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The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco

(Page 15 of 17) Print Version 
Robert E. Lee surrender order, 1865
Robert E. Lee surrender order, 1865
Maine Historical Society

The month of April in 1865, Northerners, Mainers, and Biddeford and Saco residents faced a frenzy of emotions.

On April 3rd, the Union celebrated the capture of the Confederate capital, Richmond. The Union and Journal published the following message on April 7th, “The bells of Biddeford and Saco were running on Tuesday, and 100 guns were fired in honor of the fall of Richmond. In Saco in the evening the Town Hall was thrown open, which was packed by a joyful crowd. Speeches, singing and cheers were the order of the evening, and were appropriate and enthusiastic.”


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"The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in the Biddeford-Saco Area"
By Paige S. Pandora
University of Southern Maine
Department of History
Class of 2021


This exhibit was conceived, researched and written over the Spring 2021 semester for the McArthur Public Library in Biddeford, Maine.

This scholarship was supported by the University of Southern Maine Department of History's Putting History to Work program.


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