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TWELFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized at Portland, November 16, 1861, to serve three years, and left for Lowell, Mas- sachusetts, on the 24th, where after being encamped several weeks, it embarked on board the steamship Constitution, January 2, 1862, constituting a portion of General But- ler's New England Division, designed for the capture of New Orleans. On the 19th of January they disembarked at Fortress Monroe, and on the 4th of February pro- ceeded on their voyage, arriving at Ship Island on the 12th. They remained at Ship Island until the 4th of May, then proceeded to New Orleans. On the 22d of June they participated in the expedition to Manchac Pass, where they engaged the enemy, and suffered a loss of 14 killed and several wounded and taken prisoners. Sub- sequently they returned to New Orleans, where they re- mained until the 21st of October. On that day the regiment moved to Camp Parapet, and on the 19th pro- ceeded towards Baton Rouge, where they arrived on the
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20th of December. During this march they were engaged in frequent skirmishes with the enemy, but met with few casualties.
In the spring of 1863, during the early stages of the campaign, towards the reduction of Port Hudson, they performed an important part, assisting in covering the successful naval movement under Farragut, which resulted in his passing the enemy's stronghold with his fleet and communicating with the fleet above. Returning to Baton Rouge, they formed a portion of the expedition under General Grover, up Grand Lake, after which they par- ticipated in the Port Hudson campaign, losing 68 killed and wounded. On the 7th of July, immediately follow- ing the surrender of Port Hudson, they embarked for Donaldsonville, engaged the enemy at that place, and there remained about a month, when they returned to New Orleans. From thence they proceeded to Ship Island to protect that post from a threatening attack from Mobile, and there remained during the months of August and September; then returned to New Orleans, remaining until January 3, 1864, when they formed a part of an expedition to Madisonville, which they occu- pied until the 11th of March. On the 12th, two-thirds of the regiment re-enlisted as veterans, who, April 16th, were furloughed and came to Maine, the non-re-enlisting men remaining at New Orleans. The furloughed men arrived at Portland on the 27th of April, and re-assembled there on the 27th of May, when they left for New York, where they arrived on the 3d of June and sailed for New Orleans on the 8th. Immediately upon their arrival at New Orleans on the 16th, they were ordered to Carrol- ton, and from thence on the 23d to Morganzia, where they arrived on the following day.
On the 3d of July they proceeded to Algiers, and on the 13th sailed for Fortress Monroe, where they arrived on the 20th. From thence they proceeded to City Point, where they were ordered to report to General But- ler at Bermuda Hundred. Disembarking on the 21st, they proceeded on the same night to General Butler's position between the Appomattox and the James rivers, and there remained until the 28th, when they partici- pated in the movement of the Second Corps and General Sheridan's command across the James River.
On the 31st of July they were ordered to Washington, thence towards the Shenandoah Valley, and joined Gen- eral Sheridan's forces at Berryville on the 17th of Au- gust. On the following morning they moved towards Harper's Ferry as far as Charlestown, and took position, remaining until the 21st, when they retreated to Hall Town. On the 3d of September they proceeded up the valley and participated in the battle of Winchester on the 19th, losing in the engagement 2 commissioned offi- cers killed and 6 wounded, 12 enlisted men killed, 78 wounded, and 15 missing; then they joined in pursuit of the enemy to Harrisonburg, where they arrived on the 25th, and returned to Cedar Creek on the 10th of Oc- tober. They bore an honorable part in the action at that place on the 19th, in which their casualties were as fol- low: I commissioned officer and 6 enlisted men killed, 2 commissioned officers and 20 enlisted men wounded,
2 commissioned officers and 51 enlisted men missing. On the 20th of October they moved to Strasburg, and shortly afterwards returned to their old position at Cedar Creek, where they remained until the 9th of November ; on that day, with their corps, they moved back to the northern bank of the Opequan.
