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Surgeon Richard L. Cook, at the commencement of the war, was assistant physician at the Insane Hospital at Augusta, Me. He entered service as Assistant Surgeon ; promoted to Surgeon, Oct. 30, 1865.
Assistant-Surgeon Woodman W. Royal entered service as Assist- ant Surgeon.
Chaplain Caleb H. Ellis, after leaving the Eleventh, again entered service as Captain of Co. E, 31st Me. Infantry, Mar. 11, 1864 ; was discharged for disability, Oct. 19, 1864.
Chaplain James Wells was a Congregationalist, a graduate of the Bangor Theological Seminary. Was city missionary at Ban- gor, Me., from 1850-1858 ; pastor at Dedham, Me., from 1858- 1872 (absent while Chaplain of the Eleventh) ; pastor at North- bridge, Mass., from 1872-1875 ; First Church, Millbury, Mass., 1875-1876 ; Dunbarton, N. H., 1877-1880 ; Halifax, Mass., 1880- 1883 ; Douglass, Mass., from 1883 to date of death.
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NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.
Captain Samuel W. Lane, before entering the Eleventh, served as Sergeant in Co. A, Ist Me. Cavalry, from Oct. 19, 1861, to Mar. 9, 1862. He joined the Eleventh as private ; promoted to Commissary Sergeant, Oct. 10, 1862 ; to Quartermaster Ser- geant, Nov. 1, 1862 ; and to Sergeant-Major, May 1, 1863. Was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Co. D, Sept. 1, 1863, but not mustered. While awaiting muster he was promoted to Captain in the 25th U. S. Infantry Volunteers, Feb. 24, 1864.
Sergeant-Major Elias P. Morton entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Jan. 23, 1862; wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; rejoined the regiment at Harrison's Landing, Va., July 13, 1862 ; promoted to Sergeant, Dec. 19, 1862 ; Clerk at Post Headquarters, Fernandina, Fla., June 13, 1863, to Oct. 6, 1863 ; Clerk at Brigade Headquarters at Morris Island, S. C., Oct. to Dec., 1863 ; and Clerk at Regimental Headquarters in 1864 until promoted to Sergeant-Major, May 10, 1864. After leaving the Eleventh, was Clerk for Major S. B. Bean ; Quarter- master of the 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, from Feb. to June, 1865, and at Fort Halleck, now Wyoming, from July to Dec., 1865.
Sergeant-Major Alexander Von Siebold entered service as pri- vate in Co. D; promoted to Sergeant-Major, Nov. 18, 1864; wounded at Appomattox, Va., Apr. 9, 1865.
Sergeant-Major Horace A. Manley entered service as private in Co. B ; transferred to Co. G, Sept. 1, 1862 ; promoted to Cor- poral, Nov. 5, 1863 ; reenlisted Jan. 8, 1864 ; promoted to Ser- geant-Major, June 1, 1865 ; returned to ranks, Jan. 24, 1866. Was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Co. E, but not mus- tered. While the regiment was at Fernandina, Fla., he edited and published a newspaper.
Sergeant-Major Willard Barker entered service as private in Co. E, 12th Me. Infantry, Oct. 1, 1861, and was discharged for disability, June 19, 1863. He reënlisted in Co. A, of the Eleventh, Dec. 3, 1863, and joined the regiment at Morris Island, S. C. Promoted to Corporal, Feb. 1, 1864 ; to Sergeant, Aug. 18, 1864; to First Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1865 ; and to Sergeant-Major, Jan. 24, 1866. Died at Fryeburg, Me.
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Captain George H. Caldwell entered service as Quartermaster Sergeant ; promoted to Captain and A. A. G., Aug. 1, 1862, and served on the staff of General John C. Caldwell at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville ; on the staff of Colonel E. C. Cross, 5th New Hampshire Volunteers, at Gettysburg ; and on the staff of General Nelson A. Miles, in the Wilderness, at Corbin's Bridge, Tolopotomoy, Ta, Po, Ny, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, and Ream's Station. He received three contused wounds at Fredericksburg, had his leg broken under the shelling which preceded Pickett's charge at Gettysburg, had a horse shot under him while charging a battery at Petersburg, and a horse shot under him at Ream's Station. Taken sick at Petersburg and detailed as Recorder of a Military Commission in Washington, where he served until mustered out. He was in Ford's Theater when President Lincoln was shot.
