The Portland daily press., 1885-06-22

was mustered out of United States service, the
men were paid and finally discharged.
fo6 ne CAPTAINS Of the prsceSgE batteries were as
Smith. G. r.. Fernald. B; T. Atherton, q V: Gross
man, T. Z. Shaw, A. Knowles; W. s Clark, B. F.
G. R. Fernald, $ 4; Colby. F. 9. Howes, J, 4.
Godfrey II; G, Smith, II Saunders, j. A. AtweII,
A i saqS9 s T. CAKES fTa eSssf
Parker, H. n. ?. Spooner, T. Foster B. F. Oakes
E. R. Mayo F. A. Cummings, c. Merrill.
Co. D., Second U. S. Sharpshooters.
This company was organized at Augusta
November I'd, 1861, to serve three years. During
the year 1862 they shared In many
skirmishes and actions. In the battles near
Manassas, the advance to Sharpsburg, at An
tietam, and at fredericksburg their services were
most effective On the I'd of May, they partic-
pated in the engagement at Charlottesville On
the 1st of June, they proceeded towards Pennsyl-
Yan1a and took prominent part in the battle of
Gettysburg, on the I'd and Sd of July, after which
they re-crossed into Virginia and encamped, on
the lst OF December near Brandy Station, where
on the 3!st all OF the men present re-enlsted for
iss4 left fSE Maine, SaSg been graatsS sauff aF
they left for the front. They remained attached
to the Second Regiment U. S. SharpshOoters, par
tcipatng In all the actions and movements in
which that regiment was edgaged until the 18th
OF February, 1855, when the company was trans
ferred to and consolidated with the several com
panies OF the 18th Regiment Infantry, Maine
The captains were as follows: j. d. Fessenden.
Jacob Mcclure. s. c. Barker, Edgar Crockett.
First Regiment Sharpshooters.
This regiment, composed of six companies, was
organized at Augusta to serve one and three
years. Companies and were sent to the field
Nov. IL, 1864, and on their arrival at City Point,
Va assigned to the defences. Meanwhile au-
thority was given to raise companies c. D, E and
F, which were organized Nov. goth, Dec. I'd
Nov 2Sth and Dec 29th, respectively. Leaving
Camp Coburn, Augusta, on Dec It'll and Both,
they proceeded to Galioupe's Island. Boston Har-
Dor, where they remained until Jan. l. 1865
whenfhey were ordered to City Point Arriving on
the 5th they at once Joined the two companies al
ready at that place, and remained until the Dist
when it was discovered by the War Department
that no authority existed for such a regimental
organization, and accordingly the Lieut. Colonel
commanding was mustered out OF service. The
command was then ordered to report to the 9TH
Army Corps, and on June 2Ist the several com
panies were consolidated with the both Me- In
fantry. The Lieut.-Colonel was Jacob Mcclure
The Captains were-G. r. Abbott, T. H. Peavy
{: r Sawyer, A. Written, W. o. Howes and W.
II. Harrington
SOoSI &udruS ATtii6Fys
This organization, composed OF three COM
panies, A, B and c, commenced to organize in
July, 1861, to serve three years as garrison ar
tllery in the State, and were stationed as follows
Co. A at Fort McClary, Kittery, relieving Captain
w. F. Wentworths company of artillery, which
had been doing duty at that place since April 30
1861; Co, at Portland, sccupying Fort SCANNED
They occupied their several Stations unt be
18th of September, 1862, when they were muster
ed out and discharged from the United States ser
vice.
The first Iieutenants were-Ira Andrews Jas
Staples, g. W. Sabine. The Second Lieutenants
were J. Edwards S. Boothby, L. L. Potter.
First Regiment infantry, Veteran
Volunteers.
This regiment, being consolidation of the vet
Grams and recruits of the, 9th, 9th and 18th regi-
ments of infantry, was organized at Charestown,
Va, Aug. FL. 1864, and was engaged at the battle
of Charlestown during the first day OF its organi-
cation. The regiment was also engaged at Win
chester on Sept 10th, at Fishers Hill on the 21st
and at Cedar Creek on Oct. 10th, taking its part
In all the marches Of the Shenandoah Valley cam
paign The regiment remained in front of Peters
burg, doing camp and picket duty, besides being
engaged in occasional skirmlshes until the 10Th Of
March, 1865, when it formed part of the column
OF the 9th Corps in their successful assault of the
enemy's lines near Fort Fisher. On the I'd OF
Hatchers Rum and afterwards took a prominent
part in the storming of the battery at Lees head
quarters. It also participated in the pursuit of
Lees retreatlng army, as also its surrender. On
the 2Sth OF June they were mustered out of the
IN United States service and at once proceeded to
Maine; where they were paid and finally discharg-
ed on the Sd of July.
