14th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 14th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in for three year ' s service on December 31 , 1861 and were mustered out on January 13 , 1865 . It lost 86 killed or died of wounds and 332 died from disease . Service in Louisiana . The 14th Maine Infantry Regiment was organized at Augusta , Maine and mustered in on December 31 , 1861 . The regiment left the state for Boston , Massachusetts on February 5 , 1862 , and there embarked on February 6 on the steamer " North America . " They arrived at Ship Island , Mississippi on March 8 . The regiment was attached to Butler ' s New Orleans Expeditionary Corps , January 1862 . The Regiment remained at Ship Island until May 19 , 1862 , then moved to New Orleans , Louisiana from May 19 to 25 . They remained on duty there until July 7 . They moved to Baton Rouge , Louisiana on July 7 . An expedition to the Amite River was carried out between July 23 and 25 by Companies " F " and " K " . The Regiment participated in the Battle of Baton Rouge on August 5 . The 14th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment is the focus of the poem " On the Men of Maine killed in the Victory of Baton Rouge , Louisiana " written by Herman Melville . They moved to Carrollton on August 20 , and remained on duty there until December 13 , 1862 . During this time they went to Bayou des Allemands on September 4 to 5 and an expedition to St . Charles September 7 to 8 . On December 13 , 1862 , they moved to Bonnet Carre and remained on duty there until May 7 , 1863 . During this time , Company " H " detached at Frenier December 14 , 1862 , to January 6 , 1863 . Company " B " detached December 14 to February 20 and Company " E " January 6 to April 11 . A detachment made a scouting expedition to Pass Manchac February 8 – 11 , 1863 . There was an expedition to Ponchatoula March 21 – 24 , which led to its capture on March 24 by Company E . The regiment made expeditions to the Amite River March 24 – 30 and May 7 – 19 and then on to Civiques Ferry on May 10 and Baton Rouge The move on Port Hudson began May 20 – 22 with the siege of Port Hudson May 24 - July 8 . Assaults were made on May 27 and June 14 with the surrender of Port Hudson July 8 . The regiment moved back to Baton Rouge on July 22 . The Sabine Pass Expedition took place September 4 – 11 and after that the Western Louisiana ( " Teche " ) Campaign October 3 - November 30 . The Regiment was on duty at New Iberia , Louisiana until January 7 , 1864 . They then moved to Franklin on January 7and on January 16 back to New Orleans where they remained on duty at Camp Parapet until May 5 . Veterans were Furloughed between February 10 and April 19 . The Regiment moved to Baton Rouge on May 5 and remained on duty there until June 1 . They moved to Morganza , Louisiana and were on duty there until July 3 . Service in Virginia . Disembarking from Algiers , the regiment traveled to Virginia , first to Fort Monroe and then the Bermuda Hundred between July 3 and 22 . They remained in the trenches at Bermuda Hundred until July 28 . A demonstration was made north of the James River July 28 – 29 prior to Deep Bottom July 28 – 30 . The Regiment moved to Washington , D . C . , July 31 , and thereafter to Tennallytown , Maryland on August 2 . The Regiment participated in Sheridan ' s Shenandoah Valley Campaign from August 7 to November 28 , 1864 , including Berryville September 3 – 4 , the Battle of Opequan , Winchester on September 19 , the Battle of Fisher ' s Hill on September 22 , and the Battle of Cedar Creek October 19 . The Regiment remained at Cedar Creek until November 9 , then moved to Kernstown , Virginia until November 24 . After some time guarding trains at Martinsburg , West Virginia , they moved to Camp Russell on December 1 , and remained on duty there until December 22 . Non - Veterans left front for muster out December 22 . Mustered out January 13 , 1865 . Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion of four Companies , and duty at Stevenson ' s Depot till January 6 , 1865 . They then moved to Savannah , Georgia between January 6 and 20 . They were on provost duty there until May 6 . They marched to Augusta , Georgia from May 6 to 14 , and then on to Savannah between May 31 and June 7 . They then moved to Darien June 9 – 10 . The regiment was mustered out on August 28 , 1865 .