gibbon, Litchfield, Monocacy Junction, Occoquan River, Orange & Alexandria Railroad, Potomac River, Prince William County, Salem Depot, Thoroughfare Gap, Uniontown, William Harrow, William Hays, Winfield Scott Hancock, Wolf Run Shoals
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Shiloh on ECW’s YouTube Page
With the 160th anniversary of Shiloh coming up this week, look to the ECW YouTube page for all kinds of goodies. Back in December 2021, Chris Mackowski and Kris White traveled to Shiloh on a video swing for the American … Continue reading
March 2022 Maine at War Posts
In March 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a Gettysburg mystery solved to Confederate mayhem upon the sea and a young soldier’s last letter before the Wilderness. March 9, 2022: Reign of terror off Nova Scotia, … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 17th Maine Infantry Regiment, 17th U.S. Infantry Regiment, 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Adriatic, Alonzo Z. Parsons, Bob Velke, Brian Swartz, Brunswick, Cape Fear, Cape Sable Island, Carl Chatto, Caroline, Chandler M. Jewett, Chatham, Cornish, CSS Tallahassee, Dorchester, Dover, Dover-Foxcroft, Eliza Parsons, Ellis Spear, Floral Wreath, Foxcroft, Georgetown, Gettysburg, Greenleaf Lodge, Halifax, Hiram, Howard, Jefferson Davis, John C. Wadsworth, John Taylor Wood, Kennebec River, Levi Blake, Lingan, Little Round Top, Long Island, Lydia M. Hall, Maine at War, Maine State Archives. Mary E. Howes, New York City, New York Pilot Boat 22, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, oothbay, Orange & Alexandria Railroad, Portland Daily Press, Portland Harbor, Rappahannock Station, Restless, Riverside Cemetery, Sanford, Sarah B. Harris, Steve Dow, Ulysses S. Grant, Walter G. Morrill, Wheatfield, wilderness, William Parsons, Williamsburg, York County, Zachary Taylor
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February 2022 Maine at War posts
In February 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a cavalry trooper who would not quit to loyal Unionists suddenly trapped behind enemy lines in the Lone Star State.
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 1st Maine Cavalry, 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry, 5th Maine Infantry, A.K.P. Small, Afghanistan, Albert Cole, Alfred Pleasonton, Appomattox Court House, Appomattox Station, Augusta, Bangor, Brian Swartz, Charles Almond McIntyre, Charles City Road, Clover Hill, Cooke County, Cornish, CSS Neptune, David McMurtrie Gregg, Deep Bottom, Dinwiddie Court House, Ebenezer McIntyre, Edward P. Tobie, Ellis Spear, Frances H. Chase, Franklin Bean, freedom, Galveston, Gary Lemaster, George W. Bicknell, Gettysburg, Great Hanging at Gainesville, Greenleaf Lodge, Hagerstown, Hannah Fales McIntyre, Hanover Road, Indian Territory, John B. Gordon, John B. McGruder, John C. Wadsworth, John Frederic Deane, John Irvin Gregg, Jonathan Prince Cilley, Joshua Chamberlain, Leon Smith, Libby Prison, Little Round Top, Lone Star State, Louisiana Military Academy, Lynchburg, Macon, Matamoros, Mexico, Midcoast, New Orleans, Orinda McIntyre, Oscar McIntyre, Overland Campaign, Pauline Spear, Philadelphia, Portland, Portland Daily Press, Richmond, Riverside Cemetery, Robert E. Lee, Seba McIntyre, South Portland, Texas, Thomaston, U.S. Navy, USS Harriet Lane, USS Westfield, V Corps, Walter Q. Brown, Warren, White Oak Swamp, White’s Tavern, William E. Clarke, William Justus C. McIntyre, William Renshaw, William T. Sherman, XXIV Corps, York County
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January 2022 Maine at War blog posts
In January 2022, my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from soldiers and their pets to the infantry captain who suddenly discovered two recruits now listed on the company rolls. January 5, 2022: Soldier’s pet A young combat veteran … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Navies
Tagged 10th Maine Infantry Regiment, 16th Maine Infantry Regiment, 26th Maine Infantry Regiment, Axel Hayford, Bald Hill Cove, Bangor, Belfast, Brewer, Brian Swartz, Caleb Cushing, Cape Fear River, Castine, Charles Baker, Charleston, Coast Guards Infantry, Cumberland County, Dare, E. H. Faucon, East Battery, East Belfast, Edmund J. Brookings, Ellsworth American, Farmingdale, Fort Knox, Fort O'Brien, Fort Point, Gardiner, George Custer, George H. Pendleton, George O. Hall, Georgetown, Gorham, Irish Bend, John L. Hodsdon, Kingstree, Libby Prison, Little River, Machias, Machiasport, Macon, Maine Coast Guards, Minister’s Point, Nathaniel K. Sawyer, Nicholas Picerno, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, North Carolina, North Inlet, Passagassawakeag River, Penobscot Bay, Penobscot Narrows, Penobscot River, Port Hudson, Portland, Portland Daily Press, Prospect, R. H. Stanley, Raphael Semmes, Republican Journal, Revenue Service, Richmond, Robert Wiley, Rockland, Royal Navy, South Carolina, Steele’s Ledge, Stockton Springs, USS Aries, USS Montgomery, Verona Island, Waldo County, West Battery, William H. Simpson, wilmington, Winterport
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Fallen Leaders: The Grizzly sensed death
Hiram Burnham sensed he would not return home alive as he rejoined his command in late September 1864. He was correct — by six days. Born in Machias in Maine’s Washington County in 1813 or 1814, the physically large and … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 6th Maine Infantry, Abner Knowles, Abraham Lincoln, Aikens’ Landing, Bermuda Hundred, Bloodless Aroostook War, Brian Swartz, Calais, Chaffin's Farm, Charles A. Clark, Charles A. Heckman, Charles J. Paine, Cherryfield, Cold Harbor, David B. Birney, Deep Bottom, Drury’s Bluff, Edward O. C. Ord, Elizabeth Burnham, Ellsworth American, Fallen Leaders, Fort Harrison, George J. Stannard, Harrington, Israel Washburn Jr., James H. Mundy, James Rover, Machias, Petersburg, Pine Grove Cemetery, Portland Daily Press, Robert Burnham, Varina Road, Washington County, William "Baldy" Smith, William T. H. Brooks, X Corps. XVIII Corps
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December 2021 Maine at War blog posts
In December, my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a little-known Mainer with a famous name to women overlooked by history’s focus on soldiers and their battles. December 1, 2021: Scarborough’s Hiram Berry fought in Louisiana and Virginia … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, 14th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 18th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th Maine Infantry Regiment, 8th Maine Infantry Regiment, Bangor, Benjamin Butler, Brian Swartz, Camp Berry, Cape Elizabeth, Daily Whig & Courier, Eastern Argus, Edith Storey, Edward A. Scammon, Eliza Merrill Parcher, Fredericksburg, Hiram Berry, John D. Rust, Maine at War, Matilda Saxton, Morris C. Berry, Penobscot River, Phil Sheridan, Port Royal Island, Portland, Portland Daily Press, Rufus Saxton, Saco, Samuel Franklyn Parcher, Samuel Parcher, Scarborough, The New South, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William B. Franklin
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Western Swing: Day 07
The American Battlefield Trust has finished posting the videos from our trip to the western battlefields, and we’re pleased to be sharing them here with you. Kris White, Garry Adelman, and I began the day with Eric Jacobson at Carnton … Continue reading
