The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-02
MA1NE,s "corrEE-CooLERs.r


hordes of coff'ee-ooolers," of which our
| Mugwump editors talk so much, among the
gallant sons of New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and West Virginia, that we are
impelled TO strike out into other territory.
Let us investigate the extreme northeast
corner of "Coumbia's fair domain" and
see what we find there
Way down in Maine" the people might
not have been expected to take lively inter-
est in the struggle which was inaugurated
when JEFF Davis and his gang took it into
their wicked heads to fire on that rather in
significant piece of Uncle Sans property,
Fort Sumter. Maine people were getting
along very peacefully and prosperously then.
laundering whaling, mackerel-fishing, farm
ing, aud other industries TO which they
turned their busy hands and active brains
were fairly profitable, and all they asked
was to be allowed to go ahead rs they had
been. The scene of strife was far from their
homes, none Of their interests was involved,
and many expected they would take but
languid part in the affair. Indeed, there
| were not wanting sanguine secession orators
who predicted that "when the breakup
camep Maine would withdraw from the
Union and unite with the Maritime Prov
| inees of Canada in new confederation.
The result must have been terrible sur
prise TO these men. The census of 1860
showed there were 62e,279 people in the
Pine Tree State. BY the time Appomattox
rang down the curtain on the bloody drama
of the rebellion -, I Il of these had marshaled
themselves in the legions that were fighting
for the Nations life. That was lis per
cent. of the entire population. Out of every
nine people in the State at least one stall
wart fighting man had gone to do battle
for the right. As one half of the population
are women, this meant that there was one
soldier to every four and one-half males.
Remembering the proportion of old men,
young boys, cripples and invalids, this would
indicate that practically every man capable
of bearing arms went TO the front
The State sent into the field two regi-
ments Of cavalry for three years, one regi-
ment of heavy artillery three years. three
companies of heavy artillery Zone year.,
seven batteries of light artillery, u regi-
ments and four companies of inlantry for
three years, eight regiments FOR nine months,
one regiment for three months, seven COM
panies Of coast guards for three years, six
companies of sharpshooters for three years,
miscellaneous, five companies, making n
total of SO regiments, seven batteries, and
% companies.
This was in addition TO the hardy fisher
men, whalers. and coasters who helped 10
man every frigate, monitor and battleship
that bore our flag.
The Maine men were commanded in the
field by such men ms Douty, OF the 1st Cav,
killed at Aide; Woodman, ID Cav; Chap
lin, 1st H. A., killed in front OF Richmond;
James A. Hall and Greenleaf +. Stevens, of
the Light Artillery; Hyde, of the 1st Vet
Grams; Yarney, of the I'd; o. o. Howard aud
NJ. b. Lakeman, of the 3D.; Hiram G. Berry
and Elijah Walker, of the 4th; Nathaniel j.
A ~ c II
of the 5th Burnham, of the 9th L. C. Ma
son, of the 18th; Macarthur and Rust, of the
sth; Bisbee and Granger, Of the 9th Beal,
Of the 10th Caldwell, Plaisted and Hill, of
the 18th Shepley and Kimball, of the 18th;
Neal Dow and Rust, OF the 18TH Porter and
Bolan, of the 18th Dyer, of the 18th; Wilds
and Tilden, OF the 10th; Roberts, West and
Mattocks, of the 18th; Selden Conner and
/. W. starbird, of the 10Th; Ames, Chamber
lain, Gilmore and Spear, of the Goth; John.
son, of the 2lst; Jerrard and Putnam, 22d
Virgin, 23d; Atwood, 24th Fessenden, 25th
and Both; Hubbard, 26th; Wentworth, 27th;
Woodman, 2Sth; Beal and Nye, of the Goth;
Whitman, Of the Both; Hight and White, Of
the 3lst, and Wentworth, of the 32d.
The LIST Me. Cav. lost the most men killed
of any cavalry regiment in the army. 1t was
continually present with tho Army Of the
Potomac, and had seven men killed the day
that Lee surrendered. Altogether il had ia
men killed on the field, including Colonel,
Lieutenant Colonel, Chaplain, five Captains,
one First Lieutenant and six Second Lieu
tenants. Ii lost G6 OF the 2G0 men il took
into battle at st. Mary's Church, June "a.
1864, and at Dinwiddie Courthouse lost %
killed aud II wounded OF those captured
in scouts, raids, etc, 145 died in rebel
prisons.
OF all the 2,047 regiments in the Union
army, Col. w f. Fox says in his "Regi-
mental Losses" the LIST Me. H. A. sustained
the heaviest loss in battle, and the heaviest
percentage of those engaged. 1t organized
as the 18th Me, Aug. u, 1862, but was
changed 10 the LIST II. A., received additional
companies and was assigned to duty in the
defenses Of Washington. Altogether it had