- 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
caption=Flag of Maine
dates=November 12th ,1861 toFebruary 2 ,1866
country=United States
allegiance= Union
branch=Infantry
equipment=
battles=Peninsula Campaign
Siege ofCharleston, South Carolina 1862-1863Siege of Petersburg Appomattox Campaign The 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was aninfantry regiment , serving in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War .ervice
The 11th Maine was organized for service on 11 Oct, 1861, being mustered in for three year's service at
Augusta, Maine onNovember 12th ,1861 with 932 original members. The regiment was mustered out atCity Point, Virginia onFebruary 2 ,1866 .Casualties
The regiment lost 122 men killed in action or died of wounds received in battle and an additional 237 men died of disease. [http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/archives/military/civilwar/11meinf.htm]
Commanding Officers
The first Colonel commanding this regiment was
John Curtis Caldwell , formerly a school-teacher and principal inEast Machias, Maine with no prior military experience. Nonetheless, he was promoted to Brigadier General in 1862 and went on to play a central role in theBattle of Gettysburg . He was in the Honour Guard accompanying Lincoln's body from Washington to Springfield, and became a diplomat after the war, serving as Consul inValparaiso, Chile andCosta Rica , and Ambassador toUruguay . He died inCalais, Maine in 1912. [ [http://www.rocemabra.com/~roger/tagg/generals/general07.html John Curtis Caldwell] Larry Tagg, "The Generals of Gettysburg", Retrieved June 28, 2008]Col.
Harris Merrill Plaisted ofBangor, Maine was breveted a Brigadier General, and then Major General, in 1865. He was elected after the war asGovernor of Maine , as was his son.Col.
Jonathan Augustus Hill ofMilo, Maine had his right arm amputated due to wounds received in theBattle of Deep Bottom , Virginia, in 1864. He was breveted a Brigadier General that same year.See also
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Maine Units in the Civil War Notes
References
*Hodsdon, John L. "Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine 31 Dec, 1861", "1864 and 1865".Stevens & Sayward, Augusta, ME
External links
* [http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/archives/military/civilwar/11meinf.htm State of Maine Civil War Records Website]
* [http://members.tripod.com/~Scott_Michaud/11th-Maine.html 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Website]
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