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CHAPLAINS.
Harvey Hersey, Portland, commissioned chaplain Ang. 23, 1862 ; discharged for disability.
Jeremiah Haydeo, Raymond, promoted from private, Company C, March 26, 1863; resigned on necount of physical disabilities, Aag. 28, 1863.
J. F. Lovering, Portland, commissioned chaplain Nov. 16, 1563; mustered out with regiment, June 4, 1865.
COMPANY A.
Captains .- William H. Savage, Portland, commissioned captain July 31, 1862 ; resigned on account of physical disability, Dec. 4, 1862. Charles P. Mat'ocks, Portland, promoted from first lieutenant, Com- pany A, Dec. 13, 1862 ; promoted to major.
First Lieutenants .- Charles P. Mattocks, Portland, commissioned first lieutenant July 31, 1862 ; promoted to captain.
James M. Brown, Portland, promoted from second lieutenant, Com- pany A, Dec. 13, 1862; killed at battle of Locust Grove Nov. 27, 1863.
James S. Roberts, Portland, protooted from second lieutenant, Com- pany B, Dee. 11, 1863 ; killed at battle of Taylor's Bridge May 23, 1864.
Second Lientenants .- James M. Brown, Portland, commissioned see- und lieutenant July 31, 1862: woundel ut battle of Chancellors- ville, May 3, 1863 ; promoted to first lieutenant Company .A.
Edwin M. Houghton, Portland, promoted from first sergeant Dec. 13, 1862; wounded at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863; promoted to first lieutenant Company I.
Greaville F. Sparrow, Portland, promoted from first sergeant Jone 13, 1863 ; promotedl to first licotenant Company B.
COMPANY R.
Captains .- George W. Martin, Portland, commissioned captain Jaly 31, 1862; resignel April 27, 1863.
Benjamin C. Pennell, Portland, promoted from first lientenant Aug. 15, 1863: killed in action before Petersburg Jane 7. 1864.
Grenville F. Sparrow, Portland, promoted from first lieutenant Jane 28, 1864 : mustered out with regiment Jane 4, 1863.
First Lieutenants .- Benjamin C. Pennell, Portland, commissioned first lieutenant Dee. 5, 1862 ; promoted to captain.
William H. Green, Portland, promoted from second lieutenant Ang. 15, 1863 ; promoted to captain Company G.
Grenville F. Sparrow, Portland, promoted from second lieutenant, Company A, Dee. 11, 1863 ; promoted to captain.
William H. Sturgis, Standish, promoted from second lieutenant, Com- pany C, June 28, 1864; appointed brevet captain for gallant and meritorioas conduct at battle of Amelia Springs; mustered out with regiment June 4, 1865.
Second Lieutenants .- Benjamin C. Pennell, Portland, commissioned second lieutenant Aug. 19, 1864 ; promoted to first lieutenant.
William II. Green, Portland, promoted from sergeant Dec. 5, 1$62; wounded at Gettysburg July 3, 1863 ; promoted to first lieutenant. William II. Sturgis, Standish, promoted from sergeant, Company 11, Dec. 11, 1863 ; transferred to Company ('; promoted to first lieu- tenant Company B.
James S. Roberts, Portland, promoted from sergeant Aug. 20, 1863 ; promoted to first lieutenant Company A.
COMPANY C.
Captains .- Edward Moore, Portland, promoted from first lieutenant Nov. 10, 1863; mustered out with regiment June 4, 186.
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First Lieutenants .- Edward Moore, Portland. promoted from second lieutenant, Company Il, March 2, 1863 ; promoted to captain. Edward I1. Crie, Portland, promoted from second lieutenant, Company E, April 21, 1864 ; promoted to captain Company Il.
Second Lieutenants .- Joseph A. Perry, Portland, commissioned second lieutenant July 21, 1862; appointed mustering-officer for the regiment at Camp King; promoted to first lieutenant Company F.
William 11. Sturgis, Standish, transferred from Co. B ; promoted to first lioutenant Co. B.
COMPANY D.
