Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-20
ELEVENTH MAINE.
Annual Reunion Of Famous Regiment
in Augusta, Aug. 6 and Z.
One Of The Star Regiments Of Union Army in
Rebellion.

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| mental Association will he hold in An
susta, Aug. and I. In the forenoon
or the 9Th business meeting will b,
heid IN the rooms of the city counci
! in the City building Officers will re.
| port. committees will be chosen ant
resolutions adopted. officers will bt
elected and the place for the reunion
of the following year decided on.
! In the afternoon, S. w. Lane, presi.
dent of the association, proposes t,
! take the members on a trolley ride I,
/ Togus. The National Home will be ot
more than ordinary interest to tn,
| members of the 18th and Presidcrr
! Lane could not have chosen a better
| place for their entertainments 1t i.
| only hoped that the weather viii d,
| pleasant.
In the evening. general social time
viii be enjoyed either at city hall OF
| Grand Army hall, probably the latter
| There will be remarks by different
members of the association and prob
| ably by citizens. Gov. John F. Hill has
| been invited to attend and Mayor Tit
comb Will receive an invitation Pres
Lane will extend a special invitation
| to f. w. Plaistcd to be present Mr.
Plaisted's father. the late Cen Harris
Nj. PlaiSted. was colonel Of the regi-
ment
visitors from all parts of the State
are expected and some from distant
points. 1t seems there are but four
surviving members of the regiment liv-
! ing in Augusta. Capt. Thomas Clark,
Samuel w. Lane. George Stickney. who
lives near the Windsor line. and
Charles Morrill,. whose home is on the
Mt. Vernon road.
The 18th Maine was one of the real
fighting regiment of the Union army
and made an enviable record. As part
of the LIST Brigade, Casey's Division.
keyes' Corps. the 18th left Washing
ton. March rs, 1862. and entered the
Peninsular campaign. taking part in
the seige of Yorktown. the battles of
Williamsburg, Fair Oaks or Seven
Pines. and the Seven Days battle be
fore Richmond. Transferred to the
Department of the South, in December.
1862. the regiment under Gen. Gilmore.
took part in the operations on Morris
island and the siege of Sumter and
Charleston. The regiment. thorough
ly instructed in heavy artillery and in
the art of field formations, was re-
garded by Gen. Gilmore as equal to his
best artillerists and engineer troops
and was placed at the front in charge
of the big guns and morta's.
AS part of the brigade under Gen.
Harris NJ. Plaisted, who had been pro-
NOTED to its command, the lIth was in
L. hat al IL 10.
sides the siege of Petersburg and Rich
mond. On Nov. /. 1864 the survivors
of the 18th came home to be recruited.
The famous regiment numbered 1913
men on its return, the heavy battles
and sickness having wrought havoc in
the ranks.
General Plaisted was proud of his
brigade hut his chief pride was in the
18th Maine. always in his command
and under his eye, whose ranks he per-
sorally recruited and whose officers he
selected. In camp, on the march and
in battle it was easily the first.
At Beaufort s. G.. the general COM
mandinE ordersd all camps to be re-
constructed after the model Of the
nth Maine" for sanitary reasons.
When 1000 men fell out of the 10th
Corps on the march from sun stroke or
exhaustion. the provost marshal re-
pcItcd: Not one from the 18th Maine"
Fighting always in skirmish order.
REINFORCED if necessary to a line of
battle in on" rank. it never gave
ground and was acknowledged un-
eqllallcd thus fighting, especially in the
woods.
The regiment had the distinction of
being Inder fire in 80 separate engage
montS and the remnants of all the flags
carried are now on exhibition at the
Capitol one Of these flags was pierced
bv Is bullets and the staff shot in three
pieces in an engagement at Deep River,
Va. at which engagement about ono
half the regiment We're killed or
wounded.
The final surrender found the nth
with full ranks. completely Differed.
With so glorious a record il is not to
be wondered at that the surviving
members Of the 18th are proud tn be
identified with the organization OF the
| llth Maine Rcgimental Association.