History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 36

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

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First Lieutenant John K. Laing, Passadumkeag, Co. F. First Lieutenant Ira B. Gardiner, Patten, Co. I.

First Lieutenant William Jackman, Patten, Co. I.

First Lieutenant Americus D. Harlow, Bangor, Co. I. First Lieutenant Warren Crowell, Orono, Co. K. Second Lieutenant Joseph W. Grant, Lowell, Co. A. Second Lieutenant John O. W. Paine, Bangor, Co. D.

Second Lieutenant Henry W. Robinson, Bangor, Co. D. Second Lieutenant John J. Quimby, Orono, Co. D. Second Lieutenant Edson Holmes, Bangor, Co. F. Second Lieutenant William Jackman, Patten, Co. H. Second Lieutenant Charles Smith, Oldtown, Co. I. Second Lieutenant Ira B. Gardiner, Patten, Co. I. Second Lieutenant Charles E. Blackwell, Patten, Co. I.

Second Lieutenant Wilson Crosby, Bangor, Co. I.

Second Lieutenant Warren Crowell, Orono, Co. K.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant Joseph D. Wood, Bangor.

First Sergeant Francis H. Blackman, Bradley.

First Sergeant Henry C. Snow, Dixmont. Sergeant Richard Ashton, Bangor.

Sergeant Charles W. Cleaves, Bangor. Sergeant Charles L. Doe, Bangor. Sergeant Allen B. Farrar, Bangor. Sergeant Henry W. Robinson, Bangor.

Sergeant Joseph W. Wing, Bangor.

Sergeant George A. Pritchard, Bangor.

Sergeant Daniel O. Billings, Bangor. Sergeant Charles A. Clewley, Bradley. Sergeant James Garrity, Brewer. Sergeant David P. Edminister, Dixmont. Sergeant Benjamin F. Simpson, Dixmont. Sergeant James B. Craig, Dixmont. Sergeant George W. Worster, Glenburn.

Sergeant David S. Worster, Glenburn.

Sergeant Charles G. Niles, Glenburn. Sergeant Albert Blackman, Greenbush.

Sergeant James Rule, Greenbush. Sergeant Andrew F. White, Greenfield. Sergeant Simon H. Boyd, Levant.

Sergeant John P. Hillsgrove, Milford. Sergeant Warren Crowell, Orono.

Sergeant John J. Quimby, Orono.

Sergeant John K. Laing, Passadumkeag.

Sergeant Ira B. Gardiner, Patten. Sergeant William Jackman, Patten.

Sergeant Daniel Scribner, Patten.

Sergeant Calvin Brickford, Plymouth.

Sergeant William F. Jenkins, Woodville.

Corporal Edward Bradford, Bangor.

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Corporal Seth Perkins, Bangor.

Corporal Daniel McPhee, Bangor. Corporal George W. Chamberlain, Bradford. Corporal Charles A. Clewley, Bradley. Corporal Daniel W. Hardy, Bradley. Corporal William H. Sawyer, Bradley. Corporal Weston Page, Burlington. Corporal George W. Taylor, Burlington. Corporal George Bean, Carmel.

Corporal David M. Dill, Dixmont. Corporal David P. Edminister, Dixmont.

Corporal Stephen E. Harris, Dixmont. Corporal James P. Harris, Dixmont. Corporal William M. Cobb, Eddington. Corporal Franklin W. Betham, Enfield. Corporal William E. Merrifield, Enfield. Corporal John J. Owens, Enfield. Corporal David S. Worster, Glenburn.

Corporal Oscar E. Blackwell, Greenbush.

Corporal John Butler, Greenbush.

Corporal William A. Doyle, Greenbush.

Corporal Sylvester Quinn, Lagrange.

Corporal John O. Allen, Lowell. Corporal Joseph W. Grant, Lowell. Corporal Charles S. Buswell, Maxfield.

Corporal Albert S. Smith, Newburg.

Corporal Daniel S. Jackson, Newburg.

Corporal Sullivan S. Perkins, No. I Township.

