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Lieutenant Edward D. Redman entered service as private ;
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promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865. Before entering the Eley- enth, he served in the 4th Me. Infantry from June 15, 1861, to July 19, 1864, as private, Corporal, Sergeant, and First Lieuten- ant. Wounded at Chantilly in 1862. Died at Waldo, Oregon.
Corporal Michael Linchan entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865.
Corporal Frauk Thornton entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, June 13, 1865.
Corporal Arnold B. Wadey entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, June 13, 1865. Died at New Bedford, Mass.
Corporal Ephraim A. McDonald entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1865.
Corporal William S. Lyscomb entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, July 1, 1865, Before joining the Eleventh he served as Corporal in Co. H, 1st Me. Cavalry. Died at Skow- hegan, Me.
Corporal Oscar D. Wilbur entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1865.
Corporal Ephraim Chase entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1865.
Corporal Edward Moulton entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Sept. 1, 1865.
Achley, George, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. A. 2d Mass. Infantry, May 26, 1864. Last record, transferred from hospital at Atlanta, Ga., October. 1861.
Armstrong, Alonzo, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. H, 31st Me. Infantry, April 9, 1864 ; twice wounded at Spott- sylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Log amputated. Died at Machias, Maine.
Billington, Seth A .. wounded at Charles City Road, Va .. Oct. 27, 1864. Died at Weld, Me.
Blanchard, Josiah, Jr., died at Abbot, Me.
Carnon, Frederick W., died at Newbern, N. C.
Connor, Richard, wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862. Died at Millbridge, Me.
Eldridge, John, died at Buxton, Mo.
Elliott, John W., wounded at Deep Run, Va., Ang. 16, 1864. Elliott, William B., died at Bangor, Me.
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Foster, Leander K., wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862.
Gilman, George, after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted in Co. H, 28th Me. Infantry, Oct. 10, 1862. Died from sunstroke at Donaldsonville, La., May 17, 1863.
Graffam, Andrew J., the assumned name of Andrew J. Rice.
Gray, Thomas, died at East Milton, Mass.
Johnson, Charles, died at Boothbay, Me.
Keith, Charles H., after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted in Co. I, 20th Me. Infantry, Oct. 4, 1864, and was mustered out with that regiment, July 16, 1865.
Kelley, Elijah S., wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., in arm and leg, June 2, 1864 ; again wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864; reenlisted as private in Co. A, 1st Battalion Me. Infantry, March 29, 1865 ; promoted to Corporal and Sergeant, and mustered out with the battalion.
Knowles, William H., after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. A, 16th Me. Infantry, Aug. 7, 1863 ; transferred to Co. D; taken prisoner at the Weldon R. R., Aug. 19, 1864 ; confined in Libby Prison, Belle Isle, and Salisbury, N. C. Died at Salisbury, N. C. (Starved to death. )
Leighton, Coffin S., wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864.
Mc Walter, John, wounded and taken prisoner at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; transferred to V. R. C., May 31, 1863.
Michaud, Regis, died at Parish of St. Francis, Madawaska Co., New Brunswick.
Mitchell, Rufus P., died at Auburn, Me.
Munson, Joseph M., wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31. 1862. Nash, Herrick E .. wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862. Nichols, Hiram B., wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.
Parker, John II., wounded at Strawberry Plains, Va., July 26, 1864.
Parker, William, distinguished himself at the Battle of Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862, by shooting the color-bearer of a Con- federate regiment and causing the flag to trail in the dust.
Pratt, Wilder, wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1804.
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Robinson, George H., wounded at Strawberry Plains, Va., July 26, 1864.
Willey, Benjamin D., wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; reenlisted, Jan. 4, 1864; wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864.
Willey, Loring W., after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. A, 19th Me. Infantry, Sept. 17, 1863. Killed in action at Po River, Va., May 10, 1864. Attached to 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery from Oct. 17, 1863, to date of death.
COMPANY D.
