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IN THE

WAR OF THE REBELLION

1861 = 1865

BY MAJOR A. R. SMALL

With an Introduction -written by GEN. JAMES A. HALL

FREDERICKSBURGH, CHANCELLORSVILLE, GETTYSBURGH, MINE

RUN, WILDERNESS, SPOTTSYLVANIA, NORTH ANNA, TOL-

OPOTOMY, BETHESDA CHURCH, PETERSBURGH, WEL-

DON R. R., HATCHER'S RUN, GRAVELLY

RUN, FIVE FORKS, APPOMATTOX.

PUBLISHED FOR THE REGIMENTAL. ASSOCIATION'

BY B. THURSTON & COMPANY

PORTLAND, MAINE
1886

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PUBLIC LIBRARY

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Copyright by a. R. Small,
1886.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page

Appomattox Court-House .... Frontispiece.

Colonel A. W. Wildes 34

General Charles W. Tilden 44

Colonel Augustus B. Farnham 75

Major Arch D. Leavitt 101

Major A. R. Small 175

Camp Tilden 162

Camp Leavitt 208

CONTENTS.

Page

Introduction 1

Preface 5

CHAPTER I.
Recruiting 9

CHAPTER II.
Organization and Muster-in, from Augusta, Me., to
Arlington, Va 15

CHAPTER III.
The Maryland Campaign 32

CHAPTER IV.
From Siiarpsburgh, Md., to Fredericksburgh, Va. . 48

CHAPTER V.
Fredericksburgh 59

[y CONTENTS.

CHAPTEK VI.
WiNTEB Quarters, 1863 84

CHAPTER VII.
The Ciiaxcellorsville Campaign .... 101

CHAPTER VIII.

GeTTYSBURGH Ill

CHAPTER IX.
On the March 136

CHAPTER X.
Mine Run Campaign 150

CHAPTER XI.
Outpost Duty at Mitchell's Station, Va. . . 162

CHAPTER XII.
Wilderness Campaign 175

CHAPTER XIII.
Closing Campaign of the "War 209

APPEXDIX.

Biographies of Officers 224

Statistical Tables 253

Company A, pp. 254-259; Company B, pp. 200-263; Company C, pp. 264-267; Company
D, pp. 288-271; Company E,pp. 272-276; Company F, pp. 277-280; Company G, pp.
281-284; Company H, pp. 285-288; Company I, pp. 289-292; Company K, pp. 293-296.

Officers and enlisted men detached, pp. 297, 298. Enlisted men transferred to 20th
Maine Volunteers, pp. 299-306; Enlisted men transferred to Invalid Corps, pp.
307, 308; Enlisted men transferred to United States Navy, p. 308; Enlisted men
transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, pp. 309-311; Burial places, pp. 311-314;
Roll of deceased, pp. 315-322; Summary, p. 323.

INTRODUCTION.

Damariscotta, June 7, 1886.
Major A. R. Small, Oakland, Me.

My Dear Comrade: — The story of the Sixteenth Maine
Regiment from your pen surely requires no introduction from
any one; but I gladly improve the opportunity kindly extended,
to pay my humble tribute to the memory of the noble dead, and
to cordially extend greeting to the gallant ones now living, of that
illustrious organization which so signally honored the State of
Maine by its distinguished service in the late war. The faithful-
ness with which you have produced the record, and the complete-
ness of the tabulations, give the work a value not often found in
such productions. The biographical allusions, the personal remi-
niscences, and the delineation of camp, march, bivouac, and
battle, are so correctly drawn, that every member of the regiment
must take great satisfaction in possessing the book. I think you
have hit upon just the idea of such a work, and bespeak for it the
highest place among regimental histories. Every one who feels a
pride in their own State ought to read it, and undoubtedly they
will.

Having been associated with the Sixteenth, in the same division,
for a long time, having been cognizant of its many hardships, pri-
vations, and sufferings in the common cause, at the same time
having been an eye-witness to some of its many heroic deeds and

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splendid actions, I may be pardoned for departing from the regu-
lar order of a formal introduction, to say a few words which the
author, from a sense of modesty, has omitted, but which are due
to the gallant officers and men of one of the most gallant com-
mands ever marshaled in war.

Eecruited in the summer of 1862, the opportunity offered the
highest grade of material for the organization. It is a well-known
fact, that, when recruiting stopped in 1861, there were thousands
of gallant sons of Maine not enrolled, and they had been anx-
iously waiting for the chance which the call for the Sixteenth
Regiment gave them to enlist.

It had among its officers many who had already seen much ser-
vice in the field. Conspicuously so, Lieutenant-Colonel Tilden
and Major A. B. Farnham, who had been captains in the Second
Maine, and several others from different commands. This fact
added materially to the early efficiency of the regiment.

The first colonel, A. W. Wildes, by reason of poor health, was
obliged to leave the field early in October, 1862, and for the same
reason, to resign January 7th, 1863, when Lieutenant-Colonel
Tilden, who had been in command from October 7th, 1862, was
promoted to be colonel, and Major Farnham became lieutenant-
colonel, and Captain Leavitt was made major.

It is no exaggeration to say that no regiment in all the army had
a more soldierly commander than Colonel Tilden, nor was there one
braver, more skillful, or cooler under all circumstances. Modest
and unassuming, quiet, and always generous and kind to subordi-
nates, he resolutely grasped the situation in action, and fought
with intrepidation that became the admiration of -all around him;
at the same time displaying a judgment for maneuvering, of the
highest order.

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With a much larger command he would have proved the equal of
any in similar positions. In Lieutenant-Colonel Farnham he bad a
support in keeping with himself; while the entire organization,
officers and men, one and all, were well wortlvy of their gallant
leaders, and from their baptism at Frcdericksburgh, December
13th, 1862, to Appomattox, the conspicuous service rendered on
every field where engaged, might well have been expected.

The quality of the men is well known to me, from the fact of
having bad a large detail from its ranks to my battery in Novem-
ber, 1862, where they served with me, wbile I remained in com-
mand of said battery, until the middle of July, 1863, and where
they remained with my successor until the battery was mustered
out, and the detachment was transferred to the Fifth Maine
Battery. It affords me much pleasure to testify to the intelligent
manner in which they served as artillerymen. They were splen-
did soldiers.

Having carefully studied much of the bistory of the various
organizations which composed the grand old army, I fail to find
any regimental record superior to the Sixteenth Maine, especially
at Fredericksburgh, and at Gettysburgb, July 1st, 1863.

