The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-06-08

into the service Oct. II, 1862, and went
at once to Louisiana, taking part in the
operations at Port Hudson. It was sent
home by the Mississippi river and rail
from Cairo, iii.
The TwentySeventh, which was York
county regiment, served IN the defences
of Washington. Its term was out Just
when Lee was starting to raid Pennsyl-
vania. Owing to the panic at Washing
ton the regiment was appealed to stay in
service beyond its time. Most of the
members did so and they were all voted
Congressional medals of honor for so
doing. The regiment was never in battle.
The Twenty Eighth Maine was Port
Hudson regiment. The Twenty-Ninth
Maine, which was the Tenth reorganized,
was sent to the far South for duty with
Bank Red river expedition and was from
there transferred to the Shenandoah val
ley, where it finished up its active SER
vice. After the war was over the
Twenty-Ninth Maine was sent to South
Carolina to help in the Reconstruction. 1t
was mustered out in June, 1866.
The Thirtieth Maine was mustered in
Jan. 9, 1868, at Augusta. 1t went to
New Orleans but got there too late to be
of service.and was sent back to Virginia,
where it joined the army of the Potomac
and served up to the end Of hostilities. 1t
then went to Savannah and remained
until brought back here to Portland to be
mustered out August 20, 1865.
The Thirtieth- First and Thirtieth-Sec-
ond regiments were the last sent out.
They were made up of men from the
other short term regiments for the most
part, and also of young fellows who were
not old enough to go to war until that
time. They were both put right into hot
work in the Wilderness campaign and the
Thirty-Second was almost annihilated. 1t
was so far gone in fact that it was dis
banded and the two regiments were con-
solidated for the remainder of their SER
vice.
The First Maine cavalry. one of the
really first class fighting regiments of the
war, was sent to the front in March, 1862,
and served with the army of the Potomac
very last fight around Appomattox. This
regiment was sent to Petersburg after
hostilties ceased to guard the town and
was mustered out August l, 1865. with a
most glorious war record. The Second
Maine cavalry was organized in the win
ter of '63 and went at once to Alabama
and Mississippi, where it did all of its
duty.
The Maine heavy artillery was made
up of men from other regiments for the
most p TT. 1t served in the defences of
Washington and with the army of the
Potomac. The first Maine battery was
in Louisiana and then went back to Vir-
ginia, where it wound up its career in
Grants campaigns around Richmond.
The Second battery, likewise the third,
the fourth and the fifth, all served in the
army of the Potomac. The Sixth battery
did almost its entire duty in the Shenan
doah valley, while the Seventh, the last
one to be organized was in at the date
of the Confederacy, its first fight being
the battle of Spottsylvania. This battery
was organized in a hurry and sent to the
front within two weeks of its muster i'll
to be put forward into a most important
position at Spottsylvania, but it gave a
good account of itself there and after
ward to the end of its service