Richland County Baseball

  • Subscribe to our RSS feed.
  • Twitter
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Facebook
  • Digg

Monday, 25 January 2010

Pvt. Eben E. Smith of Eastbrook

Posted on 14:32 by blogger
I just blogged over on the Maine Genealogy Network about Eben E. Smith—one of only 11 Union soldiers to survive an amputation at the hip joint. (Images somewhat NSFW.)
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Posted in | No comments
Newer Post Older Post Home

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Popular Posts

  • The Origins of Burnt Coat
    Swan's Island was called "Burnt Coat Island" when James Swan bought it and two dozen adjacent islands sight unseen, July 7, 17...
  • Millinocket's Little Italy
    Maine has only one "Little Italy"—established in 1899 to house the families of immigrants imported to build the Great Northern pap...
  • Proposed Maine Towns
    Among the introduced legislation found in the Maine Legislative Index are the petitions of Mainers seeking to create new towns. Here are a ...
  • America's Oldest Family-Run Inn
    12th-generation innkeeper Tricia Mason believes that Seaside Inn & Cottages in Kennebunk is the oldest family-run inn in America. The S...
  • Macon B. Allen, America's First Black Lawyer
    Macon Bolling Allen of Portland was the first African American admitted to the bar in the United States. This item appeared in the Portland...
  • Bruce McToose Visits Norway
    A program on "Intrepid Traveler" Bruce McToose's visit to the exotic land of Norway will air on MPBN this Sunday at 11pm and ...
  • Law Forbids "Squaw"
    A bill signed yesterday will tighten the law that bars use of the word "squaw" for official place names in Maine. After Maine...
  • John Bunker, Pomologist
    The Atlantic has an article on pomologist John Bunker of Palermo. His vocation arrived in a bushel basket, when he was managing a food coop...
  • Lakenwild: Maine's Swampland Scam
    In the 1880s, N. S. Reed bought 500 acres of bog land and untamed forest in Hinckley Township (now Grand Lake Stream Plantation and marketed...
  • Extreme Frugality
    W. Hodding Carter and his family are attempting to live in rural Maine on $550 a month. In the most recent of his Extreme Frugality blog pos...

Blog Archive

  • ►  2013 (1)
    • ►  April (1)
  • ►  2011 (1)
    • ►  April (1)
  • ▼  2010 (22)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  June (4)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (5)
    • ▼  January (6)
      • Pvt. Eben E. Smith of Eastbrook
      • Lewiston Newspaper Archives Online
      • Seth Sturtevant's Memories of Valley Forge
      • Chester Chase's Movies
      • The Eastport Sardine and Maple Leaf Drop
      • Lewiston Millworkers, 1909 and 1973
  • ►  2009 (44)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  November (6)
    • ►  October (7)
    • ►  September (6)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (8)
    • ►  May (3)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2008 (29)
    • ►  December (9)
    • ►  November (3)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  August (3)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2007 (3)
    • ►  December (3)
Powered by Blogger.

About Me

blogger
View my complete profile