Old Foxcroft, Maine : traditions and memories, with family records, Part 14

Author: Lowell, Mary Chandler, 1863-1949
Publication date: 1935
Publisher: Concord, N.H. : Lowell
Number of Pages: 552


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Having taken the Academy with sixty-three students, Mr. Ropes left it with an enrollment of ninety, for the larger field of Wilton Academy in Massachusetts. And succeeding Mr. Ropes was James S. Wiley, afterwards settling in town in the practice of law with Esq. Holmes. He also represented this district one term in Congress. Associated with him at the Academy was Mr. Thomas Moulton, brother of David and Joseph Moulton and Mrs. Moses Swett.


Then Robert Wyman, Samuel Johnson, A. Dole and Ezra Abbott each taught a term. Under Mr. Thomas Tash A.B. Bowdoin College 1842, the Academy was given new impetus after an experimental period under so many young and unprofessional teachers. Mr. Tash was, unquestionably, a man of culture and strong intellect with great sagacity and disciplinary ability. At once he set about to bring the Academy up to modern requirements. A curriculum, having six groups was offered. To the former groups of languages embracing Latin, Greek and French were added German, Spanish and Italian. The catalogue announced that valuable apparatus for illustrating elec- tricity pneumatics etc. had been purchased and was in constant use. The tuition was raised to $2.75 per term for Common English; $3.25 Higher English; $3.75 Languages; Music $5.00; Painting and Drawing $2.50 per term, of twelve lessons. A native French teacher was en- gaged and the Academy was described as "very pleasantly located in Foxcroft village, upon the Maine Stage Road from Bangor to Monson !


But Mr. Tash was some twenty years in advance of this section of Maine and misunderstandings arose, so that it seemed expedient to the Governing Board to accept Mr. Tash's resignation which was sought instead of proffered. Mr. Tash decided to remain in town and erected the large house already referred to located on Main St., now the resi- dence of S. B. Haskell.


He advertised extensively the "Foxcroft and Dover Boarding and Preparatory School" and fully expected to outrun the Academy. In this he lost; and while the numbers in the Academy were slightly de- pleted, from 212 to 173, for the first year,-his venture was not a success and he left town for more advanced fields.


While at Foxcroft Mr. Tash married Miss Jerusha Rawson, oldest


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daughter of Capt. Salmon and Abigail (Blake) Holmes. They had one daughter, Miss Clara, who, I believe, is living today in Portland Maine.


The next thirty years brought to its halls some seventeen different teachers of various degrees of proficiency and popularity. Such per- haps must always be the case, situated as the Academy is, in a small industrial town surrounded by an extremely large and sparsely popu- lated agricultural territory upon which to draw its student body. And too, the outbreak of the Civil War had its influence.


In 1859 it was evident that the first Academy building of 1823 was not adequate to the needs of the school and a much larger building was erected. The old building was sold and moved to the west end of Foxcroft bridge and has been used as store and workshop on street floor and as a hall for fraternal and social purposes on the second floor. At present that floor is given over to offices.


SPECIMEN OF COMPOSITION WORK Academy Division


Inventions! Inventions! What an age for Inventions!


Scarcely a day passes but what we hear of new Inventions being made. It has not been many years since if any one had mentioned such a things as ships and carriages going by steam and sending communica- tions by lightning (if I may use such language) they would have been laughed at and even ridiculed.


But now we do not think scarcely anything about it. Only we can- not help thinking what will come next. Why just look at it for a moment, and tell me how much of an undertaking is it to go to New York now compared with what it was twentyfive (25) or thirty (30) years ago. A person does not think any more about going to almost any part of Europe now than he would twenty years ago of going to Boston, and in fact, it does not take much more time nor money. But still for all this the active mind of the Yankee cannot stop here, but must keep constantly moving onward! I expect that ere long a person can go all over the world in the twinkling of an eye- All that he will have to do will be to get into his gig and hoist the gate and away he will go through the measureless expanses. of Infinity!


CHARLES W. LOWELL (aged 11 yrs.) 1845


An annuity of sixty dollars created by the Legislature in 1868 is regu- larly paid by the Treasurer of the State of Maine to the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees. Though not a large sum, it is a help.


