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Sumter’s 9/11 aftermath: An editor visits the hometown recruits

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On Sunday and Monday, April 28-29, Bridgton Reporter editor Enoch Knight visited “the various companies of the [1st Maine Infantry] Regiment now about leaving for the seat of war. “Our readers will remember that almost every town in this vicinity [western Cumberland County and adjacent Androscoggin and Oxford counties] has its sons there,” Knight wrote. […]

Sumter’s 911 aftermath: “Speak well of the land we love”

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The Fort Sumter news stunned and confused many Americans, who in turn scanned the newspapers to learn the battle’s facts and how the Lincoln Administration would respond to Southern effrontery. But each individual assuredly thought, “How will this affect me?” At Bridgton bordering Long Lake in western Cumberland County, Bridgton Reporter editor Enoch Knight eschewed […]