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Tag Archives: Brian Swartz
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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Fallen Leaders: Maine’s Hiram Berry
Haunted by a premonition, Maj. Gen. Hiram Berry recklessly exposed himself to Confederate snipers at Chancellorsville and paid the price for his carelessness. A 36-year-old Rockland (Maine) merchant in spring 1861, the physically robust Berry led the 4th Maine Infantry … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 17th Maine Infantry Regiment, 4th Maine Infantry Regiment, 55th New York Infantry Regiment, 7th Maine Infantry, Abner Coburn, Abraham Lincoln, Achorn Cemetery, Almira Berry, Aquia Creek, Army of the Potomac, Brian Swartz, Chancellor House, Chancellorsville, Co. A Maine State Guards, Dan Sickles, Gershom Mott, Hannibal Hamlin, Harvest Moon, Hazel Grove, Hiram Berry, J.E.B. Stuart, Jabez Greenhalgh, James D. Earle, James F. Rusling, Joe Hooker, John T. Berry, Joseph B. Carr, Joseph E. Revere, Lucy Berry, Oliver Otis Howard, Orange Plank Road, Phil Kearny, Philippe Régis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Portland, Reverend Theodore L. Cuyler, Rockland, Stoneman’s Switch, Thomas W. Osborn, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Washington D.C.
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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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2nd Maine veteran funded the monument to his regiment
A veteran’s desire to immortalize the 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment in bronze and stone finally bore fruit more than a century after the outfit left central Maine to help save the Union. Born to lumberman Waldo Treat Peirce and his … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs, Monuments
Tagged 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Bangor, Bangor Public Library, Bangor School Department, Beloit College, Brian Swartz, Charles D. Jameson, Charles F. Bragg II, Charles W. Roberts, Chicago, Eastern Maine General Hospital, Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott, F. Stanley Howatt, George C. Varney, Hannah Jane Peirce, John Greenleaf Whittier, Luther Hills Peirce, Maine at War, Mount Hope Avenue, Mount Hope Cemetery, Mount Hope Cemetery Corporation, Norumbega Parkway, Olivet College, Owen Vernon Shaffer Jr., Waldo Treat Peirce, Wright Art Center
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October 2021 Maine at War Blog Posts
In October my Maine at War blog focused on comparisons with Fort Sumter and its 9/11-like aftermath in the Pine Tree State.
Posted in Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 1st Maine Infantry Regiment, 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Algernon H. Churchill, Arno Wiswell, Belfast, Belfast Republican, Brian Swartz, Bridgton, Bridgton Reporter, Bucksport, Cape Jellison, Castine, Charles O. Furbush, Charles W. Tilden, E. M. Yates, Ellsworth, Ellsworth American, Enoch Knight, George L. Beal, George Washington Drisko, Henry W. Cunningham, J. G. Lambert, John Fellows, John L. Hodsdon, John Wasson, Joseph S. Rice, Joseph Snowman, Lucy V. Little, Machias, Machias Republican, Machias Union, Maine at War, Nathaniel K. Sawyer, P. Sprague Haskell, Passagassawakeag River, Penobscot Bay, Penobscot River, Sebra Crooker, Seth K. Devereaux, Simeon H. Merrill, Stockton Springs, Stockton Springs Community Church. Thomas N. Marshall, Virgil Wardwell, Waldo County, Washington County, William H. Chaney, William P. Burr, William Simpson
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Under Fire: A Bullet and Blood at Bull Run
A bullet striking a comrade standing just a few feet away introduced a Maine soldier to combat’s realities. A 22-year-old college student when Confederates fired on Fort Sumter, Frank Lindley Lemont grew up on the Lewiston farm owned by his … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Battles, Common Soldier
Tagged 2nd Vermont Infantry, 3rd Maine Infantry, 4th Maine Infantry, 5th Maine Infantry, Aaron S. Daggett, Brian Swartz, Bull Run, Emery W. Sawyer, First-Experiences-Under-Fire, Frank L. Lemont, Frank Lindley Lemont, Irvin McDowell, Joseph E. Johnston, Lewiston, Maine at War, manassas, Oliver Otis Howard, Samuel P. Heintzelman, Sudley Church, Sudley Ford, Under-Fire, Young’s Branch
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Maine at War: September 2021
With 9/11’s 20th anniversary occurring in September, my Maine at War blog focused on comparisons with Fort Sumter and its aftermath. September 1, 2021: Efforts are under way to preserve a 5th Maine Battery site at Gettysburg The American Battlefield … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 5th Maine Battery, 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, 9/11, Abner R. Small, Brian Swartz, Bridgton Reporter, Charles Armory Clark, Charles W. Lowe, Enoch Knight, Flight 93, Fort Sumter, Foxcroft Academy, Frank S. Hesseltine, George O. Hall, Henry Fairbanks, Piscataquis Observer, R. H. Stanley, Republican Journal, Waterville, William H. Simpson
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Maine at War: August 2021
Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in August at his blog, Maine at War: August 4, 2021: A good time ensures as Yankees and Confederates fight over a Maine train People flock to the Sandy River & … Continue reading
Growing up a “Brewer boy” like Joshua L Chamberlain
ECW is pleased to welcome back Brian Swartz, author of the new Emerging Civil War Series bio Passing Through the Fire: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Civil War While growing up in Brewer, Maine, I learned in elementary school about … Continue reading
