Tag Archives: Bangor

Recruiting the Regiment: The 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Ryan Quint

Eight days after the rebel bombardment of Fort Sumter, Daniel White, a resident of Bangor, Maine, wrote a letter to his governor. “I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of the Ex-Tiger & Armory Associates,” White … Continue reading →

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From the ECW Archives: The Man Who Almost Became Lincoln’s Successor

Posted on April 14, 2015 by ECW Guest Post

As Vice President Andrew Johnson ascends to the presidency 150 years ago, consider the man who might have been in that place instead: Hannibal Hamlin, vice president during Lincoln’s first term. ECW’s Chris Mackowski visited Hamlin’s grave in the vice … Continue reading →

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The Civil War’s Forgotten Vice-President

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

At night, the Kenduskaeg Stream runs through downtown Bangor like an eel in the dark, barely visible at the bottom of the concrete canal that channels it to the Penobscot River. Where the dark night ends and the surface of … Continue reading →

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