Coonel-Thos W. HYDE
Lieut. Colonel-S. G. Fletcher.
Ma1or-A. b. Sumner.
Adjutants-W. H. COan and j. A. Grenier.
First, Tenth, Twenty Ninth Infantry.
The First Maine Regiment Nathaniel J. Jack
son, Colonel, later Brigadel General was
the only one sent by this State In
answer to President Lincolns call for $4,000,
three months volunteers They had for
their nucleus eight of the uniformed
militia companies of our State The men were
ready April 9th, but arms and uniforms could
not be furnished till later by which time the
measles wereI raging in every company and the
War Department would not let the regiment come
to Washington till june Once there the men
served out their term upon Meridian HILL swear
Ing, gambling and growing at their poor rations
A very large number of the enlisted men found
their way into other regiments as officers and nom
commissioned officers and about 200 re-enlisted
in the old regiment to serve the remainder of the
two years, but upon mastering in the Adjutant
General of the State changed the number from
First TO Tenth.
The Tenth returned to the seat of war Oct s.
1861. They were stationed for a while at Balt-
more and next on the line of the Baltimore &
Ohio r. r. until May 18th, 1862, when under Gen
Banks they were driven out of Winchester Va
by Stonewall Jackson. At Cedar Mountain Aug
9th more than third OF the men engaged We're
killed or wounded in the useless effort of Gen.
Banks to keep back Stonewall Jackson's vastly
superior force.
At Aneetam the September following more
equal but exceedingly hard battle occurred in
Wnlcn quarter OF the men engaged were dis
abled.
George L. Bea who had been Captain in the
First was Colonel of the Tenth Under him the
regiment became one of the finest in the service
At the memorable inspection Of the Army Of the
Gen. Hooker, the 10th was one of the eleven reg-
ments IN all that great army specially mentioned
d ds h and hgn n for its
expired too early In 1868 for the men to take part
in the campaign Of that year. About 800 re-
ganized into the Tenth Maine Battalion and were
detailed by Gen. Sl0cum commanding 18th
Army Corps for his headquarters and Provost
Guard. They took part in the battles of Chan
cellOryille, Gettysburg and went west when Hook
er took the l1th and 10Th Corps there, The goth
what is known as the Veteran General Order
The 10th Battalion was consolidated with the
29th they left the State in February, 1864 and at
once entered upon the Red River Expedition.
Here Gen. Beal was made Brigade Commander,
but the goth remained in his brigade till the end
q the war Ih t 18th engaged In the battles
v
and took part in the Valley campaign under Gen.
Sheridan where it distinguished itself bv its stead
mess and general good fighting qualities.
Since the war the members Of the three regi-
ments have formed an association and have built
nall and kitchen upon Long Island in our bay
for reunion purposes. They now call themselves
the First-T enth-Twenty- ninth Maine Regiment
The next reunion will be held August 10.
Second Maine Regiment.
One feyerish, excited, April day. "a years ago,
great news came trumping along the hills Of east
ern Maine. Fort Sumpter had been fired upon,
and Lincoln had called for $4,000 volunteers.
Men gathered into groups Ito talk it over The
groups concentrated into companies; the compan-
ies-there were ten of them-crystalized into a
regiment; the regiment became the Second Maine.
Officers were elected and commissioned by the
Governor as follows:
Charles d. Jameson, Colonel
Charles W. Roberts, Lieu Colonel,
George Varney, Major.
The list of officers and men can be found in the
Adjutant Generals Report for 1861, If you are
smart enough to borrow one. wasn't.
Tuesday, May 14th, was a unique day in down
east lumber-lumbered Bangor. The sharp
sounds of the lovely, but sad-eyed lint-scrapers
ceased for day. The awkward squads up at the
arsenal stood in line, or tried to. The handsome