Maine in the War for the Union; A History of the Part Borne by Maine Troops in the Suppression of the American Rebellion, by W.E.S. Whitman and C.H. True. a History of the Part Borne by Maine Troops in the Suppression of the American Rebellion, by W.E.S. (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865. Excerpt: ... XLVI. FIRST REGIMENT VETERAN INFANTRY. The re-enlisted men and recruits whose term of service had not expired, remaining as battalions of the Fifth and Sixth Maine when those organizations were mustered out, were permanently.transferred to the battalion of the Seventh Maine, and on the twenty-first of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, were consolidated at Charlestown, Virginia, and formed a regiment which was by the War Department designated as the Seventh Maine, but this designation was subsequently on tho twentieth of September, changed to its present one. The following officers, who remained in service with their respective battalions after their regiments were mustered out, were transferred with their battalions to this regiment: FROM THE FIFTH BATTALION: Captain John Goldthwait of Windsor; First Lieutenants Walter Foss of Biddeford and P. Jordan Mitchell of Greenwood; Second Lieutenants Joseph A. Grenier of Portland and John McClellan of Casco. FROM THE SIXTH BATTALION: Adjutant William H. Coan of Dexter; Captains Alexander. B. Sumner of Lubec, Edward Williams of Calais and Charles T. Witherell of Eastport; Second Lieutenants Ira P. Wing of Barnard and John B. Waid of Eastport. The following officers of the Seventh Maine remained with the battalion after the regiment was mustered out: Major Stephen C. Fletcher of Skowhegan; Surgeon Francis M. Everleth of Presque Isle; Assistant Surgeon Stillman PGetchell of Vienna; Chaplain Collamore Purrington of Presque Isle; Captains George li. Buker of Bangor, Albert A. Nickerson of Fairfield, William H. Larrabee of Danville, Timothy Swan and George McGinley of Houlton, and Eli H. Webber, of China; First Lieutenants Augustus Merrill of Lyndon, Benjarain F. Bicknell of Bangor, Warren T. Ring of Oldtown and ...