DUV - Sarah Elizabeth Palmer Tent #23, Dover-Foxcroft, ME (2026)

We are daughters, granddaughters, and great granddaughters of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who served in the Union Army, Navy, or Marine Corps and Revenue Cutter Service during the Rebellion of 1861 - 1865, and those who died or were killed while serving in the armed services of the Union between April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865.

02/27/2026

Couple more side trips in North Carolina. 1st is Bennett house where General's Sherman and Johnson met to work out details of a surrender by Lee and Grant. They both had massive troops with them and it lasted 3 days. This was just months before the final surrender and most of the terms they wrote down were in the Appromattox document. house itself, chimney which was original to the cabin, desk they used and photo of compound. 2nd is the birthplace of J.E.B. Stuart in Virginia which was marked by a single road side sign until the 1990's when it was made a State Landmark.

02/17/2026

We went to Florence, South Carolina to see the Florence Civil War Stockade for Union POW'S. The area is now owned by the City of Florence and thankfully we ran into a guy named "Bo" who helped us out! There is a gazebo with 5 signs explaining the POW camp and prisoner experience. There was also a trail with signage but Bo came around just as we were pondering which of the three trails and said the only thing remaining was a part of the front gate. If he hadn't pointed it out we would never have found it. We then visited the two National Cemeteries there and found Florena Dudwin, a Union Soldier who went to war with her husband in disguise. They were both captured and taken to Andersonville where the husband died and she was then moved to Florence. When she died there they found she was a female and buried her in a single grave amongst pits of her fellow deceased prisoners. We also found headstones for Maine men. But the highlight of the entire day was the Florence Veterans Park. I'm not going to add photos but it's well worth visiting. Park address is: 601 Woody Jones Blvd. in Florence, SC

02/12/2026

We visited Cape Fear Museum in Fayetteville a few days ago and found an amazing Museum, well worth visiting. They have displays from Native Americans to LaFayette to a General Store. The section that interested me the most was a huge Arsenal built on this spot. In front of the Museum is a stone marking one edge of the compound. After leaving the Museum we went in back of the building and over a footbridge, the length of the new Martin Luther King highway, to the small section of stones left which was a small section of the building bases including one roundhouse on the furthest end. Apparently Sherman did shut down the arsenal on his way through but the buildings were brick with slate and copper roofs so a good deal of the arsenal remained until the highway was proposed. I find it sad we are so eager to get rid of our history.

12/08/2025

From a Maine soldier after the surrender:

"Here we are, some with whole skins, some with not so whole. Others have
been left behind. For myself, I can only wonder that there is a bone left
in my carcass when I think of the wholesale carnage through which I have
passed. My bruises are inward.

It is all over now, and I can only regard it as a hideous dream--the
smoking ruins, the sodden field, the trailing banner, the slaughtered
thousands and waiting families, the roar of the cannon, the Rebel Yell and
Yankee hurrah have all passed away, and we again return to peace."~~Private
John W. Haley, 17th Maine Infantry, June 9, 1865

May there be peace on earth in 2026.

10/29/2025

Our major project for this year was to organize a raffle with prizes donated by our Tent Sisters. We need to increase funds to our treasury if we are to give to various DUV non-profits such as the Southern Wreath Fund, National duv Scholarship Fund, stamps for our Tent and so on. Our drawing will be held at our December Christmas party and prizes are an antique rocking chair donated by Charlie and Stacy, book donated by Tootie, Netgear by Donna, handknit Afghan and painting donated by Mary.
If you would like to purchase a ticket they are $5.00 for 1, $10.00 for 2 or $20.00 for 5 tickets. Rather than spend postage mailing out tickets we would rather have you send a check or money order made out to the Sarah Elizabeth Palmer Tent #23 and mail it to Estella Bennett, PO BOX 173, Guilford, Maine 04443. Please send your phone number along as well so we can call you in December if you have won! I will make out the tickets and send the end of the ticket as your receipt. If you have any questions email me at [email protected]

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