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REVIVING THE STORY OF CIVIL WAR HERO WALT WHITMAN'S ACCOUNT INSPIRED DAYLONG EVENT

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20050310
Author:Christine Wallgren, Globe Correspondent

Calvin Francis Harlow is not exactly a household name in East Bridgewater, even though his heroic death during the last weeks of the Civil War was celebrated by 19th-century poet Walt Whitman in his book, "Specimen Days and Collect."

But history buff Dale Julius, a minor celebrity himself as a member of a popular local rock band, Dale & the Duds, plans to reintroduce residents to Harlow during a daylong event on April 2.

Julius and his wife, Carole, both active in the New England Brigade, a group of Civil War reenactors, have invited other historical groups to set up camp at the town-owned ...

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