History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 32

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co.
Number of Pages: 1100

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Charles W. Willie, Joseph Winslow, Oldtown; James H. Bacon, Wil- liam F. Bacon, Nehemiah P. Doe, Albert L. Douglass, Zebulon Doe, Samuel W. Davis, Fields W. Emerson, Edwin H. Estes, Simeon C. Fancy, William Foss, Edward Frederic, Edwin Frederic, David Le- grieon, James F. Lunt, James H. Mann, Philip Marr, Edwin P. Mayo, Samuel Mersey, James Newman, Zebulon Robbinson, Isaac Sanborn, jr., Joseph W. Sanborn, Andrew J. Thombs, William H. Ward, Oliver M. Wilson, Orono; Ellhanan W. Barnes, Francis A. Bierce, Alvah H. Godfrey, George K. Ingalls, Charles E. Jones, Jabez W. King, Edward D. Kent, Augustus N. Lufkin, Joshua S. Marshall, Vincent W. Pin- horn, Joseph S. Robinson, Henry J. Reynolds, James H. Rogers, Joseph S. Rogers, Lewis H. Snow, Watson H. Smith, Orrington; Samuel Nash, Passadumkeag; Stillman Buxton, Patten; Dudley H. Leavitt, Thomas D. Rice, Jefferson Pickard, James Pickard, Ply- mouth; William Feeling, Albert K. Lewis, George M. Lowell, Miles L. Scribner, Springfield; Frank A. Dinsmore, Samuel G. Kenney, Reuben M. Seavey, Columbus Shaw, Omer Shaw, Henry C. Van Bus- kirk, Stetson; Ephraim Brown, Carpenter Burlingham, James H. Fall, Fred A. Michael, Stillwater; William Babcock, Warren Day, Andrew J. Dowe, John T. Durgin, Harvey Emery, jr., Lewis F. Morse, Harry Mitchell, John O'Brien, George H. Phillips, Daniel Starkie, John H. Wentworth, Veazie.

THIRD REGIMENT INFANTRY.

Organized at Augusta, June 4, 1861, for the three years' service. In the two battles of Bull Run and many other engagements. Mustered out at Augusta, June 28, 1864.

COMMISSIONED OFFICER.

Captain Frank S. Hesseltine, Bangor.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER.

Corporal Albert A. Davis, Bangor.

PRIVATES.

Charles O. Perry, Charles B. Rundlett, George W. Hines, Charles B. Cooley, James H. Thompson, George H. Wilson, Moses Brown, William Collins, John Dougherty, Rufus Haur, Bangor; Edward S. Steames, Lowell; Albert R. Millett, Charleston; Walter H. Randolph, Marshall A. Grant, Dixmont; Laban P. Frost, Glenburn; Benjamin Eddy, Corinth; Martin L. Hodgdon, Bangor; Asbury F. Haynes, Passadumkeag, Henry Hind, Plymouth; Thomas D. Jordan, Oldtown; John F. Johnson, Charles E. Lord, Thomas Lowe, Bangor; Charles H. Lewis, Bradford; John T. Clark, Corrina; Llewellyn Cleveland, Orrington; John Corrigan, Bradley; Arthur Duffy, John Robinson, William Ritchie, Albert G. Frubush, Edward L. Hunt, Bangor; Rich- ard E. Myrich, Francis Hopdela, Mt. Chase; Horace J. Morton, Mil- ford; Jeremiah B. Atkins, Levant; John A. Curtis, Dexter; Howard C. Hall, Charleston; Frank W. Harding, Bangor; Benjamin F. Welsh, Passadumkeag; Albert Whitcomb, Alton; Franklin W. Emery, Glen- burn; Charles Morrison, Elisha McIntosh, Maxfield; Hollis B. Spauld- ing, Oldtown; Cornelius Chapman, Bradford; Augustus D. Hoyt, Passadumkeag; Edward A. Leavitt, Oldtown; Otis R. Pachard, Rufus G. Curtis, Richard C. Davis, William L. Hodsdon, Daniel B. Plum- mer, Patrick Russell, Warren Sturtivant, Bangor.

FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.

