Civil War Adjutant General Correspondence Civil War Era Soldiers' Portraits Civil War Era Soldiers' Portraits - Unidentified Civil War Hospital Returns Joshua L. Chamberlain Correspondence Medical Examinations By Last Name Miscellaneous Civil War Documents Personal Correspondence and Diaries Regimental Records Quartermaster Sergeant Luther H. Peirce became a wealthy Bangor lumber merchant and funded a monument to the 2nd Maine at Mount Hope Cemetery. Maine, Civil War Sailors Records Archives.com. and True, Charles H., This page was last edited on 4 June 2023, at 18:21. 3" x 5" index cards containing the summary service records of individual Maine soldiers abstracted from the original regimental rolls of all Maine units maintained by the Office of the Adjutant General of Maine. Please first navigate to a specific Image before printing. List of military units raised by the state of Maine during the American Civil War. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War: Maine. The 20th Maine and the adjacent 83rd Pennsylvania together captured many men from both Alabama regiments (including Lt. Col. Michael Bulger, commander of the 47th),[4] as well as several other men of the 4th Alabama and 4th and 5th Texas regiments of the same division. Maine Military Records FamilySearch It never received a word of censure and invariably distinguished itself. ARCHIVES Jameson's successor was Col. Charles W. Roberts of Bangor, who had a horse shot out from under him at the Second Battle of Bull Run. More comprehensive details will be found in the Maine Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Card Index at FamilySearch. Source: Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Civil War, 1899 - 1927, National Archives and Records Administration. Accessibility Statement. Civil War Soldiers Index (and partial index for seamen) - Maine Bosworth Post, Grand Army of the Republic. [1] About 80,000 men from Maine served in the U.S. military as soldiers and sailors. 20th Maine Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia n.p., 1893. Frederick A. Stokes Company. Chaplin, who had succeeded Varney in that command, was discharged to enable him to accept the command of the 18th Me., then being raised, and Capt. Text reads, "Wanted, Soldiers' Homesteads. The 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment (also known as the Second Maine Regiment, Second Maine Infantry, or The Bangor Regiment) was a Union Army unit during the American Civil War. On July 18, 1862, Capt. Next Steps Publishing. More than two dozen men from Maine served in the Union army as generals, and dozens more Mainers led brigades at one time or another as colonels. Piecing together the life and tragic death of a Lewiston Civil War POW Civil War Resources (Bowdoin - Subject Guides ) National Archives # NWDNS-111-B-5191. Many more in our holdings have not been identified. Breathless, spellbound, she moved on tiptoe to the porch, one hand pressed trembling across her lips. Earlier in the war, the 20th had been led by Adelbert Ames of Rockland. Army. Crowds toppled some, while others were whisked away in the dead of night. [10], Other notable generals from Maine included George Lafayette Beal of Norway, who led a brigade in the Red River Campaign and the Valley Campaigns of 1864. ARC_ADJUTANT_GENERAL The records include, but are not limited to, clothing books, post-war addresses, enlistment papers, and muster rolls. Maine was so eager for the cause that it ended up contributing a larger number of combatants, in proportion to its population than any other Union state. StateDocs [1], The 2nd Maine was the first Civil War regiment to march out of the state, and was greeted with accolades by civilians as it made its way to Washington, D.C.[2] It engaged in "eleven bloody and hard-fought battles" including the First Battle of Bull Run, where it was the last regiment to leave the field, and Fredericksburg, where it took its greatest number of casualties. The 20th Maine Infantry Regiment was a volunteer regiment of the United States Army (Union Army) during the American Civil War (18611865), most famous for its defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1863. http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/research/civilwar2/ Resources for researchers and teachers. Army. This collection is being published as images become available. It was raised within the limits of the first militia division of the state and was rendezvoused at Bangor. I think it is the grandest that ever enlisted the sympathies of man. These cartes de visite (CDV) photographs were usually an albumen print mounted on a card and measured about 2 wide x 4 high. Records kept by the various Maine regiments during the Civil War, as well as records about these regiments. The town bounty records are large lists At that time, the brigade also consisted of the 16th Michigan, the 12th, 17th, and 44th New York, 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry regiments, and a Michigan company of sharpshooters. Army. A strong orator and opponent of slavery, he urged both the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation and the arming of African Americans. 