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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
This timeline of events leading to the American Civil War is a ... Maine as a free state in ... of the war, occurred on July 21, 1861. After that, it became clear ...
The First Maine Heavy Artillery, 1861-1865: a history of its part and place in the war for the union, with an outline of causes of war and its results to our country (1903) at the Internet Archive; The First Maine Heavy Artillery Retrieved June 9, 2008.
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 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment (also known as the Second Maine Regiment, Second Maine Infantry, or The Bangor Regiment) was a Union Army unit during the American Civil War. It was mustered in Bangor, Maine , for two years' service on May 28, 1861, and mustered out in the same place on June 9, 1863.
The 10th Maine Infantry Regiment was mustered in for two years of service at Portland, Maine, on October 4, 1861, by then-Major Seth Eastman. [1] It was mustered out on May 8, 1863, also at Portland. The regimental commander was Colonel George Lafayette Beal .
The 12th Maine Regiment, formed in November 1861, was one of the 10 regiments Major General Benjamin F. Butler of Massachusetts received permission to form. [1]George F. Shepley a Democrat and a noted Portland lawyer and U.S. Attorney for Maine, headed the new regiment.
The 3rd Maine Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Augusta, Maine, for three years' service on June 4, 1861, and were mustered out on June 28, 1864. Veterans who had re-enlisted and those recruits still liable to serve were transferred to 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment .