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“To Keep The Little Children Out Of The Park”: A Vermonter’s Adventures in New York City
Sometimes military and civilian interactions take surprising turns. This account that Wilbur Fisk of the 2nd Vermont Infantry wrote in a letter for newspaper publication offers some humorous antics of children pestering soldiers. The regiment quartered in the “beautiful park” … Continue reading
April 2022 Maine at War posts
In April 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a suspected murder to Baltimore Unionists who befriended a Maine regiment passing through while en route to the war. April 6, 2022: Augusta CSI pursues a soldier’s killer … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Maine Infantry Regiment, 1st Maine Infantry Regiment, 25th Maine Infantry Regiment, 29th Maine Infantry Regiment, 2nd Maine Cavalry Regiment, 30th Maine Infantry Regiment, 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 7th Maine Infantry Regiment, Auburn, Augusta, baltimore, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Boston, Brian Swartz, Camp Washburn, Catharine Abbott, Charles Griffin, Charles S. Emerson, Clarissa Griffin, D.C., Edwin A. Abbott, Elijah M. Shaw, Fall River, Frank L. Jones, George H. Nye, George Knox, George L. Beal, Howard S. Griffin, Israel Washburn Jr., James S. Fillebrown, John Bowles, John Griffin, John Mead Gould. Kennebec Journal, Long Island Sound, Maine at War, Maine Farmer, Mary Griffin, New Gloucester, New York City, North Station, Patterson Park, Phil Sheridan, Pleasant Hill, Portland, Portland Daily Press, Potomac River, Province of Quebec, Reuben Viele, Shenandoah Valley, Soldiers’ Rest, St. Francis, Stafford County, Washington, Washington Monument, William Bowles, William N. Means
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March 2022 Maine at War Posts
In March 2022 my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from a Gettysburg mystery solved to Confederate mayhem upon the sea and a young soldier’s last letter before the Wilderness. March 9, 2022: Reign of terror off Nova Scotia, … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Maine Infantry Regiment, 17th U.S. Infantry Regiment, 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Adriatic, Alonzo Z. Parsons, Bob Velke, Brian Swartz, Brunswick, Cape Fear, Cape Sable Island, Carl Chatto, Caroline, Chandler M. Jewett, Chatham, Cornish, CSS Tallahassee, Dorchester, Dover, Dover-Foxcroft, Eliza Parsons, Ellis Spear, Floral Wreath, Foxcroft, Georgetown, Gettysburg, Greenleaf Lodge, Halifax, Hiram, Howard, Jefferson Davis, John C. Wadsworth, John Taylor Wood, Kennebec River, Levi Blake, Lingan, Little Round Top, Long Island, Lydia M. Hall, Maine at War, Maine State Archives. Mary E. Howes, New York City, New York Pilot Boat 22, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, oothbay, Orange & Alexandria Railroad, Portland Daily Press, Portland Harbor, Rappahannock Station, Restless, Riverside Cemetery, Sanford, Sarah B. Harris, Steve Dow, Ulysses S. Grant, Walter G. Morrill, Wheatfield, wilderness, William Parsons, Williamsburg, York County, Zachary Taylor
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George Cain – FDNY Firefighter, Civil War Buff, and Hero
On that horrific September day in 2001, we lost nearly three thousand in New York City, Arlington, and Shanksville – businessmen and women, security guards, tourists, first responders, and countless others. Of these, 343 were firefighters of the Fire Department … Continue reading
Posted in Memory
Tagged 9/11, Civil War buff, New York, New York City, September 11 2001
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Weekly Whitman: Old Ireland
Written in 1861, this poem makes special mention of the Union volunteers who lived in New York City. The Irish Diaspora had been bringing the Irish to the shores of America since the 1840s. The Civil War, twenty years later, … Continue reading
Weekly Whitman: Certain Civilians
No one is sure exactly who the “certain civilian” mentioned in the title of this poem might be, but my guess is that it was some young man who hung out at Pfaff’s Cellar on Broadway, near Bleeker Street. According … Continue reading
Weekly Whitman: “Beat! beat! drums!”
“Beat! beat! drums!” is another early war poem urging Walt Whitman’s beloved New York City to take up arms. Whitman wrote many of these, and never regretted any of them, even if he later saw war as quite different than … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Common Soldier
Tagged "Beat! beat! drums!, Early War, New York City, Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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“This Momentous Day”: Presidential Elections & Process in 19th Century New York City
These last few weeks I’ve been reading George Templeton Strong’s diaries. The New York lawyer recorded a variety of topics in his extensive volumes; election days and politics often made the pages. Instead of getting into the details of each … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Primary Sources
Tagged 1860 Election, 1864 Election, antebellum politics, George Templeton Strong, New York City, politics
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“Dreadful Scenes Enacted In The City”: The New York Draft Riots
Although deep in northern territory, New York City’s war sentiments were not heavily pro-Union. The merchants and businessmen of the city looked on the conflict with displeasure from the beginning since it interrupted their commerce and trade with Southern states … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian
Tagged Draft Riots, Maria Lydig Daly, New York City, New York City Riot
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