The 5th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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“It was a Maine lobster town—
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—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)
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“We had an inspection today of the brigade. The Twenty-third was pronounced the crack regiment in appearance, ... [but] I could see only six to ten in a company of the old men. They all smiled as I rode by. But as I passed away I couldn’t help dropping a few natural tears. I felt as I did when I saw them mustered in at Camp Chase.”
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