Corporal James H. Cooper, Oldtown. Corporal Charles R. Horn, Oldtown.

Corporal John Hayes. Patten. Corporal Joseph Preble, Patten. Corporal William F. Jenkins, Woodville.

Musician Emory Hall, Bangor.

Musician Carlyle B. Sawtelle, Newburg.

Musician Dudley Miles, Oldtown.

Wagoner John B. Lowell, Bangor.

Wagoner Ozias P. Jackson, Oldtown.

Wagoner M. H. Stetson, Oldtown.

PRIVATES.

Isaac C. Brown, Alton; James M. Aiken, Josiah Hinds, Lewis Morri- son, John Murray, Zenas Goodell, Samuel Hall, William S. Laing, Charles M. Donald, Augustus J. Nickerson, Thomas Dana, William Dana, Malcolm W. Long, John Eldridge, jr., Sewall B. Lombard, James McGinnis, Malcolm W. Long, James Murray, Charles H. Stockwell, George A. Doe, Emery Hall, Roscoe L. Greene, Amos M. Spencer, Patrick Dougherty, Dudley Miles, Lemuel K. Arister, Albert L. Chick, Jesse A. Fairbanks, Patrick McCabe, William N. Gillis, Wil- liam L. Seavey, Horace F. Wood, John S. Smith, William H. Pritch- ard, James G. Percival, Bangor; William Bowley, Peter Misson, J. Sewell Pomeroy, Horace Sawyer, Stephen Call, Calvin Carter, Hiram E. Lord, Bradley; Isaac Brown, Ephraim Cunningham, Tristram H. Heard, jr., Algernon S. Miller, Harrison Moore, John Page, Thomas Warren, Burlington; William A. Carpenter, Frederick Tilton, Charleston; Warren N. Dill, Chester; Foster H. Staples, Clifton; Llewellyn Cope- land, Luther Stubbs, Corinna; William J. Guffy, Corinth; John W. Burnham, Moses Cooks, Alexander Edminister, Lemuel P. Edminister, Daniel Edminister, jr., Joseph N. Edminister, Noah Edminister, Noah W. Edminister, James F. Emery, Foster C. Chase, Eli Cook, Fred A. Cushman, Benjamin H. Monk, Gershom C. Simpson, Charles F. Tas- ker, Thomas B. Hamilton, Charles W. Work, Otis C. Farnham, Clark L. Lakemont, Newell Larrabee, Joseph Littlefield, David H. Morrison, Joseph Peabody, Daniel R. Sawyer, William M. Simpson, Benjamin F. Stevens, Albert S. York, Dixmont; Brainbridge Davis, Frank Sweet, Henry C. Sweet, Russell S. Towle, Eddington; Edward Betham, Jo- seph Burns, George W. Barnes, Levi Merrifield, Enfield; Benjamin F. Davis, Jonathan Dyer, Augustus Eldridge, Etna; George W. Harri- man, Charles F. Staples, Glenburn; Charles W. Campbell, Arrona W. Douglass, Benjamin F. Folsom, Thomas N. Hill, Hiram M. Lowell, Eleazer Martin, Franklin Playze, John E. Playze, Harriman Pratt, jr., William H. Pratt, Leonard Richardson, Charles W. Spencer, Green- bush; George McIntire, Cyrus Maxwell, Hampden; George F. San- born, John T. Bradbury, Hermon; William Wallace, Holden; Reuben H. Brawn, John H. Emerson, Lewis F. Mason, Bethuel Mason, How- land; Isaac Cunningham, Hudson; Reuben L. Gould, Lewis Smith, Kenduskeag; Riley Weeks, Lagrange; Charles H. Bailey, Michael Gulivan, William P. Hatch, Joseph Nute, Abithar R. Wiggin, Lincoln;

