The story of one regiment; the Eleventh Maine infantry volunteers in the war of the rebellion, Part 35

Author: Maine Infantry. 11th Regt., 1861-1866
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: New York [Press of J. J. Little & co.,]
Number of Pages: 1056


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Lieutenant Lawson G. Ireland entered service as First Ser- geant ; promoted to Second Lieutenant, March 24, 1862 ; resigned while the regiment was at Harrison's Landing, Va.


Lieutenant Charles O. Lamson entered service as private in Co. C, Ist Me. Infantry, May 3, 1861, and was mustered out with that regiment, Aug. 5, 1861. Reenlisted as private in. Co. 1 of the Eleventh, Aug. 15, 1862 ; promoted to Corporal, Sept. 10, 1862 ; to First Sergeant, Dec. 1, 1862 ; wounded at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 14, 1864 ; promoted to Second Lieutenant of Co. E, June 20, 1864, and detailed as Act. Commissary of Subsistence for the staff at headquarters of the 24th Army Corps, June 24, 1864, and was on that duty in the campaigns of 1864-65. Com- missioned First Lieutenant but not mustered.


First Sergeant Adoniram J. Fisher entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Feb. 20, 1862 ; to Sergeant, Feb. 20, 1863, and to First Sergeant, May 1, 1863.


First Sergeant Charles F. Wheeler entered service as Corporal : promoted to Sergeant, March 24, 1862 ; reënlisted Jan. 8, 1804; promoted to First Sergeant, Dec. 1, 1864.


First Sergeant George W. Chick entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, April 20, 1862; to Sergeant, Feb. 20, 1863 ; reenlisted Jan. 14, 1864 ; promoted to First Sergeant, May 1, 1865.


Sergeant Daniel S. Cole was one of the original sergeants and served his entire term. Died at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.


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Sergeant John N. Weymouth entered service as Sergeant, and reënlisted Jan. 28, 1864.


Sergeant Daniel T. Mayo, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. M, 1st D. C. Cavalry, Jan. 5, 1864 ; promoted to Sergeant and transferred to Co. H, Ist Me. Cavalry, from which he was mustered out. Died at Brewer, Me.


Sergeant Simon Batchelder, Jr., entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1862 ; roënlisted Jan. 28, 1864; promoted to Sergeant, Dec. 31, 1864 ; wounded at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 14, 1864. Died at Chippewa Falls, Wis.


Sergeant Solomon S. Cole entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1862 ; reenlisted March 14, 1864 ; promoted to Sergeant, Dec. 31, 1864.


Sergeant Henry B. Stanhope entered service as private ; reën- listed Jan. 28, 1864 ; wounded at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 14, 1864 ; promoted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1861, and to Sergeant, June 1, 1865.


Sergeant John L. Lippincott entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1864, and to Sergeant, April 30, 1865. Wounded at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.


Corporal Elias H. Frost entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, May 10, 1862; wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862, and reenlisted Jan. 28, 1864. On Color Guard for nearly three years. Died at Augusta, Mc.


Corporal Samuel Libby entered service as private, and promoted to Corporal, Oct. 1, 1862. Died at Corinna, Me.


Corporal Ira Weymouth entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Feb. 20, 1803. Died at Corinna, Me.


Corporal Franklin C. Rowe entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Feb. 20, 1863.


Corporal Andrew R. Patten entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Feb. 20, 1863.


Corporal Lacassard Lassell entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1864 ; wounded at Strawberry Plains, Va., July 26, 1864.


Corporal Kenney C. Lowell entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, May 1, 1864 ; wounded at Strawberry Plains, Va., July 26, 1864.


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Corporal John D. Walton entered service as private ; reenlisted April 12, 1864. Died at Orono, Me.


Corporal Surbyna Packard entered service as private; pro- moted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1864. Died at Corinth, Me.


Corporal Charles Sullivan entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1864 ; taken prisoner at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.


Corporal George D. French entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1864.


Corporal Charles Bowker entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1864.


Corporal George H. Downs entered service as private ; wounded at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864 ; promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865.