The regiment was mustered out of service at Portland, Maine, December 7, 1864, the recruits and re-enlisted men, however, remaining in the field and being organized into a battalion of four companies. This battalion was afterwards ordered to Savannah, Georgia, where it was subsequently raised to a full regiment by the assignment of the Tenth, Twelfth, Fifteenth, Eighteenth, and Six- teenth Companies of unassigned infantry, organized at Augusta, Maine, in February and March, 1865, to serve one, two, and three years, and which were assigned as Companies E, F, G, H, I, and K, respectively. These companies were mustered out at the expiration of their term of service in February and March, 1866, the two and three years men, together with the battalion of vet- erans, remaining on duty at Savannah, Georgia, until the 18th of April, 1866, when the whole battalion was mus- tered out of the United States service at that place, by Lieutenant J. Hartwell Butler, Commissary of Musters, Department of Georgia, under the provisions of War De- partment General Order No. 94, Series of 1865, and in pursuance of Special Order No. 71, dated Headquarters Military Division of the Tennessee, April 10, 1866. They then took transports to New York, where the men were paid and finally discharged.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Adjutant Lagrange Severance, Bangor.
Quartermaster Charles H. Buswell, Bangor.
Surgeon James H. Thompson, Orono.
Surgeon Eldridge A. Thompson, Charleston.
Assistant Surgeon Eldridge A. Thompson, Charleston.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Abbott Coan, Orono, Co. A.
Captain Joseph W. Thompson, Bangor, Co. B.
Captain John F. Appleton, Bangor, Co. H.
Captain Henry L. Wood, Dexter, Co. H.
Captain Samuel F. Thompson, Bangor, Co. I. First Lieutenant Alfred D. Morse, Orono, Co. A.
First Lieutenant Joseph W, Thompson, Bangor, Co. B. First Lieutenant George Webster, Bangor, Co. C.
First Lieutenant David B. Chesley, Lincoln, Co. D.
First Lieutenant Abbott Coan, Orono, Co. F.
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First Lieutenant Alfred R. Straw, Garland, Co. F.
First Lieutenant David B. Chesley, Lincoln, Co. F. Second Lieutenant Edward H. B. Wilson, Orono, Co. F. Second Lieutenant Freeman H. Chase, Lincoln, Co. F. Second Lieutenant George Webster, Bangor, Co. H. Second Lieutenant Abram B. Coombs, Bangor, Co. I. Second Lieutenant Charles H. Bushwell, Bangor, Co. I.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Joseph W. Thompson, Bangor. First Sergeant Charles J. Fletcher, Dexter. First Sergeant David B. Chesley, Lincoln. Sergeant Charles H. Buswell, Bangor.
Sergeant William A. Garnsey, Bangor. Sergeant Lagrange Severance, Bangor. Sergeant Edwin S. Thompson, Bangor. Sergeant Lewis H. Walton, Bangor.
Sergeant Daniel Wentworth, Bangor. Sergeant Albion P. Sanders, Brewer. Sergeant Abbott Coan, Exeter.
Sergeant Levi W. Edgerly, Exeter.
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Sergeant Tristam C. Goding, Hampden. Sergeant John Haskell, Hermon,
Sergeant Charles H. Freeman, Lincoln. Sergeant Eugene B. Stinson, Lincoln. Sergeant Alfred D. Morse, Oldtown. Sergeant Jedediah Greenlaw, Orono. Sergeant Franklin Lord, Plymouth. Corporal Hiram G. Claridge, Bangor. Corporal Jonathan N. Drew, Bangor. Corporal Reuben Gowen, Bangor. Corporal Ephraim Guptill, Bangor. Corporal John Haskell, Bangor. Corporal William S. Haskell, Bangor. Corporal Fred A. Small, Bangor. Corporal Daniel Wentworth, Bangor. Corporal Joseph Gray, Bradford. Corporal Eugene Kingman, Dexter. Corporal Benjamin F. Walker, Exeter. Corporal John Haskell, Hermon.
Corporal William B. McKenney, Kenduskeag.
Corporal William C. Hanson, Lincoln.
Corporal Charles H. Stratton, Lincoln. Corporal George G. Thayer, Lincoln.
Corpora' Eugene B. Stinson, Lincoln. Corporal George W. March, Newburg. Corporal Augustus H. Morrill, Oldtown. Corporal David S. Porter, Oldtown Corporal Johr A. Decker, Orono. Corporal Marcena C. Gray, Orono. Corporal John B. Rowan, Orono.
Corporal Benjamin F. Snow, Orrington.
Corporal Myron Webster, Orrington. Corporal Michael Condon, Orrington.
Musician Prentice P. Allen, Corrinna.
Musician John H. Mettor, Dexter.
Musician Joseph H. Johnson, Orono. Wagoner Lewis B. Hopkins.
PRIVATES.
