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Remembering Harris Farm, 150 Years Later

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Chris Mackowski

Not much remains of the Harris Farm today. A high-end, low-density development has grown up in Clement Harris’s fields. His original house, Bloomsbury, still stands atop the highest knoll—the farmhouse is up for sale at the moment—with the newer, beautiful … Continue reading →

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“Death of a Bangor Boy”—The Casualties of Harris Farm

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Chris Mackowski

The May 30, 1864, edition of the Bangor (ME) Whig & Courier included a notice titled “Death of a Bangor Boy”—a sixty-four-word obituary for Corporal Charles W. Smith of the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Company D, who “died of a … Continue reading →

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“We lost some noble men”: The 1st Maine Heavies at Harris Farm

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Chris Mackowski

May 19, 1864, was “a day long to be remembered by the 1st Maine Heavy,” wrote a member of the regiment, “as it was on this day that we received our baptism of fire and learned the stern duties of … Continue reading →

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