Edward Booden, Daniel D. Castigan, Isaac W. Clark, jr., Asa Fogg, James E. Grant, Arthur N. Given, Charles W. Henderson, Abraham T. Kimball, William Kimball, Hiram Knowlton, Abraham Miles, Elbridge Miles, Josiah Miles, John Wharton, Lowell; George W. Brown, Cyrus Emery, Leonard G. Freeman, Jesse B. Lancaster, Rodney Q. Lancas- ter, Robert R. Moulton, Benjamin Thomas, Maxfield; John Dixon, William W. Johnston, Dennis Newman, Oscar W. Reed, James Sweet- man, Milford; Virgil C. Newcomb, Alonzo Newcomb, Pearl B. Day, Newburg; Elbridge Applebee, Fred W. Johanett, John F. Dix- on, Henry Howard, Newport; Finley Cameron, Alden B. Smith, James Stacy, Robert E. Stacy, William W. Woodbury, Stacyville; George Forrest, Stetson; John C. Averill, Reuben Bryant, Joseph F. Cobb, James H. Cooper, Henry F. Dicker, William E. Dutton, Charles R. Horn, Francis M. Spencer, Alexander Willey, Stillwater; William R. Averill, Abraham Baker, Ivory Barker, Jeremiah Carson, William C. Gray, Amariah C. Hopkins, George W. Jackson, James Moran, Samuel W. Langley, William Quimby, George F. Hopkins, Nelson Stafford, Charles W. Willey, Oldtown; John Estes, Orono; Edward T. Eldridge, Orrington; George W. Morrill, Henry Lancaster, Passadumkeag; Charles E. Blackwell, Carleton Clapp, Augustine Craig, William H. Craig, James W. Fairfield, Nathan W. Jameson, Wyman B. Mor- grage, Daniel Wescott, Patten; Samuel H. Huston, John F. Prescott, Irving F. Richford, Jeremiah Towle, Stephen Towle, David Sawyer, Plymouth; Silas Hathorn, Charles H. Rollins, Veazie; Charles L. Smart, Whitney Ridge.

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.

The regiment was organized at Augusta from the 6th to the 31st of December, 1861, to serve three years. They left for Portland, February 27, 1862, where, after a delay of several days, they embarked on board the ship Great Republic, which conveyed them to Ship Island, Mississippi.

From the 19th of May to the 8th of September, they were encamped at Carrollton, Louisiana, and on the 11th landed at Pensacola, Florida, where they remained until the 21st of June, 1863, when they left for New Orleans, arriving the next day, and immediately proceeded on a reconnoissance to Thibodeaux, during which they cap- tured a large number of the enemy. They returned to New Orleans on the 25th, and on the 23d of October joined General Banks's expedition to Texas, landing on the island of Brazos Santiago on the 2d of November. On the 15th they proceeded towards Mustang Island, where they landed on the 16th, and on the following day formed in line of battle to storm the enemy's works. So completely surprised were the rebels at the appear- ance of the force before their works, that they immedi- ately surrendered. Crossing Aransas Pass to St. Joseph Island, on the morning of the 22d, and from thence to Matagorda Island, 'they held the advance in the expedi- tion against Fort Esperanza, in Matagorda Bay, and ren- dered conspicuous service in the capture of that strong- hold. While at Matagorda Peninsula, where they remained from January 17, 1864, to February 28th, three-fourths of the original members of the regiment re-enlisted for an additional term of three years. On the 28th of February, they left for Algiers, Louisiana, arriving on March 3d; from thence on the 6th proceed- ed to Franklin, Louisiana, where they arrived on the 8th, and were assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division, Nineteenth Army Corps.

On the 15th of March, in common with General Banks's forces, they took up the line of march, and on the 8th of April participated in the battle of Pleasant Hill. Early on the morning of the 10th they com-

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menced falling back to the Mississippi River, participat- ing in the battles of Cane River Crossing (April 23d) and Mansura Plains (May 16th), in both of which bat- tles they were subjected to a heavy artillery fire, meeting, however, with no casualties, and arrived at Morganza on the 20th of May.

During the month of June they were ordered to New Orleans; took transports July 5th for Fortress Monroe, Virginia, where, after arrival, six companies were ordered to Bermuda Hundred, the remaining companies partici- pating in the campaign up the valley, in pursuit of Ear- ly's raiders. The command was re-united at Monocacy Junction, Maryland, August 4th.

