Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 7
Introduction 9
1 The Politicians 13
Lincoln's First Vice President Hannibal Hamlin 13
The Wartime Governors Israel Washburn Abner Coburn Samuel Cony 18
2 From Generals to Governors 25
The Thirty-Second Governor Joshua Chamberlain 25
The Thirty-Fifth Governor Seldon Connor 31
The Thirty-Eighth Governor Harris M. Plaisted 35
3 Soldiers, Sailors and Marines 39
Generals in Blue Rufus Ingalls Oliver O. Howard 39
The "Prohibition Regiment" and General Neal Dow 51
The Admiral Henry Knox Thatcher 57
Two Skippers The Craven Brothers 63
The Marine Charles Heywood 72
4 Three Islanders Go to War 79
Deer Isle's Charles Gray 79
Vinalhaven's Lafayette Carver Woster Vinal 82
5 Two Confederates 89
The Raider Charles Read 89
A General in Gray Danville Leadbetter 97
6 Three Daughters of Maine 103
The Writer Harriet Beecher Stowe 104
The Humanitarian Dorothea Dix 110
The "Saintly" Carpetbagger Amy Morris Bradley 116
Bibliography 123
About the Author 127
