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Acknowledgments It is the most pleasant of duties to thank those whose knowledge and generous goodwill made this work possible: Julia Oemig, for her guidance and friendship; Erik Jorgensen , and the staff and volunteers at Pejepscot Historical Society for their encouragement and invaluable assistance; Tom Desjardin, for his kind support and unerring common sense; John and Margaret Pullen, for their inspiration and thoughtful advice; Sue Wennrich, Molly Larson, and the staff of the Bangor Public Library—my ideal of those who make a library the home of knowledge and learning; Mildred Jones, historian for the First Parish Church in Brunswick, whose “viking” determination made the Rev. George Adams’ diaries available for research; Sylvia Sherman and Jeff Brown at the Maine State Archives, for “knowing their stuff,” and for their cheerful dedication; the late Dr. George Files, for sharing his great insight on medicine and life; Clifton Davis, Librarian, Bangor Theological Seminary, for his valuable assistance and patient efforts to enlighten me on 19th century theology and life at the seminary; William W. Erwin, Jr., Senior Reference Librarian, Special Collections Library, Duke University , for introducing me to Chamberlain’s “Charge at Fort Hell” and Gen. Thomas Munford’s manuscript; Susan Ravdin, Special Collections, and Sherrie S. Bergman, director of the Longfellow-Hawthorne Library at Bowdoin College, for making it possible for me to study their large holding of Chamberlain archival material; Wendy Thomas, Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, for her assistance in obtaining a mountain of material from their extensive Chamberlain-Adams collection; the staff of the Department of Manuscripts and Archives at Yale University Library, for their unfailing assistance; Jennifer Topa, Massachusetts Historical Society, for her kind help and for introducing me to the Ashur Adams correspondence; Muriel Sanford and staff at Special Collections, and Mel Johnson, Fogler Library, University of Maine at Orono, for all their able assistance; Anne Rogers, Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Ga. and Nancy Davis Bray at Georgia College Library, Milledgeville, Ga. for information on 19th century Milledgeville, Georgia; Rosamond Allen and Jackie Beard, for their thoughtful interest in this project; The Rev. James C. Hoge and Duncan MacRae, for providing valuable insights on Homosassa and Ocala, Florida of the late 1800s; Darrell Smoker, GNMP Library, for his “beyond the call of duty” willingness xviii Acknowledgments to assist me; Phyllis Scribner, First Congregational Church of Brewer, for her kindness and her great appreciation for history; Donald Winslow, Laselle College, Newtonville , Ma., for his generous assistance on Laselle’s history; Judge Herbert Silsby II, for sharing his great knowledge of local history and his insights on 19th century law, Don Troiani and Paul Loane, for making the letters of their collections available to researchers; Earle Shettleworth, Maine Historic Preservation Commission; Bedford and Janet Hayes, and Jim Frasca for allowing photographs from their collections to be published here; special appreciation to Charles and Peggy Pearce for their outstanding contributions to Civil War scholarship, and to Darrell Beauchamp, archivist at Navarro College, Corsicana, Texas; Bob and Dennis Lawrence and the Gettysburg Discussion Group, for providing access to an amazing collective knowledge so generously shared, for a great number of thought-provoking discussions, and for supplying many a good laugh. I would especially like to acknowledge the esteemed members John Gross and Bill and Jim Cameron for their help. I extend special appreciation in the “Information, Inspiration, and Friendship Department” to John McNulty, Claire Fitzmaurice and Bob Singleton. A special thank you to Sally Thomas, my editor, and all the kind folks at Thomas Publications for their help in navigating the perilous seas of publishing. I also wish to express my sincere gratitude to all the many scholars whose works are cited in this book. On the firm foundation of their hard work, this work was begun. Most of all, I thank my husband (and first editor) Ned, and my sons Rob and Alex, for their patient and loving support and their unflagging interest and confidence in my work. [3.235.249.219] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 18:24 GMT) Fanny & Joshua ...