8th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 8th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 8th Maine Infantry was organized in Augusta , Maine and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 7 , 1861 . The regiment was attached to Viele ' s 1st Brigade , Sherman ' s South Carolina Expeditionary Corps , October 1861 to April 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Department of the South , to November 1862 . District of Beaufort , South Carolina , X Corps , Department of the South , to April 1863 . District of Hilton Head , South Carolina , X Corps , Department of the South , to November 1863 . District of Beaufort , South Carolina , X Corps , to April 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , X Corps , Army of the James , Department of Virginia and North Carolina , to May 1864 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , X Corps , to June 1864 , 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , XVIII Corps , to December 1864 . 4th Brigade , 1st Division , XXIV Corps , to May 1865 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , XXIV Corps , May 1865 . 2nd Brigade . 1st Division , XXIV Corps , to August 1865 . Department of Virginia to January 1866 . The 8th Maine Infantry mustered out of service January 18 , 1866 . Detailed service . Left Maine for New York September 10 , then moved to Washington , D . C . Moved to Annapolis , Md . , October 6 , 1861 . Expedition to Port Royal , S . C . , October 21 - November 7 . Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard , Port Royal Harbor . November 7 . Hilton Head November 8 – 9 . Duty at Hilton Head until February 1862 . Five companies ordered to Dafuskie Island , S . C . , February 14 . Siege operations against Fort Pulaski until April 11 . Bombardment and capture of Fort Pulaski April 10 – 11 . Duty at Hilton Head Beaufort , S . C . , until March 1863 . Expedition to Jacksonville , Fla . , March 18 – 23 . Operations near Jacksonville March 23 – 31 . Reconnaissance toward Baldwin March 25 . Skirmish near Jacksonville March 25 . Moved to Beaufort , S . C . , March 31 - April 1 . Expedition against Charleston April 3 – 12 . Moved to Hilton Head , S . C . , April 16 , and duty there until November 14 . Moved to Beaufort , S . C . , November 14 , and duty there until April 1864 . Veterans on furlough March and April . Moved to Fortress Monroe , Va . , April 14 . Butler ' s operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4 – 28 . Occupation of City Point and Bermuda Hundred May 5 . Port Walthall May 6 – 7 . Swift Creek May 9 – 10 . Arrow field Church , Chester Station , May 10 . Operations against Fort Darling May 12 – 16 . Drury ' s Bluff May 14 – 16 . Bermuda Hundred front May 17 – 28 . Moved to White House Landing May 28 - June 1 . Rapidan Campaign June 1 – 15 . Cold Harbor June 1 – 12 . Before Petersburg June 15 – 19 . Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16 , 1864 to April 2 , 1865 . Mine Explosion , Petersburg , July 30 , 1864 ( reserve ) . Non - veterans left front September 4 , 1864 , and mustered out September 15 , 1864 . Chaffin ' s Farm September 28 – 30 . Battle of Fair Oaks October 27 – 28 . Duty in trenches north of James River before Richmond until March 27 , 1865 . Moved to Hatcher ' s Run March 27 – 28 . Appomattox Campaign March 28 - April 9 . White Oak Road March 30 – 31 . Assault and capture of Forts Gregg and Baldwin April 2 . Fall of Petersburg April 2 . Pursuit of Lee April 3 – 9 . Rice ' s Station April 6 . Appomattox C . H . April 9 . Surrender of Lee and his army . Duty at Richmond , Va . , until August ; at Manchester until November , and at Fortress Monroe until January , 1866 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 381 men during service ; 6 officers and 128 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 4 officers and 243 enlisted men died of disease .