. Eastern Maine and the rebellion: being an account of the principal local events in eastern Maine during the . : VICTORY! GLORY TO GOD! FINAL TRIUMPH OF FREEDOM ! SURRENDER OF LEE! UNION AND FREEDOM TRIUMPHING! Nearly four years had passed since the war began. Those four years had been long ones, freighted with much sorrow, anxiety and doubt. Widows mourned for their husbands or sons, or perhaps both ; mothers of stalwart boys had seen them go forth,. Eastern Maine and the Rebellion. 191 strong in their manhood, and only knew that their bodies layin some unknown trench or hastily made g
. Eastern Maine and the rebellion: being an account of the principal local events in eastern Maine during the . : VICTORY! GLORY TO GOD! FINAL TRIUMPH OF FREEDOM ! SURRENDER OF LEE! UNION AND FREEDOM TRIUMPHING! Nearly four years had passed since the war began. Those four years had been long ones, freighted with much sorrow, anxiety and doubt. Widows mourned for their husbands or sons, or perhaps both ; mothers of stalwart boys had seen them go forth,. Eastern Maine and the Rebellion. 191 strong in their manhood, and only knew that their bodies layin some unknown trench or hastily made grave, on Southern shed tears in secret, as they dwelt on the happy daysere their sons had gone to the war. The cheek of many a maidenhad grown thin and white, as she sat in her Northern home, think-ing of her dead lover, and felt that life before her had nobright days. The whole land was in mourning, and it was there-fore with glad hearts, that they heard that the fighting wasdrawing to a close. All felt a burden had been lifted, and thatwar was not to longer add to their cup of sorrow, already sofull. The following account of the doings of the day, was writtenover twenty-two years ago, and was intended only for the eyesof the sons and daughters of the author, and their intimate is in fact a part of a journal, containing accounts of impor-tant events, transpiring during his life time, and therefore isundoubtedly correct. The n
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