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An army recruiter on every corner

April 26, 2023the Civil War during its sesquicentennial12th Maine Infantry Regiment, 13th Maine Infantry Regiment, 14th Maine Infantry Regiment, 15th Maine Infantry Regiment, 17th U.S. Infantry Regiment, 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Bangor, Ben Butler, Charles W. Roberts, Daily Whig & Courier, Daniel White, Exchange Block, George Weston, H. C. Woodrow, Hampden, James Deane, James Mulligan, John F. Appleton, John L. Hodsdon, Joseph G. Roberts, Joseph P. French, Michael Boyce, Michael Corcoran, New Orleans, Orland, Samuel F. Thompson, Samuel P. Heintzelman Stetson’s Block, Thomas Meagher, West Market Square

By Brian Swartz

Much like patent-medicine hucksters peddling liquid healing, Army recruiters occupying just about every street corner in downtown Bangor in autumn 1861 promised potential recruits the sun, the moon, and the stars — and a $100 bounty to boot. Across Maine, recruiters scrambled that fall to raise men for an artillery battery, a cavalry regiment, and […]

Gaines Mill: Part II — The 2nd Maine defends Boatswain’s Creek

May 25, 2016the Civil War during its sesquicentennial2nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Boatswain's Creek, Charles W. Roberts, Chickahominy River, Fitz John Porter, Gaines Mill, George W. Morrell, John M. Martindale

By Brian Swartz

As the sun rose east of Richmond, Virginia on Friday, June 27, 1862, Charles W. Roberts knew that his 2nd Maine Infantry boys were “in” for it. The previous day, Colonel Roberts and the 2nd Maine had listened for hours as Confederate troops attacked Union soldiers entrenched along Beaver Dam Creek. A Pennsylvanian division […]

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An army recruiter on every corner

Gaines Mill: Part II — The 2nd Maine defends Boatswain’s Creek

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