Captains .- John C. Perry, Portland, promoted from first lieutenant May 22, 1863; wounded before Petersburg June 16, 1864; dis- charged on necount of wounds Sept. 14, 1864.
First Lientenants .- John C. Perry, Portland, promoted from second lieutenant Oct. 21, 1862 ; promote l to captain.
Newton Whitten, Portland, promoted from second lieutenant ; wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps on account of woun Is Dec. 23, 1863.
James M. Webb, Westbrook, promoted from second lieutenant, Co. K, Jan. 13, 1865; wounded at battle of Amelia Springs April 6, 1865 ; leg amputated ; mustered out with regiment June 4, 1865. Second Lientenants .- John C. Perry, Portland. commissioned second lieutenant Aug. 19, 1862; promoted to first lieutenant.
Newton Whitten, Portland, promoted from sergeant Feb. 5, 1862; promoted to first lieutenant.
Stephen Graffam, Portland, promoted from sergeant May 22, 1863; wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863: discharged Nov. 28, 1864. Charles G. Holyoke, Yarmouth, promoted from sergeant-major May
24, 1865; not musterel; toustered out with regiment Juue 4, 1865.
COMPANY E.
Captains,-Ellis M. Sawyer, Cape Elizabeth, commissioned captain Aug. 18, 1862 ; promoted to major.
William Il. Green, Portland, promoted from first lieutenant Dec. 11, 1862; transferred to Company G.
First Lientenunts .- George W. Fiekett, Cape Elizabeth, commissioned first lieutenant Ang. 8, 1862; died Sept. 24, 1862.
Frederick A. Sawyer, Portland, promoted from second lieutenant Nov. 10, 1862; wounded at Locust Grove Nov. 27, 1863; discharged for disability Sept. 24, 1861.
Second Lieutenants .- William Roberts, Yarmouth, commissioned second lieutenant Aug. 19, 1862; transferred to Company G.
Frederick A. Sawyer, Portland, promoted from sergeant Feb. 11, 1863; promoted to first lieutenant.
Herman Q. Mason, Portland, promoted from first sergeant Nov. 10, 1863; commission declined.
Edward 11. Crie, Portland, promoted from sergeant- major Feb. 16, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant Company C.
COMPANY F.
Captains,-Joseph A. Perry, Portland, promoted from first lieutenant Aug. 15, 1863; mustered out with regiment June 4, 1865.
First Lieutenants .- Joseph A. Perry, Portland, promoted from second lieutenant, Company (, March 2, 1863 ; promoted to captain. Henry 1 .. Bartels, Portland, promoted from second lieutenant Mareh 10, 1864; wounded nt battle of Wilderness May 6, 1864; dis- charged on account of wounds Oct. 3, 1864.
Second Lieutenants,-James M. Safford, Portland, commissioned second lieutenant Aug. 19, 1862; resigned.
Henry S. Bartels, Portland, promoted from sergeant-major Aug. 15, 1863 ; promoted to first lieutenant.
Jordan M. Ilall, Casco, promoted from sergeant April 21, 1861; wounded before Petersburg June 16, 1864; discharged on account of wounds Oct. 1, 1864.
COMPANY G.
Captains .- William 11. Green, Portland, transferred from Company E; appointed brevet-major for gallant and meritorions conduct at battle of Amelia Springs April 6, 1865; mastered out with regiment June 4, 1865.
Firat Lieutenantn .- William Roberts, Yarmouth, promoted from second lieutenant, Company E, Dec. 1, 1862; discharged for disability Aug. 5, 1863.
COMPANY II.
Captains,-Almon L. Fogg, Westbrook, commissione l captain Aug. 19, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863 ; died from wounds July 7. 1863.
Edwin B. Houghton, Portland, promoted from first lieutenant Nov. 10, 1863; acting assistant inspector-general on brigade and di- vision staff; wounded at Spottsylvania May 12, 1864.
Edward II. Cric, Portland, promoted from first lieutenant, Company C, May 4, 1865 ; not mustered ; mostered out with regiment June 4, 1865.
First Lieutenants .- Edwin B. Houghton, Portland, promoted from secund lieutenant, Company A, June 13, 1863; promoted to cap- tain.