A long list of names among its alumni of men and women who have "made good" should testify of her work, to Alma Mater's standing among institutions the world over. She has experienced her anxieties, perplexities, indeed earnest struggles; but her children have kept their faith and been loyal in their support, and her Board of Trustees have labored fearlessly.


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So long as she may be kept an impersonal institution, success is assured.


In glancing through Mr. Chandler's (then Treasurer of the Board) accounts for Sept. 6, 1852, I find,-


Foxcroft Academy Dr. To paid Cobb boy for washing seats in lower room of Academy $3.25 To paid Arbo for cleaning the Academy Feb 19, 1853 .50


CIVIL WAR PERIOD COMPILED BY MAJOR W. CUSHING Printed by courtesy of Mrs Ann Cushing Mayo


Ever loyal and patriotic, with its bravest and best making the su- preme sacrifice and the wives and mothers, daughters and sisters with courageous fortitude keeping the home fires aglow, such was "old Foxcroft's" answer when repeated calls came from President Lincoln in the days of the Rebellion. To those repeated calls, one hundred and thirty-five men responded while at least twelve other residents of "old Foxcroft" served on the quotas of other states.


Let Col. Charles A. Clark's paper read before the "Iowa Command- ery Loyal Legion of the United States " entitled "Campaigning with the Sixth Maine" tell the story for me.


"On the 24th of April 1861, I piled up my Greek and Latin books and enlisted. My fellow students very generously did the same. The classes in the old Foxcroft Academy were broken up. For ten days our recitations were a farce. When the news of the firing on Fort Sumter came we went to Col. Paul's woods by night and felled two of his tallest pines. We hauled them by hand to the Academy grounds and all night long we wrought to splice them and raise them.


This made a liberty pole for that town for the war, and with the first gleam of dawn in the east, we ran up the stars and stripes with hurrahs, which awakened the sober citizens. On that very spot now stands a beautiful monument surmounted by a granite statue of an American soldier with arms at parade rest, forever telling of my comrades of that night who sealed with death their devotion to the cause for which our hearts then throbbed so hotly.


I tossed a coin with Gray (Capt) my chum and room mate to deter- mine who should have the honor of placing his name at the head of the first enlistment roll of Piscataquis County in that mighty war and I won first place. His name followed mine and as Captain of Co. A he died like a hero in our charge upon Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg Va. in May 1863."


The first company raised in Foxcroft and Dover was recruited by Charles H. Chandler, Addison P. Buck and Charles Kimball and be- came Co. A. 6th Me. Vol's. The 6th Me. Regt. was mustered into the U. S. service July 1861 and formed a part of the Army of the Po- tomac and was in nearly every battle in which that grand army had a part. Col. Charles Peleg Chandler, a Foxcroft boy, going to the front as Major of the 1st. Mass. Inf. wrote to his mother during encampment at Great Falls that the 6th Maine formed a part of his Brigade, and on every side did he hear warm praise of his former Foxcroft mates.


Recruits from "old Foxcroft" who served in the 6th. Maine Vols :-


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Charles H. Chandler, mustered as 1st. Lieut. Co. A, promoted to Capt. and Lieut. Col. Died in Seattle Washington


Addison P. Buck, mustered as 2rd. Lieut. promoted to 1st. Lieut. and Quartermaster. Served on Staff of Maj. Gen. Sedgewick of the 6th. Corps as Chief Forage Master, was serving his second term as Postmaster of Foxcroft when he was finally mustered out.


Edward L. Emery. Sergt. Co. A. was a resident of "old Foxcroft" at the time of his decease.


Oliver L. Brown, Corp'l. Co. A. afterwards served as Sergt. in the 13th. Maine. Died at Auburn Maine.


James E. Holmes. Corp'l Co. A. promoted to Principal Musician. He was a son of James S. Holmes Esq., the leading legal light of "old Foxcroft" for many years.


Wellington Besse, Private. Discharged for disability. Died


Newton Blanchard, Private. Severely wounded and discharged. Died in Abbot Maine.


Otis Chamberlain. Private. Discharged for disability. At time of decease was Asst. Engineer in U. S. Army.


Franklin H. Daggett. Private, Discharged for disability. Deceased. George W. Dawes, Private. Killed at Spottsylvania Court House Va., May 10, 1864


Charles E. Edes, Corp. Transferred to Navy. Had served with Commadore Perry in Japan prior to the War. Died in Foxcroft. Hiram F. Lebroke, Private, Wounded at Marye's Hg'ts. Died from effects of wounds.