1934. Maine Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1866), United States. Records of bounties paid to soldiers during the Civil War. Daniel Witham Abbott. There are three sets with one arranged by regiment, one arranged by soldiers surname, and one arranged by town. Campus Memorial Research materials held in Special Collections & Archives relating to Civil War history include both large and small manuscript collections as well as books, pamphlets, maps, photographs, and realia. During the war 72,945 Maine people served in the military, 7,322 of whom were killed and 67 of whom received the Congressional Medal of Honor. Cape Elizabeth, Me. The records include, but are not limited to, clothing books, post-war addresses, enlistment papers, and muster rolls. During the early part of the war, several vocal abolitionist organizations kept the issue of slavery in the public eye. No land battles were fought in Maine. Maine in the Civil War 17th Regiment, Maine Infantry Contents 1 Brief History 2 Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin 3 Regimental History and Roster 4 Other Sources 5 References Brief History [ edit | edit source] The 17th Regiment, Maine Infantry organized at Camp King, Cape Elizabeth, and mustered in August 18, 1862. [11] Hiram Berry of Rockland was killed at Chancellorsville while leading his 2nd Division of the III Corps in a bayonet charge. Daniel White of Bangor raised a new company which took its place in December of that year. Steamer State of Maine. The index at present covers two military collections; the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Card Index, 1861-1865 and World War I Card Index to Soldiers by Town, 1917-1919. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. https://archives.maine.gov/repositories/3/archival_objects/319075, Home | Maine in the American Civil War - Wikipedia Soldiers and Sailors Database - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) Bangor Daily News, It happened so unexpectedly, so abruptly, that she forgot to scream. Introduction April 12, 2011 marked the beginning of a four year national observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Men have called this age dull. Scope and Contents From the Schedule/Series: 3" x 5" index cards containing the summary service records of individual Maine soldiers abstracted from the original regimental rolls of all Maine units maintained by the Office of the Adjutant General of Maine. At left is an encampment of the 2nd Maine Infantry. Frederick Douglass, a former slave, an articulate spokesman for the anti-slavery cause, and a journalist, helped recruit black me for the Union Army. Printing Department. The Ex-Tigers were led by Capt. Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management, US-MeSA-15. Paul W. Bean Civil War Papers - University of Maine PORTLAND, Maine Thanks to a pair of alert Bangor Daily News readers, an eighth Confederate soldier's grave has been located in Maine. [citation needed], The 20th Maine and its color-bearer Andrew Tozier are the subjects of "Ballad of the 20th Maine", a song by the Maine band The Ghost of Paul Revere; it is the official state ballad of Maine. Maine played a significant role in that war to save the union and end slavery, contributing more than 70,000 troops, national leaders such as Vice President Hannibal Hamlin and Congressman James G. Blaine was a powerful voice on Capitol Hill and dominated post-war politics during the Reconstruction period. Had the 20th Maine retreated from the hill, the entire Union line would have been flanked, endangering and hurting other Union regiments in the vicinity. The future General Joshua L. Chamberlain and the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment played a key role at the Battle of Gettysburg, and the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment lost more men in a single charge during the siege of Petersburg than any Union regiment in the war. Maine At Gettysburg (10 mb). Army. The regiment is victorious in a fictional battle that portrays a young Union soldier who has left his love in Maine to serve in the regiment. Army. Civil War | Maine: An Encyclopedia They mustered out June 4, 1865,and were discharged at Portland, Me., June 10, 1865. Mariner died in 1864 in one of the Civil War's most brutal prisoner-of-war camps, but much of his life remained lost to history. ARC_IMG 1898. The only episode was the Battle of Portland Harbor (1863) that saw a Confederate raiding party thwarted in its attempt to capture a revenue cutter. > As the war dragged on, however, fewer volunteers came forward and both Union and Confederate governments established compulsory drafts. [8][9] The song "Dixieland" by Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band is also about the 20th Maine.