9th Maine Infantry plays musical chairs at Hilton Head
The field staff played musical chairs at the 9th Maine Infantry Regiment’s Hilton Head camp in South Carolina in March 1863. The game began when Lt. Col. Horatio Bisbee Jr. mustered out March 19. Then Col. Rishworth Rich recommended Maj. Sabine Emery for Bisbee’s slot and Capt. Zina H. Robinson for major. Emery, an Eastport […]