So long as Maine shall have a place in the States of the Ameri-
can Union, so long as her people shall remember anything per-
taining to the great struggle for human rights, so long as deeds of
valor performed for great principles shall be cherished, so long
will the praises of the grand old Sixteenth Maine Regiment be
chanted, and children not yet born will imbibe devotion to their
country from the story of its service, and those descending from
the noble men who filled its ranks and were its officers will tell
to their posterit}^ with commendable pride, how their ancestors
were soldiers in that glorious organization.

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To have been permitted, under the providence of God, to be a
member of that command, with its illustrious record, with the
results achieved, was a blessing and a favor Heaven has seldom
vouchsafed to bestow upon citizens of the republic.

I congratulate you upon the completion of the work, and I con-
gratulate the regiment upon having it so admirably performed.

JAMES A. HALL.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

PREFACE.

The " Story of the Sixteenth," were it all told from individual
experience, would fill volumes, but as told by me must necessarily
be short and incomplete.

History wants the actual personal experience of participators in
the events and incidents of the war, and calls for both the tragic
and humorous phases of army life.

The brigadier-generals and other officers give coloring to the
tapestries of history being woven; but the non-commissioned fur-
nish the warp, and the privates the filling for the web. To the
latter classes I appealed unceasingly for material, but, unfortu-
nately, too many comrades would shield themselves behind modest
deprecation.

If I have given undue prominence to a few, it is because the
matter was furnished me, not that they alone are especially deserv-
ing; and because, further, their acts of bravery honor the regi-
ment, and reflect a luster upon every member.

I did not receive the prompt and general response to my circu-
lar which was promised me, and some, from whom I had reason to
expect most valuable aid, gave me no assistance whatever, either
from a false sense of modesty, or too much faith in my ability
to gather facts from other sources. I am especially indebted to
General Tilden, to Major Aubrey Leavitt, and to Charles "VV.

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Waldron of the Lewiston Gazette, who kindly sent me letters
written in the field by his distinguished father. Captain Davies,
Lieutenant Chapman, Lieutenant Wiggin, and comrade Thomas
S. Hopkins aided me materially. To Sergeant Bradford I am
more than grateful for his valuable assistance and sympathy.

The roster of the regiment is full and complete, and as correct
in every particular as that of any volunteer troops who served in
the war of the rebellion. This is due to the faithfulness of the
officers in making their returns, and to Adjutant-General Hods-
don, whose untiring devotion to the individual interests of the
citizen soldier is without a parallel in history. As adjutant I had
occasion to learn how determined he was that no soldier should
in the future suffer from any neglect of his to record the full name
and history of every man correctly.

Any member of a regiment, officer or private, can have but
little knowledge of movements outside his immediate command.
He must draw upon his imagination, or from the experience of
others. In all engagements with the enemy, every one has a spe-
cific duty to perform, and no time to look with a critical eye upon
his comrade's conduct; he has all he can do to obey orders and
keep from running — many failed even in this. Almost the first
thought that comes home to a brave man is one of self preserva-
tion, and the second, the safety of his honor, when pride comes in
as a powerful auxiliary, and, oftener than courage, keeps him to
the front.

The idea that a soldier, whose simple duty it is to remain in the
ranks and move in geometrical lines, has an opportunity to view
a Gettysburgh as he would a panorama, is simply absurd. After
the first volley of musketry, he is a rare man who theorizes, or
speculates on the action of his comrade, or of his regiment, much
more on that of the commanding general, three miles distant.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 7

The inequalities of the ground, the wooded slopes and deep
ravines, the fog, the dense smoke, and the apparent and often real
confusion of troops moving in different directions under different
orders, utterly precludes the possibility of a correct detailed obser-
vation of a battle of any magnitude. Hence I have drawn material
from' all sources considered reliable.

The long marches made by the Sixteenth are rich in material of
substantial value to the gleaner of reminiscences. But however
exquisite in suffering, and interesting as examples of heroic endur-
ance, they may become stale to the general public by too frequent
repetition — too high coloring.

The intrinsic value which attaches to the daily life of a soldier
is modified by a look at the general balance-sheet for the cam-
paigns which divides and sub-divides the experience among a
half million men. No one action stands out prominent and clear
among so many. One overshadows another in some peculiar
quality. It is well that the exceptional cases of bravery and suffer-
ing are noticeable in battalions, especially so in companies where
its prominence is justly recognized, and its memory cherished by
comrades of the squad thus honored. The company refers to it
with pride, the regiment shares in the glory and appropriates it;
but the brigade, if it ever hears of it, forgets it.

The Sixteenth sends up a rocket; the Ninetieth sends up one, per-
haps not so high, but more brilliant; the Ninety-fourth makes a
gorgeous display; and the Thirteenth comes out with a regular
aurora, when we all subside, and thenceforth look upon every
meritorious act as an adjunct of a great whole. When one hero
compares himself individually with other heroes around him, he
swells with pride that his act makes him equal with any one of
them, but when he comes to hear of a hundred brave acts, and

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places his record beside the grand total, his insignificance aston-
ishes him. Each soldier stands apart in solitary weakness, but the
army, as a whole, may in truth be said to be invincible.

I presume other regiments marched as long and as hard as the
Sixteenth, and doubtless were just as lousy, and hunted as dili-
gently for wood-ticks, but somehow there is a feeling of proprie-
torship in one's own performances, whether marching, fighting,
cooking an elaborate dinner in a tin quart, or suffering torments
in rebel prisons. I do not claim for the Sixteenth any patent on
army life; simply claim its own, and as a constituent part of the
grand old Army of the Potomac, expect it to share in that army's
imperishable glory and renown.

The honorable record of the Second and Fifth Maine Batteries
is a source of pride to the Sixteenth, which furnished details for
service in both organizations.

Every item of interest clinging to our regiment is the property
of its members, and to them is beyond all price. He who is not
exalted with joyous gladness that he was both a soldier and a
"Sixteener" is not worthy of the name "veteran."

A. E. SMALL.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

Sixteenth Regiment Maine Volunteers.

CHAPTER I.

RECRUITING.

Our story opens in the dark days of the war, when the
government, panic stricken by the fearful disasters at the
front, — a sequence of timidity, exasperating procrastina-
tion, and poor generalship, — called earnestly for more
volunteers.

