The Portland daily press., 1885-06-22
Seventh RegIment.


inal members, and Chaplain Zenas Thompson and
1st Lieut.. Frank H. Burnham are also credited to
Portland.
Seventh Regiment.
GEN. sELDEN CoNNoR.
The Seventh regiment had one Portland com.
pany," Capt. Charles II, Gilnan'S, Co. G. but MANY
OF the men came from suburban towns. There
were, however, fifty-seven Portlanders among the
original members, and Col. Mason is credited to
Portland, though more properly his hail should
have -, been y 8 Army For other Portland Off
the service, Captains William M. Cushman and
George mckinley. The last served three month
in the list Maine and was transferred to the 1st
Veterans, and so served through the war. Capt.
Albert A. NickerSon who also served long and well
made Portland his home for number of years.
hailed from Portland.
Eighth Regiment.
COL STRICKLAND.
The Eighth regiment had but six Portland names
IN the original membership, and one OF these was
Co. G, 1st Maine, an experienced drill-master. He
died in the service
Ninth Regiment.
COL. RICH.
The Ninth regiment had fifteen Portland men in
viz: Coz Ellsworth Rich, Adjutant James am q. NJ.
Furbish; Lieuts. John l.. Emerson, Henry A.
Gray and Joshua G. Ross. Charles F. Weeks, of
worked his way speedily to a captaincy, changed
his residence to Portland as he rose.
Tenth Regiment.
COL GEORGE L. BEAL.
Mustered in October and A. 1861, for two and
three years Left for Baltimore, Nd, Oct. 9Th.
This regiment was the reorganization of the
First; 1t had four Portland companies, viz: b
(Mechanic Buesl, Capts. Black and Turner; G
Light Guard Guards, Capt Jordan; (Rifie Guards
lRlfie Guardsl, Capts. Furnish and (Mayhew Of
The Old light Infantry and Rifle Corps were
practically 0iSbandpd returning N ha fell
with the 1st Maine, and their company organize
tons were not present in the 10th. The Portland
officers were:
Major, Charles Walker.
Quartermaster, William S. Dodge.
Surgeon, Daniel o. Perry.
Assistant Surgeon, Josiah +. Day. jr.
Chaplin, George Knox.
Captains, James NJ. Black, Alfred Turner, Will
lam P. Jordan, Albert IL. Estes Cyrus Latham
Andrew g. Cloudman, Herbert II. Sargent, Nehe-
miah T. Kurdish.
LIST Leuts., Charles w. Roberts, Benjamin F.
John NJ. Gould
I'd I.ieuts., Reuben Alexander, Marcus Delano
Josiah II. Perley ir., Henry +. Smith, John T.
Simpson.
Cloudman and Kurdish were killed. Alexander
died OF wounds. Perley died of consumption
Sargent and Turner were wounded. Walker
Dodge, Estes Latham and Simpson resigned on
account of sickness. Roberts was promoted to
Adiutant Of the 18th Maine. The Tenth was more
dlStlnctlVey a Portland regiment than any other
from this state. half of the officers and nearly
half OF the enlisted men came from Portland and
suburban towns; and Col. Beal, who was its Col
0ne from first to last, though born in the town of
Norway, had lived in Portland number Of years
before the war The regiment was one for Port
ing one Of eleven in all the army of the Potomat
that had learned high commendation." The fight
it made at Cedar Mountain Aug. 8, 1862, was
born and bloody again. At the time of its dis
charge it had lost by bullet more than any other
or died Of Wounds against from disease
reversing completely the common rule that dis
ease kills more than the bullet The Tenth had
the misfortune OF being misled by its general Off
GERS in every battle.
On the expiration Of its term of service May 2,
1868, there were. about two hundred and fifty
three years recruits who were organized into the
tenth Maine Battalion" They served as
Headquarters guard Of the Twelfth Army corps,
consolidated with the Twenty-ninth regiment
This battalion was model command and followed
the; Twelfth corps to Charlottesville and Gettys-
The first ten regiments were raised, subssted
and completely fitted out at the expense of the
ed and also the First Cavalry and six batteries.
were raised at the direct expense Of the United
States government. The companies of these lat
special cities and towns; there consequently were
no distinctivey Portland companies in the
Eleventh to Fifteenth regiments, or in the cavalry
and artillery.
Eleventh Regiment.
COL CALDWELL
The Eleventh regiment had twenty-five Port
land mon among the orininaI ,,,emhars Ty;lian,
NJ Shaw, who had been captain of the Portland
Tient, Colonel Charles I Penneii formerlv '' If
the Zines in the First Maine was ihe o Adufan r.
There were also promoted from the ranks IF fhe
old First Maine. Captain, Woodbnrv s penneIi.
Isl Ijeufenant John S Real. 81 Ijei,tenant'
Charles Fl Scott
-.,x.,
iWeirtn Regiment.
GEN. GEORGE F. sHEPLEY, OF PORTLAND.
Mustered in November TX to % 1901 for three
left Nov
"a. 1861 and went aboard transnorf for Fortress
Monroe Va Ian > 1890 thence to shin fsI
and La. Feb 4 - ~ '-'P -'i
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the list of original members. CAPT. George II.
Chadwelfs company, b, was reck0ned as the
Po aFl,a comp, COMPANY n.y.. ,,.o
me oitldiio oilcels WERE
Colonel, George f. Shepley.
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