The regiment having almost unanimously re-enlisted as veterans on the 25th of January, 1864, without receiving its veteran furlough at that time, received a furlough of thirty-five days, August roth, proceeded to Augusta, Maine, and returned to the field September 27th.

Early in October the regiment left Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and proceeded to Martinsburg, where they remained until the 7th of January, 1865. The original members of the regiment, who had not re-enlisted and whose term of service had expired, were mustered out of the United States service, January 18, 1865, by Cap- tain James F. Fitts, Commissary of Musters, Nineteenth Army Corps, but the large number of re-enlisted men and recruits whose term of service had not expired, together with a number of volunteers, drafted men, and substitutes, forwarded from Camp Berry, Portland, Maine, were sufficient to reorganize the regiment.

On the 19th of April they were ordered to Washing- ton, District of Columbia, and encamped at Tenally- town until the 3Ist of May, when they embarked for Savannah, Georgia, arriving on the 4th of June. On the 13th of June they again embarked on board transports and proceeded to Georgetown, South Carolina, where the regiment was assigned to the Third separate brigade, Department of South Carolina. They remained in that department engaged in guard and patrol duty until the 5th of July, 1866, when they were mustered out of the United States service, at Charleston, South Carolina, by Major Leslie Smith, Commissary of Musters, Depart- ment of the Carolinas, in accordance with telegraphic instructions from the War Department, dated May 18th, 1866, after which they proceeded to New York, where the men were paid and finally discharged.

NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.

Quartermaster Sergeant Henry A. Whitney, Orono. Commissary Sergeant Fred W. Elder, Dexter. Hospital Steward Charles P. Storer, Dexter. Drum Major John Gould, Bangor.

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Captain Joseph A. Clark, Garland, Co. C. Captain John B. Wilson, Exeter, Co. H. Captain John B. Nickels, Corinth, Co. H. Captain Alonzo Coan, Exeter, Co. H. Captain Michael Boyce, Bangor, Co. I. Captain William H. Boyce, Bangor, Co. I. Captain Michael Boyce, Bangor, Co. K. First Lieutenant John B. Nickels, Corinth, Co. H.

First Lieutenant Thomas H. Wentworth, Corinth, Co. H. First Lieutenant William H. Carr, Garland, Co. H.

First Lieutenant William H. Boyce, Bangor, Co. I.

First Lieutenant Alonzo Coan, Exeter, Co. K.

Second Lieutenant Harrison G. Prescott, Exeter, Co. H.

Second Lieutenant Thomas H. Wentworth, Corinth, Co. H. Second Lieutenant Alonzo Coan, Exeter, Co. H.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

First Sergeant Otis Gilmore, Bangor.

First Sergeant Alonzo Coan, Exeter.

First Sergeant George Smith, Garland.

First Sergeant Benjamin True, Garland.

Sergeant James F. Doyle, Bangor. Sergeant Martin Sweeney, Bangor.

Sergeant Robert Wilson, Bangor.

Sergeant Thomas H. Wentworth, Corinth.

Sergeant Rinaldo Butters, Exeter.

Sergeant Horace Mayo, Exeter. Sergeant John L. Russell, Exeter.

Sergeant Joseph A. Clark, Garland.

Sergeant William Mansfield, Garland.

Sergeant Joseph W. Skillin, Garland.

Sergeant Giles Straw, Garland. Sergeant Luther V. Gilmore, Holden. Sergeant Otis Gilmore, Holden.

Sergeant Charles F. Jordan, Oldtown. Sergeant Henry A. Whitney, Orono.

Corporal Michael Harrington, Bangor.

Corporal Roderick McNeil, Bangor. Corporal Andrew Cavanah, Bangor.

Corporal William Chaplin, Bangor.

Corporal Joshua L. Tebbitts, Bangor. Corporal James Garrity, Brewer. Corporal Henry W. Gay, Charleston.

Corporal Evander O. Curtis, Corinth. Corporal Jasper J. Fisher, Corinth.