Quartermaster Sergeant John Williams entered service as pri- vate; promoted to Principal Musician, Sept. 10, 1862 ; returned to ranks in C.o. B in 1863 (by order No. 126) ; promoted to Quar- termaster-Sergeant, Mar. 1, 1864 ; commissioned Second Lieu- tenant but not mustered. Died at Chelsea, Mass.
Quartermaster Sergeant George F. Osborne entered service as private in Co. A ; Acting Hospital Steward of the 4th S. C. Vols. at Fernandina, Fla. ; reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864; Clerk at Brigade Headquarters, Sept., 1864 ; promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant, June 13, 1865 ; returned to ranks in Co. A, Sept. 17, 1865.
Quartermaster Sergeant Samuel Frye entered service as private in Co. A; promoted to Corporal, July 30, 1864; to Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1865 ; and to Quartermaster Sergeant, Sept. 17, 1865. Wounded at Petersburg. Va., Sept. 9, 1864, and at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865. Commissioned Second Lieutenant but not mustered. Died at Fryeburg, Me.
Commissary Sergeant William Wiley entered service as Ser- geant in Co. B ; promoted to First Sergeant, May 23, 1862; transferred to Co. G, September 1, 1862 ; promoted to Commis- sary Sergeant, August 1, 1864.
Commissary Sergeant Samuel Cushing entered service as pri- vate in Co. B ; promoted to Corporal, October 4, 1862 ; to Ser- geant, Nov. 1, 1862 ; to Commissary Sergeant, Nov. 18, 1864.
Commissary Sergeant Joseph G. Ricker entered service as
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Wagoner in Co. K ; reenlisted Jan. 18, 1864 ; promoted to Com- missary Sergeant, June 13, 1865.
Hospital Steward Charles P. Hubbard entered service as pri- vate in Co. K ; promoted to Hospital Steward, May 27, 1862. After leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. E, Ist Me. Cavalry, Dec. 11, 1863. Died of disease at City Point, Va., Oct. 2. 1864, while in service.
Hospital Steward George C. Thaxter entered service as pri- vate ; promoted to Hospital Steward, Sept. 10, 1862.
Hospital Steward George B. Noyes entered service as Sergeant in Co. K ; discharged Sept. 25, 1862; reenlisted as Hospital Steward, Feb. 25, 1864.
Principal Musician Sylvester C. Moody entered service, May 3, 1861, as Sergeant in Co. E, Ist Me. Infantry ; mustered out with that regiment, Aug. 5, 1861 ; entered the Eleventh as Princi- pal Musician. After leaving the Eleventh he reenlisted as First Sergeant in the 26th unassigned company, which later became Co. D, 1st Battalion of Infantry, and served from April 5, 1865, to April 5, 1866.
Principal Musician Joseph Webb entered service as private in Oo. C; promoted to Principal Musician, May 3, 1862 ; returned to ranks in 1863 ; again promoted to Principal Musician, Nov. 1, 1863.
Principal Musician Abner Brooks entered service as Musician in Co. K ; promoted to Principal Musician, Nov. 1, 1863.
Principal Musician Samuel Clark entered service as private in Co. D ; promoted to Principal Musician, Nov. 18, 1864.
Principal Musician Sidney F. Downing entered service as pri- vate in Co. F ; promoted to Principal Musician, March 1, 1865.
Principal Musician Gilbert Getchell entered service as private in Co. B ; promoted to Principal Musician, Sept. 1. 1865.
Principal Musician Waldena F. Peters entered service as pri- vate in Co. G; reenlisted Jan. 1, 1864 ; promoted to Principal Musician, June 15, 1865.
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Roscoe G. Buck, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted as Principal Musician in the 29th Me. Infantry, Feb. 7, 1864 ; dis- charged for disability in 1864.
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Joseph M. Fuller, after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted as Bugler in Co. C, 2d Me. Cavalry ; mustered out with that regi- ment, Dec. 6, 1865.
Joseph R. M. Huntress, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted as private in Co. B, 29th Me. Infantry, Jan. 6, 1864; died of disease at New Orleans, La., Aug. 25, 1864.
