Responses from students in Mr. Koscuiszka's class can be viewed below:
Frederick A. Edwardsfrom The History of the Town of Lincoln by Dana Fellows
Savannah Tilton
"Explain the 'who, what, when, and where' of your research"
Fredrick A. Edwards was born in 1836 on a farm on Transalpine Road. He entered the military on August 21, 1862, at the age of 25. Mr. Edwards was the composer of numerous songs and one called "The Flag of ’62." This Lincoln native was the Principal Musician with the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery in the Civil War. Edwards never had to endure the southern prisons, but he was in attendance at the execution of a Confederate Captain, who had killed a guard in an escape attempt. After the war Mr. Edwards returned to his home in Lincoln and shortly after married Miss Angeline Bruce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Bruce. Mr. Edwards’ second wife was Miss Hattie Crockett who survived him. Quite a few years before his death, Fred was interviewed by a newspaper reporter. His story was good enough to make it in the newspaper. Fredrick A. Edwards died from diarrhea on August 13th, 1984, in his home on High Street.
David Fogg
"Describe the feelings, or the feelings of someone living in that time when a certain event happened"
If I lived in wartime Lincoln my feelings would be of pride because the members of my community would be fighting the war. I feel pride today because I know that there are people fighting in Afghanistan from Lincoln. The people that lived back in the time of Fredrick A. Edwards might have felt scared because most of the people in the town knew him. Lincoln was such a small town so that might add to the feeling of pride and being scared. Today the military technology is a lot different than it was in 1862. Now it’s a lot more dangerous, and the people of the community might feel even more scared because the risk of getting hurt or killed is greater. When the people that went to war come back, the citizens of the town feel relief because they came back home safely.
Frederick A. Edwards playing bagpipesdrawing by Christine Twitchell
Kyle A. McDonough
"What if Frederick A. Edwards never existed? Explain the consequences to the town."
I think that if Fredrick A. Edwards never existed things would have been different because the people would have had to find some other person that can play sad music on the bagpipe. His family would have been one kid short of what they had. One of the impacts that would have happened if he never existed is that the entire family would have been dropped 40% and a whole chain of the family would not exist, including the fact that some of us would not exist as a result of being his ancestor. He got sick from malnutrition from the war. He was a music composer and wrote numerous songs, including “The Flag of 62.” He also had rare abilities like he was an inventor. He died of dehydration from diarrhea. He was missed by all his family and friends. If Fred had lived longer, he could have invented something that would have changed the world.
Works Cited
Goodwin, Beckie. Their Eyes Hath Seen the Glory. Lincoln Center, Me.: B. Goodwin, 1992. Print.