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The Confederate Yankee of Belfast

Just when you think every Maine-buried Confederate has been located, another one pops up. This time, however, the Confederate — George J. Grotton — became a Mainer. His tale begins with his birth in Lombard, Spain on August 22, 1835. His father was a Spaniard, his mother a Maine girl born in Lewiston. Arriving in […]