Summary
If cloth could only talk, what a tale Belfast's last surviving Civil War veteran could tell.
Patriotic fervor swept through Belfast after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate troops. Local men joined such outfits as the 4th Maine Infantry Regiment. Local women "enlisted," too. On Saturday, April 27, 1861, "the Ladies of this city met at Peirce's Hall" to "form ourselves into a society by the name of 'The Ladies' Volunteer Aid Society,'" noted the 1913 "Footnotes of Belfast History."See the full content of this document
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Belfast Women Sewed a Patriotic Legacy in 1864
The LVAS would assist "the men of our city and vicinity who volunteer to defend our country in this hour of her greatest peril," society members resolved by unanimous vote.
Among the women soon sewing "blue denim pants" and "colored handkerchiefs" for local soldiers was "Mrs. P. (Susanna Haraden) Quimby," married to Dr. Phineas Parkhurst Quimby....See the full content of this document
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