The "Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry,"* for three
years' service, was authorized by the following order,
under direction of the War Department of May 21st, 1862.
At that time there were no intimations of an immediate
call for additional three years' troops from Maine; but
within a few weeks a requisition was made upon the
State for its quota, upon the call of July 2d for three
hundred thousand volunteers for three years' service
under the general government, and this regiment, with
others subsequently authorized, was in satisfaction of
this requisition.

Headquarters, Adjutant-General's Office,
Augusta. Me., May 22, 1862.
General Order No. 12.

Pursuant to authority and request from the "War Department,

the Commander-in-Chief orders and directs that one Kegiment of

* Adjutant-General's Report, 1862.

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Infantry, the Sixteenth of Maine Volunteers, to consist of not
less than eight hundred and sixty-six, nor more than ten hundred
and forty-six men, in the aggregate, be forthwith raised for the
service of the United States, by voluntary enlistment, to serve for
three years, or during the war, if sooner ended, and to be entitled
to all the pay, allowances, and bounties provided for other troops
raised for the United States.

Individuals to whom enlisting papers may be issued to recruit
for this regiment, will receive none but able-bodied men of the age
of eighteen years, and under forty-five years, nor minors without

the written consent of their parents or guardians The

utmost caution is enjoined upon recruiting officers to receive
none but able-bodied men, and to secure a full, correct and legibly
written description of every man enlisted, with the Christian name

written in full

By order of the Commander-in-Chief,

John L. Hodsdon,
Adjutant-General.

From every part of the State recruits came forward
slowly during the months of May and June. Governor
"Washburn, fully alive to the fact that the call was im-
perative, and the necessities of the service admitted of no
delay, was nervously impatient at the apparent want of
patriotism in the Pine Tree State, and issued the follow-
ing Proclamation : —

Executive Department, July 4th, 1862.
To the People of Maine, I

An additional number of troops is required by the exigency of
the public service, and if raised immediately, it is believed by
those who have the best means of knowledge, that the war will be
brought to a speedy and glorious issue. Of this number the
President of the United States desires and expects that Maine
should furnish her proportion or quota. Our gallant and patriotic
State has done her whole duty in the past, and she will not falter
nor fail in the present nor the future.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. H

That her natural interests may he protected and advanced; that
tranquility and peace may he restored throughout the land; thai
the constitution and the Union which have heen to us all the
source of unmeasured blessings may he preserved; that liberty, of
which they were the inspiration and are the selected guardians,
may be saved; and that the light of one great example may shine
brighter and brighter to guide, to cheer, and to bless the nations;
— to aid in all these, I invoke of the people of this State, a prompt
and hearty response to this new demand upon their patriotism.
And may they all unite in the work that is before them, each labor-
ing in his own sphere, doing what he can by his example, influence,
and sympathy — proffering his treasui'e, his time, his strength, his
heart, and his highest hopes to the cause of his country ! . . . .

Israel Washburn, Jr.,
Governor of Maine.

July 7th, Adjutant-General Hodsdon promulgated
General Order No. 17, from which I make the following
extract: —

Citizen Soldiers ! — Eemember you have a country to save T
and you are the men who can render most efficient aid in this holy
and patriotic work. To render success speedy and certain, and to
alleviate and abridge calamities of war, the President of the
United States has requested this call to be made.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief,

John L. Hodsdon,
Adjutant- General.

These and other appeals were promptly published at
length by all the loyal press of the State, with editorial
comment full of patriotic ardor.

They were read from the pulpit, posted on barns, on
the cross-road fences; were discussed in cities and vil-
lages, declaimed from school-house steps, and found their
way into every hamlet, where, long into the night, fathers
and mothers pitted duty against inclination, and duty
won.

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Latterly men were so anxious to enlist that deception
was often practiced on Examining Surgeon Briggs. One
morning I found waiting at the door of number nine,
regimental headquarters, two anxious civilians of decided
mold. Patriotism oozed from every pore, and found
utterance in voices heavy with war thunder and poor
whisky. They could hardly wait the opening of the
door, and growlingly said, "This govmunt can't be so
damned hard up for trupes or the boss would be round
airlier in the mornin'." A close scrutiny of the embryo
heroes revealed some striking peculiarities of a recent
make-up. One was about forty years old. The other
anywhere from twenty to eighty. Stripped of his cloth-
ing, and the mysteries of hair coloring and whisker dye,
he would present a type of the resurrection.

The regulation inquiries developed the case, and the
afternoon train saw the young man, with his swagger, and
the old man, with his war paint and hair dye, going to
the rear. The visions of large bounties and an early dis-
charge on a comfortable pension had vanished in the mists
of a new determination to aid the cause by voting "agin
the war."

Governor Washburn's appeal awoke a spirit of patriot-
ism in the breast of a young man away in Piscataquis
County. He came to the camp towering above all his
comrades, and, Apollo-like, he was the personification of
manly beauty. His curled hair betokened neatness; his
step, confidence; and a new-born scowl and close mouth
denoted firmness and courage. He bristled all over with
fight, and was spoiling for a scrimmage. We picked that
man out for a model soldier, and a successful competitor
in the race for shoulder straps. We waited upon him

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graciously, for his superiority impressed us; and were
flattered by his order to carry a valise and two large
trunks to his quarters.

There is nothing like the stern realities of war as ex-
emplified in rations of hard-tack, bacon, and salt pork, for
the development of a " I-want-to-go-home " feeling. Only
five days, and came into number nine our model soldier,
who demanded a discharge. Asking a few questions, Major
Gardiner referred him to the terms of his enlistment, and
told him he was for three years at the option of the
government.

"But, don't you never discharge a man?"

"Only for disability."

A few moments he stood, then drawing down the
corners of his mouth, planted both hands over his bowels,
fetched a fearful groan and went for the surgeon. In just
five minutes that six-footer — our model soldier — came
bounding into the office and shouted, "I can't go! I'm
busted!"

Notwithstanding the order that "none but able-bodied
men" should be received, many invalids crept in; and
there were others who were essentially timid. They put
on uniforms, hung a sword or bayonet on one side, a
pistol on the other; and hung tales of heroism on the
other sides, and on various places were pinned artificial
records of campaigns. They sang patriotic songs, appeared
on parade, and thought how they would figure in history.
The Sixteenth was pretty well plucked of such poor
material before it left Maine, yet there was enough left
to cause an occasional halting in its progress toward a
character for courage and patriotism.

