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Maine was so eager for the cause that it ended up contributing a larger number of combatants, in proportion to its population than any other Union state. [1] About 80,000 men from Maine served in the U.S. military as soldiers and sailors.
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]
List of military units raised by the state of Maine during the American Civil War. Infantry. 1st Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment;
The 28th Maine Infantry was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered on October 18, 1862, for nine months' service under the command of Colonel Ephriam W. Woodman. [1] The regiment left Maine for Washington, D.C., October 26. Stopped at New York and served duty at Fort Schuyler until November 26, and at East New York until January 17, 1863. [1]
The 25th Maine Infantry was organized in Portland, Maine and mustered on September 29, 1862, for nine months' service under the command of Colonel Francis Fessenden. [1] The regiment left Maine for Washington, D.C., October 16.
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.
1,505 men served in the 7th Maine Infantry Regiment at one point or another during its service. Of these. 152 were killed in action or died of their wounds; 403 men were wounded; another 212 died of various diseases while in the service, and 19 men perished in Confederate prisoner-of-war camps.
The 31st Maine Infantry Regiment (1864–1865) was an infantry regiment of the Union army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Formed as a volunteer unit in 1864 to supplement the regular army of the North , the regiment engaged in multiple battles against the Confederate army and suffered heavy casualties.