Jacob Bagley, Jeremy Baker, James Harris Benson, John Bilby, John M. Blanchard, Alvin Burbank, Edward C. Charles, Michael Con- don, Augustus Curtis, Jonathan W. Drew, Martin Drinkwater, George W. Fraiser, Augustus Gilbert, Walter Grogg, Thomas Hawkins, Asa Kimball, James Kirkpatrick, Noah McKusick, William D. McLaugh- lin, Ivory Murray, Phineas Nickerson, Bryden S. Osborn, Thomas Petters, Alanson Powers, Benjamin F. Prescott, Samuel T. Pierce, Elmon P. Saunders, Stephen S. Sealand, Harrison Spencer, William H. Thompson, Henry G. Thompson, Charles H. Thoms, Almon P. Tibbetts, John W. Torsey, William H. Torsey, Bangor; Joseph L. Forbes, Joseph A. Horton, Bradford ; Abram B. Downes, Walter W. Gragg, Frederic A. H. Sanborne, Edwin J. Washburne, Henry C. Waterhouse, Brewer; Gabriel A. Foster, Eliphalet Miller, Edward S. Page, Aruna E. Peasley, Franklin Tibbetts, Burlington; Albert Dough- erty, John McGuire, Carmel ; James Roach, Jonathan S. Hunt, Charles- ton ; Charles H. Stratton, Ira F. Stratton, George G. Thayer, Ches- ter; John R. Burrill, Alvah R. Graffam, Samuel C. Graffam, Josiah P. Nickerson, Charles Nutter, Elijah G. Tibbetts, Bailey J. P. Washing- ton, Corinna ; Simon A. Abbott, Hiram M. Gould, Charles P. Green, Sullivan White, Dexter; Oscar Butler, Jerry R. Champeon, William Champeon, Luther M. Hill, Charles F. Milton, Alonzo Russell, Ben- jamin F. Russell, Calvin R. Seavey, Cyrus L. Seavey, Harrison Willey, Jerry Young, Exeter; Isaiah Adams, Stephen Berry, jr., Samuel Fox, Robert T. French, Wesley H. Handley, Alfred R. Straw, Leonard H. Titcomb, Garland; James W. Smith, Charles Tibbetts, Glenburn ; Charles A. Williams, Greenbush ; John Littlefield, John C. McPhetres, Greenfield ; Jacob H. Palmer, Jesse N. Rines, Joshua C. Rines, Hamp- den ; George E. West, Holden; Russell S. Tucker, Kenduskeag ; Enoch L. Tuck, Lee; Herman C. Anthers, Hiram Dill, Aaron Han- son, Edwin Hanson, Joseph Hatch, Lincoln; George E. Caldwell, Seth Eastman, John Fox, Lowell ; Robert J. Camp, Newburg ; Emery Allen, Jeremiah Kingston, David S. Porter, Philip A. Vickery, Old- town ; James M. Andrew, Peter Brochin, Charles A. Buckley, William Buckley, Peter Butler, Joseph Clankay, Alexander Clair, Joseph Cowen, Horatio Duplissa, Michael Estes, Stephen Estes, Phineas W. Fairbrother, Peter Hogan, Martin Kennedy, Zephaniah Neal, James Nelergram, Edwin M. Paris, John C. Perkins, Maxim Rancho, Josiah Spencer, Mark Weeks, Martin J. Vinal, Peter Broochec, George But- ler, Thomas M. Dean, Joseph Fortier, Horace Labree, Reuben S.
Garland, Spencer Sewell, Orono; William Johnson, Alvin B. Towle, Plymouth ; Moses B. Langley, Stetson ; Josiah Garnett, Winn ; Charles D. Garnett, Woodville.
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized at Augusta, Maine, De- cember 13, 1861, to serve for three years, but left for Boston, Massachusetts, February 18, 1862, where it em- barked on board transports on the 20th and 21st for For- tress Monroe, Virginia. From thence on the 23d they sailed for Ship Island, Mississippi, where they arrived on the 2d of March, and there remained until July 5th, on which day detachments from the regiment were sent to garrison the several forts constituting the defences of New Orleans, and were engaged in such duties until September 1, 1863, when the entire regiment was ordered to New Orleans to perform provost duty. On the 24th of October, they embarked at Carrollton, Louisiana, for Texas, and landed at the island of Brazos de Santiago, near the mouth of the Rio Grande, on the morning of November 2d. They participated in the capture of Point Isabel on the 6th, and on the 15th formed a part of the forces which captured Mustang Island. On the 27th of November they participated in the capture of Fort Esperanza, commanding Pass Caballo, the entrance to Matagorda Bay, where they remained encamped until February 18, 1864, when they were ordered back to Louisiana to rejoin the Nineteenth Army Corps at Franklin, and take part in the Red River campaign then about commencing.