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Visitors came daily to camp and brought words of good
cheer. Some said good by carelessly, fully believing that
we should never leave the State. Others hung about the
necks of loved ones, and only after embraces and kisses
repeated over and over again, would they tear themselves
away. Heavy with a precursor of coming sorrow, an un-
told intuition of a great loss, they looked for the last time
upon the loved ones, and went away to mourn and ques-
tion for years to come, the terrible necessity for their
sacrifice.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 15

CHAPTER II.

ORGANIZATION AND MUSTER IN. FROM AUGUSTA,
ME., TO ARLINGTON, VA.

The additional stimulus of bounties offered in
some localities, pensions promised, and bulletins of
defeats of the boys in blue in the field, soon filled the
ranks, and August 13th saw duly enlisted for the war
nine hundred and sixty men. The Governor com-
missioned thirty-nine officers, thus completing the
organization of the regiment, as follows : —

FIELD AND STAFF.

Asa W. Wildes, Skowhegan, Colonel.

Charles W. Tilden, Castine, Lieutenant-Colonel.

Augustus B. Farnham, Bangor, Major.

Abner R. Small, Waterville, Adjutant.

Isaac N. Tucker, (lardiner, Quartermaster.

Charles Alexander, Farmington, Surgeon.

Joseph B. Baxter, Gorham, Assistant Surgeon.

George Bullen, Skowhegan, Chaplain.

NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.

Francis A. Wildes, Skowhegan, Sergeant-Major.

George W. Brown, Augusta, Quartermaster-Serg't.

Charles H. Parlin, Skowhegan, Commissary-Sergeant.

William W. Eaton, Brunswick, Hospital Steward.

William H. Palmer, Calais, Drum-Major.

COMPANY OFFICERS.

COMPANY A.

Charles A. Williams, Skowhegan, Captain.

S. Forrest Robinson, Skowhegan, First Lieutenant.

Isaac A. Pennell, New Portland, Second Lieutenant.

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HISTORY OF TEE

Charles K. Hutcliins,
Eleazer W. Atwood,
George W. Edwards,

Daniel Marston,
Hovey C. Austin,
Marshall S. Smith,

Moses W. Band,
Humphry E. Eustis,
Henry P. Herrick,

Arch D. Leavitt,
William E. Brooks,
William A. Stevens,

Thomas E. Wentworth,
Oliver H. Lowell,
George A. Deering,

S. Clifford Belcher,
Joseph H. Malhon,
Isaac H. Thompson,

John Ayer,

Ira S. Libhy,

Israel H. Washburn,

COMPANY B.

Augusta. Captain.

Gardiner, First Lieutenant.

Gorham, Second Lieutenant.

COMPANY C.

Phillips, Captain.

Presque Isle, First Lieutenant.

East Livermore, Second Lieutenant.

COMPANY D.

Waterford, Captain.

Dixrield, First Lieutenant.

North Yarmouth, Second Lieutenant.

1862

COMPANY E.

Turner,

Skowhegan,

Waterville,

COMPANY F.

Gorham,
Gorham,
Saco,

COMPANY G.

Farmington,

Skowhegan,

Anson,

COMPANY H.

Bangor,

Limerick,

Orono,

Captain.

First Lieutenant.

Second Lieutenant.

Captain.

First Lieutenant.

Second Lieutenant.

Captain.

First Lieutenant.

Second Lieutenant.

Captain.

First Lieutenant.

Second Lieutenant.

William H. Waldron,
William Bray,
Charles A. Garcelon,

COMPANY I.

Lewiston,

Turner,

Lewiston,

Captain.

First Lieutenant.

Second Lieutenant.

Stephen C. Whitehouse,
Augustus T. Somerby,
Augustus C. Peters,

COMPANY K.

New Castle, ■-

Ellsworth,

Bluehill,

Captain.

First Lieutenant.

Second Lieutenant.

With the exception of Captain Marston, promoted
from private Ninth Maine, none of the line officers
had done military service. Of the staff, Quarter-
master Tucker was but recently lieutenant-colonel
Third Regiment. A long and successful business life
eminently fitted him for his new position. Adjutant
Small was also from the Third Regriment. Lieu-

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 17

1862 tenant-Colonel Tilden and Major Farnliam were fresh
from active military service. The regiment was
nil >re fortunate than it knew in having the benefit of
their experience in the gallant Second, under one of
Maine's ablest and most distinguished colonels.
General Hodsdon, in his Report for 1862, says: —

" Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W. Tilden of Castine
and Major Augustus B. Farnham of Bangor made a
record for themselves in the Second Regiment, which,
with Colonel Wildes' well-known ability, will ensure
the service all the military talent and energy in the
field officers of the Sixteenth that can be required
for its efficiency under all circumstances."

Company A was raised in Somerset and Kennebec
Counties, mostly in Somerset.

Company B principally from cities and towns on
the- Kennebec River, from Waterville to Richmond.

Company C came from Franklin, Oxford, and
Aroostook Counties. Company D from Oxford and
Cumberland. Company E from Androscoggin, Ken-
nebec, and Penobscot. Company F, York and Cum-
berland. Company G, Somerset and Franklin.
Company H, Waldo and Penobscot. Company I,
Kennebec and Androscoggin. Company K, along
the coast, and from Hancock and Lincoln. Men
from all parts of the State were scattered throughout
the regiment,

Lieutenant Chapman says of Company K : —

" The men composing Company K came mostly

from Castine, Bluehill, and the eastern section of the

State, who were familiar with all the hardships of

life as endured at sea and in the logging swamps of

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Maine, which early training especially fitted them for 1862
the exposure of camp-life and arduous duty in the
field. I heard it said when the regiment marched
through Washington, on its way to the front, that it
was made up of larger men than any regiment that
had passed through the city. This remark was cer-
tainly true of Company K, for its members were all
stalwart men, averaging by weight more than one
hundred and fifty pounds. During the long marches
it was seldom that any of the men fell out.

"Captain Whitehouse, the father of the company,
often remarked that his company ' could beat any
men under the sun for marching or foraging, and if
they did straggle, it was to forage in front of the
advance guard.'

"For cheerfulness in adversity, no company in the
regiment could excel it. To illustrate, I recall the
reply of Sergeant Dunbar to General Robinson, when
the latter expressed the opinion ' that it must be very
hard to march without shoes or stockings.' ' I do
it,' said the Sergeant with a grim smile, ' for my
country, for sixteen dollars a month, and clothes.''

