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A Distant War Comes Home: Maine in the Civil War Era (1991) Excerpts; short popular essays; Miller, Richard F. ed. States at War, Volume 1: A Reference Guide for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the Civil War (2013) excerpt
The 20th Maine Infantry Regiment was a volunteer regiment of the United States Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), most famous for its defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1–3, 1863.
Abraham Lincoln's first call for volunteers in April, 1861 required Maine to raise one regiment of infantry for three months of Federal service.This was done by reorganizing ten existing companies of the state militia, completed at Portland, Maine on 28 April 1861 and mustered into service on 3 May 1861, a total of 779 soldiers.
The 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment was a volunteer United States cavalry unit from Maine used during the American Civil War. ... center of town. ... the history of the ...
9th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 10th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 12th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 13th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 14th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 15th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 16th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 17th Maine Volunteer ...
Afterward, the regiment was combined with those of the 7th Maine Infantry to form the 1st Maine Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment. [1] Mark Hill Dunnell, First Commander of the 5th Maine. Today the 5th Maine's memory is preserved at the Fifth Maine Regiment Community Center on Peaks Island, Maine, formerly a reunion house for the regiment's ...
The 1st Maine Veteran Infantry was organized in Charleston, Virginia August 21, 1864, by consolidation of the 5th Maine Infantry, 6th Maine Infantry, and 7th Maine Infantry. [ 1 ] The regiment was attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, VI Corps , Army of the Shenandoah and Army of the Potomac , to June 1865.
19th Maine was organized at Bath, Maine and mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on August 25, 1862. The total loss of the 19th Maine in the two days of fighting [at Gettysburg] were 12 officers and 220 men, almost 53% of the 19th. The regiment took into battle on the second day of July 440 officers and men." [1]