The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-05-07
Letter from the state Capital.

AUGUSTA, May G, 1854
To the Editor Of the Press
The following commissions have been Is
sued from the Adjutant Generals Office since
my last:
First Regiment Cacairy-Henry L. Blanch-
ard, of Humford, I'd Lieut.. Co. G..
Fifth Regiment Infantry. Foss, of
Biddeford, LIST. Lieut.. Co. C.
Si.rth Regiment IqJuntry.-John c. Honey,
of Amherst, lst Lieut.. Co. j. Il
Sereath Regiment Iatdntry.-Stillman 7.
Getchell, of Vienna, Asst. Surgeon.
Eighth Regiment Tnfdntrg.-Joseph Small,
OF Limingtop, Captain Co. l; Henry f. To-
zier, of Waterville, lst Lieut.. Co. l; Walton
H. Hill, of Exeter, I'd Lieut.. Co. /; Eben II.
Farnum, of Wilton, LIST Lieut.. Co. A; Albert
+. Kyes, OF Jay, I'd Lieut.. Co. A; Alexander
c. Drake, of Detroit, cd Lieut.. Co. ID.
EIecenM Regiment Lfdntry.-Melvile NJ.
Folsom, of Newburg, Captain Co. A; Albert
Maxfleld, of Casco, I'd Lieut.. Co. ID; Grafton
Norris, OF Wayne, I'd Lieut.. Co. +; Charles
ii. Foster, of Stetson, LIST Lieut.. Co. X; Geo.
W. Small, of Bangor, I'd Lieut.. Co. X.
Secenteenh Regiment InJantry.-Edward
G. Parker, of Kittery, I'd Lieut.. Co. D.
Thrteth Regiment qfdntg.-Abraham
\. Rowe, of Yarmouth, lst Lieut.. Co. Z;
Henry N. Fairbanks, of Wayne, ID Lieut..
Co. L.
Thirty-Frs Regiment Iatantry.-Thomas
Hight, of Augusta, Colonel; Stephen c. Tai
bot, OF East Machias, Lieut.. Colonel: Daniel
White, Of Bangor, Major; Joseph 5. Harlow,
of Foxcroft, Captain Co. K; Chas o. Brown,
of Rockabema Plantation, I'd Lieutenant
Co. b.
Thirty Second Regiment Infdntry.-Mark
F. Wentworth, Of Kittery, Colonel Marcus
NJ. l.. Hussey, of Newcastle, Captain Co i
Wilmot Whitehouse, OF Newcastle, LIST Lieut..
Co. L; Geo l.. Hall. of Nobleboro', ID Lieut..
Co. |.
Coast Guards.--Thomas +. Hutchinson, of
Machias, Capt. Co. c; Andrew J. Gibson, of
Eastport, LIST Lieut.. Co. G; Joseph +. Hughes,
of East Machias, I'd Lieut.. Co. c.
The Belfast and Rockland companies of
Coast Guards have been mustered into the
United States service, received their three
hundred dollars State bounty, and left for
Washington, where they will be used TO man
the defenees.
Col. Beal. Of the Goth Regt., writes that in
the battles OF Mansfield and Pleasant Hill on
the Sth and 9th OF April, the Maine regiments
| one and all behaved finely, and are highly
spoken Of by al the commanding officers
He says, The post OF honor was given to the
Goth TO cover the march and protect the rear,
and 1t vas done so quietly that we withdrew
within speaking distance OF the rebels and
they did not lind it out till daybreak. =
Generals Banks, Franklin, Emory and Dwight
with their stats were in the rear OF our regi-
ment watching us with the greatest anxiety,
fearing our men would break, but they found
what the Maine boys were made of, and al
though ae,c regiment, as we are called, we
| stood, and that is more than can be said of
/ quite number of old ones. have since re-
ceived the thanks of all the generals above
| named / was desired to return to Pleasant
Hill for position and move at II O'clock
After ii became dark we threw out pickets
and found the enemy's some three fourths Of
mile ahead. Our line under command of
Capt Jordan, took twenty-three prisoners
and seven horses, SO near their lines that our
men could hear them talk. Col. Taylor, who
commanded q rebel brigade, sent his Adjuiant
with another Lieutenant and an orderly, TO
post his pckets (the Adjntant riding the Colo
nePs horse.l They came up near to Captain
Jordan's line and made some inquiries about
the position, and the Captain politely inform
ed them Of another line Just back short dis
lance and said he would show them where it
was. He showed them the line and we were
the gamers of three prisoners and three good
horses, with all their rigging. We have the
horses in our possession at this time. The
| Coionel's Is very fine one"
| a letter from Col. woodman, of the Second
Cavalry, states that Of 1881 horses for that
| regiment, shipped for New Orleans, l12 were
| lost on the passage. The Lancaster had not
arrived up to April 23d, she not being due
| there at that time.
Col. Kimbal and Lieut.. Colonel Illsley, Of
the 18TH Reg't, were here yesterday. They
deposited with the Adjutant General the flag
of their regiment, which was presented to
them by Major General Butler, on Boston
| Common, January 1, 1862, and State flag
! presented to the regiment at the same time
and place, by Chief Justice Shepley. Both
flags are very much tattered and torn. The
regimental one has eighteen bullet holes
through it. They also brought large rebel
silk flag, captured by the 18th at Pass Man
chac, Louisiana, Jan. 18th, 1862. 1t is nine
feet BY five and + halt, with gold cord and
tassels and gilt tin lance head, and was pre-
/ sented TO Louisiana regiment by ladies of
New Orleans. With it was captured six thir-
ty-two Founders and large quantities OF mill
tary equipage and stores of all sorts.
Yours truly, HELIos.
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