Joseph D. Mansfield, Private. Afterwards served in the 16th Maine. Died in Worcester Mass.


Ichabod Macomber, Private, Discharged for disability. Deceased. Fernando G. Pratt, Private, Served full term of enlistment. Died in Foxcroft, Mch. 11, 1911


Fred E. Plummer, Private, Served his term. Disappeared in New York on his return to Foxcroft.


Wm. G. Sewell, Private. Lived in Fresno, Cal. Died 1912


Rufus G. Chase, Private Co. A Joined Regiment Dec. 4 1861. Killed at Spottsylvania Court House, Va. May 10, 1864


Thomas M. Chase, Private, Discharged for disability. Living in N. H. when last heard from.


Dr. William Buck, appointed Ass't Surgeon 6th Me. Vols. Promoted Surgeon. Served in Maine Legislature and filled many offices of trust in town. A faithful, conscientious physician Died 19-


Dr. Freeland S. Holmes, son of Salmon Holmes, Esq. a pioneer settler of Foxcroft. Dr. Holmes was commissioned Surgeon 6th Me. His wife, Caroline, was a sister of the War Governor of Maine, Israel Washburn Jr. Dr. Holmes died in service of diphtheria. Dr. Buck succeeded him.


George Thatcher Holmes, joined the 6th Me. as Hospital Steward, Served with his brother, Dr. Holmes and with Dr. Buck. Died in Foxcroft.


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First Maine Cavalry was the next regiment to enter service with a number from Foxcroft mustered in Dec. 31. 1861. This regiment was "in more battles and skirmishes than any other in the Army of the Potomac.


Charles S. Sturgis, Sergt. Co. M. discharged for disability. Son of Benaiah Sturgis of Foxcroft. Married Mary Pillsbury; dau. of Col. Samuel Pillsbury of Foxcroft. Lived in Haverhill Mass. Alonzo B. Briggs, Private Co. M. Discharged for disability. Died Henry Dexter Thayer, Private Co. M.


Cyrus M. Gerry, Private Co. M. Died from wounds.


George W. Plummer, Enlisted in D. C. Cavalry. Transferred to 1st. Maine Cavalry. Died in Dover.


The 7th. Maine Regt. mustered into service Aug. 21, 1861. A dis- tinguished record in Army of Potomac. The only Foxcroft citizen was Henry F. Daggett, who served as Sergt. and Q. M. Sergt. Died . in Milo.


The 9th Maine Inf. mustered into service Sept 22, 1861 saw active and meritorious service in So. Carolina and Virginia in the Army of the Potomac.


Justin E. Batchelder, Private Co. D, 9th Me. Lost an arm. Died in Barnard Me.


Joseph Tucker, Co. D. Wounded, Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. No record.


John A. Hoyt, Private Co. I. Discharge at close of war. Deceased.


The 13th Maine Volunteers was mustered into service Dec. 4. 1861. Saw active service in the Dept. of the Gulf. In the Red River Cam- paign and at the siege of Vicksburg was transferred to the Army of the Potomac where it did valiant duty under Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley.


Alfred E. Buck, Commissioned Capt. of Co. C but was promoted to Colonel of a colored Regt.


Charles M. Buck. Co. C. Served with great credit. Always on duty. Died in


Charles D. Labree, Co. C. Re-inlisted. Transferred to Me. Vol. Harry Judkins, Co. C, No record


Cyril N. Walker, Co. C. Deceased


The 14th. Maine Inf. was mustered into service Dec. 11, 1861. Served in Dept. of the Gulf. Transferred to Army of the Potomac and distinguished itself in the Shenandoah Valley under Sheridan.


Charles E. Washburn, Co. C. Died in New Orleans Oct. 14, 1862 Chauncey C. Lee, Corp. Co. E. Resided in Foxcroft. An officer in Reserve Militia of Maine seven years. Died in Foxcroft.


The 18th Maine, also known as the 1st. H. A. (Heavy Artillery) mustered into service Aug. 25, 1861. Served in defense of Washington


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until May, 1864. Under heavy fire May. 18. 1864 with great loss in killed and wounded. And in Grant's famous campaign from the Wilderness to Petersburg, the 18th Maine lost more men killed and wounded than any other Regt in the Army of the Potomac.


