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Lottery winner catches the Maine-bound boat

February 20, 2019the Civil War during its sesquicentennial19th Maine Infantry Regiment, Darius Couch, Frederic D. Sewall, Isaac Starbird, John Day Smith, Joshua Owen, Litchfield, Oliver Otis Howard, Samuel Smith

By Brian Swartz

However badly that Joseph Hooker blew the Battle of Chancellorsville, an order he issued on January 30, 1863 went over very well with the Army of the Potomac’s rank-and-file. “Orders were given on January 30th from the headquarters of the army that furloughs might be granted for fifteen days to one regimental and two line […]

Pro-Union mob violated the 1st Amendment in Bangor

May 22, 2012the Civil War during its sesquicentennialBangor, barber, Brian Swartz, Charles Crosby, Daily Union, David Sachsman, editor, First Parish Church, Frankfort, Isariah Stetson, John DiMeglio, John Wyman, Joseph Jones, Kenduskeag Stream, Maine, Manassas, Marcellus Emery, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norumbega Hall, Penobscot County, printing press, Sally Emery, Samuel Mann, Samuel Smith, West Market Square, Wheelwright Clark Block, William McCrillis, William Wheeler

By Brian Swartz

Freedom of the press – at least the press owned by Bangor Democrat Marcellus Emery – literally flew out the window on Aug. 12, 1861. By that summer, many Maine Democrats opposed the fledgling Civil War. In his 1967 graduate thesis “Civil War Bangor,” Professor John DiMeglio wrote that Democrat State Committee Chairman Marcellus Emery […]

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Lottery winner catches the Maine-bound boat

Pro-Union mob violated the 1st Amendment in Bangor

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