10th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 10th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 10th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
caption=Flag of Maine
dates= June 4, 1861 to May 8, 1863
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=First Battle of Winchester
Battle of Cedar Mountain
Battle of Antietam
The 10th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in for two years of service in Portland, Maine on October 4, 1861. It was mustered out on May 8, 1863. A fraction of the regiment consisted of three year enlistees, who formed the three-company 10th Maine Infantry Battalion. The enlistees were later amalgamated with the 29th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment on November 13, 1863 to form Companies A and D, where they were command by George Lafayette Beal, former colonel of the 10th Maine. [ [http://aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=211 Col George Lafayette Beal ] ]
Colonels
Colonel George Lafayette Beal (b. 1821, d. 1896)
Record
Shenandoah 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, May 1-5, 1863
Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863
Transferred to 29th Maine Infantry November 1, 1863 [http://www.maine.gov/museum/collections/Flags/Level5/10InfHist.html]
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. [ [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmeinf1.htm Union - Maine Infantry (Part 1) ] ]
ee also
*Maine Units in the Civil War
External links
* [http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/archives/military/civilwar/10meinf.htm State of Maine Civil War Records Website]
References
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