Capt. A 2nd Maine Infantry veteran, Daniel Chaplin became colonel of the 18th Maine Infantry in summer 1862. The regiment was mustered out June 4, and 9, 1863. In the rush to join the service, many soldiers signed three-month papers, as did so many thousands of others in the spring of 1861. That militia outfit became Company A of the 2nd Maine Infantry in May 1861. Even before the firefighters voted to offer their services, efforts were underway to create a regiment. 29) and on 26 April 1775 split into two regiments. For the 1979 board wargame simulating this regiment's most famous battle, see, "133d Engineer Battalion | Lineage and Honors", "Twentieth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry", "New Maine State Ballad Commemorates Civil War Unit", "New state ballad honors 20th Maine, despite pro-Confederate objections", 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Maine State Archives), http://learn.bowdoin.edu/joshua-lawrence-chamberlain/, Army life: a private's reminiscences of the Civil War (1882), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=20th_Maine_Infantry_Regiment&oldid=1146546381, 1,621 enrollment (soldiers assigned to the regiment), This page was last edited on 25 March 2023, at 15:09. Colonel E D Keyes, Eleventh United States Infantry, First Brigade, First Division, McDowell's Army, dated Meridian Hill, D. C., 25 July, 1861, OFFICIAL REPORT NO.16: Series I, Volume 2 (Serial No.2), Chapter IX, pp348-352 At that time, the brigade also consisted of the 16th Michigan, the 12th, 17th, and 44th New York, 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry regiments, and a Michigan company of sharpshooters. Had the 20th Maine retreated from the hill, the entire Union line would have been flanked, endangering and hurting other Union regiments in the vicinity. Try to forget Gettysburg for just a minutebecause in May 1863 the 20th Maine wasn't even close to Gettysburg. I Lieut.-Col. Roberts succeeded to the command of the regiment, and after his resignation Patriotic fervor rocketed through the Pine Tree State as the 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment formed in mid-April 1861. [4] Once filled in, the regimental staff also included among its members Surgeon Augustus Hamlin, nephew of the Vice President. The 2nd, during its two years' term of service, [1], The 2nd Maine was the first Civil War regiment to march out of the state, and was greeted with accolades by civilians as it made its way to Washington, D.C.[2] It engaged in "eleven bloody and hard-fought battles" including the First Battle of Bull Run, where it was the last regiment to leave the field, and Fredericksburg, where it took its greatest number of casualties. [1]. Note: The 2nd Maine Infantry was stationed at Camp Seward, in the vicinity of Columbia College, on Meridian Hill, west of Fourteenth Street Road, D. C., between 31 May and 1 July, 1861. Maine Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1863) | Maine State Archives - ArchivesSpace United States. Battle of Groveton August 29. It completed its organization and left the state May 14, 1861. . The regiment arrived by the Camden Branch, Camden & South Amboy Railroad, at Camden, New Jersey, at 11 PM on 30 May, 1861, and by steamer on the Delaware River at Washington Street wharf, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, in the morning on 31 May, 1861. Sixty-six claimed their [11], With their quarantine finished and the enlistment fiasco settled (at least for the time being), the 2nd Maine continued its journey to Washington, D.C. [1] Origin Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac, to November, 1862. Shephardstown September 20. Vienna to Piney Branch, three miles west of Germantown, Fairfax County, Virginia, 17 July, 1861: The 2nd Maine Infantry was ordered to Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, at 6 AM on 17 July, 1861, and arrived by the road between Germantown and Flint Hill at Germantown, Fairfax County, Virginia, at 1 PM the same day. (The Jamesons in America) Throughout late April and early May, the companies came together in Bangor. The 2nd Maine Infantry was ordered to Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the evening on 21 July, 1861, and arrived at Camp Hamlin, W Clover's farm/ Cloverdale, on the Leesburg & Alexandria Turnpike, northeast and southwest of Falls Church, via Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the morning on 22 July, 1861. The Fourth Alabama Painting by Don Troiani, Mustered in United States service for two years 28 May, 1861. The new banner had cost $1,200 dollars and had been made with the intention of being presented to whichever Maine regiment arrived in Washington first. [6], Back in Bangor, firefighters belonging to two disbanded hand-engine companies (No. fill the vacancy. The Castine Light Infantry marched cross-country to Bucksport, a Penobscot River port, and boarded the steamer Memnon Sanford on April 27. Joseph Bucklin (?-?) returned and served faithfully with the regiment for the remainder of the term. Numerically the second, this was in fact the first regiment to leave the state for the front. Janet Mills signed into law LD 1541, introduced in April by Rep. Scott Cuddy, D-Winterport, and the band . The regiment arrived by the Washington Branch, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at Washington, D. C., via Annapolis Junction, Howard County, Maryland, at 2.30/4 PM on 31 May, 1861. [2] As of 2018 this lineage is carried by the 240th Regional Training Institute, Maine Army National Guard, in Bangor. brigadier-general of volunteers for gallantry displayed in this, his first battle. The Regiment was raised in 1667 by Michel De Fisicat, as Le Dauphin (nr. Mustered out June 9, 1863. 