Captain Leonard S. Harvey entered service as Captain ; resigned soon after the regiment entered active service.
Captain John D. Stanwood entered service as First Lieuten- ant ; promoted to Captain, June 23, 1862; commanded Co. D from July, 1862, until December, 1862; resigned on account of ill-health.
Captain Albert G. Mudgott entered service as Second Lieuten- ant of Co. K ; promoted to First Lieutenant of Co. G, Dec. 1, 1862 ; to Captain of Co. D, June 13, 1863 ; taken prisoner at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864. A prisoner until the close of the war.
Captain William H. Frye entered service as Corporal in Co. A ; promoted to Sergeant, Oct. 3, 1862, and discharged for disability, Dec. 18, 1862 ; reënlisted as private in Co. A, Nov. 17, 1863 ; promoted to First Sergeant, March 4, 1864 ; wounded severely in leg at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864 ; commissioned Second Lieutenant of Co. B, Aug. 16, 1864, but not mustered ; pro- moted to First Lieutenant of Co. C, Dec. 13, 1864 ; to Captain of Co. D, June 23, 1865. During the spring campaign of 1865, Lieutenant Frye served on the staff of Major-General R. S. Foster, commanding Ist Division, 24th Army Corps, and did gal- lant and meritorious service in the pursuit of Lee's army from Petersburg to Appomattox, for which he was promoted Brevet Captain of U. S. Volunteers by the President. When the regi- ment was ordered to the N. E. District of Va. he was assigned to duty in the Sub-District of Essex, as Provost Marshal and Assist- ant Superintendent of Freedmen, in the counties of Northumber-
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land and Lancaster, where he served until ordered to be mus- tered out.
Lieutenant Leonard C. Butler entered service as Second Lieu- tenant of Co. H ; promoted to First Lieutenant of Co. D, Nov. 1, 1862 ; commanded Co. D from Dec., 1862, to April 14, 1863.
Lieutenant Nelson H. Norris entered service as private in Co. 1' ; wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 186? ; promoted to Ilos- pital Steward, Nov. 22, 1862 ; resigned his warrant ; transferred to Co. C, as private, May 1, 1864 ; promoted to Corporal ; wounded at Strawberry Plains, Va .. July 26, 1864 ; promoted to Second Lieutenant of Co. B, Ang. 13, 1864 ; wounded at Hatch- er's Run, Va., April 2, 1865 ; promoted to First Lieutenant of Co. D, April 16, 1865. During the summer of 1865, was mem- ber of a General Court Martial at the camp of the 20th New York State Militia, and when the regiment was ordered to the Northeastern District of Va. was Act. Assistant Adjutant-Gen- eral of the Sub-District of Essex, and later Post Quartermaster at Tappahannock, Va., until ordered to be mustered out. After leaving the service he studied medicine and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1867, since which he practiced in Maine, Wisconsin, and for sixteen years in Illinois. Died at Downer's Grove, Ill.
Lieutenant Gibson S. Budge entered service as Second Lieu- tenant ; resigned for disability before the regiment left Wash- ington.
Lieutenant Francis M. Johnson entered service as Sergeant ; promoted to Second Lieutenant, March 18, 1862 ; commanded Co. D from June 22, 186?, through the Seven Days' battles before Richmond and until after the regiment arrived at Harrison's Landing ; also from April 14, 1863, to June, 1863 ; taken prisoner in Matthews County, Va., Nov. 24, 1862.
First Sergeant Abner F. Bassett entered service as Sergeant ; taken prisoner at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; a prisoner with First Sergeant Brady and others in Libby Prison, Salisbury, N. C .. and at Belle Isle in the James River opposite Richmond until Nov., 1862, when he returned to the regiment : promoted to First Sergeant, Nov. 1, 1862. On recruiting service at Portland, Me., from Aug. 15, 1863, to July 10, 1864 ; returned to the regiment. Killed on the picket line in front of Petersburg, Va., Sept. 15.
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1864, and was buried on the 16th near our camp, "amid the booming of cannon and whistling of bullets "-so reads the entry in the diary of Sergeant-Major Morton.
