The Republican journal., 1894-03-22
Sketches Of Maine Regiments.
THE THIRD MAINE VOLUNTEERS.

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Susta. Me, June 4, 1861. to serve three
years, and left on the 9TH for Washington,
ID. g.. arriving in that city on the 1th. OR
the l4th OF July they left Washington,
and participated in the battle of Bull Run
on the 2lst. In this engagement their loss
was killed, 20 wounded and II taken
prisoners. They returned to Washington
july 23rd, and took position near Fort
Ellsworth. On the 9th and 2Sth OF Au-
gust portion Of tie regiment had Skin
mish with the enemy at Bailey's Cross
Roads, but met with no loss Sept. 27th
the regiment marched to Fairfax and
there remained until Mar lii, 1867, when
they marched to orktown They bore
an honorable part in the siege of THAT
| place, and We're among the first to follow
IN pursuit OF the enemy after their evacl;-
atom IheS also took Il prominent palt
in the battle ~ Williamsburg on May .,tn
ana at the battle II Seven Pines MAN }lst
| made 4 successful charge en the enemy v
Ecs, losing nearly one third oi then nt{ill-
bel present in tle engagement. Thcv alsp
participated IN the battle M White oak
swamp on June .3th and Ut Charles City
Cross Roads June .,Vtl. They were l,rcs-
ent 1T the battle Of Malvern Hill, where
they Were exposed to a severe fire from
the enen ys batteries and afterwald ie-
treated % Harrison 5 Landing ON the
18th oi August they arrived at Bull i.Iln
and took prominent part in the engage
ment on that day. and the next. and fell
back With the rest OF the forces to Centre
| Vile. While on the march 10 Fairfax tile
regiment WAS engaged IN the battle of
Ghantilly. losing men killed, ;}s wound
ed, and missing. They continued their
retreat towards Alexandria. arrivin. lit
that place Jane md. and remained near
Font Barnard until the l5th, When they
crossed " Maryland and guarded the sey-
eral fords Of the Upper Potomac Willie
thus engaged they had q lrisk engagement
With Stuart cavalry at tlle mouth ot THE
!
Na. Nov End Tnesv participated III
the battle ~ fredericksburg Noy. 18TH.
their loss being y Killed N, wounded and
) missing, After the battle they rcrross-
ed the Eappahannock River an,l cncamped
near Falmouth, VA, where they remain
ed until March !, 1859 on the 18Th of
An,;1 t,.. ,o,,i,,,,,,,+ .,5...,,l tI.,
mock and participated in the engagements
| Of the Wilderness and E1ancellorsville.
May md and md. IL these battles they
lost in killed and wounded q officers and
mon. on the nth Of June they pa1tici-
/ pated III he campaign which resulted in
the battle of Gettysburg. and during the
second and tbitd days Of that noted battle
lost more thin 100 men. They then fol-
lowed pr tite enems and had skirniSh
witi them At W9ppn4 lIe4hls Nv NIX.
8lrt M July MA regiment 4liYed III Sll
FA0I ~rtingS Ana tampai H4Gl >ea. lGth
tAen inovFd ofi tr Hlr.Rptl Ftmaiuln-
tA@e untl tltg 1th 9f tlarabri Thev
Aad Skiilli~h vitH TN, nsH5 at Ctt-
lsf~ ~iatiap 0ef --nis Ile t4inenr
htl \ ~knni5A af hNilty' A tolN #n Nov.
ith, tArl tpak IVAN M tilt tHga-@#ent NH
'En4e ertpvc Nuy 2.tl au# VIII Wiue
fm Nov S0th laSng iH kiIlra and
vRHAled 82 Men. lhyN 4fe4wasd le-
aassHd ihe RapidaH and eiaHnpvl nqar
BGaMdy Station untiI MaY N l@H4. taei4
ere~~'d the Rapidan jpwaf4 kieMnend.
participating I'LL the battle Yi fhe Wildel-
ne~7 and losing heavily. lheY matie u
successful charge on he enrnN' ! lines nj
>pnitSNlvani. May l4th anf on the ia Ill
the assault OF the enemy : Nelks covered
the bridge at the North Anna on the :,d
oi June the regiment supported General
Barlow division in the engagement at
| Cold llarbor, and June It'll their term Of
three Years having expired, they left for
Maine, arriving June 11th al Augusta
where the regiment had mustered into the
service three years before
| The Sd Maine Volunteers was one of tie
best regiments sent from Maine. Its first
| Colonel WAS q. O.. Howard Who lost al arn,
at Far oaks and became Major General
OF Volunteers. He commanded division
IN the ID Corps al Fredericksburg. lour
correspondent We'll remembers II little iokc
on the old veteran at this battle -As the
lNh Maine was supporting \ battery ANA
the rebs We're throwing shot ana Shells