Ervin Chamberlain. Co. E, Wounded May 18, 1864. Lived in La- crosse Wis. after the war. Deceased.


Thomas O. Eaton, Sergt. Co, E. Settled in Montana


Charles Eaton, Corp. Co. E, Settled in Washington State.


Leonard H. Washburn, Co. E. Severly wounded, Died in Foxcroft


Daniel V. Plummer Co. F. Transferred from 17th Maine.


Lariston C. Parsons, Co. E, Died Feb 16, 1864


Stacy T. Mansfield Co. H. Mustered as a recruit Dec 9, 1862. Died in Foxcroft.


Benjamin Weaver, Co, H. Wounded My 18, 1864


William C. Warren, Co. H. Joined as a recruit. Wounded. Died in Dover


Leonard W. Lee Co. H 1st. H. A. Joined Regt. Dec 4. 1863. Killed in action at Petersburg, June 18, 1864 1u years old.


The 20th Maine Inf. was mustered into service Aug. 29, 1862 Saw their first service at Antietam. At the battle of Gettysburg on Little Round Top they earned undying fame, their thin line withstood the attack of three lines of battle.


Phineas M. Jefferds, Capt. Co, B. Resigned 1863, Settled in Illinois where he died.


John S. Jennison, Sergt. Co. B. died in service July 24, 1863


Cyrus G. Pratt, Sergt. Co, B. Disabled in 1863. Died in Foxcroft.


Job S. Bearce, Co. B. Wounded but completed service. Died in Foxcroft


William C. Brown, Corp. Co. B. Served to completion of war.


Thomas Daggett, Co. B. Mustered out June 15, 1865. Died in


Foxcroft. Was a prominent agriculturalist. Member of Me. Cattle Commission


Benjamin R. Field, Co. B. served term of enlistment.


Jared F. Millet, Co. B. Invalid Corps. Died in Foxcroft


Hudson S. Oakes, Co. B. Discharged with Regt. Died in Foxcroft Alonzo Z. Parsons. Co. B. Killed in action May 6, 1863


Randall H. Spaulding, Co. B. Served full term Died in Foxcroft


Andrew C. Derring, Sergt. Co. B. Re-enlisted. Discharged June 1865


Wm. H. Jackson, Co. B. Recruit Oct. 2 1862, Disabled


Wm. H. Jennison, Co. B. Disabled Mch. 1863. Re-elisted and served as Sergt. Discharged June 1865, Co. K. 31st Me.


Danville B. Oakes, Co. B. Disabled Jan. 3, 1863, Died in Foxcroft Wm. Towne Co. B. Disabled Resided in Dover


The 22rd. Maine was mustered into service Oct. 10, 1862, Served nine months in Dept. of the Gulf. In the Red River campaign and at the siege of Port Huron where they were commended in General orders.


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Gilman E. Fisher, Sergt. Co. I, Graduated from Colby College after the war. Prominent in educational circles. Authority on geography. Supt. of Schools.


John H. Gould, Co, I Died in Louisiana


B. F. Pratt Co. I, Served full term, Died July 1912


Edwin N. Pratt, Co. H. 1st Me. Regt. Served term of enlistment, Re-


enlisted in 18th Me, Died in service. Only son of Roswill Cynthia Pratt.


The 31st. Me. Inf, mustered into service Apr. 29, 1864. Took an active part in the Wilderness campaign, also final work about Peters- burg Loss of killed and wounded heavy.


Joseph S. Harlow, Capt. Co. K, Killed in action Sept. 30, 1864


Asa F. Davis, Segt. Co, K. Disabled May 22, 1865, Died in Foxcroft Alanson Bullard, Co. K. killed in action Oct. 4. 1864


Wm. C. Kenyon, Co. K. Served term of enlistment


Lyman V. Lee, enlisted in Boston in Co. M 2rd Mass. H. A. as 1st


Sergt. Later commissioned by Gov. Andrew and served during the war.


Mellen G. Prentiss, Co, B. Served from Jan. 16, 1865 to May 15 1865 Died in Brewer Maine


James T. Roberts, Musician Co, F. Served from Jan 6 1865 to July 7, 1865 Died in Dover.


