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Maine at War August 2022 blog posts
In August 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a dentist who assumed new wartime vocations to a recent Strong Vincent biography and a particular company of nine-month soldiers who served well at Port Hudson. August 3, … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 21st Maine Infantry Regiment, 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, 24th Maine Infantry Regiment, 26th Maine Infantry Regiment, 44th New York Infantry Regiment, 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, A. J. Keniston, Alonzo G. Putnam, Augusta, Bangor, Bangor Theological Seminary, Baton Rouge, Bethuel Vincent, Bowdoin, Brian Swartz, Brooklyn, Camp John Pope, Cephas Morang, Charles S. Hildreth, Chelsea, Cobboseecontee Stream, Daily Whig & Courier, Daniel Butterfield, David Wass, Dennis Williams, Dexter, Dr. Silvanus Gardiner, Edwin M. Stanton, Elizabeth Carter, Ellsworth, Erie, Erie Academy, Erie Regiment, Eugene Hale, Farmington, Fire King Engine Co., Fitz John Porter, Francis Ireland, Gaines Mill, Gardiner, Gardiner City Hall, Gardiner Home Journal, Gardiner Town Common, George Burgess, George M. D. Grant, George Marston Atwood, George W. Smith, Gettysburg, Greenland Lyons, H. M. Hall, Hallowell, Hans G. Myers, Hartford, Irish Bend, Israel Washburn Jr., James E. Conners, James Nash, Jasper N. Gray, John F. Whitcomb, John Kent Lincoln, John L. Hodsdon, John McLane, John O. Brackett, Joseph T. Woodward, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Kennebec River, Levant, Little Round Top, Lizzie Southard, Maine at War, Maine Central Railroad, Mechanic Street, Militia Act of 1862, Miss Porter’s School, Mississippi River, Nathaniel Banks, New Orleans & Jackson Railroad, Newport News, Olive Lincoln, Palmyra, Pamunkey River, Pittsburgh, Pittston, Port Hudson, Robert S. Starbird, Sharpsburg, Simon G. Jerrard, Strong Vincent, Sullivan, Thomas Bollard, Thorndike, Trinity College, Valorous Sayward, Vicksburg, Walter W. Wilson, West Gardiner, William O. McDonald, William Wheelden, Winfield S. Dearborn
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A Mainer’s “Richard Kirkland” moment at Second Fredericksburg
Near the Sunken Road at Fredericksburg stands the famous monument depicting Confederate Sgt. Richard Rowland Kirkland, a South Carolinian who left his position behind the Stone Wall on Saturday, December 13, 1862 to bring “water to his wounded foes” lying … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier
Tagged 5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, Brian Swartz, Cadmus M. Wilcox, Charles A. Clark, Elbridge T. Crockett, Fredericksburg, Guilford, Ira P. Wing, Marye's Heights, Piscataquis County, Rappahannock River, Richard H. Anderson, Richard R. Kirkland, Robert E. Lee, Salem Church, Second Fredericksburg, Sewall C. Gray, Sunken Road, VI Corps. Alexander B. Sumner
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Maine at War June 2022 blog posts
In June 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from cold-hearted elected officials to a “what if” 20th-century TV game show involving six Civil War celebrities, plus a look at two special monuments in Middleburg. June 1, 2022: … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, 15th New York Battery, 18th Maine Infantry Regiment, 19th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, 1st Maine Veteran Infantry Regiment, 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, 24th Maine Infantry Regiment, 43rd U.S. Colored Troops, 4th Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th Maine Battery, 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Abraham Bryan, Alden D. Chase, Aldie, Belfast, Belfast City Greys, Belle Boyd, Blue Ridge, Brian Swartz, Bridget Newenham, Bridled Veterans, Bud Collyer, Bull Run Mountains, Catoctin Mountain, Cemetery Ridge, Cherryfield, Chris Wilson, Codori Farm, David Tucker, Elvira Newenham, Emmitsburg Road, Emulos Small, Fort Riley, Frederic A. Hodsdon, Frederick Douglass, Fredericksburg, Freeman McGilvery, Gallops Island, George A. Custer, George B. McClellan, Hannibal Hamlin, Henry House Hill, Henry J. Hunt, Henry W. Cunningham, Horatio H. Carter, Horses and Mules Memorial, Isaac C. Abbott, Israel Washburn Jr., James H. Newenham, James Wakefield, JEB Stuart, John Day Smith, John Hodsdon, John Mosby Highway, John Smith, John W. Haley, Julia Ward Howe, Lewiston, Litchfield, Livia Angier, Lizzie Baker, Maine at War, Maine State Archives, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Marye's Heights, Middleburg, Mt. Defiance Park, Narraguagus, National Sporting Library and Museum, New Brunswick, Nicholas Newenham, Patrick Hart, Peirces’ Hall, Petersburg, r Silas M. Fuller, Republican Journal, Richard S. Ayer, Rockland, Shenandoah Valley, Silas Adams, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, St. David’s, Steamboat Landing, Steve Bunker, Stockton Springs, Studio 54, Tessa Pullan, The Plains Road, Thomas H. Marshall, To Tell the Truth, Upperville, Virginia Museum of History and Culture, William H. Fogler, William H. Simpson, William Hart, William Newenham, William O. Poor, Winfield Scott Hancock
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May 2022 Maine at War posts
In May 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from North America’s largest rodent altering the Gettysburg landscape to a smart lawyer recruiting for the wrong regiment. May 4, 2022: Gettysburg beavers create a new pond Industrious beavers … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 11th Maine Infantry Regiment, 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1st Maine Artillery Battery, 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 4th Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment, Abraham Lincoln, Abram Coombs, Albany, Augusta, Bangor, Benjamin F. Butler, Bion Foster, Brian Swartz, Carmel, Charles Eugene Hamlin, Charles Hamlin, Charles Stetson, Charleston, Colby College, Corinth, Crawford Avenue, Curtis Crockett, Cyrus Hamlin, Dexter, Dunkin, Edwin Stanton, Elijah Walker, Eric Wittenberg, Falling Waters, George A. Custer, George George Emery Hamlin, George Meade, Gettysburg National Military Park, Glenburn, Gray, Gulf Coast, Hampden, Hampden Historical Society, Hannibal Hamlin, Hannibal Hamlin Plaza, Harris Merrill Plaisted, Israel Washburn Jr., James J. Pettigrew, Jason Martz, Little Round Top, Louis G. Young, Mabel Hill, Maine at War, Margaret Nyer, Menzias Fessenden, Monterrey Pass, Mount Gope Cemetery, National Park Service, New England, New Orleans, North Carolina, Oxford County, Paris Hill, Penobscot County, Penobscot River, Peter A. Weber, Pickett's Charge, Plum Run, Potomac River, Robert E. Lee, Samuel Thompson, Sarah Emery Hamlin, Sarah Jane Amery Hamlin, Sarah Plaisted, Seminary Ridge, Seven Pines, South Mountain, Union County, Valley of Death, Warren Avenue, Waterville, Wheatfeld Road, Whitcomb-Baker VFW Post 4633, Williamsburg
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The 11th Maine at Seven Pines: “Men were being shot on all sides of me”
Along with the Pennsylvanians on their right flank, heavily outnumbered Mainers dueled with Joe Johnston’s advancing Confederates at Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) on Saturday, May 31, 1862. The Yankees paid a terrible price for their heroic stand at a worm … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Battles
Tagged 100th New York Infantry Regiment, 104th Pennsylvanian Infantry Regiment, 11th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1st New York Light Artillery, Alexander Katon, Brian Swartz, Chickahominy River, Erasmus Keyes, Fair Oaks, Harris M. Plaisted, Harrison Hume, Henry M. Naglee, J. William West, Joe Johnston, Nine Mile Road, Robert F. Campbell, Seven Pines, Silas Casey, William H. H. Rice, Williamsburg Stage Road, Willis Maddocks
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“The air was blue all around him”
A young Maine officer forever remembered the profanity-spewing Winfield Scott Hancock ordering a charge early in the Peninsula Campaign. Commanded by Col. Edwin C. Mason, the 7th Maine Infantry Regiment had “camped some days near Alexandria waiting our time to … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Battles
Tagged 1st New York Battery, 33rd New York Infantry Regiment, 49th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, 7th Maine Infantry Regiment, Andrew Cowan, Bath, Brian Swartz, Charles C. Wheeler, Cub Creek, Dennis Hart Mahan, Dwight Harvey Hill, Edwin C. Mason, George A. Custer, John Davidson, Jubal A. Early, Thomas W. Hyde, William F. “Baldy” Smith, Williamsburg, Winfield Scott Hancock, York River, Yorktown
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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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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.
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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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