Category: 1st Regiment, Maine Veteran Infantry, United States Civil War

Categories: Maine, United States Civil War

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1st Regiment, Maine Veteran Infantry

Overview:Organized at Charleston, Va., by consolidation of the Veterans of the 5th, 6th and 7th Regiments of Maine Volunteer Infantry August 21, 1864. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Armies of the Shenandoah and Potomac, to June, 1865.

Service:Skirmishes near Charleston, Va., August 21-22, 1864. Demonstration on Gilbert's Ford, Opequan, September 18. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Kernstown and vicinity till December. March to Washington, D. C., December 9, thence moved to Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg December 12, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25-27, 1865. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville, Va., and provost duty there till June. Moved to Washington, D. C. Corps Review June 9. Mustered out June 28, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 40 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 40 Enlisted men by disease. Total 86.

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Charles Boynton 20 Oct 1842 Benedicta Township, Aroostook, Maine, United States - 23 Nov 1893

Isaiah Clark 17 Oct 1832 Wakefield, New Brunswick, Canada - 11 Apr 1880

John Cleary abt 29 Nov 1834 Grand Falls, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada - 21 May 1912

Edward Dockendorff 23 Apr 1842 Burlington, Penobscot, Maine, United States - 07 Jan 1912

Alexander Drake abt Feb 1840 Maine, United States - 30 Aug 1903

William Fish - 05 Aug 1864

John Friend 11 Apr 1838 Etna, Penobscot, Maine, United States - 03 Jul 1914

George Hodgdon abt May 1838 - 03 Jul 1868

Isaïe Levasseur 15 Apr 1841 Madawaska, Aroostook, Maine, United States - 27 May 1908

George McLellan 18 Jul 1841 Baileyville, Washington, Maine, United States - 21 Oct 1919

William Sibley 18 Nov 1838 Maine, United States - 30 Mar 1908

Eber Steward 28 Sep 1832 Bangor, Penobscot, Maine - 31 Mar 1918

John Thompson 15 Apr 1841 Athens, Somerset, Maine, United States - 11 Dec 1911

Alfred (Worcester) Wooster 1843 Kossuth Township, Washington, Maine, United States - bef 1900

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