Thomas K. Jones, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted as pri- yate in Co. B, 17th Me. Infantry, Feb. 12, 1864, and was trans- ferred to Co. H, 17th Me. Infantry, and again transferred to Co. HI, 1st Me. H. A., June 4, 1865, as a musician, and mustered out with that regiment.
Hon. James M. Larrabee since leaving the army has been honored with numerous civil offices. He has been a member and president of the Common Council and Board of Aldermen of Gardiner. For five years was City Collector and Treasurer, also assessor and overseer of the poor. For twenty-five years he has been one of the superintending School Committee, and from 1894 to the present time Superintendent of the schools. In July, 1885, appointed, by Governor Robie, Judge of the Police Court of the city of Gardiner for four years, and twice reappointed. Judge Larrabee has always been interested in educational matters and himself has been a close student since leaving school. He- has been a prominent Mason, and has served as Master of the Lodge, High Priest of the Chapter, Master of the Council and Commander of the Commandery in his own city, and also as Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter and Deputy Grand Com- mander of the Grand Commandery of Maine. He was one of the charter members of Heath Post, and still retains his membership.
William Libby, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. C, 29th Me. Infantry, as private, February 16, 1864 ; discharged for disability, April 5, 1866.
George B. Safford, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted as private in Co. C, 29th Me. Infantry ; promoted to Corporal, and discharged for disability.
Benjamin W. Storer, after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted as private in Co. E, 29th Me. Infantry, Jan. 7, 1864. Died of disease at Winchester, Va., Oct. 28, 1864.
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COMPANY A.
Captain Woodbury S. Pennell was a member of the Mechanic Blues of Portland, on the breaking out of the war, and went with that company-B of the 1st Me. Infantry-as Sergeant, April 27, 1861, and was mnstered out Aug. 5, 1861. He onlisted a number of men for the Eleventh, and was mustered as Captain of Co. A. Resigned on account of disability. After leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted, March 1, 1865, as private in the 11th unas- signed Co. which was assigned to the 12th Me. Infantry, and was mustered out with that regiment at Savannah, Ga., March 6, 1866.
Captain Randall Libby, 2d, was the original Second Lieutenant of Co. A ; promoted to Captain, May 11, 1862 ; commanded the company with high credit to himself throughout the Peninsula campaign. From Carolina City, Jan. 4, 1863, he was obliged to go to the General Hospital at Beaufort, N. C., and never rejoined the regiment. He resigned, by reason of disability, March 24, 1863, and died at his home in Porter, Me., May 7, 1871, of con- sumption contracted in service.
Captain Melville M. Folsom was the original First Lieutenant of Co. K ; was appointed Inspecting Officer of the Post at Fer- nandina, Fla., Aug. 7, 1863, and Acting Regimental Quarter- master at Black Island, S. C., Feb. 12, 1864; April 25, 1864, was assigned to command of Co. D, only acting a short time ; pro- moted to Captain, Co. A, May 4, 1864 ; at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864, his company was left-reserve picket, and when the line to his left was broken, he deployed his company so as to secure the flank and rear of the regiment and obstinately main- tained his position until the regiment had time to withdraw to its new line, losing one killed and thirteen wounded, four mortally, of Co. A. On July 3, 1864, he was detached with his company as part of the garrison below Four Mile Creek; on Sept. 15, 1864, was ordered to Maine, for fifteen days, for recruits for the regiment ; mustered out at expiration of term of service, Nov. 18, 1864. He participated in every engagement of the regiment during his three years without receiving a wound.
Captain Charles A. Rolfe entered service as private in (new) Co. B, which joined the regiment at Yorktown, Va., Sept. 26,
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1862 ; promoted to Corporal, Sept. 26, 1862 ; to Sergeant, Oct. 1, 1862 ; to 2d Lieutenant of Co. A, July 7, 1864. He com- manded Co. B until December, 1864 ; also commanded Co. I from Nov. 2, 1864, to Dec. 17, 1864 ; promoted to Captain of Co. A, Dec. 17, 1864. Participated in every skirmish and engagement, raid or reconnoissance, in which the Eleventh took part, from the date of joining it until the final wind up at Appomattox, Va., and received neither wound nor scratch.
