An abandoned city-owned cemetery found in the woods between Riverside Drive and the Kennebec River in Augusta contains graves of Civil and Revolutionary war soldiers.
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Piecing together the life and tragic death of a Lewiston Civil War POW
A young Oxford-born soldier named Stephen L.T. Mariner died in 1864 in one of the Civil War’s most brutal prisoner-of-war camps, but much of his life remained lost to history. For Memorial Day, the Sun Journal pieced together a portrait of a young man through what was left of his legacy: a collage of records, documents and one local gravestone.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Kamala Harris graduated from university founded by Maine man
Union Gen. Oliver Otis Howard saw education for former slaves as the best way to ensure they could be informed voters.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: Preserving a Medal of Honor veteran’s memorial
A Capitol Police officer and an American Legion chaplain team up to help raise funds to fix a Civil War veteran’s gravestone at Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
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Maine descendant of Confederate general pushes for removal of his statue
Inspired by recent protests, Alida Snow of Brunswick has gathered her family members’ signatures and requested that the statue of John Brown Gordon be removed from the Georgia State Capitol grounds.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Disease was formidable enemy for Maine soldiers in the Civil War
Then as now – and in surprising ways – illness shaped the way that people live and die.
Posted inLocal & State
Monument erected in Virginia pays tribute to the 1st Cavalry of Maine
A group of Mainers spearheaded the effort to commemorate three significant Civil War battles that preceded Gettysburg.
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Maine Voices: Honor Maine heroes’ Civil War valor with a monument in Virginia
The experiences of a Patten soldier who came home with an empty sleeve are emblematic of the sacrifices made for the Union cause.