Episode 08: Show Notes

Endnotes, References, and Bonus Material for “The Awful Hole Left by Gustavus Pratt”

HISTORY ISN’T COMPLETE UNTIL YOU ADD THE FOOTNOTES

A weathered gravestone displaying the names Samuel Pratt and Gustavus D. Pratt, along with their dates of death and ages at the time of passing.
The shared grave of Samuel and Gustavus Pratt in Bath, Maine (photo courtesy of FindAGrave.com).

U.S. Civil War “Widows’ Pensions,” 1861-1910, Roll WC45740-Pratt-Gustavus-D.

U.S. Census Records, 1840 through 1920.

Maine Adjutant General’s Reports, 1862-1866.

Maine, U.S. Marriage Records, 1713-1922.

“Marriages,” The Eastern Times, Bath, Maine, February 2, 1854.

Third Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry: Timeline with Historical Information, Compiled by Craig Young, 2001, https://www.thirdmaine.org/PDF/3rdMEshort-hist.pdf

A historical document written in cursive, featuring various annotations and signatures. The document appears to be an official record from a government entity, with dates and specific references to individuals or events.
Lavonia Pratt accused of abandoned her children in U.S. Pension Records.

U.S., Civil War “Widows’ Pensions”, 1861-1910, https://www.fold3.com/file/270883822?xid=1945.

Joshua Lufkin Douglas, The Douglas Genealogy: The Descendants of John Douglas of Middleborough, Massachusetts, the First of This Branch in America (Bath, Maine: Sentinel and Times Publishers, 1890).

Edward P. Tobie, The History of the First Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865 (Boston, Massachusetts: Press of Emory, 1887).

Joseph T. Woodward, Historic Record and Complete Biographic Roster 21st Maine Volunteers with Reunion Records of the 21st Maine Regimental Association (Augusta, Maine: Charles E. Nash & Son, 1907).

“To the Honorable Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court in Bath,” The Times Record, Brunswick, Maine, October 30, 1874.

Historical legal document addressed to the Supreme Judicial Court regarding the estate of Martin White in Sagadahoc County, detailing petitions and proceedings related to a property dispute.
Martin V. White’s Divorce Notice against Lavonia Pratt, published in 1874.

Find a Grave Database and Images, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110859350/lavonia-d.-clement, Lavonia D. Clement, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts, United States.

Maine, U.S., Death Records, 1761-1922.

Horace H. Shaw, The First Maine Heavy Artillery 1862-1865: A History of Its Part and Place in the War for the Union, With an Outline of Causes of the War and Its Results to Our Country (Portland, Maine, 1903).

“It Was Folly: Maine Regiment’s Disastrous Charge at Petersburg,” John Banks’ Civil War Blog, June 17, 2017, https://john-banks.blogspot.com/2017/06/it-was-folly-maine-regiments-disastrous.html

Tim Garrity, “All the Island Boys are gone: The Charge of the First Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment,” The Khronikos Blog, https://khronikosum.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/all-the-island-boys-are-gone-the-charge-of-the-first-maine-heavy-artillery-regiment/

Joel F. Brown, “The Charge of the Heavy Artillery,” The Maine Bugle, Rockland, Maine, January 1894.

Historical photo of Captain Crossman with a detachment of Company D operating heavy artillery on a battlefield, with soldiers in formation and artillery equipment visible.
First Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, circa 1864.

Horace H. Shaw, The First Maine Heavy Artillery 1862-1865: A History of Its Part and Place in the War for the Union, With an Outline of Causes of the War and Its Results to Our Country (Portland, Maine, 1903).

Nathaniel N. Pratt, Letter to U.S. Penson Bureau, circa 1878 (courtesy of the U.S Archives).

Encyclopedia Virginia, “Belle Island Prison,” by Angela M. Zombek, https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/belle-isle-prison

North Carolina History Project, “Salisbury Prison (Civil War)” by Jonathan Martin, https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/salisbury-prison-civil-war

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