Joseph S. Hobbs, Falmouth, promote:l from second lieutenant Oct. 20, 1862 ; promoted to first lieutenant Company C.
Second Lientenants .- Edward Moore, Portland, commissioned second lieutenant Aug. 19, 1862; promoted to first lieutenant, Com- pany C.
Ralph Il. Day, Westbrook, promoted from sergeant March 2, 1863; resigned May 26, 1863.
George A. Whidden, Westbrook, promoted from sergeant Aug. 15, 1863 ; promoted to first lieutenant, Company I.
Joseph S. Hobbs, Falmouth, promoted from sergeant, Company A, April 21, 1864; wounded at battle of Wilderness, May 6, 1564; wounded before Petersburg, Sept. 10, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant.
Horace B. Cummings, Portland, promoted from corporal Feb. 9, 1865; mustered out with regiment June 4, 1865.
COMPANY I.
First Lientenants .- JJames O. Thompson, Portland, transferred from Company K ; promoted to captain, Company K.
George A. Whidden, Westbrook, promoted from second lieutenant, Company II, Dec. 11, 1863 ; wounded in action before Petersburg, Oct. 24, 1864 ; promoted to eaptain, Company K.
Second Lientenants .-- James O. Thompson, Portland, commissioned second lieutenant Aug. 19, 1862; promoted to first licutenant, Company K.
Thomas Snowman, Portland, promoted from sergeant Jan. 25, 1865; mustered out with regiment June 4, 1865.
COMPANY K.
Cuptains .- James O. Thompson, Portland, commissioned captain Aug. 19, 1862; resigned Oct. 3, 1862.
George A. Wbidden, Westbrook, promoted from first lieutenant, Cotu- pany I, Oet. 20, 1864; not mustered owing to disability on ac- count of wounds received in action; discharged Jan. 28, 1865. First Lieutenant .- James O. Thompson, Portland, commissioned first lieutenant Feb. 11. 1863; wounded at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863 ; promoted to adjutant.
Second Lieutenant .- James M. Webb, Westbrook, promoted from ser- geant, Company II, Oct. 20, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant, Company D.
CHAPTER XXXL.
TWENTY-FIFTH AND TWENTY-NINTH REGI- MENTS.
Organization and Movements-Officers from Cumberland County in the Twenty-fifth-Organization and Movements of the Twenty- ninth-Official Record.
TWENTY-FIFTHI REGIMENT.
THIS regiment was organized at Portland, Sept. 29, 1862, to serve nine months. On the 16th of October they left for Washington, D. C., arriving in that city on the 18th. Having been assigned to the 3d Brigade of Casey's di- vision, they moved on the 26th to a camping-ground on Arlington Heights, on the north side of Columbia turn- pike, immediately in front of the line of earthworks for
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the defense of Washington. There they remained till March 24, 1863, continually engaged in guarding Long Bridge on both sides of the Potomac, and in building forti- fications. On the 24th of March they moved to Chantilly, Va., on the Little River Turnpike, and there remained en- gaged in picket duty till the 26th of June, 1863, when they returned to Arlington Heights. On the 30th of June they started for Maine, and arrived at Portland on the eve- ning of July 3d. On the 10th of July the regiment was mustered out of the United States service by Capt. Franeis Fessenden, 19th United States Infantry, and the men paid and finally discharged on the same day.
The following is the final record of the officers of this regiment who served from Cumberland County :
Colonel, Francis Fessenden, Portland. Lieutenant-Colonel, Charles E. Shaw, Portland.
Major, Alexander M. Tolman, Portland. Quartermaster, Henry Pennell, Gray. Assistant Surgeon, Cyrus K. Bowker, Raymond.
Assistant Surgeon, Wm. Il. True, Freeport. Chaplain, Edward B. Furbish, Portland. Sergeant-Major, George O. Gosse, Portland. Quartermaster-Sergeant, Freeman E. Clark, Portlaud. Commissary-Sergeant, William Graham, Jr., Westbrook. Hospital Steward, Charles K. Packard, Raymond. Drum-Major, Samuel D. Dean, Westbrook.