" Very many of the men of Company K should be
named for good conduct generally, but looking back
over a space of twenty years, it is impossible to recall
only the names of those connected with some unusual
incident. Let me say, no better soldiers or braver
men served under the flag of our country during the
rebellion than those of Company K, God bless
them ! "

The closing remarks of Lieutenant Chapman are
applicable to the other companies.

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MUSTER IN.

August 14th the regiment was formed in line and
formally mustered into the service of the National
Government by Major J. W. T. Gardiner of the
regular army.

One moment we were free men to go and come as
we pleased, and the next saw us amenable to all the
arbitrary and despotic rules of the war department.
In fact we were machines to be perfected and used
as men like ourselves, holding commissions of au-
thority, saw fit for the good of the service.

During the war this authority was at times shame-
fully abused. While green and unskilled, the " Gen-
eral " and "Special" orders were rained down upon
the rank and file so persistently that the real intent
and object of the commanding officer of a depart-
ment or corps was as vague and obscure as Bible
texts in the hands of commentators.

Boys of today may think it fun to be a private
soldier, but it is n't. The picturesque blue and
scarlet uniform and jaunty laced cap, or symmetrical
helmet, seen in cuts, are very deceptive ; and the
whole soldierly make-up of a picture is misleading.

The "raw recruit" of '62 was suggestive of Fal-
staffs model private, and when foraging, a tramp.

Be a man never so much a man, his importance
and conceit dwindles when he crawls into an un-
teaseled shirt, pants too short and very baggy behind,
coat too long at both ends, and a cap shapeless as a
feed bag. And the brogans ! were n't they just lovely,
with soles six inches wide and heels like firkin covers.

20 HISTORY OF THE

The ideal picture of a soldier makes a veteran 1862
smile. He knows the knapsack, which is cut to fit
in the engraving, is an unwieldy burden with its
rough coarse contents of flannel and sole-leather
and sometimes twenty rounds of ammunition extra.
Mixed in with these regulation essentials, like beat-
itudes, are photographs, cards, "housewife," Testa-
ment, pens, ink, paper, and oftentimes stolen truck
enough to load a mule. All of this crowned with a
double wool blanket and shelter tent rolled in a rub-
ber blanket. One shoulder and the hips support the
" commissary department " — an odorous haversack,
which often stinks with its mixture of bacon, pork,
salt-junk, sugar, coffee, tea, desiccated vegetables, rice,
bits of yesterday's dinners, and old scraps husbanded
with miserly care against a day of want sure to
come.

Oh, the perfume of that haversack !

Loaded down, in addition to the above, with a can-
teen, full cartridge-box, belt, cross belt, and musket,
and start on a gunning tour was n't fun. No, it
was n't.

A graduate of West Point in his nobby uniform is
a thing of beauty, made to inspire a boy's admiration.
His carriage is superb. His posing in the position of
a soldier makes an unfledged aspirant for military
honor green with envy. Under the most trying cir-
cumstances he preserves an immobile face. No
amount of abuse or insult will cause him to forsret
himself. But the recruit in his baggy contract suit,
practicing " eyes right," is an object of both pity and
ridicule. He has lost his identity, and all his claims

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 21

1862 to equality with even a fife-major are ignored. He
finds it harder to hold his temper than to hold his
little fingers on the seams of his trousers ; hence, the
first day's drill usually ends with solemn promises to
"lick seven or eight corporals and a lieutenant, when
the war is over" — and a night in the guard tent for
calling the drill-sergeant offensively arbitrary, and
needlessly particular in rehearsing such d — d non-
sensical gyrations.

A " private " is anything but private. There is
nothing in or about him that is respected as exclu-
sive. The day that he is enlisted sees his whole per-
son exposed to the critical eye of the surgeon — his
lungs sounded, bowels manipulated, limbs bent, joints
cracked, teeth examined, eyes tested, while he under-
goes the closest scrutiny, in search of cutaneous
eruptions and varicose veins.

After a few short months the lice claim close
acquaintance, and the wood-ticks explore the second
and third cuticle.

In camp, his tent is ransacked. His knapsack
opened every Sunday morning to the view of some
inspector. His gun, equipments, and all there is on
or about this private, is made conspicuously public.
Although the United States Army Regulations guar-
antee him the exclusive privilege of keeping his
opinion of officers and measures as his private prop-
erty, he is tortured into expression, and then is pub-
lished throughout the army as "prejudicial to good
order and military discipline," and he gets into the
guard-house.

There was no aristocracy among the "privates."
They were thoroughly democratic.

22 HISTORY OF THE

A graduate from Harvard and an illiterate from 1863
the wilds of Maine were often seen affectionately
picking lice together.

Polished scholars and ex-convicts, Christians and
heathen bounty jumpers from the slums of New
York, would cheat each other at " seven-up." All
would bathe in and drink from the same stream,
whether prior or subsequent to the watering of the
brigade mules.

None of us had a gluttonous appetite for a scrim- Aug. 17.
mage, or a morbid desire to fill the last ditch ; but
when, on the afternoon of August 17th, we were
told that the Sixteenth was ordered to the front, and
must go the 19th instant, cheer after cheer rent the
air. Every order published called for cheers and
" tigers."

August 18th saw us getting rid of surplus baggage, Aug. is.
packing up and sending home the temporary con-
veniences of " Camp Jamison." The amount allotted
us was fearfully small, we thought, but long after-
ward, when we carried with us simply a quart pot,
did we appreciate the bountiful measure of every-
thing.

We left Augusta quietly, without ostentation or
parade, for the days of masquerading had passed.
We neither expected or received any marked expres-
sions of profound gratitude or boundless enthusiasm
to cheer us on our way to the seat of war.

Fresh as we were from civil life, we had a keen
realizing sense of the situation and of the future,
which promised no boys' play and held out no special
inducements for " girding on an armor."

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 23

1862 The past year had demonstrated the cruel necessity

for further sacrifice.
Aug. 19. We are en route for the front ; and how much is due
to patriotism, how much to momentary enthusiasm,
kindled by overwrought tales of heroism, how much
to large bounties and prospective pensions, is for
future critics to determine.

We shall not all return. Many lives will have
gone out, and with them the light of many homes
and the hope of many hearts, ere the war closes.
But there comes home to us the thought that these
will not have died in vain.

The regiment arrived in Boston at three in the after-
noon, and was taken in charge by the authorities and
bountifully served with coffee and sandwiches.

