10th Maine Regiment Infantry

HISTORICAL NOTES: The 10th Regiment, Maine Infantry was organized at Portland in August and mustered in September 22, 1861. Men from the 1st Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry were added to the 10th Regiment. They left the state for Baltimore, Md., October 6. They mustered out July 13, 1865.

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. OFFICERS:

Colonel George Lafayette Beal

ASSIGNMENTS: Attached to Dix's Division to November, 1861. Railroad Brigade, Army Potomac, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, Williams' Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863. Headquarters 12th Army Corps, Armies of the Potomac and Cumberland, to November, 1863. SERVICE: Duty at Baltimore, Md., until November 4, 1861. At Relay House until November 27, and at Baltimore until February 27, 1862. Guard duty by detachments along Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between Martinsburg and Charleston, W. Va., until May. Company "D" at Harper's Ferry until May 24, then moved to Winchester. Company "F" at Harper's Ferry until May 9, then moved to Winchester. Company "H" at Duffield's until May 24, then moved to Winchester. Company "K" at Kearneysville until May 24, then moved to Winchester. Company "C" at Van Obeiseville until May 9, then moved to Winchester. Company "A" at Opequan Bridge until May 24, then moved to Winchester. Company "B" at Martinsburg until May 24, then moved to Winchester. Company "E" at Halltown until May 9, then moved to Winchester. Companies "G" and "I" at Charleston until May 9, then moved to Winchester. All Companies at their stations from March 28. Operations in Shenandoah Valley May 15-June 17. Middletown May 24. Winchester May 25. Retreat to Williamsport May 25–27. Reconnaissance toward Martinsburg May 28. Reconnaissance to Luray C. H. June 29–30. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Guarding trains during Second Bull Run battle. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16–17. Duty at Berlin, Md. (now Brunswick), October 3-December 10. March to Fairfax Station December 10–14, and duty there until January 19, 1863. March to Stafford C. H. January 19–23, and duty there until April 27. Ordered to rear for muster out April 27.

Three-year men formed into a battalion of three companies (A, B, and D) and assigned to duty at Headquarters XII Corps April 26 as the 10th Maine Infantry Battalion. Old members mustered out May 8, 1863, at Portland, Maine. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Provost duty at Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3. Along the Rapidan August 1-September 24. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., September 24-October 2; to Murfreesboro, Tenn., October 5, thence to Shelbyville and Wartrace. Reopening Tennessee River October 26–29. Provost duty at Headquarters XII Corps until February. Detached from XII Corps at Tullahoma, Tenn. February 29, 1864, to be amalgamated with the 29th Maine Infantry, which occurred May 29, 1864, at Morganza, La.[ ROSTERS:

The composite rosters of this unit contain the names of 1684 men.

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

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Davenport, IA: Eastern Digital Resources, 1998. Ref. See p. 1222 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Edwards, Abial H. "Dear Friend Anna": The Civil War Letters of a Common Soldier From Maine. Orono, ME: U ME, 1992. 161 p. E601E38.

Maine. AGO. Annual Report...for the Years 1864 and 1865. Augusta, ME: Stevens & Sayward, 1866. Davenport, IA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2010. UA43M2.1864-1865.AppD. See pp. 379-86 (5 photocopied pages) for a roster of the regiment. Although regimental rosters appear in earlier Annual Reports, that found in this edition is the most complete for the unit's wartime service.

Whitman, William W.S. Maine in the War for the Union: A History of the Part Borne by Maine Troops.... Lexington, ME: Nelson Dingley, 1865. Davenport, IA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2010. E511W61. See pp. 225-60 (19 photocopied pages) for a brief history of the regiment.
REFERENCES:
Dyer, Frederick H. - A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
The Union Army by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 1