Members of the Band .*- S. T. Brown, Sebago; William Brown, Sebago; John E. Brooks, Yarmouth ; Amasa F. Cummings, Brunswick ; J. J. Doughty, Windham; Chas. P. Graves, Portland ; Albion K. P. Grant, Westbrook ; Woodbury S. Libby, Gray ; Charles G. Milner, Portland.
Company A .- Frank L. Jones, Captain, Portland ; Geo. H. Abbott, 1st Lieutenant, Portland ; Charles B. Hall, 2d Lieutenant, Portland ; Sergeants : Cyrus H. Ilsley, Port- land; Frederick H. Small, Portland; Charles M. Dyer, Westbrook ; Edward C. Swett, Portland ; Charles R. Shaw, Portland ; Corporals : Charles O. Cole, Portland ; Charles E. Sowerby, Portland ; Luther W. Dana, Port- land ; George W. Lowell, Portland ; Frederick A. Paine, Portland ; Timothy Mahony, Yarmouth ; Albert G. Gale, Portland ; Nicholas E. Boyd, Portland; Charles F. Cum- mings, Ilorace O. Davis, Musicians, Portland.
Company B .- Edward N. Greely, Captain, Falmouth ; Levi M. Prince, 1st Lieutenant, Portland; Hollis R. Mount- ford, 2d Lieutenant, Cumberland ; Sergeants : Edward Schoonmaker, Portland ; George H. McKenney, Portland ; John D. Hademan, Portland ; Charles B. Strout, Portland ; Charles K. Waterhouse, Portland ; Corporals : James A. Tracy, Portland ; Byron Leighton, Portland ; Benjamin Bishop, Portland; Horatio Greely, Cumberland ; George F. Coe, Portland ; Frederick W. Hatch, Portland ; Augus- tus H. Prince, Portland ; Musicians : Nathaniel B. Wilson, Falmouth ; Charles A. Ring, Portland.
Company C .- Charles H. Doughty, Captain, Gray ; Whitman Sawyer, First Lieutenant, Raymond ; George F. Andrews, Second Lieutenant, Otisfield ; Sergeants: Henry T. Simpson, Gray ; Samuel P. Cummings, Gray ; Joseph
Spiller, Raymond ; George Hoyt, Naples ; Mark K. Morse, Otisfield ; Corporals : David Lawrence, Gray ; William C. Dickey, Gray ; Joseph II. Goff, Gray ; Washington Cash, Raymond ; Anson J. Holden, Otisfield ; Albert E. Hall, Naples ; James M. Jordan, Raymond ; Otis L. Lathan, Musician, Gray ; Elbridge Wight, Wagoner, Otisfield.
Company D .- Chester A. Greenleaf, Captain, Bruns- wick ; David Pennell, First Lieutenant, Harpswell ; Alfred D. Stetson, Second Lieutenant, Brunswiek ; Sergeants : Charles J. Noyes, Brunswick ; Benjamin L. Dennison, Brunswick ; William H. Stimson, Brunswick ; Corporals : Charles J. Perkins, Brunswick ; Elias D. Pierce, Bruns- wick ; George L. Randall, Harpswell ; Joseph G. Richards, Brunswick ; Charles L. York, Brunswick ; Abizer F. Snow, Musician, Brunswick ; Daniel H. Nudd, Wagoner, Bruns- wick.
Company E .- Elisha Newcomb, Captain, Westbrook ; George B. Stevens, First Lieutenant, Westbrook ; Edmund P. Merrill, Second Lieutenant, Westbrook ; Sergeants : Frank G. Stevens, Westbrook ; Dominicus C. Wakefield, Westbrook ; Moses G. Roberts, Westbrook ; Edward K. Kollock, Westbrook ; John W. Newton, Westbrook ; Cor- porals : Mark P. Waterman, Westbrook ; Joel S. Wood- bury, Westbrook ; Silas HI. Cram, Westbrook ; Benjamin F. Bixby, Westbrook ; Freeman T. Merrill, Westbrook ; Alpheus Fogg, Scarborough ; Nathan L. Huston, West- brook ; William C. Stevens, Scarborough ; Musicians : J. O. Quinby, Edward R. Harmon, Westbrook ; John Meserve, Wagoner, Westbrook.