Major Sylvanus B. Bean's first military service was in the Madawaska War, in 1839, as Orderly Sergeant of Captain Z. Gibson's company of artillery. In October, 1861, at his home in Brownfield, he enlisted twenty-one men from that and adjoin- ing towns for the Eleventh, and entered service as 1st Lieutenant of Co. A ; detached on recruiting service in Maine in January, 1863 ; was detached for service as mail agent in the Quarter- master's Department, Army of the Potomac, April 27, 1862, and resigned to accept promotion as Captain and A. Q. M. of Vols., and was assigned to duty with the Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac ; and later to General G. R. Paul's brigade, Ist Army Corps, and in July, 1863, was serving as Assistant Quartermaster of General Baxter's brigade at Gettysburg ; in July, 1864, as- signed to the 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, where he served until July, 1865, when he was ordered to report to Captain P. T. Turuley, A. Q. M., at Denver, Col., and by him ordered to Fort Halleck, now . Wyoming, as A. Q. M. and A. C. S. of that post. In December he relieved Captain Turnley at Denver, and in April, 1866, was ordered home to be mustered out. He was brevetted Major and A. Q. M., March 13, 1865, " for faithful and merito- rious services during the war."
Lieutenant Judson L. Young entered service as Sergeant; reenlisted Jan. 16, 1864 ; wounded at Deop Run, Va., Aug. 18, 1864 ; promoted 1st Sergeant, Sept. 16, 1864; 2d Lieutenant, Dec. 18, 1864 ; and 1st Lieutenant, Co. A, April 25, 1865. As Sergeant he acted Ist Sergeant from May 31, 1862, to Nov., 1862, and from July 15, 1863, to July 10, 1864. As Lieutenant he commanded Co. D from Feb., 1865, to March, 1865, and from April 16, 1865, to June 12, 1865, when he took command of Co. A, which command he retained until mustered out. When the regimeni was ordered to the N. E. District of Va., Lieutenant
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Young was assigned to duty as Provost Marshal and Assistant Superintendent of Freedinen for Fauquier County, with head- quarters at Warrenton, and later was Provost Marshal and As- sistant Superintendent of Freedmen for Spottsylvania County, holding alternate sessions of the Freedmen's Court at Spottsylvania C. H. and the city of Fredericksburg.
Lieutenant Charles E. Poor was an original Corporal of Co. A; promoted to Sergeant, May 31, 1862 ; to 1st Sergeant, Nov. 1, 1862 ; commissioned 2d Lieutenant, June 23, 1863, but on account of the smallness of the company not mustered until Feb- ruary, 1864. Resigned on account of disability, July 1, 1864, and died at his home of disease contracted in the service.
Colonel Lewis W. Campbell entered the service at Machias, Me., Aug. 4, 1862, as private, and joined Co. B, 11th Me. Vols., Sep- tember, 1862, at Yorktown, Va. ; promoted to First Sergeant, Sept. 8, 1862 ; wounded May 17, 1864, at Bermuda Hundred, Va. ; wounded Aug. 16, 1864, at Deep Run, Va. ; absent at hos- pital, Philadelphia, five months ; wounded at Hatcher's Run, Va., March 31, 1865, and again at Appomattox, Va. At Lee's surren- der, had a narrow escape by having handkerchief cut from under his chin. Promoted to 2d Lieutenant, Co. A, March 29, 1865. During summer of 1865, at different times was in command of Co. A ; Aug. 22, 1865, in command of Co. E ; Nov. 30, 1865, was detailed as A. A. A .- General at headquarters, Sub-District of Fauquier, Warrenton, Va. ; about January 13, 1866, assigned in charge of Freedmen's Bureau at Culpeper Court House ; served on several Boards of Survey and Inquest at different points ; mus- tered out of service, Feb. 13, 1865, at Augusta, Me., having served three years, six months, and thirteen days ; commissioned as Aid-de-camp, with the rank of Colonel, on the staff of the Gov- ernor of Minnesota, July 10, 1896.
First Sergeant Dexter Walker entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Aug. 18, 1861 ; to Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1865, and to First Sergeant, Jan. 24, 1866.
