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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Bangor, Me.: Bangor Pub. Co.,1976. Print. Cole, Galen, et al. The Galen Cole Family Foundation and Cole Land Transportation Museum ."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"The regiment mustered from Bangor on October 10, 1862. The soldiers were trained for only one day in Washington D.C., so they were fairly unprepared."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"The Second Maine Regiment, consisting of men from Bangor and the nearby region left Bangor on May 14th, just one month after Lincoln's call for…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 4 of 4

"… of the 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry: “The Bangor Regiment”. Scarborough, Maine: Harp Publications, 1992. Print. Shaw, Horace H."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"The Regiments often had well-known visitors from home. Frederick H. Rogers to his mother, Hannah, Iowa, July 10th, 1862Bangor Historical Society…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"Often the regiments spent their time building forts and roads. As told in the letter, a corduroy road--a road of parallel logs packed with sand and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865

"The illustration shows how the regiment appeared as it marched through Main Street in Bangor on its return."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… and shopkeeper, wrote of Kimball, "When the 22 Regiment left Bangor for Ship Island he was the tallest & handsomest man in the regiment." Martin's…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"His descriptions and newspaper clippings about the celebrations in Bangor of the war's end capture the excitement of the Union victory, the actions…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… out that they already had a drummer boy in his regiment, he got a gun and fought. Thomas and I have a major connection."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"The Colonel was eventually taken prisoner. On July 4, 1863, Capt. John Franklin of Bangor wrote of Dow's capture, "A small squad of rebels gobbled…"