Company F .- Thomas W. Harris, Captain, Gorham ; Samuel T. Johnson, First Lieutenant, Windham ; Charles Jones, Second Lieutenant, Windham; Sergeants : Webb HIall, Windham ; Clintou B. Hooper, Windham; Peter Stewart, Windham ; William W. Colley, Gorham ; Sumner C. Bolton, Windham ; Corporals : Elias R. Howard, Gor- ham ; George L. Cobb, Wiudham; Enos B. Hale, Gorham ; Joseph S. K. Swett, Gorham ; Carlyle W. Shaw, Gorham ; Franklin Hanson, Windham; Ai Bolton, Standish ; Ivory Phillips, Gorham ; Horace M. Davis, Musician, Portland ; Charles E. Emery, Wagoner, Windham.
Company G .- George W. Randall, Captain, Freeport ; John C. Kendall, First Lieutenant, Freeport; Alvan F. Bucknam, Second Lieutenant, Yarmouth; Sergeants: llenry C. Brewer, Freeport ; Albert Gooding, North Yarmouth ; Robert W. Sherman, Freeport ; Nathaniel W. F. Sweetsir, North Yarmouth ; Corporals : William P. Kendall, Free- port ; John D. Mann, Freeport ; Abraham N. Rowe, North Yarmouth ; William E. Bucknam, Yarmouth ; Edward P. S. Andrews, Freeport ; Albion Ward, Freeport ; Charles A. Pride, Cumberland ; Mark M. Mitchell, Freeport ; Ben- jamin F. Hamilton, John Hamilton, Musicians, North Yar- mouth ; Arthur Johnson, Wagoner, Freeport.
Company H .- Charles C. Chase, Captain, Portland ; John H. Knight, First Lieutenant, Portland; Ebenezer Hutchinson, Second Lieutenant, Cape Elizabeth ; Sergeants : William C. Brooks, Portland ; Frank S. Winslow, Yar- mouth ; Alfred II. Whitmore, Portland; Charles S. Jor- dan, Portland; Almon L. Chase, Portland ; Corporals : John N. Ellingwood, Cape Elizabeth ; David Y. Harris, North Yarmouth ; Ilenry H. Westcott, Portland ; William
* Mustered as brigade band of 1st Brigade, Abercrombie's division, Jan. 28, 1863.
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A. Steele, Portland; Joseph Mann, Portland; Asa F. York, Yarmouth; George F. Hitchings, Jr., Portland ; John McLeod, Portland ; Thomas J. Long, Musician, Port- land ; Charles B. Kenney, Musician, Cape Elizabeth ; Na- than G. Nash, Wagoner, Windham.
Company I .- Ezekiel Westcott, Captain, Cape Eliza- beth ; Edmund W. Dyer, First Lieutenant, Cape Elizabeth ; John P'. Carswell, Second Lieutenant, Pownal ; Sergeants : George E. Brown, Cape Elizabeth ; Thomas H. Ilaskell, New Gloucester; Zadoe A. Rowe, New Gloucester; Ed- ward I. Woodbury, Cape Elizabeth ; Augustus C. Staples, Cape Elizabeth ; Corporals : Edward H. Grover, New Gloucester ; Gideon Burbank, Cape Elizabeth ; Henry P. Miller, Cape Elizabeth ; Edwin Roberts, Cape Elizabeth ; Joshua Brackett, Cape Elizabeth; Hiram Staples (2d), Cape Elizabeth ; Alexander Higgins, Scarborough ; Simon Foye, Musician, Scarborough ; Eugene S. Palmer, Musician, Cape Elizabeth ; John S. Wright, Wagoner, Cape Elizabeth.