Sergeant William H. Kalor entered service as Second Sergeant of Company A .; detached in Signal Corps, Dec. 24, 1861 ; re- turned to regiment at Fernandina, Fla., September, 1863 ; served on artillery service at Morris Island, S. C .; again detached in Sig- nal Corps, March 12, 1864; mustered out of Signal Corps at
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Hilton Head, S. C., Nov. 11, 1864, at expiration of bis term of service. Died at Portland, Me.
Lieutenant William H. Broad entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Feb. 24, 1862; to Sergeant, May 11, 1862 ; and discharged for disability, Oct. 2, 1862. After leaving the Eleventh he again entered service as First Lieutenant of the 7th California Infantry, Dec. 7, 1864, and served until June 28, 1866. He served in Arizona from May 1, 1865, to June 1, 1866.
Sergeant William G. Lee entered service as private ; promoted to Sergeant, May 12, 1862 ; returned to ranks, April 3, 1863 ; promoted to Corporal, May 18, 1863 ; on special duty in Ambu- lance Corps, Aug., 1862, to Feb., 1863 ; Clerk at Headquarters, 1st Brigade, and in Quartermaster's Department, Fernandina, Fla., May, 1863, to Dec., 1863, and at Headquarters, 2d Brigade, Ist Division, in 1864 till mustered out.
Sergeant Anjavine W. Gray entered service as Corporal ; pro- moted to Sergeant, June 30, 1862.
Sergeant James F. Smith entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, May 31, 1862 ; to Sergeant, Nov. 1, 1862.
Sergeant James R. Stone entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, June 10, 1862 ; to Sergeant, Dec. 15, 1862. He acted as First Sergeant much of the time in 1863 and 1864.
Sergeant Robert Doyle entered service as Corporal in Co. I ; promoted to Sergeant, March 24, 1862 ; transferred to Co. A, July 1, 1863 ; reenlisted, Feb. 24, 1864 ; on artillery service at Morris Island, S. C .; returned to the ranks, Nov. 6, 1864; on Provost Guard duty, March, 1865. Died at Togus, Me.
Sergeant James Andrews entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Nov. 1, 1862 ; reënlisted, Feb. 24, 1864 ; promoted to Sergeant, April 28, 1864; mortally wounded at Bermuda Hun- dred, Va., June 2, 1864, Died at Fortress Monroe, Va., July 30, 1864, and is buried at Hampton, Va.
Sergeant George A. Bakeman was out with the 1st Me. Infantry as Captain's servant, as he was not allowed to enlist on account of age. He entered the Eleventh as Corporal; wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; reenlisted, Feb. 24, 1864 ; on artillery service at Morris Island, S. C., at the mortar batteries, and at Fort Purviance ; promoted to Sergeant, May 26, 1864. Killed in
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action at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864, and was buried on the field where he fell, " one of the bravest of the brave."
Sergeant Charles I. Wood entered service as private ; on artil- lery service at Morris Island, S. C. ; reënlisted, Jan. 4, 1864 ; promoted to Corporal, May 27, 1864 ; to Sergeant, July 30, 1864 ; wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864 ; mortally wounded at Fort Whitworth, April 2, 1865.
Sergeant Albert O. Jordan entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Aug. 18, 1864 ; and to Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1865.
Sergeant John P. Stevens entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Jan. 1, 1865 ; and to Sergeant, May 29, 1865.
Sergeant John A. Brackett first enlisted in Sept., 1861, but parental authority interposed to prevent his being mustered into service at that time. Subsequently, in response to his entreaties, his parents so far yielded as to offer no further objections, though their consent was never gained, and he enlisted Feb. 4, 1802, joining the regiment at Carver Barracks previous to its having seen any actual service, and was, therefore, virtually an original member of the organization. Wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862, having arisen from a sick bed to participate in that action. Reenlisted Feb. 29, 1864 ; again wounded at Darbytown Road, Oct. 13, 1864 ; promoted to Corporal, Aug. 18, 1864, and immediately detailed to the Color Guard, where he remained until promoted to Sergeant, June 12, 1865. He was mustered out with the regiment, Feb. 2, 1866. Sergeant Brackett was born Dec. 12, 1816, and consequently has the distinction of being the youngest member of the regiment who reenlisted and served to the close of the war ; indeed, it may be doubted if another can be found in any regiment who enlisted at his age and carried a musket throughout four years of service.
