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One of eight regiments raised by Maine in the fall of 1862 under the call for men to serve nine-month terms, the 27th Maine was formed primarily of volunteers from York County, Maine. They went into camp at Portland, Maine , on 10 September, with the officers being mustered into service on the 19th and the enlisted men on the 30th.
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 16th Maine Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was one of five [1] raised in answer to the July 2, 1862, call by Lincoln for 300,000 volunteers for three years. The state of Maine's quota was 9,609. [2]
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]
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.
State of Maine Civil War Website Page on the 10th Maine; The Civil War Archive; History of the 1st-10th-29th Maine Regiment Online; Maine State Archives 10th Maine Infantry page; Units descended from 1st Maine; Chandler's Band website; 10th Maine US Flag Image Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine; A different 10th Maine US Flag Image ...
The regiment was composed primarily of re-enlisted veterans of the 10th Maine Infantry, and its full name was the 29th Maine Veteran Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was under the command of Colonel George Lafayette Beal , previously the commander of the 10th Maine Infantry, who also served as their brigade commander from April 19, 1864.
The 30th Maine Infantry was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in on January 8, 1864, for three years' service. [1] While recruiting the regiment received veterans and new recruits from the 13th Maine Infantry , which had been reduced to battalion strength.