On the 15th of March they proceeded toward Natchitoches, where they joined General' Banks' forces on the 2d of April, and on the 6th moved toward Shreveport. Rcaching Pleasant Hill on the 8th, they participated in the engagement at that place on the same day, and on the next day in the charge resulting in the complete repulse of the enemy. They returned to Al- exandria, Louisiana, on the 25th of April, and to Mor- ganza Bend, Louisiana, on the 22d of May, after a fatiguing march, during which lines of battle had to be repeatedly formed to repel attacks.
They remained at Morganza until the Ist of July, when they were ordered north, and arrived at Fortress Monroe on the 12th,, thence proceeded to Washington, District of Columbia, where they arrived the next day, and encamped at Tennallytown, subsequently marching to Harpers Ferry, Virginia. On the 3d of August the re-enlisted men of the regiment proceeded to Maine on furlough, and there remained until the 27th of Septem- ber, when they departed for the front, reaching Harpers Ferry on the Ist of October. Communication with the front being then impossible, they were ordered to Mar- tinsburg, Virginia, (the base of supplies for Sheridan's whole army), where they remained on picket and patrol duty until the expiration of their original term of service, when the original members who had not re-enlisted re- turned to Maine, arriving at Augusta December 30, 1864, and were mustered out of the United States service at that place on the 6th of January, 1865, by Major J. W. T. Gardiner, United States Army.
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Two hundred and eighty-two re-enlisted men and eighty- two recruits whose term of service had not expired, were, before the departure of the regiment from the field, or- ganized into a battalion, which was soon afterwards trans- ferred to and consolidated with the Thirtieth regiment of infantry, Maine volunteers.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Captain Frederick A. Stevens, Co. E, Bangor. Captain William H. H. Walker, Co. A, Newburg. First Lieutenant William H. H. Walker, Co. A, Newburg. First Lieutenant Freeman W. Whiting, Co. C, Newport. Second Lieutenant William E. Cushing, Co. I, Winterport. Second Lieutenant Ora Pearson, Co. I, Bangor.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
First Sergeant Ora Pearson, Bangor. First Sergeant Horace W. Sullivan, Hampden. Sergeant Daniel H. Capus, Bangor.
Sergeant Levi L. Hawes, Bangor. Sergeant Arthur C. Williams, Hampden. Sergeant Taylor T. Clark, Hermon. Sergeant Charles A. Woodbury, Hermon. Sergeant Charles D. Billings, Newburg. Sergeant Benjamin B. Rose, Newburg. Sergeant Henry W. Brown, Newburg. Sergeant Hiram White, Oldtown,
Corporal Daniel H. Capus, Bangor. Corporal John Gorst, Bangor. Corporal William B. Ray, Bangor. Corporal William Haseltine, jr., Carmel. Corporal Arthur C. Williams, Hampden.
Corporal George Brackett, Hermon, Corporal Albert Bryant, Hermon. Corporal Taylor T. Clark, Hermon,
Corporal Henry S. Kelly, Hermon. Corporal George H. Smith, Hermon. Corporal Charles A. Woodbury, Hermon.
Corporal Abijah G. Allen, Newburg.
Corporal John Lowell, Plymouth. Corporal Andrew Ryder, jr., Plymouth. Corporal Joel Gates, Oldtown. Corporal Isaac W. McDonald, Oldtown, Corporal George L. Prescott, Oldtown.
PRIVATES.