First Sergeant George Day entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1864; to Sergeant, Feb. 1, 1865 ; to First Sergeant, May 6, 1865. Died at Kennebunkport, Me.
First Sergeant Timothy McGraw entered service as private ; reenlisted Jan. 27, 1864 ; wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864 ; promoted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1864 ; to Sergeant, Feb. 1, 1865 ; to First Sergeant, June 12, 1865.
Sergeant Ephraim Francis entered service as Corporal ; pro- moted to Sergeant, March 28, 1862. During the greater part of his term of service he was a victim of ill-health, but his faithful care of the sick and careful attention to the wants of the camp, while the company was on active duty at the front, endeared him to all his comrades.
Sergeant Gardiner E. Blake entered service as private ; pro- moted to Sergeant, Sept. 10, 1862. While at Fernandina, Fla., Sergeant of the Provost Guard. Taken prisoner at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864. Some incidents in his experience in rebel prisons are given in the historical sketch of the regiment. Died at West Sullivan, Me.
Sergeant Alphouzo C. Gowell entered service as private ; reen- listed Jan. 4, 1864; promoted to Corporal, Sept. 16, 1864; to Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1865 ; taken prisoner at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 1, 1865.
Sergeant Lyman Bragdon entered service as private ; wounded at Morris Island, S. C., Des. 8, 1863, by the explosion of a rebel shell which broke through the bomb-proof at the entrance to the magazine of Battery Chatfield ; promoted to Corporal, Jan. 1, 1865 ; to Sergeant, April 18, 1865.
Sergeant Jeremiah Stratton entered service as private. When the regiment left Gloucester Point, Va., for the spring campaign of 1864, detailed to guard and store baggage, and while on the pas- sage from Gloucester Point to Norfolk, near Fortress Monroe, May 6, 1864, the transport collided with another steamer and sank. Falling machinery attached to the smokestack fell across his back and right hip; he was conveyed to hospital at Fortress Monroe, where he remained until Sept. 1, 1864, when he rejoined the regi-
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mient in front of Petersburg; promoted to Corporal, Feb. 5, 1865; wounded at Hateber's Run, Va., April 2, 1865 ; promoted to Sergeant, April 18, 1865.
Sergeant Stephen Mudgett entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865 ; to Sergeant, June 1, 1865.
Sergeant Samnel E. Cushing entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, June 1, 1865 ; to Sergeant, June 12, 1865.
Sergeant Daniel W. Woodbury entered service as private ; wounded at Darbytown Road, Va., Oct. 13, 1864; promoted to Corporal, April 18, 1865 ; to Sergeant, June 12, 1863.
Sergeant Joel Tucker entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, June 12, 1865 ; to Sergeant, July 1, 1865.
Sergeant John Deacon entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1865 ; to Sergeant, Oct. 13, 1865.
Sergeant Frank E. Young entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Oct. 13, 1865 ; to Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1866. Drowned at Carson City, Col.
Corporal Richard W. Dawe entered service as Corporal; dis- charged for disability at Washington, D. C., May 16, 1862 ; reën- listed as private in same company, Dec. 6, 1863 ; wounded at . Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864.
Corporal Hughey G. Rideout, after leaving the Eleventh, reon- Jisted in Co. A, 2d Me. Cavalry, as private, Nov. 30, 1803 ; died of disease, Ang. 11, 1864, while in service.
Corporal Freeman R. Dakin, taken prisoner at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; a prisoner until Nov., 1862. After leaving the Eleventh he reenlisted in Co. F, 9th Me. Infantry, as private ; wounded in the left arm at Bermuda Hundred, Va., and in the right elbow at Cold Harbor, Va.
Corporal John Gihn entered service as private, and promoted to Corporal, May 16, 1862.
Corporal Leonard M. Witham entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, May 16, 1862.