.George F. Mayhew, Co. F. Served from Jan 6, 1865 to July 7 1865 Aid furnished Soldiers' Families from 1862 to 1865


70 families, 209 persons,


total amount


$2796. 29


Total bounties paid by town of Foxcroft 20425.84.


Contributions from citizens of Foxcroft to aid Sanitary and Christian Commission 1200.00


When the great struggle ceased, societies were formed by the sur- vivors to keep alive the memories of the war. In 1881 C. S. Douty Post #23, G.A.R. was organized. The above Post was named for the gallant Cavalry leader who, as Colonel of the 1st. Me. Cavalry, gave his life for his country Aldie Va. In 1893 Charles Peleg Chandler Post was organized and for many years held its meetings in the building now owned by C. S. Douty Circle Ladies of the G.A.R. Its members have all passed beyond.


Charles Peleg Chandler for whom the Post was named was the only son of Charles Parsons Chandler the first Principal of Foxcroft Acad- emy, and emminent lawyer and foremost in his profession in the County. Charles Peleg Chandler was born in Foxcroft Jan. 4, 1835 in a house standing on the present site of the Congregational parsonage. He was graduated from Bowdoin in 1854 and at Harvard Law School in 1857. He was in the law office of the War Governor of Massachusetts, John A. Andrew from 1855-1861. He recruited and trained a com- pany in Cambridge and was commissioned Major of the 1st. Mass. Inf. May, 22, 1861, later promoted to Lieut. Col. and his commission


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as Colonel reached camp the day he was lost at Malvern Hill, Va., June 30, 1862. "Comrade Chandler was the highest type of a citizen soldier and one who filled every station to which he was called with fidelity. His life filled with successes that came to him as a just reward for honest endeavor uprightness of character and devotion to duty must serve as an inspiration to his surviving comrades."


The following letter taken from an envelope addressed,


"For the Mother of Major Charles P. Chandler Foxcroft Maine"


is of interest.


BOSTON Aug. 8, 1862


My dear Madam :-


Though you are an entire stranger to me, yet I cannot resist the impulse to write you a word respecting your noble son, who as we are now forced to believe, fell gloriously in the terrific charge of Hooker's Brigade, before Richmond. It is not for me to speak of the patriotism and bravery of Major Chandler, these will be commemorated in our "national history and treasured forever in the hearts of his greatful and admiring countrymen. But I wish as becomes a Christian pastor to comfort you with what I knew of him in more sacred and spiritual relations. He had taken a seat in the Old South Church, where I minister, shortly before the fall of Fort Sumter, and was a constant and most attentive and reverant listener. I also learn from Rev. Mr. Kellogg of the Mariner's Church, who knew him in boyhood, that he had made himself a life member of the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion and that he had repeatedly expressed his determination to lead the life of a high minded and Christian man in this City of temptations.


I saw him just before his departure for the seat of war and though he was too busy to give his friends much time, yet he thanked me very heartily for calling to see him and was especially grateful for "the good he had received at the Old South." His remark was evidently no empty compliment, but the sincere utterance of a soul which highly valued any and all true religious privileges.


I have watched his career with deep interest ever since his departure and have seen in every new step he has taken, fresh cause to admire his manly qualities. For a long time I have been hoping, even against hope; and now I can hardly bring myself to admit that he has gone, at the very dawning of so much promise, to the abodes of the brave and good of all ages.


May God comfort you, my dear Madam, in this sorrowful day. You have lost a son, but contributed a bright star to the splendor of our National renown; and the noble young patriot has gone as I should of all ways prefer to go,-from the van of victorious troops and while charging into the very face of murderous treason, to the throne and crown on High.


Very truly and respectfully yours, (signed) J. M. MANNING Pastor Old South Church


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A list of veterans who became valued citizens of Foxcroft since the war.


Osgood P. Martin, Sergt. Co. E, 20th Me. Inf.


James R. Martin, Sergt. Co. F. 20th Maine Vols.


Isaiah B. Davis 1st. Heavy Artillery


Erastus T. Munroe, Co. E. 1st H. A.


Elbridge T. Crockett, Co. A, 6th Maine


John H. Herring, Sergt. Co. M, 1st Me. Cav.