Company K .- Samuel L. Davis, Captain, Standish ; Asa C. Palmer, First Lieutenant, Gorham ; Seba S. Brown, Second Lieutenant, Baldwin ; Sergeants : Isaac D. Sawyer, Standish ; John W. Sanborn, Standish ; George A. Hunt, Gorham; William S. Phinney, Sebago; John H. Frasier, Portland ; Corporals : Edward Harding, Gorham ; Elisha Douglass, Gorham; Edward R. Wentworth, Sebago; Thomas F. Storer, Sebago ; Samuel Dingley, Gorham ; Joseph Files, Jr., Gorham ; Augustus S. Hutchinson, Standish ; John Meserve, Sebago ; Benjamin F. Shaw, Musician, Sebago; George N. Gurney, Musician, Baldwin ; James Phinney (2d), Wagoner, Gorham.
TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
This regiment, with the exception of Companies A and D, was organized at Augusta, Me., from Nov. 13, 1863, to January, 1864, to serve three years. Companies A and D were transferred from the 10th Maine Battalion, then ser- ving with the 12th Army Corps in Tennessee, and joined the remainder of the regiment at New Orleans, La. The regiment left Augusta, Jan. 31, 1864, and embarked at Portland, February 2d, on board the steamship " De Molay," for New Orleans, at which place it arrived on the 16th. On the 20th they left Algiers for Brashear City, thence proceeded to Franklin, arriving on the 21st, and were as- signed to the 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps. On the 15th of March they left for Alexandria, on the Red River ; arrived there on the 25th, and lay in camp till the 20th, when they were transferred to the 1st Brigade. On the 8th and 9th of April they were engaged in the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, La., and rendered most effective service. Subsequently they retreated with the army to Grand Ecore, La., which they reached on the 11th. On the 23d they assisted in driving the enemy at Cane River Crossing, and reached Alexandria, La., on the 25th. They remained at that place until May 12th, and while there assisted in building the famous dam which saved the fleet. On the 13th of May they proceeded to- wards the Mississippi River, which they reached on the 20th, and on the 22d went into camp at Morganzia Bend, where they remained until July 2d, on which day they left for New Orleans, reaching that city on the 3d. On the
5th they left in steamship " Clinton," for Fortress Monroe, Va., arriving on the 12th, when, being ordered to Wash- ington, they marched to Harper's Ferry, Va., and partici- pated in all the marches and movements of the Army of the Shenandoah, including the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, in all of which they ren- dered most effective service. On the 18th of October, 1864, Company A, Capt. John Q. Adams, transferred from the 10th Maine Battalion, was mustered out and discharged from the United States service, its term of service having expired, and its place was filled by the first company of un- assigned infantry, Capt. Edward S. Butler, organized at Augusta, Me., to serve one year from Sept. 16, 1864.
On the 1st of January, 1865, the regiment was encamped near Stevenson's Depot, Va., attached to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, and from March 31st to April 19th were occupied chiefly in marching to given points for special service. On the 20th they took ears for Washington, D. C., and on the 4th and 5th of May did gnard duty at Washington Arsenal over the assassins of President Lincoln. On the 23d they participated in the grand review at Washington with the Army of the Potomac.
On the 31st of May, Company A (Capt. Butler), one year's men, and all whose term of service expired prior to Oet. 1, 1865, were ordered to be mustered out of the United States service.
On the 1st of June the regiment embarked at Alexan- dria, Va., on board steamship " Ariel," for Savannah, arri- ving there on the 5th, and on the 14th and 15th proceeded to Georgetown, S. C. The regiment was divided into de- tachments, and oeeupied the following stations, all in South Carolina, viz. : railroad bridge on the Pedee River, Kings- tree, Marion, Florence, Darlington, and Society Hill, with headquarters at Darlington. Their duties were arduous, and consisted in part in assisting in the making of contracts, and investigating the complaints made by freedmen and planters. On the 27th of March, 1866, they were ordered to Hilton Ilead, S. C., which they occupied, with detach- ments at St. Helena Island and Seabrook, until June 21st, when the regiment was mustered out of the United States service by Lieut. H. S. French, A. C. M. Department of the Carolinas. On the following day they embarked on board steamer for New York, arriving on the 25th at Hart's Island, New York Harbor, where, on the 28th of June, the men were paid and finally discharged.