Corporal Chesley Shaw, Corinna.

Corporal John L. Russell, Exeter.

Corporal Joshua Gammon, Exeter.

Corporal Byron Libby, Exeter.

Corporal Franklin B. Trickey, Exeter. Corporal William H. Carr, Garland.

Corporal Joseph A. Clark, Garland.

Corporal William Mansfield, Garland.

Corporal Joseph W. Skillin, Garland.

Corporal George Smith, Garland. Corporal Giles Straw,.Garland.

Corporal Luther V. Gilmore, Holden.

Corporal Lorenzo D. Page, Kenduskeag.

Corporal Seth Salter, Oldtown.

Corporal Alfred Marshall, Springfield.

Corporal Charles H. Carpenter, Stetson.

Corporal Joseph Davis, Veazie.

Musician George H. Ferguson, Stetson.

Wagoner Darius W. Bump, Bradford.

Wagoner Benjamin T. Hubbard, Garland.

PRIVATES.

Edward Cyr, Melville Crawford, Philip Langlair, Alton ; James Brennan, Michael Battles, John Campbell, James Campbell, Richard Cooper, Richard Donald, Joseph Dailey, John Donroe, Patrick Gavin, Martin Higgins, Patrick Jordan, John Kelley, James Logan, Charles Murry, John McKenney, Michael O'Sullivan, Henry H. Howe, Frank Howe, Patrick Powers, Charles V. Gray, James Mishoe, Samuel Mil- Jer, James St. Pierre, John C. Williams, Michael Boyce, Mark W. Crocker, George Forrest, Hugh Miller, Joseph W. Williams, William H. Boyce, James H. Duffy, Alexander Belonger, George W. Dean, Aaron Getchell, Lucius W. Gilbert, Alexander Niven, George H. Rand, Henry Young, Benjamin G. Young, John L. Bonney, Robert Clark, John Rutledge, Hugh Rutledge, Thomas Hamilton, James Hunter, Moses E. Brown, Wellington D. Hunton, Cornelius Mahoney, Michael Quigley, William S. Smith, James Sweeney, Thomas Smith, Patrick Somers, Patrick Stone, Michael Shanghussey, Nelson Wiltshin, Bangor ; Joseph Cyr, Joseph G. Smith, Benjamin F. Ballard, James M. Colley, William Farring, Bradley ; John Young, John H. French, James A. Garland, John Lamphier, Almon Strout, John T. Baker, Benjamin F. Bowlings, Bradford ; John Hanlon, Elias Thayer, George Webster, Elisha Bedell, Edwin B. Bates, James Russell, Charles E. Brown, William Bartram, George A. Smart, Calvin G. Roberts, Henry Dick-

