BETHEL — To honor the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, the Bethel Historical Society will feature articles about Bethel and the war on its website.
Among these are “Life on the Home Front: Bethel during the Civil War,” “Bethel’s Civil War Soldier’s Monument Dedicated 100 Years Ago,” “General Oliver Otis Howard Speaks at Bethel” and “Bethel in the War of the Rebellion.”
The last, by William Berry Lapham, contains an extensive and detailed list of men who enlisted in the war effort from Bethel and a summary of their service, if any, Stanley Russell Howe, associate director of the society, said on Monday.
“Although the list is taken from an 1891 publication and therefore should be compared with information from other sources, anyone searching for a Civil War ancestor who may have lived in Bethel or a nearby town should consult this register,” Howe said.
In posting the information, the society joins more than 24 museums and historical organizations in a statewide project titled “The Maine Civil War Trail.”
Next year the project will culminate in a series of exhibits developed by participants, Howe said.
Preparatory to the opening of such a display in Bethel, the Bethel Historical Society is working to provide its members and the general public with both general background and specific research information about this conflict.
These Civil War articles have appeared in the past in the society’s history journal, The Courier.
Starting with Vol. 33 (2009) issues of The Courier, the society is now making complete PDF copies of its history journal available on its website, www.bethelhistorical.org.
Anyone interested in reading or printing these publications should follow the “Courier” link on the website’s home page.
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