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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.
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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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“Boys, That Flag Must Come Down!” Part 2 of a series
Weep, weep Columbia! Death, with traitorous hand, Has slain a Hero, quenched a manly flame; Cast heartfelt sorrow o’er a throbbing land, And carved, for future years to read, a name On the grand alter of our Country’s fame. The … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Memory, Personalities, Politics
Tagged Abe Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Alexandria, Alexandria Campaign, Army of the Potomac, Confederate Flag, death of Ellsworth, Ellsworth, Elmer Ellsworth, Long Bridge, Memory, start of the war, Virginia secession
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Every Free, Able-bodied White Male Citizen: Two Examples of Militia Readiness in Antebellum America Part III
Also in 1859, young Elmer Ellsworth became captain of a moribund militia company, the National Guard Cadets of Chicago, Illinois. Ellsworth had developed a statewide reputation as a drillmaster, and agreed to take on the challenge of rebuilding this group … Continue reading