Left Boston at six p.m., by Old Colony Railroad, for
Fall River, where the regiment embarked on steamer
Commonwealth, and reached Jersey City at one p.m.
Wednesday.

Left Jersey City at half-past four p.m., arriving in
Philadelphia at one a.m., 21st, marched to " Cooper
Shop " refreshment rooms and partook of a splendid
collation.

At three p.m. left the city for Washington, passing
through Baltimore at three in the forenoon, reaching
the capital in the evening.

The regiment left Washington, under orders from
General Casey, at eleven a.m., August 22d, crossing
Long Bridge, marched about six miles to Camp
Casey, and, in the words of Captain Waldron,
" camped that night on the dirtiest soil that could
be found in the dirty State of Virginia."

Aug. 20.

24 HISTORY OF THE

This was the first march of the Sixteenth Maine, 1862
and the hot, sultry weather caused some dozen men
to fall out, and come straggling into camp late in the
evening.

August 24th, broke camp and marched two miles to Au s- 24 -
" Camp Whipple," near Fort Tillinghast. Assigned
to First Brigade, Whipple's division, R. A. C.

The Massachusetts Fourteenth, one thousand eight
hundred strong, marched past our camp in quick
time to take part in the battles near Bull Run. They
we're met by the rebel cavalry at Fairfax Court
House, and Friday night saw them marching back,
weary, hungry, minus all their overcoats, and one
surgeon, who was subsequently paroled and sent
into our lines with a message from Lee, that he
"should stop at his mansion that night." True or
not, the report spread, and many of the men passed
a sleepless night, planning and fighting imaginary
battles in which every member of the to-be-bloody
Sixteenth figured conspicuously as a hero.

Three companies were detailed for defence of A 25
Forts Cass, Woodbury, and Tillinghast.

Who of the command can forget the shock given Aug. 28.
his nervous system at the unmusical sound of the long-
roll at half-past two a.m., and how, in ten minutes, the
regiment was in line of battle for the first time, where
it remained until sunrise ? As we had not been taken
into the confidence of the commanding general, our
blissful ignorance was more manifest than that of
the garrison flag waving above us. The thousand
and one conjectures and surmises were indulged in
until told that poor Pope was being terribly whipped

Aug. 30.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 25

1862 within it few miles, and we were in danger of a rebel
cavalry dash.

A.ug.29. Cannonading heard all day in our front.

Captain Waldron, Company I, detailed "officer of
the day." Companies H and K sent out on picket
duty. Companies E and I ordered in the direction
of Fairfax Court House, to watch for guerrillas.
Established an advanced picket line near Falls church,
and succeeded in capturing a lost black pig, several
hens, and some leaf tobacco. These companies, which
had solved the mysteries outside our picket line, and
came marching into camp bringing mud and "some-
thing to eat," were for days the envy of the regi-
ment. Company H had solved the problem of par-
amount interest to all soldiers, and henceforth
rations of salt horse and hard-tack were flanked
with roast pig and chicken.

Aug. 3i. Sergeant Stevens of Company H, sergeant of
picket guard, reports, arrested a spy who had worked
himself through the outposts to the infantiy line, in a
farmer's cart, of which he was ostensibly the owner.
The sergeant sent him to division headquarters, and
received the thanks of General Whipple.

Since August 20th, McClellan's army had been
marking time and apparently indulging in a mud-
turtle strategy as the most effectual method of show-
ing resentment for Pope's initiatory order, which so
unjustly reflected upon McClellan's role as an artist-
in-dirt. History says: At a quarter before three,
August 29th, McClellan telegraphed President Lin-
coln : " I am clear that one of two courses should be
adopted. First, to concentrate all of our available

26 HISTORY OF THE

forces to open communication with Pope. Second, to 186Z
leave Pope to get out of his scrape, and at once use all
our means to make the capital perfectly safe." " He
stayed Franklin at Annandale, and sent Simmers
northward toward Chain Bridge instead of toward the
enemy," thus fully demonstrating either the timidity
of the government, or that neither McClellan nor his
lieutenants desired the success of Pope as a general.
If the former, then McClellan has been most unjustly
accused, and Pope and his army were most cruelly
and wickedly abandoned. Hence the fated 30th
which sent his army retiring to the defences of
Washington, defeated, humiliated, and discouraged.

The very attitude of the troops as they marched
past us was one of mortification and rage, tempered
slightly with disgust. Raw and inexperienced as we
were, the contemplation of the column passing with
its ragged banners; the long ambulance train, with
its terrible freight of torn and crushed humanity ;
the wounded limping painfully in the rear, and all
the evidences of war, carried home to our hearts a
crushing sense of the business we were engaged in.
And yet grim jokes and criticisms were indulged in
at the expense of poor Pope and the authors of the
on-to-Richmond policy. I can see "Ike" Thompson
now, as he then stood with his back bent to an angle
of fifteen degrees, hat on one side, with blanket
thrown gracefully across his shoulders, one eye
closed and the other critically inspecting Pope and
staff as they rode wearily by on their retreat from
Bull Run. As they passed from sight, like a funeral
procession, Ike, assuming a tragic attitude, facetious-

Sept. 2

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 27

1863 \y remarked, "Great God! what could you expect of
a man who will persist in wearing his shirt wrong
end up ! " Pope wore a huge stand-up dickey.

Notwithstanding McClellan's disasters, there
seemed an almost imperative demand for his re-
call to the command of the army, which was done
September 2d. Somehow a halo of glory which
precedes great expectations encompassed his person
with a superficial brilliancy, and whenever or where-
ever he appeared, a perfect ovation welcomed him.
The Sixteenth was as enthusiastic and extravagant
in their adulation of the young Napoleon, as were
the older troops. He was modest and retiring, and
apparently as unconscious of his fine person and
superb horsemanship as he was of the enthusiastic
greetings.

Details were made daily to work on a line of
breast-works connecting the forts. The boys went
at it with a will. Many of them, reared on farms,
had a natural propensity for digging holes and
shoveling dirt, which had not been fully satisfied by
details to dig " sinks " and tent drains. They had
read about the breast-works and redoubts of George
Washington's day, and were glad of a chance to
exhibit their artistic qualities on something less
degrading than a camp sink. They were not at first
impressed with the fact that army sinks are a
government institution, duly recognized in the
" Regulations," and led off in all sanitary meas-
ures, and were as necessary as they were objection-
able.

