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9th Maine Infantry plays musical chairs at Hilton Head

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The field staff played musical chairs at the 9th Maine Infantry Regiment’s Hilton Head camp in South Carolina in March 1863. The game began when Lt. Col. Horatio Bisbee Jr. mustered out March 19. Then Col. Rishworth Rich recommended Maj. Sabine Emery for Bisbee’s slot and Capt. Zina H. Robinson for major. Emery, an Eastport […]

A deserter’s fate, Part II: A firing squad delivered the verdict

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  After deserter Albert H. Lunt of the 9th Maine Infantry Regiment was convicted of various crimes by a court martial convened at St. Augustine, Fla., he was sentenced to death. President Abraham Lincoln upheld the sentence in mid-November 1862; Army officers scheduled the execution for Dec. 1. Lunt was transferred to Hilton Head, S.C., […]