Corporal William B. Davis entered service as private : promoted to Corporal, May 16, 1862 : discharged for disability at New York, Sept. 23, 1862 : reenlisted in 1st D. C. Cavalry ; promoted to Ser- geant ; taken prisoner, Sept. 1, 1864 ; transferred to Co. 1, lis Me.
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Cavalry, and mustered out July 31, 1865. Died at the Insane Asylum.
Corporal James E. Bailey entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Sept. 15, 1862 ; reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864 ; wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864. Left arm amputated.
Corporal Patrick Doherty entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Sept. 15, 1862. After leaving the Eleventh he reenlisted as private in Co. H, 30th Me. Infantry, Jan. 6, 1864 ; taken prisoner at Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864 ; exchanged, and died in service at Bolivar Heights, Va., Sept. 16, 186-4.
Corporal John Dyer entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Oct. 3, 1862. Accidentally killed in a shingle mill at Springfield, Me.
Corporal Horace Whittier entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Oct. 31, 1862 ; served on the Color Guard ; wounded at Newmarket Road, Va., Oct. 7, 1864. Mustered out at Point of Rocks, Va.
Corporal Shepard Whittier entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Oct. 31, 1862 ; served on the Color Guard until Oct. 16, 1864, when he was detached for recruiting service at Portland, Me., where he was mustered out.
Corporal Stephen R. Bearce entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Oct. 31, 1862 ; wounded at Morris Island, S. C., Dec. 8, 1863 ; again wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 17, 1864.
Corporal William P. Weymouth entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, May 30, 1864 ; twice wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864.
Corporal James B. Williams entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1864. Drowned by the sinking of a boat at South West Harbor, Me.
Corporal Alphonzo O. Donnell entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Feb. 1, 1865.
Corporal Edward Kennedy, real name Charles Hines, entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, June 12, 1865. 'Died from injuries received from falling through a hatchway in How- ard Street, New York City.
Corporal Samuel Ross entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1865.
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Corporal Jotham S. Annis entered service as private ; reen- listed Jan. 4, 1864; wounded at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 14, 1864 ; promoted to Corporal, Oct. 13, 1865.
Corporal Andrew J. Mudgett entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Oct. 13, 1865.
Corporal James E. Dow, real name C. L. Farnsworth, entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Oct. 13, 1865.
Musician Robert A. Strickland taken prisoner at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; a prisoner until November, 1862.
Wagoner Henry W. Rider, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. B, 1st Me. Heavy Artillery, Dec. 9, 1863 ; wounded at Spottsylvania, Va., May 19, 1861.
Arnold, Frederick, participated in all the battles of the regi- ment in the campaign of 1865. Clerk for Colonel Sellmer, A. A. I. G., Dept. of Virginia, in the summer of 1865, and later Clerk for Captain Frye at Heathsville, Va.
Bartlett, William, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. E, Ist Me. Heavy Artillery, Nov. 28, 1863 ; wounded at Spottsyl- vania, Va., May 19, 1864.
Biekmore, Albion P., wounded and taken prisoner at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 1, 1865.
Blaine, Thomas R., died at Fredericton, N. B.
Bolton, Sumner M., wounded in right eye and taken prisoner at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864; exchanged Aug. 13, 1864.
Bragdon, Samuel A., wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864; mortally wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864.
Brien, Patrick, taken prisoner at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 1, 1865.
Brown, John, died at Thomaston, Me.
Bryant, Martin V., taken prisoner at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864 ; a prisoner until December, 1864.
Bubier, Frank, wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.
Burke, Charles H., after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. D, 8th Me. Infantry, Aug. 20, 1862; wounded at Petersburg, Va., July 4, 1864 ; and mustered ont, June 12, 1865.
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Burns, John, wounded at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.
Butler, Alfred C., thrice wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864 ; right leg amputated, one arm totally disabled and the other badly wounded.
Butler, George L., mortally wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 17, 1864.
Butterfield, George M., after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted Aug. 29, 1864, as private in Co. K., 21st Me. Infantry ; promoted to Corporal and Sergeant, and mustered out with that regiment.
