10th Maine Infantry Regiment
| 10th Maine Infantry Regiment | |
|---|---|
 Colonel George L. Beal of the 10th Maine Infantry | |
| Active | June 4, 1861 – May 8, 1863 |
| Disbanded | May 8, 1863 |
| Country |  United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Size | Regiment |
| Mascot(s) | Major (a dog) |
| Engagements | Battle of Cedar Mountain Battle of Antietam Battle of Chancellorsville (10th Maine Battalion) Battle of Gettysburg (10th Maine Battalion) |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel | George Lafayette Beal |
| Maine U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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The 10th Maine Infantry Regiment was mustered in for two years of service at
A fraction of the regiment consisted of three-year enlistees, who formed the three-company 10th Maine Infantry Battalion (Cos. A, B, and D) upon the discharge of the two-year enlistees on April 26, 1863.[3] The 10th Maine Battalion served as headquarters guard for the XII Corps at the Battle of Chancellorsville and as part of the Army of the Potomac's provost guard at the Battle of Gettysburg.
The 10th Maine Battalion was detached from the XII Corps at
The regiment's history, History of the 1st-10th-29th Maine Regiment, was written by Major John Mead Gould. The unit's flags are preserved in the Maine State Museum.[5]
Record
- Jackson's Valley Campaign, May 15 – June 17, 1862
- Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862
- Northern Virginia Campaign, August 16 – September 2, 1862
- Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862
- Battle of Chancellorsville (10th Maine Battalion only), May 1–5, 1863
- Battle of Gettysburg (10th Maine Battalion only), July 1–3, 1863
- Transferred to 29th Maine Infantry, May 29, 1864
Detailed Service
Organized at
SERVICE.--Duty at Baltimore, Md., until November 4, 1861. At Relay House until November 27, and at
Three-year men formed into a battalion of three companies (A, B, and D) and assigned to duty at Headquarters
Casualties
The regiment lost 8 officers and 74 enlisted men killed in action or dying of wounds received in battle. An additional officer and 53 enlisted men died of disease. Total fatalities for the regiment were 136.[8]
Lineage
The companies of the 10th Maine were named as follows:[9]
- A - Saco
- B - Portland Mechanic Blues
- C - Portland Light Guard
- D - Aroostook County
- E - Portland Rifle Guard
- F - Lewiston Light Infantry
- G - Norway Light Infantry
- H - Auburn Artillery
- I - 2nd Co. Portland Rifle Guard
- K - Lewiston Zouaves
The 10th Maine's band was Chandler's Band of Portland, Maine, which is still in existence as of 2021.[10][11]
The 1st Maine was originally formed in state service in 1854,
The 10th Maine is also one of the "ancestor" units, along with the famed
Monuments
Three monuments have been erected to the 10th Maine: one in the Culpeper National Cemetery in Virginia, one on the Cedar Mountain battlefield south of Culpeper, and one to the 10th Maine Battalion on the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania.
See also
- List of Maine Civil War units
- Maine in the American Civil War
- 1st Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 29th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Notes
- ^ Gould and Jordan, p.82
- ^ Gould and Jordan, p. 80-84
- ^ Gould and Jordan, p. 339-342
- ^ "Col George Lafayette Beal". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-08-20.
- ^ "10th Maine US Flag Image". Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ^ Gould and Jordan, p. 367, 376
- ^ Gould and Jordan, p. 367, 376
- ^ Civil War Archive website, Maine Infantry pt. 1
- ^ Gould and Jordan, p. 313-332
- ^ Chandler's Band at SNAC.org
- ^ Chandler's Military Band Facebook page
- ^ United States Army, Harbor Defenses of Portland, pp. 42, 98
- ^ Units descended from 1st Maine
- ^ United States Army, Harbor Defenses of Portland, p. 56
- ^ 240th Regional Training Institute at the Maine Army National Guard website
- ^ "133d Engineer Battalion | Lineage and Honors". U.S. Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
External links
- History of the 1st-10th-29th Maine Regiment Online
- Maine State Archives 10th Maine Infantry page
- Units descended from 1st Maine
- Chandler's Band website
- 10th Maine US Flag Image Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
- A different 10th Maine US Flag Image Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
- 10th Maine Unit Flag Image Archived 2013-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
Bibliography
- Hodsdon, John L. (1862). Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine, 31 Dec 1861. Augusta, Maine: Stevens & Sayward.
- Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co.
- Edwards, Abial Hall (1992). "Dear Friend Anna": The Civil War Letters of a Common Soldier from Maine. Orono, Maine: University of Maine Press. ISBN 0-89101-079-3.
- Gould, John Mead (1997). The Civil War Journals of John Mead Gould, 1861-1866. Baltimore: Butternut and Blue. ISBN 0-935523-63-4.
- Gould, John Mead (1889). Directory of the First - Tenth - Twenty-ninth Maine regiment Association. Portland, Maine: Stephen Berry.
- Gould, John Mead; Jordan, Leonard G. (1871). History of the First - Tenth - Twenty-Ninth Maine Regiment: In Service of the United States from May 3, 1861, to June 21, 1866. Portland, Maine: Stephen Berry.
- United States Army (1941). Harbor Defenses of Portland, 1941: pictorial history. World War Regimental Histories. 99. Atlanta, GA: Army-Navy Publications.
- Attribution
This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
