Item 100374 - Col. Charles Wentworth Roberts, ca. 1863
- Item 100374 - Col. Charles Wentworth Roberts, ca. 1863
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Image Info Colonel Charles Wentworth Roberts (1828-1898) of the 2nd Maine Infantry was a war Democrat who led the 2nd Maine through three major campaigns and three battles during the Civil War. He retired from the army in 1863 due to ill health.
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Roberts was born in Old Town, attended Bowdoin College, and spent the majority of his life in Bangor working as a lumber merchant.
