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Two earthen Civil War forts still stand in Maine
After Confederate Navy Lt. Charles W. Read captured the Revenue Service cutter in Portland Harbor in late June 1863, the Maine state government responded by constructing seven earthen batteries to protect five other seaports. The batteries shared a similar design … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places
Tagged Axel Hayford, Belfast, Brian Swartz, Caleb Cushing, Castine, Charles W. Read. Coast Guards Infantry, Eastport, Fort Foster, Fort George, Fort Madison, Fort Madison State Historic Site, Fort O'Brien, Fort O’Brien School, Fort O’Brien State Historic Site, Great Britain, HMS Margaretta, Machias, Machias Bay, Machias River, Machiasport, Mahoning, Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, Penobscot Bay, Rockland, Royal Navy
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January 2022 Maine at War blog posts
In January 2022, my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from soldiers and their pets to the infantry captain who suddenly discovered two recruits now listed on the company rolls. January 5, 2022: Soldier’s pet A young combat veteran … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Navies
Tagged 10th Maine Infantry Regiment, 16th Maine Infantry Regiment, 26th Maine Infantry Regiment, Axel Hayford, Bald Hill Cove, Bangor, Belfast, Brewer, Brian Swartz, Caleb Cushing, Cape Fear River, Castine, Charles Baker, Charleston, Coast Guards Infantry, Cumberland County, Dare, E. H. Faucon, East Battery, East Belfast, Edmund J. Brookings, Ellsworth American, Farmingdale, Fort Knox, Fort O'Brien, Fort Point, Gardiner, George Custer, George H. Pendleton, George O. Hall, Georgetown, Gorham, Irish Bend, John L. Hodsdon, Kingstree, Libby Prison, Little River, Machias, Machiasport, Macon, Maine Coast Guards, Minister’s Point, Nathaniel K. Sawyer, Nicholas Picerno, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, North Carolina, North Inlet, Passagassawakeag River, Penobscot Bay, Penobscot Narrows, Penobscot River, Port Hudson, Portland, Portland Daily Press, Prospect, R. H. Stanley, Raphael Semmes, Republican Journal, Revenue Service, Richmond, Robert Wiley, Rockland, Royal Navy, South Carolina, Steele’s Ledge, Stockton Springs, USS Aries, USS Montgomery, Verona Island, Waldo County, West Battery, William H. Simpson, wilmington, Winterport
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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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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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