Joseph Whitcomb, Alton; Additon C. Benning, Phineas Clark, Samuel Foloman, Thomas Clark, Samuel Gorst, Albion Grant, Alfred Joy, A. B. Merrick, John L. O'Mara, William Plummer, Levi Stevens, Edward C. Tuttle, Eugene M. Williams, James H. Winslow, Bangor; Lorenzo D. Libby, Carmel; Daniel L. Bishop, Charleston; Erastus Bickford, Newell W. Smith, James A. Reed, Frederic A. Getchell, Nahum A. Nason, Dixmont; Asa C. Brickett, Warren Doble, Etna; Alfred Bus- well, Charles W. Herrick, Daniel M. Miner, Glenburn; Rufus Johns- ton, Greenfield; Taylor Clark, Alvin W. Page, Zimri Piper, jr., William H. H. Walker, Hampden; Additon Benning, George Clark, Frank J. Hammond, Franklin Hammond, jr., John E. Holt, Edward Kelley, Stillman Kelley, George W. Light, Henry W. Light, Francis F. Over- lock, Andrew J. Smith, Hermon; Charles A. Elliot, Kenduskeag; Al- bert Annis, Levi P. Bowden, Andrew J. Pomeroy, Gideon Pomeroy, Levant; George T. Eldridge, Newburg; Charles Bolbaston, William F. W. Canfield, David Carr, George F. Clark, Stephen Coffin, Corne- lius Dugan, John Dugan, Nathaniel Haskell, Nelson R. Jellerson, George H. Jones, John Kelley, Albert F. Knight, Charles A. Libby, James Smith, Thomas Spencer, Hugh Toomy, Dimmie B. White, Miles White, Charles Wheeler, Joel B. Wheeler, Oldtown; William Wilson, Patten.
FOURTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized at Augusta, Maine, from December 3d to December 17, 1861, to serve three years. They left for Boston February 5, 1862, and on the 8th sailed for Ship Island, Mississippi, where they arrived March 8th. They sailed for New Orleans May 19th, and there remained until July 5th. On the 7th
they embarked for Baton Rouge, where, on the 5th of August, they took a prominent part in the engagement with the enemy under General Breckenridge, losing in the engagement, in killed, wounded, and missing, 126 men. On the 20th, they left Baton Rouge and proceed- ed to Camp Parapet, thence on the 26th to Carrollton. On the 7th of September they participated in the attack and capture of a camp of guerrillas at or near St. Charles Court House. On the 30th they were assigned to Gen- eral Dudley's brigade of Sherman's division, and on the 26th of October returned to Carrollton, where they re- mained until December 13th, when they were ordered to Bonnet Carre, thirty miles further up the river, and where they remained until May 7, 1863, employed in preventing smuggling through the rebel lines, and upon expeditions into the interior for the purpose of reconnois- sance and other objects. On the 7th of May they pro- ceeded towards Civiquis Ferry, and on the 10th and 11th were attacked by the enemy at that place, and repulsed them on both days. On the 20th they proceeded to Baton Rouge, thence to Port Hudson, arriving at the latter place on the 22d. They participated in the as- saults on the enemy's fortifications at that place on the 27th of May and on the 14th of June. From the 22d of June until the surrender of the place on the 8th of July, they remained in the trenches exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy's batteries. After the surrender of Port Hudson, they were stationed a short distance from that place on the road to Clinton, doing picket duty, until the 22d of August, when they proceeded to Baton Rouge; thence on the 3d of September with the expedi- tion to Sabine Pass, and afterwards to Algiers. After remaining a short time in Algiers, they proceeded to Brashear City, thence to Opelousas, which they reached on the 21st of October. On the Ist of November they proceeded towards New Iberia; reached Vermillion Ba- you after a march of two days, remained there until the 16th, and then marched to New Iberia, where they remained encamped until the 7th of January, 1864.
In the meanwhile, all but forty of the available men of the regiment having re-enlisted for an additional term of three years service, on the roth of February they left New Orleans for Maine, having been granted a furlough for thirty days, and arrived on the 21st at Augusta, where they re-assembled at the expiration of their fur- lough. They left for Portland on the 9th of April, and sailed on the following day for New Orleans, where they arrived on the 19th, and encamped at the "Parapet" until May 5th; then proceeded to Baton Rouge, and on the 3d of July down the river to Algiers, preparatory to a then unknown sea voyage. On the 13th they sailed for Bermuda Hundred, Virginia; arrived there on the 22d, and were immediately assigned to General Butler's command. On the 31st they proceeded to Washington ; and, on the 14th, marched for the Shenandoah Valley by way of the Chain Bridge and Leesburg Turnpike, joining General Sheridan's forces at Berryville, Virginia, on the 18th. They participated in the battle of Win- chester on the 19th of September, losing 60 men in killed, wounded, and missing; and were present at the
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assault and capture of Fisher's Hill, after which they joined in the pursuit of the enemy to Harrisonburg. Subsequently they returned to Cedar Creek, and partici- pated in the engagement at that place on the 19th of October, losing 80 men, killed, wounded, and taken prisoners.