This regiment was organized at Rockland, June 15, 1861, to serve three years, and on the 17th left for Washington, where they arrived on the 20th and en- camped on Meridian Hill. On the 16th of July they proceeded to Centreville, and on the 21st engaged in the battle of Bull Run, being among the last to leave the field, and retreating in good order under command of their officers. Their casualties in that engagement were as follows: Officers wounded I, taken prisoners 4; en- listed men killed 17, wounded 4, missing 38, nearly all of whom were wounded. The regiment, forming a por- tion of Sedgwick's Brigade of Heintzleman's Division, remained near Washington until the 17th of March, 1862, when they started with the army towards York- town, participating in the siege of that place. On the evacuation of Yorktown by the rebels, the regiment

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marched towards Williamsburg, but did not arrive in time to take part in the engagement at that place. From Williamsburg the regiment marched and camped within twelve miles of Richmond. They were present at the battle of Seven Pines on the 31st of May, but at no time directly engaged, though part of the time exposed to the fire of the enemy. On the next day, however, the enemy having attacked the picket line, the regiment was engaged and retained the position they occupied the night before, their casualties being 2 killed, 7 wounded, and I missing. On the 25th of June, the regiment was engaged with the enemy in front of Seven Pines, and held a most difficult position in face of the Rebel force through the night. On the Ist of July they were pres- ent at the battle of Malvern Hill, and the next day re- treated to Harrison's Landing, remaining there until the 15th of August, when in conjunction with Heintzleman's entire corps, went to the support of General Pope's army, and on the 29th of August took a prominent part in the battle of Bull Run, losing during the day 7 killed, 33 wounded, and j missing. The following day the regiment was kept in reserve while the battle went on, and retreated at night towards Centreville, thence towards Fairfax Court-House, participating in the engage- ment at Chantilly on the Ist of September, in which their casualties were 8 killed, 54 wounded, and 2 miss- ing, out of 240 men who were engaged. The next day they continued their retreat and arrived near Washing- ton on the 3d. There they remained until the 15th, when they crossed into Maryland and guarded the fords of the Upper Potomac. On the 12th of October they assisted in the attempt to intercept Stuart's cavalry at Conrad's Ferry. They arrived at Falmouth on the 22d of November, and participated in the battle of Freder- icksburg on the 13th of December. They re-crossed the river on the 15th, returned to their old camp near Falmouth, and there remained engaged in drill and or- dinary camp and picket duty until the 28th of April, 1863, when they crossed the Rappahannock River at United States Ford, taking a prominent part in the battle of Chancellorsville on the 2d and 3d of May, their cas- ualties in that engagement being as follow: Killed, I; wounded, 21; missing, 10. From this time the regi- ment remained encamped until the 11th of June, then joined in the campaign resulting in the battle of Gettys- burg, where on the 2d of July they participated in the engagement at that place, losing during the day 14 killed, 53 wounded, and 72 missing. They also engaged the enemy at Wapping Heights and encamped at White Sulphur Springs on the Ist of August. On the 7th of November they assisted in the attack on the enemy at Kelley's Ford, and the next day charged upon and soon drove a large force of the enemy from a position near Brandy Station, where the regiment encamped on the 10th, remaining there until the 26th, when they marched to the Rapidan, engaged the enemy, losing 6 men wounded and 5 taken prisoners, and returned to Brandy Station, where they remained encamped until the 14th of March, 1864. At that date, on account of the reorganization of the army under General Grant, the regiment was as-

signed to the Second Army Corps. On the 4th of May the regiment crossed the Rapidan at Ely's Ford, and on the nevt day were heavily engaged at Torbett's Tavern, where they supported a brigade of the Sixth corps. That night they rejoined their division, and at daybreak on the 6th they advanced on the enemy's position. They were engaged all that day and during the next. This was the battle of the Wilderness, during which their cas- ualties were: Officers killed 2, wounded 11; enlisted men killed 32, wounded 136, and missing 3. On the 23d the regiment, having been engaged in reconnoi- tring, building fortifications, etc., since the 8th, moved towards the North Anna river, where they took part in a charge upon the enemy, driving them across the bridge. On the 14th of June the regiment crossed the James River, moved two miles to the front and took position in line of battle. The following day the regiment was relieved from duty in the army and ordered to proceed to Rockland, Maine, where they arrived on the morning of the 25th. The men were furloughed until the 19th of July, on which day 241 officers and enlisted men were mustered out and discharged from the United States service by Captain Thomas C. J. Baily, Seven- teenth United States infantry, the re-enlisted men and recruits whose term of service had not expired, having been transferred to the Nineteenth Maine regiment volunteers before the departure of the regiment from the field.

