The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-08-25
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Sixteen Deaths Among the Members Of
the First Maine.

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Sixteen Deaths Among the Members of
the First Maine.
| The following is list of the deaths
among the LIST Maine boys up to the pres
emit time. 1t is not all official list as none
| is now available, but is compiled from
newspaper dispatches and is thought to
be complete and accurate, says the Ken
nebec Journal. These Maine boys have
given their lives for their country. They
have been mustered out before tEeir COM
rades:
Capt, frank T. BARTLETT of Norway,
aged as, Co. D, died at Chickamauga,
1 Charles F. Perkins of Kennebunk, aged
20. CO. g, died at Chiokamauga, July 81.
Jesse G. Brann of Belgrade, aged 81,
co. F, died at Chickamauga, July 80.
Geo. S. Broughton of South Portland,
aged "a, Co. A, died at Chickamauga,
Corp. James L. Leslie of Ellsworth,
aged 20, Co. K, died at Chickamauga,
Corr. Walter W. Poore of North Anson,
aged 81, Co. F, died at Chickamauga,
Corp. Charles H. Lowell of Portland,
aged "a, Co. B, died at Chickamauga,
A Cerp Carl W. Libby of Portland, aged
10, CO; A, died at Chickamausa' Au-
Eugene Normandie of Biddeford, aged
10, 60. 6, died at Chickamauga, Au-
gust -.
Corporal Luther A. Clark Of Lisbon
Falls, aged 81, Co. K, d led at Chicka-
manga, August ID.
| Charles E. McDougall, Co. +, died at
| Chickamauga, August Is.
!. Eugene & Hackett of Caribou, aged
20, Co. II. died at Chickamauga, August
20 ssiaa
Arthur B. Morse Of Jersey City, N. j.,
| n student at the University of Maine.
aged &c. Co. B, died at Jersey City, Au-
James NJ. Heaphey of Portland, aged
Hospital be, tia. August az.
| Charles S. Morrow of Alfred, aged 81,
Co. M, died at Chickamauga.
George W. Tibbetts of Auburn, aged
45, Co. q. died at Auburn, August ~.
This makes 16 deaths reported from the
ranks of the 1st Maine to date, nearly
all of typhoid fever. Co. f Of Augusta
has lost the most of any company, three
men. There has been one death in the
Maine Signal corps, which has seen hard
service in Cuba, Fred E. Stuart of Au-
burn, aged 20, who died at Santiago,
| August IL.
PRAISE OF GEN. MATTOCKS.
Cen. Mattocks issued the following
special order at Chickamauga Monday
evening:
"The 1st Maine volunteer infantry be,
inc about to be detached from this brig
ade to be sent to Maine by order of the
war department, the brigadier genera
commanding desires to express to Col. Ia.
a Kendall and the officers and men Of
the regiment his appreciation of theil
soldierly conduct and valuable serVl
ces.
to their native state with the proud salts
faction that they are one OF the bes'
drilled regiments in the service. Whllt
in this camp their soldierly appearanci
on duty has attracted the attention of all
observers.
large number of deaths which have al.
ready occurred in the regiment show that
while they have not faced the enemy as
they were willing and even eager to do,
they have endured sufferings wtich
should entite them to the respect and
gratitude of every citizen of Maine"
Gen. Mattocks has the assurance of a
brigade command at Huntsville, to which
point all remaining troops will at once
be transferred.
| ORDERS FOR THE ARTILLERY.
The members of the Maine Heavy Artil-
lery, stationed at Camp Powers, were
made happy by the receipt Tuesday by
Major Newcomb of orders from the secre-
tary of war assigning the batteries to the
department of the east, and ord er1na
Major Newcomb to report to the com
mander of the department. for orders
| This order is taken by members OF the