Corporal Thomas Stanwood entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, May 1, 1865.


Corporal Dennis Lehau entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865. He sailed from Calais, Me., in the brig John Bernard, in August or September, 1893 ; nothing heard of the vessel or crew.


Corporal Frank H. Brown entered service as private ; wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864 ; promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1865, and served on the police of the city of Richmond, Va.


Corporal Isaac N. Glidden entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, July 1, 1865.


Wagoner John B. Reed reenlisted Jan. 28, 1864.


Wagoner Samuel Babb entered service as private ; reënlisted Jan. 28, 1864; wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864; appointed Wagoner, Feb. 1, 1865.


Anne, Francis, detailed as Drummer, and served in that ca- pacity.


Avery, Roscoe G., died at Jefferson, Me.


Beals, George A., wounded at Strawberry Plains, Va., July 26, 1864, and served on the police of Richmond, Va., in the summer of 1865. Died at Chelsea, Mass.


Bean, Charles IL, wounded at Strawberry Plains, Va., July 21, 1864. Left leg amputated.


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Bragdou, Eugene, wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864. Brookings, Frederick, died at Bradford, Me.


Brown, Albert B., served on the police of the city of Rich- mond, Va., in 1865.


Brown, Albert J., died at Lowell, Me.


Brown, Stephen W., taken prisoner at Deep Run, Va., Ang. 16, 1864.


Burse, Horace H., wounded at Morris Island, S. C., Nov. 11, 1863, by a piece of shell from Fort Moultrie ; mortally wounded at Strawberry Plains, Va., July 26, 1864.


Burse, Moses M., wounded at " Swamp Angel," Morris Island, S. C., Aug. 23, 1863, by the bursting of the 200-pound Parrott gun, which was the armament of that battery.


Campbell, John C., after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted for the 12th Me. Infantry, March 10, 1865, but was mustered out at Galloupe's Island, Boston Harbor, Mass., May 10, 1865, before reaching his regiment.


Chick, Elbridge, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted as Cor- poral in Co. F, 30th Me. Infantry, Nov. 5, 1863, and was mustered out Jan. 25, 1865.


Clark, Warren E., was detailed as Difer, and served in that capacity. Died at Bangor, Me.


Clark, William, wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 17, 1864.


Cunningham, David E., after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. 0, 19th Me. Infantry, Sept. 2, 1863 ; wounded May 14, 1864; transferred to Co. C, Ist Me. Heavy Artillery, May 81, 1865. Died at Bradford, Me.


Cunningham, Lorenzo D., died at Bradford, Me.


Davis, Wales E., detached for Western gunboat service, Feb. 17, 1862.


Dodge, Everett, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. IT, Ist Me. Heavy Artillery ; transferred to Co. G, same regiment ; wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864 ; discharged for disa- bility, May 4, 1865. Died at Orland, Mc.


Downs, William R., wounded at Deep Bottom, Va .. Aug. 14, 1861.


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Felker, Josiah, wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.


Fitzherbert, Amos, wounded at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865 ; leg amputated. Died at Fort Fairfield, Me.


Fogg, George M., after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. F, 30th Me. Infantry, Dec. 4, 1863 ; discharged for disability, April 20, 1865.


Giggey, George, taken prisoner at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.


Goodale, William R., reënlisted March 14, 1864.


Ham, Charles H., wounded by bursting of the " Swamp Angel," Aug. 23, 1863 ; reenlisted Jan. 20, 1864 ; wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.


Hill, Benjamin F., after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted in Co. G, 30th Me. Infantry, Nov. 2, 1863.


Holden, Austin R., died at Madison, Me.


Hurd, Charles A., died at West Corinth, Me.


- Hurd, William H., wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 17, 1864. Died at Otsego, Minn.


Inman, George, after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted in Co. B, Ist Me. Heavy Artillery, Jan. 23, 1863 ; wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864, and discharged for disability, Feb. 8, 1865.


Kimball, Bradley L., received the ".Gillmore Medal" for gal- lant and meritorious services at "Swamp Angel," Morris Island, S. C., the night of Aug. 23, 1863.