FIELD AND STAFF.

Major William M. Pitcher, Bangor.

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain William L. Pitcher, Co. H, Bangor.

Captain Albert L. Spencer, Co. H, Bangor.

First Lieutenant, Albert L. Spencer, Co. H, Bangor.

First Lieutenant George F. Bourne, Co. H, Bangor.

Second Lieutenant George F. Bourne, Co. H, Bangor.

Second Lieutenant Walter S. Goodale, Co. H, Bangor.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Sergeant John M. Doe, Bangor.

Sergeant Charles S. Doe, Bangor.

Sergeant Walter S. Goodale, Bangor.

Sergeant John A. Phillips, Bangor.

Sergeant Hiram G. York, Dixmont.

Sergeant Francis O. J. S. Hill, Newburg.

Sergeant Almond E. Osgood, Newburgh.

Corporal Charles W. Hopkins, Bangor.

Corporal Rufus G. Bickford, Bangor.

Corporal Michael Dorsey, Bangor.

Corporal Robert Grant, Bangor.

Corporal Albert A. Haynes, Bangor.

Corporal John B. Longy, Bangor.

Corporal Jerry Deming, Bangor.

Corporal Edward E. Kent, Brewer.

Corporal Winthrop Chick, Dixmont.

Corporal John F. Stone, Dixmont.

Corporal Hiram G. York, Dixmont.

Corporal Solomon L. Stewart, Exeter.

Corporal Abner C. Goodell, Hampden.

Corporal Daniel W. Barker, Levant.

Corporal Francis O. J. S. Hill, Newburg.

Corporal Charles B. Parsons, Newburg.

Corporal Isaiah B. Merrick, Newport.

Corporal Moses H. Wilham, Plymouth.

Musician John Knowles, jr., Hampden.

Wagoner N. B. Fuller, Newburg.

PRIVATES.

Ira P. Allen, Richard Allum, George H. Baker, Joseph Boardway, Arthur L. Boynton, Benjamin F. Call, George Coe, John Cameron,

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Eben Cushing, Jerry Demming, John Donahoe, Lyman P. Fowles, Erastus Furbish, James C. Garnet, Benjamin Gray, Thomas Hardan, Moses H. Hubbard, Alfred Howard, John H. Ham, David Hughey, William Kendrick, George Lessor, Hall J. Libby, Joshua Lovejoy, Alfred P. Merrick, Thomas Mortal, James Mulherin, John Murray, Emery A. McCallister, H. G. O. McDonald, James M. Mullin, Mel- ville Nichols, James Quimby, Frederic H. Rogers, Charles Rose, James Rediker, Simon L. Norton, Edward B. Nickerson, Solomon Parent, Samuel L. Smith, Adolphus Whitney, Bangor; William Babcock, Bradley; John Elden, Elisha Simpson, John Simpson, Bradford; Edgar A Stanley, Benjamin Burr, Robert F. Greene, Thomas F. Greene, Howard A. Thayer, Horace B. Washburn, Horatio U. Washburn, Brewer; Abijah N. Clay, Enfield; Francis M. Dearborn, Robert G. Flanders, George Wellington, Garland; Edward C. Megguier, John H. Thomas, Glenburn; Jeremiah Avery, Greenfield; Albert F. Folsome, William D. Lowell, Joshua B. Whitney, jr., Greenbush; Edward H. Bean, David Higgins, Augustus Hodgman, Hampden; Edward York, Josiah H. Pomroy, Hermon; Albert C. Scribner, Hudson; Amos Page, Kenduskeag; William P. Chase, Andrew J. Gardiner, Sylvanus Hatch, Sylvanus B. Hatch, William F. Heath, Lincoln; Samuel Lamb, Lowell; Rufus G. Bickford, E. J. Hill, Elisha S. Piper, Enoch F. Piper, Newburg; George S. Daniels, William H. Stickney, Hazen E. McCauseland, Newport; John Boyle, Edward N. Leavitt, Edwin M. Stinson, James Smith, Oldtown; Charles A. Mudgett, Josiah C. Read, David Estis, Samuel S. Cain, Orono; Benjamin F. Shaw, John G. Kendall, Orrington; Orner Moga, Passadumkeag; David Blanchard, George H. Downes, Juan Millano, Albert Murray, Allen D. Wood, Plymouth; George Drake, Springfield; Thomas J. Cunningham, Adon- iram J. Moore, Veazie; Amos C. Trott, Solomon S. Trott, Winn; Moses A. Debeck, John R. York, Clifton; Jacob A. Launder, Corinna; Nathan Chamberlain, Judson W. Dexter, George F. Hind, Corinth; Thomas Mithie, Dexter; J. H. Bickford, John H. Jewell, George Jew- ell, Albert J. Condam, George J. Craig, Albert D. Crocker, Prentiss M. Getchell, Samuel B. Stone, Ephraim D. Tasker, William H. Work Eben D. Work.

FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.

This regiment was organized at Portland, June 24, 1861, to serve three years. Its first action was at Bull Run, and its subsequent service, wholly with the Army of the Potomac, was extremely arduous. Only 193 offi- cers and men to be mustered out July 27, 1864.

COMMISSIONED OFFICER.

First Lieutenant Andrew S. Lyon, Bangor. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Sergeant Junius W. Littlefield, Dexter. Corporal Junius W. Littlefield, Dexter. Corporal W. H. Huntoon, Orrington. Corporal William H. Savage, Plymouth. PRIVATES.

Edward H. Feeney, Samuel W. Davis, David Vail, Albion; William Grant, Wyatt Grant, P. Wilmot, Bangor; Hezekiah Richardson, Brewer; George Cook, Oldtown; Lorenzo W. Starbird, Eddington; George F. True, Exeter; John Harper, Boswell C. Horton, Dexter; John T. Abbott, Newburg; John Mclaughlin, Springfield.

SIXTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.

This regiment was organized at Portland, Maine, July 15, 1861, to serve three years, and reached Wash- ington, District of Columbia, on the 19th. They were stationed at Chain Bridge on the Potomac until the 3d of September, when they crossed into Virginia and through the fall and winter occupied Fort Griffin. On the 4th of April, 1862, the regiment joined in the move- ment against Yorktown, where on the 5th, 6th, and 7th, they were engaged in reconnoitring and had several skir- mishes with the enemy. At the battle of Lee's Mills on the 16th, they supported the artillery and were exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy's batteries. On the 5th of May they took a prominent part in the battle of Wil- liamsburg. From the 9th of May to the 24th, the regi-

ment was on the march up the Peninsula in the direc- tion of Richmond, encamping on that day near the Chickahominy, which they crossed on the 5th of June, and participated on the 27th in the engagement at Gar- net's Farm, in which their casualties were I man killed and 23 wounded. The next day they commenced the retrograde movement to the James River, taking a posi- tion on the heights beyond White Oak Bridge on the 30th, and engaged the enemy on the following day, losing 2 men wounded. They arrived at Harrison's Land- ing on the 2d of July, and there encamped until the 16th of August, when they were transported to Alexandria and arrived at Centreville just as the army had com- menced falling back from the battle-field of Groveton or Second Bull Run, where General Pope's forces had been defeated. On the Ist of September they commenced the retreat towards Washington, and on the 11th had a skirmish with the enemy at the foot of Sugar Loaf Moun- tain. At the battle of Antietam on the 17th, the regi- ment took a prominent part, and also participated in.the battle of Fredericksburg on the 12th of December. Three days after they re-crossed the Rappahannock and encamped near Belle Plains, where they remained until February 2, 1863, when the regiment was assigned to the "Light Division" and moved to Potomac Creek, where it encamped and remained until April 28th. On the ist of May they crossed the Rappahannock River and bore an honorable part in the battle of Chancellors- ville on May 2d and 3d, their loss being 128 officers and men in killed and wounded. On the 11th of May, the "Light Division" being broken up, the regiment was assigned to the Third brigade, First division, Sixth corps. On the 9th of June, they had a skirmish with the enemy at Kelley's Ford, after which they participated in the long and fatiguing marches of the Pennsylvania cam- paign, and were present at the battle of Gettysburg on July 2d and 3d, though not actively engaged with the enemy. On the 19th of October they participated in the charge and capture of the enemy's works at Rappa- hannock Station, losing in that engagement 16 officers and 123 enlisted men killed and wounded. On the 27th the regiment went to the support of the Third corps then engaged at Locust Grove, after which they returned to their former camp near Wilbur Ford, and there re- mained until May 4, 1864. Two days afterward they were engaged in the battle of the Wilderness, and on the 8th, in that of Spottsylvania, where they lost a few men. They also participated in the attack on the enemy's works on the right, losing 125 men in killed, wounded and missing. On the 12th, the regiment, num- bering only 70 men, was under fire eight hours, support- ing General Hancock's forces, and losing 16 officers and men killed and wounded. On the 14th of June the regiment started up the James River, arriving in front of Petersburg on the 20th. There they remained until the Ioth of July, when, their term of service having ex- pired, they were ordered to Maine for muster-out and discharge. Arriving at Washington, District |of Colum- bia, on the 12th, they volunteered their services for thirty days in defence of the city, then threatened by the

