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War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 22]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] No. 22 June 1st, 1864, the regiment was partially engaged in the first part of the day near old Cold Harbor and the brigade was fully in the…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
Sixty-second annual catalogue of the officers and students of Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine. 1897
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Edward Sylvester Morse: Dr. True's Star Pupil
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Edward Sylvester Morse: Dr. True's Star Pupil by Stanley Russell Howe Edward Sylvester Morse (1838-1925) Courtesy of the Maine Historical Society Few connected with Bethel's Gould Academy are aware that one of the leading figures in the fields…
Collection: Featured Articles from The Courier
War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 23]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] No. 23 Our last number left us with the dying Confederate colonel at Cold Harbor, in the early light of morning, June 2, 1864. The Fifth Maine…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
Catalogue of the officers and students of Gould's Academy, Bethel, Maine. 1895-1896
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Lucy Larcom's Bethel
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Lucy Larcom's Bethel by Stanley R. Howe Lucy Larcom (1824-1893) Observing nature was a major focus of the life of Lucy Larcom (1824-1893), who spent much time in the White Mountain region and especially in the western Maine town of Bethel.…
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Collection: Featured Articles from The Courier
War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 24]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] No. 24 June the 4th, we were still in the works. Grant sent a flag of truce to Lee asking cessation of hostilities for forty minutes to bury the…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
Annual catalogue of the officers and students of Gould Academy with circular of information for the year 1893, Bethel, Maine
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William Berry Lapham: Local Historian and Genealogist
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William Berry Lapham Local Historian and Genealogist by Stanley Russell Howe William Berry Lapham 1828-1894 William Berry Lapham (1828-1894) was one of the most prolific compilers of local history and genealogy that Maine produced during the…
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War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 25]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] [No. 25] We left Cold Harbor Sunday evening, June 12, for the James River. To say that the order to move was a pleasant one, faintly expresses…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
1890-1891. Gould Academy catalogue
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General Oliver Otis Howard Speaks at Bethel
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General Oliver Otis Howard Speaks at Bethel by Stanley R. Howe Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909), ca. 1865 Courtesy of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission Civil War General Oliver Otis Howard spoke at Bethel on the afternoon of 15 July…
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War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 26]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] [No. 26] Our last article left us at City Point near the boat landing. The next morning, June 24th, we boarded the steamer, John Brooks for…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
Catalogue of the officers and students of Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine, for the years 1882-'84
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Echoes from the Sixties [Part 1]
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ECHOES FROM THE SIXTIES. Official Report of One of the Most Bloody Conflicts of the Civil War. The following is the official report of the Fifth Maine at Fredericksburg, as given by Col. Edwards to General John L. Hodsdon.It has not been revised…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
Dr. True As Historian
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Dr. True As Historian by Randall H. Bennett The productive years in the life of Dr. Nathaniel Tuckerman True (1812-1887) were a propitious time for antiquarian efforts. Indeed, the ground work of what we know today of Bethel's beginnings is in…
Collection: Featured Articles from The Courier
Catalogue of the officers and students of Gould's Academy, Bethel, Maine. 1878-9
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Echoes from the Sixties [Part 2]
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ECHOES FROM THE SIXTIES. Official Report of One of the Most Bloody Conflicts of the Civil War. [Continued from last week.] Soon the shouts of the enemy immediately in our front, warned us that they were advancing, and every man stood ready to…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
Lafayette Grover: Would-Be President Maker
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Lafayette Grover: Would-Be President Maker by Stanley Russell Howe Lafayette Grover1823-1911 Born in Bethel, Maine, on 29 November 1823, the third son of Dr. John and Fanny Lary Grover, Lafayette Grover was educated at Gould Academy and…
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Catalogue of the officers and students of Gould's Academy, Bethel, Maine. 1877-8
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Echoes from the Sixties [Part 3]
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ECHOES FROM THE SIXTIES. By Col. C. S. Edwards. Bethel, May 3, 1900. Thirty-seven years ago this day, was fought the great battle of Chancellorsville, commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, who at that time was commander of the Potomac Army. We…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
Atherton Bernard Furlong: Artist, Singer, Poet
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Atherton Bernard Furlong: Artist, Singer, Poet Atherton Furlong (1849-1919) Photo courtesy of the Greenwood Historical Society Editor’s Note: The following obituary of Atherton Furlong appeared in the 24 October 1919 issue of the Norway…
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Catalogue of the officers and students of Gould's Academy, Bethel, Maine, for three years, 1868-9-70, with a short history of the academy from its foundation
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The Boys of '61
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The Boys of ’61.Bethel, May 4, 1901 This day, forty years ago, our lovely village was excited as never before in its history. In the early morn, carriages were seen coming in from every direction, in some cases, wives to bring their husbands, in…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
Enoch Foster, Jr.: Third Owner of the O'Neil Robinson House
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Enoch Foster, Jr.: Third Owner of the O'Neil Robinson House by Stanley R. Howe Sarah W. Foster and Enoch Foster, Jr. Photos from Maine: A History (1919) Enoch Foster, the third owner of the Society’s O’Neil Robinson House, was born in…
Collection: Featured Articles from The Courier