Kincaid, William H., wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864 ; arm amputated.


Lampson, Charles W., was transferred to Co. H, 10th Veteran Reserve Corps, Nov. 18, 1863.


Leach, Parker W., wounded at Strawberry Plains, Va., July 26, 1864.


Leathers, Tuttle D., entered service in Co. I, of the Eleventh ; discharged for disability at Washington, D. C., Feb. 24, 1862; reenlisted in Co. E; wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864. Died at Bancroft, Me.


Lowell, David K., wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 17, 1864. Left arm amputated. Died at Lee, Me.


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Mansell, Charles A., wounded at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 14, 1864.


Martin, Archibald P., detached in 8th New York Battery, July 17, 1862 ; reënlisted in 8th New York Battery, Dec. 11, 1863, at Yorktown, Va.


Mason, Charles E., wounded at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 14, 1864.


Morrill, George, died at Fort Fairfield, Me.


Mulliken, Morey, wounded at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 14, 1864.


Nealon, Bartholomew, taken prisoner at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.


Nickerson, John P., died at Soldiers' Home, Boston, Mass.


Nowell, Robert IL., wounded at Strawberry Plains, Va., July 26, 1864.


Nye, Thomas, Jr., reenlisted in Co. A, of the Eleventh, Sept. 30, 1864. Wounded at Hatcher's Run, Va., March 31, 1865.


Oakes, Eli, died at Reddington, Me.


Penney, Albion, died at Hudson, Me.


Pray, Isaac, after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted in Co. C, 1st Me. Cavalry, March 9, 1864 ; mustered out June 5, 1865.


Reed, John C., wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.


Reinbold, Charles, taken prisoner at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.


Rich, Charles HI., died at Hannibal, Mo.


Rollins, William L., wounded at Newmarket Road, Va., Oct. 7,1864.


Savage, Edwin, after leaving the Eleventh, reenlisted in Co. I, 19th Me. Infantry, Aug. 13, 1863 ; taken prisoner at Petersburg, Va., June 22, 1864 ; transferred to Co. I, 1st Me. Heavy Artil- lery, May 31, 1865, and mustered out June 12, 1865.


Simmons, Charles, wounded at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 1, 1865. Died at Boston, Mass.


Smith, Henry, wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1804.


Smith, Major D., died at Lewiston, Me.


Spaulding. Franklin, after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted in Co. G, 1st Me. Cavalry, Dec. 7, 1863, and was mustered out Dee. 6, 1865.


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Spaulding, Jonathan C., after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted in Co. A, 31st Me. Infantry ; discharged for disability, Jan, 2, 1865.


Speed, Christopher C., was with the regiment until after the Battle of Williamsburg, Va., where he was taken sick ; transferred to Co. G, 6th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, and participated in the defense of Washington, D. C., against Early's raid.


Starr, Thomas, died at Togus, Me.


Trask, Charles, taken prisoner at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.


Walker, John, taken prisoner at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.


York, Samuel N., wounded and taken prisoner at Deep Run, Va., Ang. 16, 1861. Died in the hands of the enemy.


COMPANY F.


Major Augustus Plummer Davis entered service as Captain of Company F. When he recruited his company, it was with the intention of serving in the 13th Me. Infantry, and he was in com- mand of the camp of that regiment at Augusta, Me., as Senior Captain, when his transfer to the Eleventh, on the eve of its de- parture for the seat of war, placed him in the position of Junior Captain in the regiment. During the winter of 1861-62 he served for a time as member of a General Court Martial. Before the regiment entered active service he was detached and served as Provost Marshal of the division, until ill-health, contracted iu the service, compelled him to resign. He rendered conspicuous and gallant services at Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, and the Seven Days' battles before Richmond, for which he received thanks and commendatory notices from the generals with whom he served. and was promoted by President Lincoln to the rank of Major, by brevet, for gallant and meritorious services. Major Davis was born at Gardiner, Me., of Puritan stock. His grandfather was an officer in the War of 1812, and his great-grandfather an officer of the Revolution. Before the war he served for a time in the U. S. Navy, and was honorably discharged from the steam frigate Susquehannah, March 16, 1855. After leaving the Eleventh he was appointed Provost Marshal of the Third District of Maine. April 24, 1863, with headquarters at Augusta, which position he


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filled until the close of the war, Aug. 15, 1865. Major Davis is the founder of the association known as the Sons of Veteran's of the United States of Anierica.


