hey there y'all i am looking to buy a something like a springfield 1861 used or almost used for around i say $150.00 or no more than almost $200 i am in need of one since i started i have everything else cept the rifle if anyone has one let me know one that is around 9.5 or 9.7 or 9.8 Lbs at least let me know i am in real need of one badly i can offer payments as i am on unemployment also thanks for any info and any help with this....am in statesville north carolina

The Maine State Archive seems to be rounding up some great material on Maine people who lived during the Civil War. The following website was indexed by Google recently and appeared in a News Alert I watch:

http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/sesquicent/civilwarwk.shtml

I can only presume that this will be officially announced and linked to the The Maine Civil War Sesquicentennial website in the future:

http://www.maine.gov/civilwar/

Enjoy!

The following was received by email from Kathleen Beauregard, executive director,  Washburn-Norlands Living History Center.

www.norlands.org

Good Morning to everyone!

Wanted to let everyone know that we did make it back home here in the South safe and sound. More importanatly I wanted to say  thank you to everyone who attended Fort Knox and came by to pay us a visit at the sutlery, Your freindship and business are very important to us! Thank you for all those of you that spent some of your hard earned $$$ at our tent. You did in fact make our trip worth while!

 Yes we will bring the big tent back up again, I cant promise that it will be next year but you never know. If we did not have something that you were looking for drop us an email and we will try and have it next time. If you found exactly what you were looking for at our tent we would like to hear about that as well!

Game vs Hallowell Red Jackets

Game vs Hallowell Red Jackets
Augusta, ME
2:00

See the Dirigo Vintage Baseball Club website for other details and contact info:

http://dirigobaseball.org/home/

Game vs Lynn/Essex, Ipswich Ale & Fitchburg
New Gloucester Fairgrounds
New Gloucester, ME

See the Dirigo Vintage Baseball Club website for other details and contact info:

http://dirigobaseball.org/home/

If anyone writes an after action report for the Battle at Fort Knox or posts pictures online or anything, then please let me know. I'd like to link to everything available on the event website.

http://ftknox.mainemilitia.com/p/536

Thanks,

Cathy Corbett of the Oxford Mill End Store sent me a message that I thought was worth sharing and post the following with Cathy's permission:

Good Morning,

I saw a story on Channel 6 news Monday morning concerning an event held last weekend and thought I would send along an email to you. We have a number of reenacting individuals who have purchased wool from us in the past.

what ever happen to the 20th maine book store in freeport? its been a while since I last been but it is no longer there. it was a great place for manuals and books