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

VARY and Batteries to the Saving of
n. Union
Portland Sunday Press
mis- season of the year the thoughts
naople naturally turn backward to
-vi war and all things pertaining
In conversation recently some
L.yns we're discussing the fact that
the Maine soldiers saw service of
,rI some far different kind, and
ON '.,.s others did not see much service OF
'. .iri except dry routine and drudgery
's5srd and camp duty. This led to
d. 1f the histories of the different
M. rpgiments and batteries and the
1l..,er. of many of the wide diver
,' ~ duty. Maine furnished 80 in
sr. r7giments, two cavalry regiments,
.1 Eli regiment of heavy artillery and
spt batteries. Other than these
i,,,.. men served in a great many or
I,g -,ars from outside the State and
S-. more served in the navy. Maine
=. ,-r llu duty in sending men to the
M r7 some of them saw service that
r,. 4.laAed by the men of no other
Ss'e
rss First regiment was mustered into
..-.,r. ApriI %, 1861, for three months,
-.ia. tr. original call. This regiment
-. a,ued in camp at East Deering
+. ... weeks by measles that ragged
-,r.r. the ranks. 1t went to Washing
nm IA. 4 and its entire term of service
49,. -ss=i in camp on Meridian hill and
-,.4..r-. 1t was mustered out Aug. 5.
Inc second Maine was organized In
r..m. and was the first to go to the
,,r. IL was mustered in May IL and
...,.. AT once 1t went into the de-
..-- gt Washington and then started
-rsa the active work of the army of
r. H.nnac. This regiment was held in
,-rv.a TWO years and was one of the
rgrrg regiments from Maine. 1t par
,r,ts IN all of the campaigns of the
am the Potomac up to its muster out
r.uae $50
The ard Maine, which was Gen. 0. 0.
Howard regiment, served three years
;. t.- army Of the Potomac from May %,
lvj TO- june 5, 1864 1t was also fight
IA r-g.ment The Fourth was the regi-
rs vi which Major General Hiram G.
Berry went out as colonel. it served
rr-- all and bloody years with the armv
Of Dotomac from June 16, 1861, to
June ~, 1854. The Fifth Maine, which
vent from Portland, the Sixth from the
-aserr part of the State, and the
Seventh. all served two years in the army
TIE tOtomac, participating in Bull
alr doe Peninsula campaign, Antietam,
Gsttvsburg and fredericksburg and
Gaa1ceHorsvllle and the Grant campaign
Irg, up to the time they were mustered
or
Tie Eighth Maine, on the other hand
VS. scot to Sherman's Port Royal eXpe-
it9o and from there did duty at Hilton
Head and in Florida, also at Charleston,
i then back again far South till it was
mustered out. The Ninth Maine did just
l1ol the same kind of duty.
Tie Tenth Maine which was the First
etga0zed went to Baltimore on its
muster u and for the winter of 81 guard
1e Baltimore & Ohio railroad. In the
rGgl IT went into the Shenandoah valley
III anticipated in Antietam and other
-s, les of that period. 1t was mustered
%. a me eXpira ton Of what would have
beer g. End of the two years of the First
05n- had that regiment been held to
%C year,, as were those that came after
III. Eleventh Name went to the far
>W'n fer a taste of war in the pen
r.la 41l fredericksburg and wound up
W. army of the Potomac and again
after =yciting time of il in New York
yaag the election riots of 1864 The
'-ta and Thirteenth went to Ship
Mississippi, and Port Hudson, also
Ets . the Red river region on being
In in the fall of 1861, although
.rLpentn was rescued ami sent to the
l4h valley for the last part of its
which ended late in 1864 The
.ath Maine was first sent to Ship
f oi New Orleans, then brought
a irginia, and served in that sec
d. U 1ostilities ceased. During the
,,'.ls rJctlon period the Fourteenth
Mar. vas on duty in Georgia, being
ais.r.eI out in August, 1865.
if fifteenth had the most checkered
aI1-r Of any. 1t first went to Ship
'a'i then to the interior of Louisiana,
le. ID Pensacola, then to Texas, then to
III Shenandoah and finally went back to
Ie.'gia 10 help build up the new South.
Ids regiment was not finally mustered
wi Until July 5, 1866. The Sixteenth Maine
"ds tuck into the defences of Washing
w Immediately on its arrival at the seat
war III Augusta, 1862, and remained
1.'- The army of the Potomac during its
.'Ase career. At Gettysburg this regi-
~7. vas virtually sacrificed to save the
" u he army and it was all but blown
Pieces 1t was one of the best fighting
E.Aetts that went from Maine.
l.la Seventeenth M aina which uas q
.'-a regiment, served with the army
Ile Sotomac all of its term from Au-
s.s. " TO June, '65.
las Eighteenth Maine, like the Seven
r' served with the army of the
'-''Aac and was in most of the fights
.lglnla after it's muster in. The
.eI-snth and Twentieth had some
''l SIMILAR experiences, both of them
ag Aghtlng regiments in the hardest
ial1e5 d the army of the Potomac. The
ty-Flrst on the other hand, which
way Ihe first of the nine months regi-
S,.ls organized late in 1862, was sent
po1l4 1t participated in the siege of
,uH hudson and that was about all, as its
@ TI expired shortly after the fall of
asi place.
hi, me twenty Second Maine was another
G Ge months regiment which went to
An. g Banks in Louisiana and Mississippi
NJ served at Port Hudson. The Twenty
e ,a.Fd Maine never saw Rebel unless he
va. oS prisoner of war. This regiment
SS'.ed In and around Harpers Ferry and
ss s,es on guard duty. 1t lost
,s'Eyly through sickness, but was in no
o nue. twenty Fourth Maine was sent to
saslana and served with Banks. This
,SVhent lost nearly 400 nv sickness and