Captain Samuel G. Sewall entered service as Second Lieuten- ant of Co. F; promoted to First Lieutenant of Co. F, June 22, 1862, and to Captain of Co. F, March 26, 1863 ; detailed as Regimental Quartermaster, May 31, 1862, and served in that capacity until the army arrived at Harrison's Landing, Va. Hc was detailed as Brigade Commissary by General Emory. At Yorktown, detailed by General Naglee as Brigade Quartermaster, and was on the staff of General Naglee until we arrived in North Carolina. He accompanied the Eleventh to Fernandina, Fla., where he served as Post Commissary. He was on recruiting ser- vice in Maine from Aug. 14, 1863, to Oct. 24, 1863. In the spring of 1864 he was detailed in the Quartermaster's Department, at Headquarters, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, and served at Gloncestor Point and Portsmouth, Va. After leaving the Eleventh, appointed Captain in the 4th U. S. Volunteers, a regiment raised from rebel prisoners, and served in the Far West until mustered out at Leavenworth, Kan., June 19, 1866.


Captain Thomas Clark entered service as Sergeant in Co. G; promoted to First Sergeant, April 28, 1863 ; to Second Lieuten- ant of Co. F, July 21, 1864 ; to First Lieutenant of Co. II, Dec. 17, 1864 ; and to Captain of Co. F, May 1, 1865 ; on recruiting service in Maine from Ang. 14, 1863, to Oct. 24, 1863. Reën- listed, Jan. 1, 1864 ; in command of Co. F from Aug. 17, 1864, to March 1, 1865 ; and also in command of Co. A from Nov. 1. 1864. to Dee. 21, 1804. When the regiment started on the spring campaign of 1865 he was detailed to remain behind in command of the convalescent camp, consisting of some two hun- dred men, and ordered to report to General Ripley, of General Devens's division. On April 3d, when the city of Richmond fell into Union hands, his command was among the first to enter the city. He retained his command until the regiment arrived from Appomattox C. H., when he rejoined it. When the regi- ment was ordered to the Northeastern District of Virginia he commanded the Sub-District of Rappahannock until Dec. 4. 1865, when he was appointed Provost Marshal and Asst. Superin- tendent of Freedmen for Orange County, with headquarters at Orange C. H., until he was ordered to be mustered out.


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Captain John M. Beal, before entering the Eleventh, served as First Sergeant of Co. A, Ist Me. Infantry, from May 3, 1861, to Ang. 5, 1861. He joined the Eleventh as First Lieutenant of Co. F, and served until May 31, 1862. Captain Beal was in command of Co. A, State Guards, at Portland, which was called into service upon the requisition of Hon. Jacob MeLellan, Mavor of Port- land, to assist in recapturing the U. S. revenue cutter Caleb Cush- ing from the possession of the piratical crew of the rebel cruiser Tacony. Captain Beal entered service for a fourth time as Cap- tain of Oo. E, 29th Me. Infantry, Nov. 13, 1863, and served with that regiment in the Red River campaign and elsewhere until Sept. 23, 1801, when he was discharged for disability.


Lieutenant Thomas A. Braun entered service as First Sergeant of Co. F ; wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; promoted to Second Lieutenant, June 21, 1862 ; to First Lieutenant, March 26, 1863. After leaving the Eleventh he again entered service as Second Lieutenant of Co. I, 2d Me. Cavalry, Dec. 22, 1863 ; promoted to First Lieutenant, Aug. 27, 1864, and was mustered out with that regiment, Dec. 0, 1865.