28 HISTORY OF THE

Men questioned how digging a hole in Virginia 1863
mud would redound to their credit, and add to the
laurels of a soldier. General orders won't say any-
thing about them, unless demanding five to a regi-
ment. Army correspondents, safely seated behind
a redoubt, with a pipe and some rum, will write all
about the forts, the long line of breast- works, how
strong they are, how many bastions and angles, how
much repelling power, and charmingly congratulate
some pioneer corps on the splendid engineering quali-
ties of — their general. But they never dilate on
a line of army sinks, or compliment a regiment for
the masterly, ingenious manner in which they cover
up their unfaithfulness in the discharge of an irk-
some duty required of all good soldiers in camp.

Time brought experience, and experience stimu-
lated a desire to please the colonel, and establish a
reputation for the regiment. Men and officers soon
performed all disagreeable camp duties. Orders,
which were at first called hard knots in a long
string of red tape, and were denounced as arbitrary,
were cheerfully complied with as for the best inter-
ests of the regiment.

The adjutant used to call it part of a " d d

military despotism," and was about as unreconciled
to "Orders" and restraint as any member of the
command, until a shadow of insubordination brought
in Colonel Tilden's authority.

" Fall in for letters ! " The response to this com-
mand was always instantaneous. It was to the
boys like the echo of voices from home calling to
them.

Sept. 3.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 29

1862 if an officer had been possessed of a magic wand
he could not have called his men around him quicker
than by the utterance of those magical words.

It was amusing to watch the men as the} r clustered
around their company officers while the names of the
recipients were rapidly called. Expectation was
written on every face, changing to exultation as one
heard his name, and eagerly reached for the precious
missive. Others less fortunate returned to their
tents with slow steps, and an air of disappointment
illy concealed.

The letters for the Army of the Potomac were all
sent to Washington, and from thence to army head-
quarters. They were again assorted and distributed
to the different divisions, and so on clown through
brigade and regimental headquarters to the com-
manding officer of each company.

Great care was taken by the government in
regard to the delivery of soldiers' letters. A soldier
was sure to get his letter, no matter if the postage
was a little short. Almost anything was allowed to
go through the mails, even to pairs of boots; and
clothing, packages of tea, pepper, etc., were very
common.

When in winter quarters a mail was received
every day; but when on the march, weeks some-
times passed without any. If men were on picket
duty, the officers always endeavored to send their
letters out to them.

Early in the war, Congress passed an act allowing
soldiers' letters to pass through the mails without
prepayment of postage, that being collected of the

30 HISTORY OF THE

person receiving it. Members of Congress franked 1862
envelopes by the thousand, which were furnished
the men at a nominal price, through the regimental
postmaster. It was a great convenience to the
boys, whose postage stamps would persist in sticking
together. The "franking" of a letter by a com-
missioned officer was sufficient to insure its carriage
and delivery by the United States mails.

Correspondence engrossed a large share of the
leisure time of the soldiers, especially when in winter
quarters. And in the number of papers and letters
received and sent, the Sixteenth was not a whit
behind the other regiments.

The Sixteenth again reported as " all cut up," but Sept 4-
not by fighting. With the exception of the color
company, C, the regiment was detailed for artillery
service in the chain of forts from Fort Corcoran,
opposite Georgetown, to Fort De Kalb, north of
Alexandria, by the following order: —

Headquarters 1st Brigade,
Whipple's Division,
Near Fort Tillinghast, Va., Sept. 2, 1862.

General Orders No. 3.
The 16th Regiment Maine Volunteers will be distributed

in the forts of this command as follows : —

2 companies, Fort Corcoran, (D and F).

2 " " Albany, Maj. Buxton, Mass. 14th, com-

manding.

1 company, " Craig, Capt. Day, Mass. 14th, commanding. '

1 " " Tillinghast, Capt. Sargent, Mass. 14th

commanding.

1 » " Cass, Capt. Langworthy, 1st Wis. Ind.

Co., commanding.

1 » " Woodbury, Capt. Draper, 14th Mass.,

commanding.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 31

1862 l company, Fort De Kalb, Capt. Shutswell, 14th Mass.,

commanding.

And one company* will perform the guard duty at Division
Headquarters, Arlington.

Lieutenant-Colonel Tilden, 16th Maine Volunteers, will
command Fort Corcoran.

The commanding officers of the forts will give every
facility to the companies of the Maine Regiment attached
to their forts for instruction in artillery.

By command of Wm. B. Greene,
Colonel Commanding Brigade.
(Signed,) F. W. Taggard,

1st Lieutenant and A. A. D. C.

Sept. 5.

Various rumors are current that our army is
moving rapidly northward toward Frederick, Mary-
land, and that Whipple's division is ordered to join
the main army.

* Company C.

32 HISTORY OF THE

CHAPTER III.

THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN.

In compliance with orders, through division com-
mander, received at eleven o'clock p.m., the detached
companies were directed to rendezvous at Fort Til-
linghast, and be in readiness to move at one hour's
notice.

Company I, from Fort Cass, our extreme left,
reported to Colonel Wildes at half-past twelve, and
by four o'clock Sunday morning the Sixteenth was
in line, with two days' rations and forty rounds of
ammunition.

Henceforth Washington and its defences would
know us no more as a " heavy artillery regiment."

To the timid ones, this was a grievous disappoint-
ment ; but to the regiment as a whole, the order to
move at half-past four was not an unwelcome one.

The faces of the chicken-man, and the milk-woman
wore a look expressive of something more than
regret as the boys bid them an affectionate "good
by."

The sick remained in charge of Surgeon Alexan-
der for a few days, and were then sent to some gen-
eral hospital in Washington.

1862

Sept. 6.

Sept. 7.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 33

1863 Great dissatisfaction was felt at leaving our tents,
knapsacks, and overcoats behind. In our greenness,
we expected they would follow us in a few days, as a
matter of course.

With the swinging gait peculiar to Maine, we
took up our line of inarch, crossing the Potomac
over Aqueduct Bridge at sunrise ; through George-
town and Washington, and that night bivouacked
under the stars and pines on the estate of Mont-
gomery Blair, having marched fifteen miles.

Sept. 8. The regiment was in line at four a.m., and en route
north, until it reached the Baltimore and Frederick
Turnpike ; thence, northwest in the direction of
Frederick City, and encamped near Leesboro'.

sept. 9. Assigned to Hartsuff's brigade (composed of the
Eleventh Pennsylvania, Ninth New Hampshire,
Twelfth and Thirteenth Massachusetts), Rickett's
division, Hooker's corps.

sept. n. The rapid inarching continued, with short halts,
Tuesday and Wednesday, and on Thursday the regi-
ment went into camp at Ridgeville, Maryland, where
it remained until the seventeenth.