Carver, Alonzo, wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 17, 1864.
Collins, Josiah, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. I, 16th Me. Infantry ; transferred to Co. I, 20th Me. Infantry, and mustered out July 16, 1865.
Conforth, Melvin, wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864. Died at Minneapolis, Minn.
Crabtree, Isaac N., after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted in Co. M, 1st Me. Heavy Artillery, Jan. 5, 1864. Discharged for dis- ability, Aug. 17, 1864.
Cross, Simon, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. II, 1st Me. Cavalry, Dec. 31, 1863, and died in service at Bealton Station, Va., Feb. 5, 1864.
Curtis, John F., wounded at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.
Davis, Thomas A., detached on Western gunboat service, Feb. 17, 1862, and served in the Mississippi squadron ; discharged in 1863 ; reënlisted as Corporal in Co. L, 2d Me. Cavalry, Dec. 12, 1803. Killed in action at Marianna, Fla., Sept. 27, 1864.
Day, John W., reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864; wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.
Dunifer, Prince E., reenlisted Jau. 4, 1864.
Dyer, Alexander B., before entering the Eleventh, served in Co. C, 26th Me. Infantry, from Oct. 11, 1862, to Aug. 17, 1863.
Dyer, George E., died at Cooper Shop Hospital, Philadel- phia, Pa.
Dyer, Hudson K., wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864.
Findel, William II., wounded and taken prisoner at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 1, 1865.
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Folsom, Jeremiah, died at U. S. Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
Foss, Charles M., after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. D, 16th Me. Infantry, Oct. 9, 1864, under the name of William Mor- rell ; taken prisoner ; transferred to Co. I, 20th Me. Infantry, June 5, 1865. Mustered out, July 16, 1865.
Geary, George, taken prisoner at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 1, 1865.
Gerry, George H., reenlisted March 30, 1863, in Co. C, 1st Me. Heavy Artilley, under the name of George G. Henries ; wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864, and mustered out with that regiment, Sept. 11, 1865.
Gibbs, Elisha W., taken prisoner at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 1, 1865. Died at Eureka, Cal.
Googing, Augustus N., wounded at Deop Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864. Left arm amputated.
Gray, Daniel, missing at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862. UD- doubtedly killed.
House, Matthew P., taken prisoner at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; a prisoner until Nov., 1862; after leaving the Eleventh he reenlisted in Co. I, 4th U. S. Veteran Volunteers, Hancock's corps.
Hutchinson, Eleazer, after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted in Co. K, 17th Me. Infantry, Aug. 28, 1863 ; wounded May 6, 1864 : transferred to Co. K, Ist Me. Heavy Artillery, and discharged for disability, June 16, 1865.
Kelley, Lawrence, taken prisoner at Bermuda Hundred. Va., June 2, 1864 ; died in prison at Andersonville, Ga.
Laffiu, Pierce, wounded at Morris Island, S. C., Dec. 25, 1863, by a rebel shell striking a musket and throwing it against his left leg, the bayonet entering the leg some six inches below the knee, and, taking an upward course, shattering the knee.
Lane, Otis, Company Cook, while carrying rations to the men employed in felling trees at Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 24, 1864, struck by a falling tree which broke his leg.
Leighton, Leonard S., reënlisted Jan. 4, 1864, and wounded at. Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.
Longley, John, reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864. Died at Orono, Me.
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Maddox, Greenlief, wounded at Morris Island, S. C., Dec. 8, 1863, by the explosion of a rebel shell which broke through the bomb-proof at the entrance to the magazine of Battery Chatfield.
Mathews, Robert, was wounded at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 2, 1865.
Morrill, Charles F., wounded at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 2, 1865 ; after leaving service he settled in Pittsfield, and was killed by being caught in a balance wheel while sawing wood with a horse-power at Detroit, Me.