Sergeant Edgar A. Stevens joined Co. A at Morris Island in January, 1864 ; was promoted to Corporal, Jan. 1, 1865 ; to Ser- geant, Sept. 17, 1865 ; wounded at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 1, 1805.
Sergeant Asa L. MeIntire joined at Morris Island, S. C .; was wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864 ; on special duty in Quartermaster's Department, February, 1865 ; promoted to Corporal, Aug. 18, 1865, and to Sergeant, Jan. 4, 1806.
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Sergeant Amandel Barbour, after leaving the Eleventh, reon- listed in Co. C, 29th Me. Infantry, Nov. 30, 1863 ; was promoted to Corporal, March 1, 1865 ; to Sergeant, May 10, 1865, and mustered out at Hilton Head, S. C., June 21, 1866.
Corporal Samuel Warren entered service as private ; was pro- moted to Corporal, March 26, 1862 ; severely wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862-arm practically destroyed.
Corporal James B. Goldthwait entered service as private, and was promoted to Corporal, Sept. 1, 1862.
Corporal Sylvester Stone entered service as private ; was pro- moted to Corporal, Feb. 7, 1864 ; severely wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 18, 1864 (bullet lodging near spine), and mustered out Nov. 18, 1864. He partially recovered from his wound, but it broke out again, and he died from its effects.
Corporal Joseph L. Mitchell entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Feb. 7, 1864.
Corporal Joseph W. Tibbetts entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Feb. 7, 1864.
Corporal Charles L. Jordan joined the regiment at Carver Barracks, Washington, D. C .; promoted to Corporal, Feb. 7, 1864. On artillery service at Morris Island, S. C.
Corporal George W. Thompson joined the regiment at Morris Island, S. C .; promoted to Corporal, May 26, 1864; severely wounded in arm and leg at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2,. 1864. Died at Fryeburg, Me.
Corporal Henry A. Gammon entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, July 9, 1864. Died at Gilead, Me.
Corporal Thomas D. Taintor, Jr., entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Aug. 16, 1864.
Corporal Erastus J. Mansur entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, September 13, 1864.
Corporal Joseph H. Johnson entered service as private ; wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864; promoted to Cor- poral, Oct. 13, 1864.
Corporal Frank C. Stevens entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, June 1, 1865.
Corporal JJohn Cotter entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, May 20, 1865.
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Corporal Benjamin G. Seavey entered service as private in Co. II, 23d Me. Infantry, Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered out July 15, 1863, he reënlisted in the Eleventh and joined the regiment at Morris Island, S. C. ; was Orderly at Department Headquarters, December, 1864 ; promoted to Corporal, June 12, 1865.
Corporal Charles E. Harmon entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, June 12, 1865 ; returned to ranks, Nov. 9, 1865.
Corporal Henry IIull entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1865.
Corporal Lewis C. Hobbs entered service as private ; served as Brigade Sharpshooter under Lieutenant Payne in the campaign of 1865 ; promoted to Corporal, Sept. 17, 1865.
Corporal Peter M. Casey entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Jan. 1, 1866.
Musician Rufus A. Flye died at Unity, Me.
Wagoner Augustus S. Davis, after leaving the Eleventh, reën- listed Sept. 10, 1862, as private in Co. E, 24th Me. Infantry ; discharged Aug. 25, 1863.
Wagoner Samuel S. Hinckley entered service as private ; ap- pointed Wagoner, May, 1862. After leaving the Eleventh, reën- listed March 27, 1865, in the 28th unassigned infantry ; discharged May 17, 1865.
Baker, Elisha S., died at Winthrop, Me.
Bean, Daniel A., wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; detached in Quartermaster's Department with his father, Major Bean, June, 1862, to May, 1864; rejoined the company at Ber- muda Hundred, Va., and in the action of June 2d was shot through both thighs, and died in hospital at Hampton, Va., June 6, 1864. The G. A. R. Post in his native town of Brown- field, Me., is named for him.
Bickford, Cyrus L., wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862, Brooks, John HI., died on his way home after being discharged.
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