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enemy, and marched to Fort Stevens. However, on the 13th they were relieved, and on the 17th left for Port- land, where they arrived on the 22d, and were mustered out and discharged from the United States service on the 15th of August by Lieutenant I. H. Walker, Four- teenth United States Infantry. Previous to the depar- ture of the regiment from the field, about 238 re-enlisted men and recruits, whose term of service had not expired, were temporarily organized into a battalion, afterwards assigned to the First Regiment Infantry, Maine Veteran Volunteers.

FIELD AND STAFF.

Colonel Abner Knowles, Bangor. Adjutant William H. Coan, Dexter, Quartermaster Isaac Strickland, Bangor. Surgeon Eugene F. Sanger, Bangor. Assistant Surgeon Samuel B. Straw, Bangor. Sergeant-Major Percy Knowles, Bangor. Hospital Steward Charles A. McKister, Bangor. Drum Major Joseph Gatchell, Bangor. Band Leader Henry S. Morey, Bangor.

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain George Fuller, Co. H, Corinth. Captain Joseph G. Roberts, Co. H, Corinth. Captain Albert G. Burton, Co. I, Oldtown. First Lieutenant Sewall C. Gray, Co. A, Exeter. First Lieutenant Henry R. Soper, Co. I, Oldtown. First Lieutenant Lycurgus Smith, Co. I, Oldtown. First Lieutenant James M. Norris, Co. I, Milford. First Lieutenant Percival Knowles, Co. K, Bangor. Second Lieutenant George Fuller, Co. H, Corinth. Second Lieutenant George Roberts, Co. H, Corinth. Second Lieutenant William H. Coan, Co. H, Dexter. Second Lieutenant Daniel W. Freeze, Co. I, Orono. Second Lieutenant George H. Norton, Co. I, Oldtown.

Second Lieutenant James M. Norris, Co. I, Milford. Second Lieutenant Percival Knowles, Co. K, Bangor.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant James M. Norris, Milford. First Sergeant Andrew J. Whittier, Corinth. First Sergeant William H. Coan, Dexter. Sergeant John J. Fogg, Bangor. Sergeant Alexander Stevens, Bangor. Sergeant Israel Hodsdon, Corinth. Sergeant Elisha Eddy, Corinth. Sergeant Charles F. Fitzgerald, Dexter. Sergeant Robert O. Otis, Dexter. Sergeant Albert F. Severance, Dexter. Sergeant Walter D. Jenness, Hermon. Sergeant Albert L. Jones, Holden. Sergeant Thomas Templeton, Milford. Sergeant Isaac Pratt, Oldtown. Sergeant Lycurgus Smith, Oldtown. Corporal John J. Fogg, Bangor. Corporal Alvin B. Judson, Bangor. Corporal Samuel M. Jack, Bangor. Corporal John W. Pettingill, Corinna. Corporal Elisha Eddy, Corinth. Corporal Nathaniel G. Hatch, Corinth. Corporal Daniel B. Herrick, Corinth. Corporal Israel Hodsdon, Corinth. Corporal Charles A. Whittier, Corinth. Corporal Hıram H. Burment, Dexter. Corporal Otis O. Roberts, Dexter. Corporal James D. Marsh, Dexter. Corporal Albert F. Severance, Dexter, Corporal Hiram F. Safford, Dexter. Corporal Thomas D. Sturdevant, Dexter. Corporal William Doe, Milford. Corporal Thomas Templeton, Milford. Corporal George H. Morton, Oldtown. Corporal Isaac Pratt, Oldtown.