[10]. Now in the Maine State Archives, they are a treasure for re-enactors, authors, and family history researchers. Home The 20th Maine was organized in the state of Maine and mustered into federal service on August 29, 1862, with Col. Adelbert Ames as its commander. My Account | Aaron S. Daggett of Greene was the last surviving Union Civil War general when he died in 1938 at the age of 100. Project: 20th Maine Compiled Military Service Records The most notable battle was the regiment's decisive role on July 2, 1863, in the Battle of Gettysburg at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where it was stationed on Little Round Top hill at the extreme left of the Union line. Billy Boy: The Sunday Soldier of the 17th Maine - Goodreads His subordinate officers, including Ellis Spear and Holman S. Melcher, and the men of the 20th Maine successfully repulsed a series of charges made by Alabama troops of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Abraham Lincoln chose Maine's Hannibal Hamlin as his first Vice President. Maine Civil War Soldiers from Franklin County. The field of oats shimmered a moment before her eyes, then a blue mass swung into it and it melted away, sheered to the earth in glimmering swaths as gilded grain falls at the sickles sparkle. The 29th Maine Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . When war broke out, Maine responded immediately to the call for soldiers, raising fourteen regiments of infantry and one of cavalry in 1861. The Fifth and Eighth Maine Regiments have historical museums devoted to each on Peaks Island in Casco Bay. Maine Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1864), United States. . In the fall of 1863, Howard and his corps were transferred to the Western Theater to join the Army of the Cumberland in Tennessee. The Civil War - National Guard As part of General George B. McClellans Union Army of the Potomacs massive, but ill-fated, attack in the spring of 1862, the vessel carried troops from Alexandria to Fortress Monroe in Virginia, where many ships, including the now famous Monitor, had gathered. Search for Soldiers First Name Last Name Unit Type This search engine provides access to the " Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Maine ." Each of the more than 83,000 names in this collection is linked to the image of an index card at the National Archives. The first commander of the 2nd Maine was Col. Charles Davis Jameson, a lumber merchant from Old Town, who later became a brigadier general, was wounded in battle, and died of camp fever. ARC_IMG Many served in the United States Sanitary Commission or United States Christian Commission, as well as similar organizations. The Maine State Archives has almost 2500 identified images of veterans of the Civil War. New York. Pullen, John J. *Chambers, Robert W. The Haunts of Men. National Archives, 1948. Washington. It completed its organization and left the state May 14, 1861. The Adjutant Generals Office in Maine State government had extensive records of Maines participation in the Civil War. Maine supplied a huge number of soldiers to the Union Army during the Civil War -- some 70,000 -- and responded after the war by building monuments to soldiers who had served and soldiers who had died in the epic American struggle. Sumner A. Holway Diaries - 1st Maine Cavalry, Company H. [4], Numbered the second, this was in fact the first regiment to leave the state for the front. If you know the location of a memorial which I have not included or if you have more information, corrections, or pictures relating to one that is listed, please email me at earle.shettleworth@maine.gov or call me at 207-287-2132. Online Civil War Indexes, Records and Rosters - Military Indexes [1] On May 20, 1863, Colonel Ames was promoted and was succeeded as colonel and commander of the regiment by Lt. Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain,[2] who had been offered and declined leadership of the unit at the time it was formed.[3]. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. Maine Infantry Regiment, 18th (1862), United States. He was promoted to general for gallant service at the Battle of Cedar Creek, where his brigade broke the Confederate lines during the turning point of the battle. Maine Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1864), United States. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Roster. Portland, Me. Abbot Historical Society. c2000. Army. Like the 1st, it originally enlisted for three months, but on May 28, was mustered into the United States service for two years. Courtesy photo. Flaherty, Paul Arthur. Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop. McCormick, Donald Munroe. Personal Correspondence and Diaries. Richard C. Shannon Diary, 5th Maine Regiment. > 8th Regiment, Maine Infantry FamilySearch Capt. At Appomattox Court House in April 1865, he carried Grant's message offering to accept Robert E. Lee's surrender to the Confederate lines and later delivered Grant's terms to the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Prior to their notable actions at Gettysburg in July 1863, the regiment was held in reserve at Antietam in September 1862. Hundreds of civilians served as nurses, doctors, relief workers, and agents at home and on the field of battle. Browse topics related to the bicentennial. 20th Regiment, Maine Infantry FamilySearch The states shipping industry was hard hit by the loss of trade with southern ports and by the loss of vessels captured by Confederate raiders. Augustus Choate Hamlin of Bangor, nephew of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, was the regiment's Assistant Surgeon, and later Surgeon. The Civil War, for Maine and much of the young nation, was a defining moment. He had lost an arm at the Battle of Seven Pines during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Danville Leadbetter, born in Leeds, cast his lot with the Confederacy and became a general in its army. Home Erasmus D. Keyes of Kennebec County commanded the IV Corps of Army of the Potomac during the first half of the war. 1991. Union Soldiers who homesteaded some land, but less than 160 acres before June 23, 1874, are entitled to additional rights even though entry was relinquished or abandoned. Maine Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1862-1863). The magnificent fighting record of the 2nd was largely due to the efficiency of its officers. Graphics provide badges of several Civil War corps. Original source: Names of Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Applied for State Bounty under Resolves of March 17, 1835, March 24, 1836, and March 20, 1836, as Appears of Record in Land Office. Toggle Notable leaders from Maine subsection, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, People of Maine in the American Civil War, Appletons' Cyclopdia of American Biography, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Maine State Archives.gov: Maine Civil War archives website, List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials, List of memorials to the Grand Army of the Republic, Confederate artworks in the United States Capitol, List of Confederate monuments and memorials, Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials. Seventeenth Maine regiment at Gettysburg, regiment, n.p., n.p., 1880. Augusta newspaperman and U.S. For Memorial Day . United States. I could die for this as readily as I could lie down to rest at the close of a day of wearisome toil. [13], Hiram Burnham of Narraguagus was killed while assaulting Confederate positions near Richmond, Virginia, during the Battle of Chaffin's Farm. Dexter True, 2nd Maine Cavalry. Correspondence is filed separately https://archives.maine.gov/staff/resources/11/edit#tree::archival_object_369109 3.85 41 ratings9 reviews When twenty-year-old Billy Laird of Berwick excitedly enlists in the Union Army with his hometown pals, he has no idea what lies ahead for him. [citation needed]. Maine Soldiers in World War I - (1917-1919) American Ancestors. > MONUMENTS: DAY by DAY: REGIMENTS: WOMEN: PEOPLE: BOOKS: PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: PUBLIC Maine in the Civil War FamilySearch The 8th Regiment, Maine Infantry was organized at Augusta. Civil War -- 1861-1865 | Maine State Archives - ArchivesSpace Maine Civil War Soldiers | Maine Genealogy Independence Day 1865 would be marked with grand parade floats, soldiers, and citizens. In 1864, Blunt's division inflicted the final defeat to Sterling Price at the Second Battle of Newtonia, ending Price's Missouri Raid. As the photo at right suggests, one consolation was that they had accomplished an important goal: the end of slavery. Maine) moved Union troops during the war. The 2012 music video for the pop song "Some Nights" performed by Fun includes American Civil War Union soldiers serving in the regiment. If the doom of slavery is not sealed by the war, I shall curse the day I entered the Army, or lifted a finger in the preservation of the Union. Army. 7th Maine Infantry; William B. Adams, 5th Maine; Bangor: Three Civil War Letters; Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army; Lt. Charles A. Garcelon, 16th Maine; Cousins Who Died, 21st Maine; Horace White . Soldiers Search the service records of over 6 million