3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
caption=Flag of Maine
dates= June 4, 1861 to June 28, 1864
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=First Battle of Bull Run
Peninsula Campaign
Battle of 2nd Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Cold Harbor
The 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Augusta, Maine for three year's service on June 4, 1861 and were mustered out on June 28, 1864. Veterans who had re-enlisted and those recruits still liable to serve were transferred to 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Colonels
Colonel Moses B. Lakeman
Casualties and total strength
The 3rd Maine enrolled 1,586 men during its existence. It lost 10 officers and 124 enlistedmen killed in action or died of wounds received in battle and an additional one officer and 148 enlistedmen died of disease.[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmeinf1.htm Civil War Archive Website, after Dyer] 33 men died in Confederate prisons. Total fatalities for the regiment were 316.[http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/archives/military/civilwar/3meinf.htm State of Maine Civil War Records Website]
ee also
Maine Units in the Civil War
Notes
External links
* [http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/archives/military/civilwar/3meinf.htm State of Maine Civil War Records Website]
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