W. Cushing, Co. A, 6th Me. Vols.


J. H. Manter, Co. D, 9th Me. Still living on Upper Main St. Foxcroft Wm. M. Hutchins, served in a Cal. Regt.


FIRST TO ENLIST FROM MAINE!


It is possible, indeed probable, that to "old Foxcroft", through her native son John Colby Weston, came the honor of having furnished the first Maine man, to enlist in the Civil War. Colby Weston (as we knew him) was visiting in Taunton, Massachusetts, when the President signed the Proclamation. He was eighteen years of age, and intensely patriotic. On Apr. 16, 1861 he enlisted, as a private, in Co. G, 4th Regt. Mass. Vol. Militia, for three months. Mustered into U. S. service Apr. 22, 1861. Mustered out, July 22, 1861. He was not a substitute, as has been thought; as substitutes, were men who went in place of other men, who were drafted, and no draft was enforced in Massachusetts until midsummer 1863. The official Army Register does not list any Maine regiment, as organized as early as Apr. 22, 1861,-the 2rd. Me. Regt. having been organized in May, and the 3rd. Regt. in June, 1861. Probably, no State enlisted men as early as Massachusetts. Mr. Weston belonged to the class of so called, "Min- ute Men"; and was awarded, and should have received, a "Minute Man's Medal", sometime since 1902. John Colby Weston d. Apr. 30, 1922.


And the women of "old Foxcroft" met the Civil War outbreak, as they always met things, sleeves rolled up, hands ready for the work and words of encouragement, faith and Christian sympathy spoken.


At a meeting, held Nov. 9, 1861 of the "Foxcroft and Dover Ladies Voluntary Aid Association", the organization was completed by the choice of the following officers :---


President Miss Sarah A. Buck


Vice Pres. Mrs. Chas. W. Lowell


Sec'y. Mrs. Emily C. Hale


Treas. Miss Mary E. Woodbury Ex. Com, Mrs. J. H. Rice, Mrs. Richard Dearborn, Miss Maria M. Edes, Mrs. D. Wyman, Jr., Mrs. F. S. Holmes, Mrs. C. H. Chandler, Mrs. D. D. Vaughan, Mrs. W. N. Thompson, Mrs. Sylvanus Dearborn, Mrs. Bachelor.


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A committee was chosen to call upon the citizens throughout the . town and solicit aid. This society will hold its next meeting at the old Masonic Hall, Hill's Block, on Friday afternoon next, at two o'clock."


And the ladies evidently found plenty to do for the following spring the Foxcroft and Dover Ladies Volunteer Aid Association sent to the Sanitary Commission


a case containing 43 pairs of slippers, 9 woolen shirts, 3 woolen under- shirts, 9 pairs woolen draws, 2 cotton shirts, 1 quilt, 24 pairs woolen stockings, 9 rolls of linen compresses, 26 yds. bandages, 2 small pillows, 4 rolls cotton compresses, 30 napkins, 3 old Sheets, 20 pillow cases, 20 pillows, 18 lbs. Dried apples, 1 can crab apple marmalade, 2 boxes marmalade, 1 can damson marmalade, 1 can currant jelly, also a barrel containing 97 lbs. dried apple.


To those who have engaged in such work in more recent years, this may be criticised as a small donation. But seventy-five years ago everything was different, so different that a comparison is entirely out of place.


Under date of Dover, Thursday Jan. 9, 1862 the Piscataquis Ob- server announced,-


"The Ladies Voluntary Aid Association of Foxcroft and Dover will meet on Thursday Jan. 9th at half past one o'clock at Mrs. Daniel Wyman's.


The special object of the meeting will be to take into consideration the want of the Maine Regiments stationed at Augusta. All interested are invited to attend.


EMILY C. HALE, Sec'y.


Per order of Ex. Com.


HOW THE SOLDIERS LEFT OLD FOXCROFT IN 1861


Seventy-five years ago the coming spring of '36, a company of sol- diers left "Old Foxcroft" for War. No railroad train was there to take them but six-horse stage coaches were drawn up in Foxcroft, now Monument Square and into them, climbed the boys. There was no band, no cheering, no parade, no money given to them, no cigars passed around, no lunches furnished for an all-day ride to Bangor, but a silent, weeping crowd of mothers, wives and sisters who saw them off. They were going direct to the battle field. Twenty of the one hundred were students from the Academy.




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