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Like other Union regiments, the 16th Maine carried an American flag and a regimental flag, known collectively as "the colors." "For a few last moments our little regiment defended angrily its hopeless challenge, but it was useless to fight longer," Abner Small of the 16th Maine wrote after the battle. "We looked at our colors, and our faces burned.
US flag 35 stars, In use 4 July 1863–3 July 1865. ... 16th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 18th Maine Volunteer Infantry ...
The actions of C/2/16th Infantry at the Battle of Xa Cam My are portrayed in the 2019 film The Last Full Measure about the award of the Medal of Honor to Air Force SSGT William H. Pitsenbarger. The 16th Infantry Regiment is a playable squad in the Invasion of Normandy campaign of the 2021 squad-based (MMO) World War II first-person shooter ...
On June 25, the brigade was assigned as the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, I Corps, and ordered to follow the rest of the Army of the Potomac north. The 12th and 15th regiments were detached at Westminster, Maryland, on July 1, to guard supply trains, and the remaining regiments arrived on the battlefield late that evening, and camped to the rear of Cemetery Hill.
1889 reunion veterans of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. General Joshua L. Chamberlain, the officer who commanded them in battle, is seated at center right, bracketed by the Maltese Cross banner of the V Corps (5th) and the unit's regimental flag. Left is a monument to the unit recently erected by its veterans.
The 2nd Maine was the first Civil War regiment to march out of the state, and was greeted with accolades by civilians as it made its way to Washington, D.C. [4] It engaged in "eleven bloody and hard-fought battles" including the First Battle of Bull Run, where it was the last regiment to leave the field, and Fredericksburg, where it took its ...
The 17th Maine has two memorials at Gettysburg. The larger is at its position at the stone wall at the edge of the Wheatfield on July 2. The smaller one is on Cemetery Ridge marking the regiment's position on July 3. 17th Maine monument at the Wheatfield at Gettysburg 17th Maine Infantry July 3, position marker at Gettysburg National Military Park
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 .