All posts tagged "bowdoin college"
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13.7K14MaineThe 20th Maine Regiment, Hardest Fighters Ever
The 20th Maine, one of the most storied regiments of the Civil War, reunited at Gettysburg in October 1889 and posed for...
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6.2K5MaineJoshua Chamberlain Writes His Sister About Appomattox Court House
Brig. Gen. Joshua Chamberlain was selected by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to accept Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House....
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3.6KMaineHenry Putnam Discovers the People of Brunswick, Maine, Are Not Odious
On April 4, 1820, a southern gentleman named Henry Putnam wrote a long letter describing Brunswick, Maine, to a friend back home...
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16.1K17Arts and LeisureHarriet Beecher Stowe: The Little Lady who Started the Civil War
Did Harriet Beecher Stowe really start the Civil War in 1852? Probably not. But she did force people to think about the...
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30.6K6Arts and LeisureSophia Peabody Gets Married In Spite of Herself
As Sophia Peabody approached her 30th year, she wrote a letter to her sister saying, “I never intend to have a husband.”...
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