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Tag Archives: Brian Swartz
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
Maine at War: July 2021
Here’s what Maine at War was up to in July: July 7, 2021: What good are Union monuments at Gettysburg (part 3)? In this time of competing voices concerning the past, anecdotal evidence suggests that this summer some parents are … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Internet, Websites & Blogs
Tagged 31st Maine Infantry, Andersonville, Ann E. Baker, Brian Swartz, Doane Baker, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Edmund A. Souder, Emily Bliss Souder, Hanover Junction, Joseph A. Thacher, Maine at War, Robert C. Corson, Sisters of Charity, William Colvill
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Book-o-Rama! ECW authors have been cranking out some great reading material lately
We have had a lot of book action going on here lately at ECW. It’s been hard to keep up with! I’m proud of all that great work our authors have been doing, so I’ve raided social media to snag … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Emerging Civil War Series, Revolutionary War
Tagged Brad and Linda Gottfried, Brad Gottfried, Brian Swartz, Chris Mackowski, Dan Welch, First Fallen, Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg, Linda Gottfried, Meg Groeling, Passing Through the Fire, Phill Greenwalt, Savas Beatie, Ted Savas
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The Crater Sent a Monster Home to Maine
ECW is pleased to welcome back Brian Swartz, author of the new Emerging Civil War Series book Passing Through the Fire: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Civil War. Brian adapted this post for us from a series of posts published … Continue reading
Joshua L. Chamberlain and the Covid
By Brian Swartz When researching Joshua L. Chamberlain, a Civil War historian need not play a 21st-century Sherlock Holmes sleuthing through dark alleys and microscopic evidence to find those rare clues about the man. Writing copiously during and after the … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged Brian Swartz, COVID, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Passing Through the Fire
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Now Available: Passing Through the Fire: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Civil War
The latest biography in the Emerging Civil War Series is now out: Passing Through the Fire: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Civil War by Brian Swartz. Brian is the author of the Maine at War blog, an ECW partner. This … Continue reading
Maine at War: June 2021
Here’s what our friend Brian Swartz was up to in June at his blog, Maine at War: June 2, 2021: Edward Baker was country before there was “country” Eighteen-year-old Edward Baker was a country boy all the way, raised in rural … Continue reading
