A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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... infantry for the 8th Maine and go off to war with it . Wentworth was then 41 , which is a little ripe for soldiering ; he was a leading physician in Kittery and as such might have deserved exemption . Or he might have joined the ...
... infantry for the 8th Maine and go off to war with it . Wentworth was then 41 , which is a little ripe for soldiering ; he was a leading physician in Kittery and as such might have deserved exemption . Or he might have joined the ...
Page 58
... Infantry , Maine Volunteers . En- listment for these regiments was encouraged by bounties from the state and from towns and cities ; if this encouragement had failed the law provided for a special draft upon the militia to make up the ...
... Infantry , Maine Volunteers . En- listment for these regiments was encouraged by bounties from the state and from towns and cities ; if this encouragement had failed the law provided for a special draft upon the militia to make up the ...
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... Infantry , but two other colonels were ahead of him . George L. Beal , who had recovered from severe wounds received at Antietam , took the 29th , and Francis Fessenden took the 30th , going off to give a leg for his country . Things ...
... Infantry , but two other colonels were ahead of him . George L. Beal , who had recovered from severe wounds received at Antietam , took the 29th , and Francis Fessenden took the 30th , going off to give a leg for his country . Things ...
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