The following commissioned officers served in this regiment from Cumberland County : John M. Gould, major, Portland, resigned March 24, 1866; Alpheus L. Greene, adjutant, Portland ; Josiah F. Day, Jr., surgeon, Portland ; Corne- lius D. Maynard, quartermaster-sergeant, Portland; Frank- lin II. Eaton, sergeant-major, Portland ; William E. St. John, commissary-sergeant, Portland ; Samuel H. Jumper, New Gloucester, sergeant-major; Jacob J. Hammond, Westbrook, principal musician ; Benjamin M. Redlow, captain Company B, Portland ; William P. Jordan, captain Company C, Portland ; Ilenry M. Smith, second lieutenant Company C, Portland; Charles C. Graham, first lieutenant Company D, Westbrook ; Charles HI. Haskell, Pownal, second lieutenant Co. D; Cyrus T. Waterhouse, Portland, second lieutenant Company E.
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CHAPTER XXXIL
THIRTIETH REGIMENT.
Officers from Cumberland County-The Regiment in the Service- Officers from the County in other Regiments and Batteries- Home Guards.
THE following were the commissioned officers of the 30th Regiment from Cumberland County : Franeis Fessenden, Portland, colonel, promoted to major-general ; George W. Randall, Freeport, lieutenant-colonel; John C. Kendall, Freeport, adjutant, promoted to captain Company E ; Charles F. Larrabee, Portland, adjutant ; Franeis H. Coffin, Port- land, quartermaster ; Thomas 11. Breslin, Portland, assist- ant surgeon, died June 17, 1864; George E. Moulton, Westbrook, captain Company B; Whitman Sawyer, Ray- mond, captain Company C; George W. Randall, Freeport, captain Company E; John C. Randall, Freeport, captain Company E; Levi M. Prince, Portland, captain Company F; Frank L. Jones, Portland, captain Company I ; Royal T. Nash, Gray, captain Company K; Henry Green, Free- port, first lieutenant Company B; Henry T. Simpson, Gray, first lieutenant Company C; Abraham N. Rowe, Yarmouth, first lieutenant Company E; Henry B. Cleaves, Bridgton, first lieutenant Company F ; Charles B. Ball, Portland, first lieutenant Company 1; Franklin E. Holmes, Portland, second lieutenant Company B; George A. Green, New Gloucester, second lieutenant Company H; Burrett H. Beale, Portland, second lieutenant Company H ; William H. Motley, Portland, second lieutenant Company I.
The 30th Regiment was organized at Augusta, Me., from Dec. 12, 1863, to Jan. 8, 1864, to serve for three years, and on the 7th of February left for Portland, where they em- barked on board steamer " Merrimae" for New Orleans, ar- riving in that city on the 16th. On the 18th they moved by railroad from Algiers to Brashear City, and thence by steamer up Bayou Teehe to Franklin, where they were as- signed to the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps. From February 19th to March 14th, inclusive, they re- mained encamped at Franklin, and on the 15th entered upon the Red River campaign. On the 8th of April they took an honorable part in the battle of Sabine Cross-Roads, and on the 9th in that of Pleasant Hill. Their loss in both engagements was eleven killed, sixty-six wounded, and seventy-one missing. They afterwards retreated towards Grand Ecore, which place they reached on the 11th. On the 21st of April they resumed the retreat, and the 23d took a most prominent part in the engagement at Cane River Crossing, from which position-considered almost im- pregnable-they drove the enemy. Their casualties in this engagement were two officers and ten enlisted men killed, two officers and sixty-seven enlisted men wounded, and seven enlisted men missing. On the 25th of April they reached Alexandria, La., and on the 13th of May continued the re- treat towards the Mississippi River, which they reached ou the 22d. They remained encamped at Morganzia Bend until the 2d of July, when they embarked for New Orleans, thence on the 11th for Virginia. On the 18th they reached Fortress Monroe, and were immediately sent to Deep Bot- tom, where they were employed in picket dnty and in raising temporary earthworks. From Deep Bottom they were trans-
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