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Title: The sword of honor; a story of the civil war
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Johnson, Hannibal Augustus, 1841-
Subjects: Maine infantry. 3d regt. 1801-1869 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons
Publisher: Hallowell, Me., Register printing house
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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bodies taken up and removed to the National Cemetery at Marietta, Georgia. I knew this would be a disappointment to Miss Hubbard as she had cared for our boys for many years; but the will of the Government was stronger than the wish of this lone woman—so the bodies were removed. Feeling that Miss Hubbard should be recognized for her sacrifice and heroic act, I wrote to the Governor of Maine, and asked his assistance. Governor Cobb immediately entered into ray plan of having the Legislature take hold of the matter. When it convened in the following January, he brought the matter before his Council, and they unanimously agreed to recommend an act publicly thanking Miss Hubbard for her patriotic service; the same, after its passage, was engrossed on parchment and sent to Anderson, with the united thanks of the Legislature. RESOLUTIONS OF MAINE LEGISLATURE. State of Maine. In Council, Feb. 8, 1905. The Standing Committee on Military Affairs to which was referred certain correspondence relating to the
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MISS LENORA C. HUBBARD The patriotic southern woman who for forty years deco-rated and caied foi- the oiave* of soldiers of First Maine Battalion. A STORY OF THE CIVIL WAR 83 care of burial places of Maine soldiers at Anderson, South Carolina. Report, that an examination of the evidence athand discloses the fact that at Anderson, South Carolina, the graves of certain Union soldiers, some of whom were from this state, have, until recent action by the federal authorities, through inadvertence or mistake, been completely overlooked and neglected, so that they might have suffered obliteration but for the generous and patriotic action of a southern woman. Miss Lenora C. Hubbard, President of the Anderson Memorial Association. We find that Miss Hubbard has at her own expense and actuated only by motives of Christianity and broad-minded patriotism, for many years kept the mounds of these graves in a respectable condition, so that they might be identified by their friends, and on each succeeding M

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