Lieutenant Archibald Clark entered service as Corporal ; pro- moted to Sergeant, May 1, 1862; to First Sergeant, May 1, 1863, and to First Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1863 ; wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; severely wounded at Bermuda Hun- dred, Va., May 17, 1864. Leg amputated. He was in command of Co. F from April 27, 1864, to May 17, 1864. Returned to duty from hospital, Dec. 7, 1864, and was in charge of the Am- balance Corps at headquarters, 24th Army Corps, during the spring campaign of 1865. He was Register of Deeds for Kenne- bec Co., Me., from Jan. 1, 1868, until his death.


Lieutenant Alfred G. Brann entered service as Sergeant : pro- moted to First Sergeant, Sept. 1, 1862 ; to Second Lieutenant, March 26, 1863. After leaving the Eleventh he reenlisted as Ser- geant in Co. I, 2d Me. Cavalry, Dec. 22, 1863 ; promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant of his Co., Sept. 4, 1864, and to Second Lieutenant, March 29, 1865. He was mustered out Dec. 15, 1865.


Lieutenant Joseph O. Smith entered service as private ; joined Co. C. May, 1864; promoted to Corporal. Sept. 1, 1864; to First Sergeant, Dec. 1, 1861, and to Second Lieutenant of Co. F,


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May 2, 1865. When the regiment was ordered to the Northeast- ern District of Virginia he was assigned to duty as Provost Marshal and Assistant Superintendent of Freedmen for Stafford County, with headquarters at Stafford C. H., and was subse- quently detailed as Acting Assistant Adjutant-General for the Sub-District of Essex, at Tappahannock, Va. He participated in all the battles of the regiment in 1864 and 1865. After the regi- ment was mustered out in February, 1866, he engaged in mercan- tile pursuits in Aroostook County for fifteen years, serving two winters, 1869 and 1870, in the Maine House of Representatives ; also served two winters at the Clerk's desk in that body. In 1873 he entered the State Department at Augusta, serving therein ten years, the last four years, 1881 to 1881 inclusive, as Secretary of State. He held the office of State Insurance Commissioner three terms, nine years, 1885 to 1893 inclusive. At the present time (1896) he is engaged in the printing and publishing business at .Skowhegan, Me., and is editor of the Somerset Reporter.


First Sergeant Nathan P. Downing entered service as private ; wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1861 ; promoted to Ser- geant, Dec. 1, 1864, and to First Sergeant, April 16, 1865.


First Sergeant Joseph H. Estes entered service as private ; reën- listed Jan. 4, 1864 ; promoted to Corporal in 1864 ; to Sergeant, Dec. 1, 1864, and to First Sergeant, June 13, 1865 ; detached in Sth New York Battery in 1862, and was one of the detachment that manned the "Swamp Angel." Commissioned Second Lieu- tenant but not mustered.


Sergeant Daniel S. Smith entered service as Corporal ; pro- moted to Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1863.


Sergeant James W. Bailey entered service as private ; promoted to Sergeant, May 1, 1863.


Sergeant James W. Little entered service as private ; wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; promoted to Corporal, Nov. S, 1862, and to Sergeant, May 10, 1864. As Corporal he served on the Color Guard.


Sergeant William E. Feeley entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, May 10, 1864, and to Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1865.


Sergeant James B. Stetson entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1864, and to Sergeant, May 1, 1865.


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Sergeant John F. Arnold entered service as private ; wounded at Darbytown Road, Va., Oct. 13, 1864 ; promoted to Corporal, Jan. 1, 1865, and to Sergeant, June 13, 1865.


Sergeant Warren H. Moores entered service as private ; wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864; promoted to Cor- poral, Dec. 1, 1864, and to Sergeant, June 13, 1865. He was murdered at Wallace, New Mexico, July 27, 1889.


Sergeant Sylvanus Smith entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, May 10, 1864 ; to Sergeant, June 15, 1865.


Corporal Calvin R. Sears entered service as Corporal. Died at Boston, Mass.


Corporal John C. Meader, after leaving the Eleventh, served as Sergeant in the 13th unassigned company, which was assigned to the 14th Me. Infantry as Co. E, from Feb. 25, 1865, to Aug. 28, 1805.


Corporal George S. Buker entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Nov. 8, 1862. Died at Boston, Mass.


Corporal Ambrose F. Walsh entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, May 20, 1863, and wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.