Corporal Samuel J. Clark, jr., Veazie.

Corporal Albert L. Jones, Holden.

Corporal George E. Beale, Hudson.

Corporal Lindall H. Whittier, Kenduskeag. Corporal Elias M. Kitch, Lincoln. Corporal Sylvester F. Lyon, Lincoln.

Corporal Amos P. McKenney, Lincoln.

Corporal Luther G. Rogers, Lincoln.

Corporal David C. Whitney, Lincoln. Musician Joseph F. Gretchell, Bangor. Musician Nathaniel R. Witham, Bangor. Musician Charles F. Tibbetts, Charleston. Wagoner James Boswell, Bangor.

Wagoner Ivory Webbert, Bangor.

Wagoner Albion K. Matthew, Lincoln.

Wagoner Joseph Doe, Milford.

PRIVATES.

Hiram B. Bulger, Joseph Bulger, Moses Babcock, George W. Black- more, Michael Brennan, Alonzo Cilley, Clement M. Clark, Lemuel H. Darling, Azro W. David, Charles V. Dudley, Francis J. Dudley, Joseph W. Estabrook, Martin Feeney, John Glover, Edward A. Good- ald, George E. Harriman, George F. Holden, A. Jellison, Percival Knowles, James A. Lane, Thomas McCormick, Patrick McCristle, William H. Moore, Alonzo W. Moore, David E. Mills, Alden F. Ran- dall, Charles O. Randall, George W. Randall, Edward A. Richards, Dennis S. Roundy, James H. Roundy, William A. Sewall, Edward Short, Benjamin F. Scribner, Isaiah B. Scribner, David Severance, Frank Severance, Upton F. Smith, Wellington Sprague, James W. Sutherland, Charles B. Vickery, Turner Wade, William J. White, John J. Williams, George W. Yates, John Yates, Bangor; Albion K. P. Roberts, Bradford; Lewis A. Willett, Bradley; William A. Keene, Chester; Andrew J. Tibbetts, Carmel; Edward Smith, Alonzo D. Mil- ler, Ambrose Page, Charleston; Melvin S. Jellison, Clifton; Aaron Frost, Frank W. Titcomb, James C. Lander, Russell F. Parkman, Samuel Weeks, William Weeks, Corinna; Sumner S. Bean, Lucius H. Bond, Charles W. Bradley, Orrin G. Davis (Band), Chester Dexter, Henry C. Heald, William H. Herrick, Jerome Hyde, C. S. Patterson, George Robinson, Charles F. Tibbets, George D. Strout, Corinth; Israel P. Bates, John H. Bean, Daniel H. Campbell, William Craw- ford, Charles Dyer, Edward J. Sturtevant, Charles G. Flanders, Oliver Fuller, George F. Gould, James P. Lovejoy, Sylvanus P. Lowell, Alonzo R. Merrill, Harrison S. Norton, Charles F. Fisher, Edmund R. Phillips, William F. Royal, Lorenzo Russell, John Russell, William A. Sewall, Milton R. Sampson, Dexter; Leonard Peabody, Dixmont; James McKinney, Enfield; Edwin S. Libby, Ira B. Tibbetts, Exeter; Alonzo Batchelder, George W. Hatch, Fifield Lyford, Alvin K. Os- good, Wesley Osgood, Charles C. Titcomb, Garland; George Emer- son, Alden Kennedy, Greenbush; John M. Rice, Lyman F. Rice, Hampden; Isaac R. Waterbury, Howland; Chester J. Lancaster, Charles B. Mitchell, Stillman W. Strout, Hudson; Charles E. Atwood, George W. Mills, Harry F. Mills, James McCorrison, F. A. H. Stack- pole, Kenduskeag; Calvin M. Carey, William Emery, Lagrange; Mathew Green, George W. House, Henry Q. Morton, Lee; Thomas L. Hall, Joseph O. Turner, William W. Webster, Lincoln; Charles V. Dudley, Lowell; Hannibal H. Coomby, Mattawamkeag; Thomas W. Chick, Thomas Carrington, Joseph W. Riggs, Green C. Spencer, Milford; Aaron Crawford, Martin V. Eldridge, George W. Knight, Samuel Staples, Newburgh; Cyrus P. Brown, Newport; George J. Barritt, Phineas F. Bean, Joseph C. Blackman, Desire Cornean, Ly- man E. Crossman, Daniel Davis, Eliphalet W. Davis, Albert N. Eaton, John W. Eaton, Samuel Fish, Oliver Graffam, Hezekiah B Harris, Hezekiah F. Harris, Oscar E. W. Hinkley, Charles A. Hughes, Alexander M. H unt, Wayland F. Jacob, Charles WW. Johnson, David B. Kieth, Joseph L. Kieth, James C. Knox, Edmund Leard, Benja- min C. Lisherness, Washington R. Mack, Andrew J. Miles, David C. Myrick, Andrew Oakes, Benjamin F. Pratt, Isaac Powell, Zenas D. Putnam, William F. Sibley, Thomas P. Smith, James B. Soper, Lean- der C. Stitson, Oldtown; John F. Freeman, Eseck Kelley, Timothy Wetherby, Orono; Charles H. Cobb, Orrington; Mark C. Jenness, Passadumkeag; Benjamin F. Goodwin, Asa G. Wiggins, Stetson; New- man A. Davis, Samuel N. Emery, Wallace Sweet, Veazie; Harmon S. George, Edwin Grunza, Charles Nickerson, Holden.

SEVENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.

This regiment was organized at Augusta, August 21, 1861, to serve three years, and left for Baltimore, Mary-

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land, on the 23d, where they encamped and remained until the 25th of October. On that day they moved to Washington, crossed the Potomac into Virginia on the 8th of November, and were occupied in drill, camp and picket duty, until the 4th of April, 1862, when they joined in the advance toward Richmond. They were under the fire of Fort Lee on Warwick Creek on the 5th, and after- wards participated in the siege of Yorktown, holding a position near Dam No. 3, until the evacuation of the place by the enemy. On the 5th of May they bore an honorable part in the battle of Williamsburg. On the evening of the 9th they moved to the Peninsula towards Richmond, participating in the engagement at Mechan- icsville on the 24th, and immediately after the battle of Fair Oaks moved to the left bank of the Chickahominy, to Golding's farm, where they remained during the month of June, almost daily engaged with the enemy. On the 27th the army commenced to change its base of operations, during which the regiment participated in the battles of Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, and Malvern Hill, after which they remained at Harrison's Landing, build- ing fortifications until the 13th of August, when they em- barked for Alexandria, and from thence proceeded to Bull Run, but did not participate in the battle which commenced on that day. The next day they joined General Pope's forces at Centreville and retreated with them to Washington. On the 7th of September they joined in the Maryland campaign, participated in the engagement at South Mountain on the 14th, and bore an honorable part in the battle of Antietam on the 17th, losing in killed, wounded and missing, 11 officers and 100 enlisted men, out of 15 officers and 166 enlisted men present. The strength of the regiment had, by this time, become so much reduced that it was too small for effect- ive field duty, and it was sent to Maine in October to recruit. The regiment encamped at Portland, where they remained until January 21, 1863, engaged in filling up their diminished ranks. On this day a battalion of five companies, which had been filled by consolidation, left Portland for the field, and on the 25th they rejoined their old command, Third Brigade, Second Division, Sixth Corps, at White Oak Church, Virginia, where they re- mained encamped until April 28th, when they moved to the heights opposite Fredericksburg, and on May 2d formed a part of the storming party which carried the en- emy's works on Cemetery and St. Mary's Heights. They were also engaged with the enemy on the 4th near Chan- cellorsville, where a desperate battle had been fought the day before. Their casualties in those engagements were in killed, wounded and missing, 4 officers and 88 enlisted men. They participated in the Pennsylvania campaign, and were present at Gettysburg on the 2d and 3d of July, after which they joined in pursuit of the enemy; had an engagement with Stuart's cavalry at Gainesville, Virginia, on the 19th of October, and participated in the action at Rappahannock Station, November 7th. On the 27th they were in line of battle until 10 P. M., supporting a portion of the Third Corps in the action at Locust Grove, and advanced to Mine Run on the 28th, where, during the three succeeding days, they were in front and con-

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History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 32

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio) Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co. Number of Pages: 1100

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co.
Number of Pages: 1100