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enson, Brewer; James G. Crawford, James G. Buswell, George A. Buck, Henry Tapley, George B. Webber, Carmel; John Kearney, James A. Ballard, Alexander S. Davis, Eugene S. Joselyn, Daniel B. Butler, Gershom L. Butler, Stephen W. Girrell, Leonard Jelli- son, James Noble, David A. Page, Charleston ; Almon Clark, Alexander Henley, George G. Pierce, Alphonso L. Ober, Wiliiam White, George B. Webber, James Ballard, Martin Boyle, Newell J. Bradley, Allan R. Hunting, John D. Hunting, John H. Megguire, Frank P. Roundy, John C. Sweet, John Walker, Corinth ; Ansel Han- nan, John H. Maines, Corinna; Charles C. Daniels, Fred W. Elder, Charles P. Storer, Dexter ; Ira T. Penney, Eddington ; Samuel A. Pres- cott, Joel A. Friend, George W. Sylvester, Etna; Alexander Fraser, Henry W. Russell, John Souse, Wm. Willard, Joshua L. Lowell, Charles F. Dear- born, George W. Gammon, Charles W. Greely, Jeremiah R. Leathers, John C. Libby, George T. Marsh, Horace I. Neal, Samuel Robshaw, Asa M. Stevens, Leander M. Tibbetts, Melvin Tibbetts, Exeter; James Doyle, Bartlett C. White, Greenfield ; Robert T. French, Asa H. Hath- away, Dennis Griffin, Hollis Mansfield, Austin Ramsdell, Isaac Little- field, Seth R. Doan, Henry J. Brown, Jedediah Cole, Stephen R. Cann, Isaac R. Fall, Peleg Fogg, Samuel Goodwin, Frederic Haskell, Benjamin C. Hatch, Newry Ramsdell, Garland ; William H. McGrine, Samuel Hutchinson, Henry Pettengill, Ambrose F. Tyler, Frank Page, Lubin P. Higgins, John Vassure, Calvin Raynes, Glenburn ; George B. Candage, Samuel V. Hartford, Hampden; Charles A. Trask, Holden; James Cham- berlain, Josiah M. Goodwin, Eben Robbins, Warren N. Harriman, Gustavus V. Wilson, Oliver S. Barker, James Chamberlain, jr., Oscar Coombs, Warren Robbins, Hudson; Albert Brown, Daniel Clement, Abner F. Clement, Simeon R. Roberts, Henry J. Hussey, Charles O. Turner, Kenduskeag; Daniel S. Delano, Lee; Jacob Eldridge, George Englehardt, George E. Turner, David McIntosh, Levant ; Alfred Hastings, Jeremy Dupont, James Kearney, Erastus Adams, jr., Jefferson Bowden, George L. Thompson, Lincoln; John Sutter, Mil- ford, John H. Allen, Newburg ; William Williams, Newport; Luther F. Quimby, Chester S. Mansell, Stephen Burtsell, James- M. Phelps, George H. Troombly, James Burnham, William Stuart, Andrew J. Waltz, William Vancour, Oldtown; Seth A. Colburn, Fred F. Bond, Daniel Peavy, William Butler, George W. Hall, Orono; James A. Sutter, Fred W. Wichman, Thomas Noble, Orrington; Jeremiah Farewell, Patten ; Moses Miller, Mattawamkeag ; Calvin Cooper, Owen Tobin, Plymouth ; Charles E. Lewis, Springfield; John P. Abbott, Richard H. Daniels, James W. Keyes, Sherman Boobar, Henry Lang- ley, Albion K. P. Moore, John McKenney, Stetson ; Charles Giddes, Veazie ; William F. Jenkins, Horatio Jenkins, Woodville; Willard G. Wilcox, Winn.

SIXTEENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.

This regiment was organized at Augusta, Maine, August 14, 1862, to serve three years. Left for Washing- ton on the 19th and there remained encamped until the 7th of September, when, having been assigned to Taylor's Brigade of Hooker's Corps, they proceeded to Frederick, Maryland, and from thence to Rappahannock Station, Virginia. While there they were transferred to Duryea's Brigade of Reynold's Corps, and on the 23d arrived at Brooks' Station on the Acquia Creek & Falmouth railroad. On the 13th of December they took an honorable part in the battle of Fredericksburg, losing in killed, wounded and missing 226 men-nearly fifty per cent. of their number engaged. On the 14th they re-crossed the Rappahannock river, and encamped near Fletcher's Chapel, where they remained until the 28th of April, 1863, when they took part in the Chan- cellorsville campaign, and were in position on the ex- treme left of the army, at Fitz Hugh's Crossing, three miles below Fredericksburgh, until the 2d of May, on which day they marched to the extreme right at Chan- cellorsville, and on the 5th re-crossed the river, encamp- ing near White Oak Church.

On the 12th of June they proceeded towards Pennsyl- vania, arrived at Gettysburg on the Ist of July, and then

were engaged with the enemy every day until the 4th. At the close of the 4th, all that remained for duty of 248, officers and men, who entered the engagement on the Ist, were 2 officers and 15 enlisted men. This remnant of the regiment participated in the pursuit of the enemy, reached Rappahannock Station on the morning of the 26th, and there remained encamped until the Ist of August. They afterwards participated in the movement to the Rapidan, retreating from the latter place, with the army, on the 9th of October.