Corporal Lewis F. Wing entered service as private ; detailed in the Brigade Band, Oct. 4, 1862, and served with the band until its services were dispensed with. Promoted to Corporal, May 20, 1864.


Corporal George E. Stickney entered service as private ; wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862 ; promoted to Cor- poral, Sept. 15, 1864.


Corporal George H. Balkam entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Dec. 1, 1864.


Corporal William A. Jackson entered service as private ; pro- moted to Corporal, Jan. 1, 1865.


Corporal Edwin L. Parker entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Jan. 15, 1865, and was detailed on the Color Guard, in which service he was killed in the last charge made on the forts at Petersburg, Va.


Corporal Samuel G. Richardson entered service as private ; wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864 ; promoted to Cor- poral, March 1, 1865.


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Corporal Luther Quint first enlisted in Co. H, 1st Me. Cavalry, Nov. 5, 1861, and was discharged for disability, Jan. 25, 1862, before the regiment left Augusta. He joined the Eleventh as private ; promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1865.


Corporal Henry D. Clark entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, June 1, 1865.


Corporal James A. Feeley entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, June 1, 1865.


Corporal James B. Crosby entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, June 13, 1865 ; wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.


Corporal Charles B. Fowler first entered service in Co. F, 7th Me. Infantry, Jan. 23, 1862, and was discharged July 10, 1862. Hle entered the Eleventh as private ; promoted to Corporal, June 13, 1865.


Corporal John Meservey entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Aug. 12, 1865.


Corporal Joseph C. Gilman entered service as private ;' promoted to Corporal, Aug. 12, 1865.


Corporal Arthur Smith entered service as private ; promoted to Corporal, Jan. 1, 1866.


Wagoner Wendall F. Joy entered service as private ; appointed Wagoner, Nov. 7, 1861. Died at Morrill's Corner, Mc.


Barrett, John, transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, Sept. 16, 1864. Died at Lewiston, Me.


Besse, Alexander H., after being discharged, died at Boston, Mass., before reaching his home.


Billington, Selden B., died at Weld, Me.


Bishop, Squire F., after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted as private in Co. I, 2d Me. Cavalry ; promoted to Corporal and mus- tered out with that regiment, Dec. 6, 1865. Died at Wayne, Me.


Blaisdell, Thomas C., taken prisoner at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31. 1862 ; exchanged, Dec. 17, 1862 ; again taken prisoner before Richmond, Va., Oct. 6, 1864, while on detached service in the Ambulance Corps; he having been sent outside the Union lines to procure forage for horses.


Brookings, Ebenezer, wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.


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Brown, John, died at Thomaston, Me.


Burgess, Andrew J., wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 15, 1864. Chick, Frederick A., died at Limington, Me.


Choate, Horace C., first enlisted in the 3d Me. Infantry, June 4, 1861 ; discharged Sept. 18, 1861, while in the Eleventh ; wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864. Died at Hallowell, Me.


Connor, William, killed by the falling of a brick wall at Gar- diner, Me.


Cook, Moses, first enlisted in Co. F, 2d Me. Infantry, April 25, 1861 ; discharged for disability, Aug. 9, 1861 ; reënlisted in Co. D, 14th Me. Infantry, Dec. 11, 1861, and was again discharged for disability, June 2, 1862. While a member of the Eleventh, accidentally wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 2, 1864.


Coots, Thomas, died at Chelsea, Mass.


Dexter, Henry A., detailed in the Brigade Band, Oct. 4, 1862, and served with the band until its services were dispensed with.


Dill, Herman J., attached to the Veteran Reserve Corps, Nov. 28, 1863 ; discharged at Washington, D. C., by reason of reenlist- ment in V. R. C., from which he was discharged Nov. 14, 1865.


Doughty, William H., reenlisted, Dec. 25, 1863, and wounded at Darbytown Road, Va., Oct. 13, 1864; promoted to Corporal early in 1865.


Drake, Albion A., after leaving the Eleventh, reënlisted in Co. H, 29th Me. Infantry, Dec. 16, 1863.


Eastman, George W., wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.




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