men, blue and gray, who served in the Civil War. Maine Civil War Sesquicentennial: Maine Civil War Books for Download. [5][6], The participation of the 20th Maine in the Battle of Fredericksburg is depicted in the 2003 feature film "Gods And Generals" (prequel movie to 1993's Gettysburg based on Michael Shaara's son Jeff Shaara's historical novel of the same name). Maine State Archives. The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was substantially Blaine's proposition, and later he was the 1884 Republican nominee for President. Some of the men became discontented three months after leaving the state from seeing three months' men from other states returning home. (The white haired gentleman next to the girl in a white dress.). CIVIL_WAR PDF Maine in the Civil War Soon, however, he is sent to a different unit without them. In the Battle of Chattanooga, Howard's corps helped capture Missionary Ridge and force the retreat of Gen. Braxton Bragg. With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Brady endeavored to record the progress of the war with his camera. 1966. Search For Soldiers - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) War of 1812 (1812-1815) Maine, U.S., Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 Maine & Massachusetts Case Files of Deceased and Deserted Seamen 1837-1965 Maine, Military Discharge Records, ca.1863 - ca.1892 A similar, but very incomplete, index exists for Maine Civil War seamen, but because the United States Navy and not the Adjutant General controlled the recruitment of men for naval service, the Adjutant General was unable to gather much information about men who performed service in Naval operations. Accessibility Statement, 2nd United States Sharpshooters, Company D (Maine), 1st Maine Regiment and Cavalry - Hospital Records, Washington Area 1863, 2nd Maine Cavalry, New Orleans & Barrancas, Florida, Maine Soldiers in Washington, D.C. Companies A, B, and C were organized in November 1861, for service as garrison artillery for coastal defense forts in Maine. All who enlisted were mustered out September 1862, because the units failed to complete organization. Col. Keyes, who commanded the brigade which included the 2nd Me., says in his official report of the battle: "The gallantry with which the 2nd regiment of Maine volunteers charged up the hill upon the enemy's artillery and infantry, was never in my opinion surpassed." Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin, Beginning United States Civil War Research, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=17th_Regiment,_Maine_Infantry&oldid=5364147. Several went on to become governors of the state (Henry Cleaves, Seldon Connor, Daniel F. Davis, Harris Plaisted, Frederick Robie, ), the most famous one being Joshua Chamberlain. Maine and the Civil War - Maine State Museum Thomas Lincoln Casey oversaw the state's coastal fortifications including forts McClary and Preble. Eighth Confederate soldier identified among the rebels buried in Maine Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S. Confederate States presidential election of 1861, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maine_in_the_American_Civil_War&oldid=1158539745, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Appleton's Cyclopedia, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from Appletons' Cyclopedia with no article parameter, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia, Wikipedia articles incorporating text via vb from the New International Encyclopedia, Cite NIE template missing title parameter, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the New International Encyclopedia, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0. He attended the 1877 reunion of the First Maine Cavalry. Sailors See a list of 18,000 African American sailors that served in the Civil War. University of Maine Farmington. Maine in the Civil War 20th Regiment, Maine Infantry Contents 1 Brief History 2 Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin 3 Other Sources 4 References Brief History [ edit | edit source] The 20th Regiment, Maine Infantry was organized at Portland, and mustered in August 29, 1862. April 26, 1845-August 25, 1927. Maine in the War for theUnion (11 mb). > Civil War Soldiers Index (and partial index for seamen), US-MeSA-15-1500-0-1525. The son of a sea captain, Ames rose at Gettysburg to command of a division. The heritage of the 20th Maine is carried on today by the 133rd Engineer Battalion, Maine Army National Guard. Printing is not supported at the primary Gallery Thumbnail page. The Twentieth Maine: A Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. But, realizing they would soon be captured, they blew up the cutter and were then taken into custody. Army. 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