Philbrook, David C., after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted, Aug. 13, 1863, in Co. A, 3d Me. Infantry ; wounded and taken prisoner at Spotsylvania, Va., May 5, 1864 ; transferred to Co. F, 17th Me. Infantry, June 4, 1864, and transferred to 1st Me. Heavy Artillery, June 4, 1865. His death in prison at Anderson- ville, Ga., August, 1864, is asserted by a fellow-prisoner, Mr. Oscar Thomas, of Lee, Me.
Seavey, George, wounded and taken prisoner at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 1, 1865.
Shepard, Harvey C., reënlisted Jan. 4, 1864.
Sherman, Moses E., taken prisoner at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; exchanged in November, 1862; reënlisted, Jan. 4, 1864 ; wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1804; killed in action at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.
Sherman, William, taken prisoner at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; exchanged in November, 1862 ; reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864; mortally wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864.
Simmonds, James, died at Calais, Me.
Smith, Zellman B., wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1865.
Spaulding, Samuel H., died at Lakeville, Me.
Stanley, John N., reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864.
Staples, Wentworth, after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted in Co. E, 1st Me. Heavy Artillery ; wounded at Spottsylvania, Va., May 19. 1864.
Starbird, Charles D., severely wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 4, 1864.
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Stevens, John T., taken prisoner at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 1, 1865.
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Stratton, Adelbert, mortally wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864.
Tehan, Dennis, wounded at Hatcher's Run, Va., March 31, 1864.
Watson, George W., wounded at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 2, 1865.
White, George O., wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.
Woodman, Hiram A., transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Sept. 1, 1863 ; retransferred to Co. D, carly in 1864, and served until expiration of his term of service. Commended in orders for volunteering for perilous service in front of the skirmish line, Oct. 7, 1864, after the term of his enlistment had expired.
COMPANY E.
Captain Samuel B. Straw, after leaving the Eleventh, entered service as Assistant Surgeon of the 6th Me. Infantry, Aug. 15, 1863, and was mustered out with that regiment, Aug. 15, 1864. Later he offered his services to Dr. McDougal of the Regular Army at New York, by whom he was appointed Surgeon and assigned to duty at hospital for wounded soldiers at Lansingburg, N. Y., from which he was transferred to a hospital for Confeder- ate prisoners at Elmira, N. Y., where he remained until the close of the war. Died at Newburgh, N. Y.
Captain Francis W. Wiswell entered service as First Lieuten- ant ; promoted to Captain, March 24, 1862 ; on recruiting ser- vice in Maine from Aug. 15, 1863, to July 11, 1864; wounded at Strawberry Plains, Va., July 26, 1864.
Captain George W. Small entered service as Corporal in Co. K ; promoted to First Sergeant, Sept. 1, 1862 ; reënlisted Jan. 16, 1864 ; promoted to Second Lieutenant of Co. G, May 11, 1864, and to Captain of Co. E, Dec. 17, 1865. When the regiment was ordered to the Northeastern District of Virginia, he was assigned to duty in the Sub-District of Fauquier. Died at Cherryfield, Me.
Lieutenant George Williams entered service as Second Lieuten- ant ; promoted to First Lieutenant, Sept. 16, 1862.
Lieutenant Stephen B. Foster entered service as Sergeant ; pro- moted to First Sergeant, March 21, 1862 ; to Sceond Lieutenant,
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Sept. 16, 1862, and to First Lieutenant, June 15, 1864. Hc acted Adjutant of the regiment from July 24, 1864, to September. 1864, and was often in command of his own and other companies. Died at Boston, Mass.
Lieutenant Joseph S. Bowler entered service as First Sergeant of Co. E, 22d Me. Infantry ; promoted to Second Lieutenant, May 3, 1863 ; mustered out with that regiment, Aug. 14, 1863. Reënlisted as private in Co. K of the Eleventh, March 14, 1864 ; promoted to First Lieutenant of Co. E, Dec. 31, 1864. Acted as Regimental Quartermaster in the spring campaign of 1865, and when the regiment was ordered to the Northeastern District of Virginia he was assigned to duty in the Freedmen's Bureau at Warrenton, Va.
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