In anticipation of next's year's Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the State of Maine has launched a new web resource that will document Maine’s role in defending the Union.
April 12, 2011 will mark the 150th anniversary of the shots fired at South Carolina's Fort Sumter. Maine's Governor John E. Baldacci created a committee in 2009 to work on historical projects ahead of next year's Sesquicentennial. According to the Governor's office, Maine State Historian Earle Shettleworth ....