29) and on 26 April 1775 split into two regiments. Other companies were from Castine, Milo, and Old Town. [3], When the regiment was mustered out in Bangor, huge crowds gathered to celebrate its return on Broadway, and a ceremony was held at Norumbega Hall downtown. first volunteer and the first colonel in the field from Maine, was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel E D Keyes was assigned to assist in the organisation of an expedition to relieve Fort Pickens, Santa Rosa Island, Florida, between 6 and 9 April, 1861, and was ordered to proceed by the steamer Baltic to Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, at 5.30 AM on 21 April, 1861 (See the 1st United States Artillery, Light Company G). Although the regiment's required Federal service was only three months, all of the soldiers had enlisted for two or three years. To the Bangor Light Infantry belonged a class of men, that would, in these days of quaint expressions, be termed the top knots of the town, or tony. The BLI wore red coats and bear skin hats., The Grattan Guards attracted Bangors Irish elite, who turned out in gray uniforms. The 2nd Maine Infantry was ordered to proceed by the Penobscot & Kennebec Railroad to Washington, D. C., at 11 AM, on 14 May, 1861, and was accompanied by Brigadier General J H Butler, First Division, Maine (Militia) Volunteers. All Images have been reproduced with kind permission of Don Troiani, Sidney E King, Keith Rocco, Brian G Kammerer and Mort Kunstler. The regiment was also among those forced to remain overnight within sight of the Confederate lines at Fredericksburg in December 1862, forcing the regiment's Lt. Col. Joshua Chamberlain to shield himself with a dead man. Col., Charles D. Jameson; Lieut.-Col., Charles W. Moved to Washington, D.C., May 30. In 1856, 47 of the 56 volunteer companies of the state were disbanded, having lost interest in military affairs. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,830 men on its roster for this unit. The 2nd Maine Regiment was mustered in on May 28, 1861 and mustered out on June 9, 1863. to 257 rifles and came out of the battle of Second Bull Run with but 137 men able to carry numerous skirmishes and scouting expeditions. On July 20, outside of Centreville, the 2nd received yet another flag, this one paid for by Mainers living in San Francisco. [11] Whitman and True, 38; See Thomas A. Desjardin Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995). It mustered out June 9, 1863. With their third flag at the front of the regiment, the Mainers went into their first battle the next day, losing from killed, wounded, and captured 155 soldiers. Five of the ten companies of the regiment were raised in Bangor, including a Gymnasium Company, the Grattan Guards, and a company of Ex-Tigers . to leave the state for the front. Roberts; Maj., George Varney. The 22nd Maine Infantry was organized in Bangor, Maine and mustered in October 10, 1862, for nine months' service under the command of Colonel Simon G. Jerrard. of the regiment, and Maj. Sargent was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, the majorship being Charles W. Roberts Charles Wentworth Roberts was born in 1828 in Old Town, Maine, the son of lumber merchant Amos Roberts. On July 18, 1862, Capt. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. He was accompanied by Captain M C Meigs, United States Corps Engineers, and First Lieutenant D D Porter, United States Navy and arrived by the Camden & Amboy Railroad at New York City, New York County, New York, via Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the morning on 4 April, 1861. Battle of Bull Run July 21. December 12-15. Note: The 2nd Maine Infantry was stationed half a mile southwest of the Stone Bridge, on the Bull Run River, in the afternoon on 21 July, 1861. Hall, Eastern Maine and the Rebellion (Bangor: R.H. Stanley & Company, 1887), 22. /* 728x90, created 4/4/10 */ The 2nd Regiment, Maine Infantry mustered in May 28, 1861 and organized at Bangor. It never received a word of censure and The unit was unable to participate in the Battle of Chancellorsville in April-May 1863, due to a quarantine prompted by a tainted smallpox vaccine that had been issued to the unit's soldiers. The regiment moved to Chickamauga, Georgia, then a mobilization center. was a private in the 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. Tillsons report identified only thirty six organized militia companies existing in Maine. the stuff it was made of in its first battle at Bull Run. [2], Located across the Penobscot from Bangor, Brewer could turn out the Brewer Artillery, recruited from Brewer and surrounding towns and equipped with short-range 6-pounder cannons. ", Bangor Daily Whig & Courier (Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine), 22 May, 1861 - Companies for the battalion, "This regiment arrived in our city from Bangor on Tuesday week, by way of Augusta, and left for Boston Wednesday afternoon. [1][3] A memorial plaque for Company K of the 1st Maine in the SpanishAmerican War is in a park near Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines' Mill June 27; Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29; Turkey Bridge or Malvern Cliff June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. Elected colonel of the regiment, Jamesons commission was dated May 2, 1861. During the battle, he brutally kills a Confederate soldier in hand-to-hand combat. It was mustered in Bangor, Maine, for two years' service on May 28, 1861, and mustered out in the same place on June 9, 1863. Bangors mayor requested persons to close places of business this afternoon, during the reception of the Second Maine, and The Regiment was received in the usual form and escorted to Broadway, where an immense throng had assembled, filling the entire square.[14], ______________________________________________________________. Numerically the second, this was in fact the first regiment enjoyable and the hospitality of the locals saw to the wants and needs of the soldiers. making a Donation. Colonel Charles W. Roberts 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment Warwick Road and near Lee's Mills April 5. Ordered by the War Department to create 10 infantry regiments, Washburn and Hodsdon mustered existing militia companies at particular cities. Arriving at Washington with many other state-raised regiments, the 2nd Maine was assigned to the 1st Brigade (Col. Erasmus D. Keyes), 1st Division (Brig. It was mustered in Bangor, Maine, for two years' service on May 28, 1861, and mustered out in the same place on June 9, 1863. Army. By late April 19, the muster roll contained 80 signatures (enough for a company), and Governor Washburn ordered Emerson to rendezvous the troops, the state will pay.[4]. google_ad_slot = "4122031935"; In mid-morning on Sunday, July 21, the brigade crossed Bull Run at Farm Ford, and reached high ground north of the Warrenton Turnpike. This page has been viewed 3,813 times (0 via redirect). Col., Charles D. Jameson; Lieut.-Col., Charles W. Roberts; Maj., George Varney. About Us, )?$/gm,"$1")],{type:"text/javascript"}))}catch(e){d="data:text/javascript;base64,"+btoa(t.replace(/^(?:)?$/gm,"$1"))}return d}