They also participated in the movements against the enemy at Mine Run, and on the 30th of November formed a part of the charging column intended to storm the enemy's works, but the orders being countermanded, they returned to Kellys Ford on the 3d of December, thence on the 24th proceeded to Mitchells Station, where they remained encamped until April 26, 1864.

On the 4th of May they crossed the Rapidan at Ger- mania Ford, and bivouacked near Wilderness Church. On the 5th, 6th and 7th they engaged the enemy at that place, and on the 8th participated in a charge on the enemy's lines at Spottsylvania Court House. Their loss in killed, wounded and missing was nearly one hundred men On the roth they participated in the charge upon the enemy's lines at Laurel Hill, and lost 50 men, killed and wounded.

On the 23d they crossed the North Anna river, at Jer- icho Ford, and then took part in the engagement which occurred there. On the 24th they occupied and de- stroyed the railroad, remaining in that vicinity until the 26th, when they re-crossed the river and proceeded to Mangohick; thence, on the 28th, down the Pamunky river to Hanovertown, where they formed in line of battle and erected breastworks. On the 30th, they reported to General Lockwood, and took position near Bethesda Church, where they remained, engaged in skirmishing and throwing up entrenchments, until the 5th of June. On the 16th they crossed the James river, and advanced to near Petersburg. On the 17th, they supported the Ninth Army Corps; participated in an assault on the enemy's works, which was partially successful, and gained possession of the Norfolk railroad. On the 18th of August they took an active part in the attack and cap- ture of the Weldon Railroad, losing a number of officers and enlisted men taken prisoners, and thirty wounded. They remained in position at the "Yellow House" until the 25th, when, with their division, they were withdrawn to the rear as a reserve.

On the 15th of September they made a successful re- connoissance in the direction of the South Side Railroad; and on the 16th were assigned to garrison Fort Wads- worth, on the Weldon Railroad, which they occupied till the 5th of December, when they moved to the Jerusalem Plank Road. In the meanwhile the Second Company of Unassigned Infantry, organized at Augusta, Maine, September 23, 1864, to serve one year, joined the regi- ment, and was assigned as Company A. On the 7th of December they formed a part of the expedition to the Weldon Railroad and participated in its destruction, re- turning to their position near the Jerusalem Plank Road

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on the 12th, and there remained, performing the usual routine of camp duty, until the 5th of February, 1865.

On the 6th and 7th of February they participated in an engagement near Hatchers Run, losing 3 men killed, 60 wounded, and 11 missing, and returned to their camp near the Weldon Railroad on the 11th. On the 31st of March they participated in the battle of Gravelly Run, losing I man killed, 4 wounded, and 24 missing, and on the Ist of April in the capture of the enemy's works near the South Side Railroad, their casualties in the latter engagement being 1 man killed and 12 wounded. On the 2d of April they joined in the pursuit of Lec's forces to Appomattox Court House, where they remained until the 15th, when they proceeded towards Manchester. They remained at Manchester until May 6th, and on that day left for Washington, District of Columbia, where they remained encamped at Balls Cross Road until June 5th, when in compliance with orders from the War Department, the regiment was mustered out of the United States service by Captain Walter F. Chesley, Assistant Commissary of Musters, and on the 6th of June placed en route for the State Rendezvous, at Augusta, Maine, where the men were paid and finally discharged. The officers and men whose term of service did not expire prior to October 1, 1865, were transferred to the Twentieth Maine Volun- teers.

FIELD OFFICERS.

Lieutenant-Colonel Augustus B. Farnham, Bangor. Major Augustus B. Farnham, Bangor.

COMPANY A. PRIVATES.

Freeman Brackett, Marcus D. Kingsbury, Richard Soule, Bradford; Hugh Conway, Hampden; James Fahey, David D. Hanson, Milton W. Ricker, George Hart, Bangor; Willard Lancaster, Hudson; James Lattaie, Mattamiscontis; Austin Poor, Patten; James S. Kyle, Chester; James Leavitt, Lincoln.

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History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 36

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