Shortly after the battle of Cedar Creek, they moved to a position near Kearnestown, where heavy works were erected, in which they remained until the 23d of Decem- ber, when the original members who had not re-enlisted and whose term of service had expired were ordered to Maine for the purpose of being mustered out, the re- enlisted men and recruits whose term of service had not expired being organized into a battalion of four com- panies and remaining in the field. The regiment ar- rived at Augusta, Maine, December 30, 1864, and was mustered out of the United States service by Major J. W. T. Gardiner, United States Army, on the 13th of January, 1865.
The battalion, composed of the re-enlisted men, form- ing four companies, lettered A, B, C, and D, remained encamped at Stevenson's Station, Virginia, 'until the 6th of January, 1865, when with the rest of the Second Di- vision, Nineteenth Army Corps, they proceeded to Balti- more, Maryland, and on the 11th embarked for Savan- nah, Georgia, arriving on the 20th, and occupying that city until May 7th.
On the 30th of March the battalion was increased by two new companies, the Thirteenth and Fourteenth of Unassigned Infantry; and on the roth of April by four more, viz: the Seventeenth, Twentieth, Twenty-second, and Twenty-third of Unassigned Infantry, all of which were organized at Augusta, Maine, in March and April, 1865, to serve one year, and which were assigned as companies E, F, G, H, I, and K, respectively, thereby re-organizing the battalion into a full regiment.
On the 6th of May the regiment moved towards Au- gusta, Georgia, arriving on the 14th, and remaining there until the 31st, when they were ordered back to Savan- nah, which place they reached on the 7th of June. On the 9th they proceeded to Darien, Georgia, and there remained, engaged in guard and patrol duty, until the 28th of August, 1865, when the entire regiment was mustered out of the United States service by Captain Henry L. Wood, Assistant Commissary of Musters, Dis- trict of Savannah, under War Department Circular No. 30, Series of 1865, and in pursuance of instructions from Headquarters, Department of Georgia. On the Ist of September they embarked for Maine, arriving at Augusta on the 17th, where the men were paid and finally discharged on the 28th.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel Thomas W. Porter, Bangor.
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas W. Porter, Bangor. Lieutenant-Colonel John K. Laing, Passadumkeag. Major Thomas W. Porter, Bangor. Major John K. Laing, Passadumkeag. Adjutant Adolphus J. Chapman, Newburg. Quartermaster Warren Crowell, Orono. Chaplain Alvan J. Bates, Lincoln. Sergeant-Major William G. Lee, Bangor. Quartermaster-Sergeant Warren T. Crowell, Orono.
Commissary-Sergeant William Jackman, Patten. Commissary Sergeant Henry C. Snow, Newburg. Principal Musician John S. Smith, Bangor. Principal Musician Emory Hall, Bangor. Principal Musician Carlisle P. Sawtelle, Newburg.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS:
Captain John J. Quimby, Orono, Co. B.
Captain Warren Crowell, Orono, Co. C. Captain Nathaniel Sawyer, Dixmont. Co. D.
Captain William D. Chase, Oldtown, Co. D. Captain George W. Worster, Glenburn, Co. E. Captain John O. W. Paine, Bangor, Co. E.
Captain Horace Blackman, Bradley, Co. F.
Captain John K. Laing, Passadumkeag, Co. F.
Captain James B. Hill, Patten, Co. I.
Captain Ira B. Gardiner, Patten, Co. I. Captain Albert L. Spencer, Bangor, Co. I. First Lieutenant Joseph D. Wood, Bangor, Co. A.
First Lieutenant Malcom W. Long, Bangor, Co. B.
First Lieutenant William D. Chase, Oldtown, Co. D.
First Lieutenant John O. W. Paine, Bangor, Co. D.
First Lieutenant John J. Quimby, Orono, Co. D. First Lieutenant George W. Worster, Glenburn, Co. E. First Lieutenant Simon H. Boyd, Levant, Co. E.
First Lieutenant Adolphus J. Chapman, Newburg, Co. E.
First Lieutenant Thomas W. Porter, Lowell, Co. F.
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