The officers' tents followed the regiment, but the
men sheltered themselves, as best they could, with
fence rails and cornstalks.

Ridgeville was a sleepy looking town of one
hundred inhabitants of a rebellious tendency. They
were extremely solicitous of their gardens and hay-
stacks, which were guarded with fidelity, and did not
scruple to charge six cents per canteen for water.

The rebel officers who quartered here a few days
previous were received with open doors and feted
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34 HISTORY OF THE

with the fatted calf. Company H can testify that 1862
there was one calf and several pigs less when the
Sixteenth left.

The few loyal people in the vicinity visited the
camp daily, and left baskets of luxuries, and words
of encouragement. There was noticeable a lack of
refinement and womanly delicacy in the feminine
chivalry of Maryland. There was a coarseness, an
indifference to remarks, an absence of that degree of
cultivation one had reason to expect in one of the
oldest States in the Union. The young men looked
and appeared like the greenest rustics of New Eng-
land, and exhibited a reckless indifference to dress
and manners, as well as of any opinion we might form
of them.

The terrific cannonading at Antietam, distinctly
heard by us for the past two days, kept us in anxious
expectation of orders to move, notwithstanding the
protest of the officers, and their frank acknowledgment
of deficiency in instruction, and their well grounded
fears that, if brought into action, their utter igno-
rance of commands and movements would endanger
a whole division, bring disaster to it, and disgrace to
the regiment.

" Colonel Wildes made known to General Hooker
the circumstances under which the regiment had
been raised, and its deficiency in instruction, occa-
sioned through causes already named. The protest
and statement were without effect, and Colonel
Wildes, unwilling to command under the circum-
stances, tendered his resignation, which was accepted,
and he was honorably discharged in 'special order

; ^ ^k^.

THENEWYOKK ,
PUBLIC LIBKAKY

A8To«. LENOX

1862

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 35

No. 254,' Headquarters Army of the Potomac, Sep-
tember 13th, 1862."

Subsequently, Colonel Wildes was restored to the
command of the regiment in the following order : —

Headquarters Army of the Potomac,
Near Sharpsburgh, Md., Sept. 25, 1862.
Special Orders, No. 262.

EXTRACT.

3. So much of Special Orders No. 254, of Sept. 13th, 1862,
from these Headquarters, as accepts the resignation of Col.
A. W. "Wildes, 16th Maine Volunteers, is revoked, and
Col. Wildes will resume the command of his regiment.

By Command of Maj.-Gen. McClellan.
"Signed." S.Williams,

Asst. Acljt.- General.

sept, n Orders were received to report to General Hooker
on the field of Antietam.

Broke camp, and marched to Frederick City,
eighteen miles, and halted two hours. No mail for
two weeks, it having gone forward with the brigade.

sept. 19. Continued the march ten miles, through Middle-
town, and bivouacked near the battlefield, the nine-
teenth instant.

Reported to General Williams, and learned from
him that it was not intended that the Sixteenth
should leave its former quarters, near Washington, it
being a new and undrilled regiment, but official
approval was expressed to Colonel Wildes, of the
promptness and zeal of the officers and men, in
marching under orders which had originated in mis-
take or ill judgment.

36 HISTORY OF THE

Crossed the battlefield, and went into camp near 1863
Sharpsbuvgh, joined the brigade, now in command of Se P t2 °-
Colonel Richard Coulter.

After various changes in location, camped near the
Potomac River, three miles west of Sharpsburgh.

Lieutenant Lowell detailed acting quartermaster,
Quartermaster Tucker having remained at Arlington,
under instructions to secure and bring up tents and
baggage.

Captain Waldron says : " On Saturday, 28th,
pickets from our brigade found ninety dead rebel
cannon buried near the river, with neat headstones,
bearing a name, and the regiment to which they
belonged, so as to be identified by the affectionate
relatives, should they be fortunate enougli to make
another raid into Maryland."

The condition of the regiment was most deplora-
ble. The exposure to cold night air, after being
heated by long and rapid marching, frequently
through drenching rains, sowed seeds of disease in
the system of many noble fellows, and sent to the
hospital, and to death, scores of our best men.

Our sister regiments, well clothed in flannel and
overcoats, and supplied with rubber blankets, when
they fastened down their shelter-tents, dark and
stormy nights, seemed to forget the suffering of their
half-clad neighbors, whose only shelter was made
from cornstalks and boughs, through which the rain
would drip long after the storm was over.

Surgeon Alexander and his assistants were untir-
ing in their attempts to succor the sick. But little
medicine was furnished them until the middle of

1862

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 37

October, hence the fatality of many cases. The only
shelter, for those sick in camp, was furnished by flies
from officers' tents.

A division hospital was established at Smoketown,
to which the worst cases were sent ; and in a little
field beside the road rests a majority of them, —
victims to inefficiency, neglect, and red tape.

October 15th the corrected "morning report"
showed six hundred ninety-eight men present. Of
these two hundred fifty-six were on the sick list,
sixty-eight being in the regimental hospital.

Hospital Steward Eaton, who was unremitting in
his care of the sick, says : " It is not strange that
under such influences, uncleanliness, despondency,
and gloom prevailed. Some fell victims to home-
sickness, a disease so fearful in its severer types.
The very contrast with their former life of ease and
comfort made this state of privation and exposure
more unbearable. Weaker constitutions succumbed
at once, the stronger bore up for a while, but the full
fruits of those days were yet to be gathered."

Clothes help make history, hence the name the
Sixteenth won at Sharpsburgh. Through the inef-
ficiency and neglect of the quartermaster's depart-
ment, at Washington, (and the corps, division, and
brigade quartermasters were not blameless), the men
were made to feel mean and despicable, and felt as
does a poor boy at school, when the well-dressed
student resents the contact of blue jean with broad-
cloth.

How those men suffered ! Hunger, daily felt, was
nothing compared with it. Men of education, of

38 HISTORY OF THE

refinement, and wealth, who willingly and cheer- 1862
fully gave up home, with all its love and comfort,
for country, made to feel degraded for want of
proper clothing !

September, October, and then the long march, in
November, to the Rappahannock, through storms of
sleet and snow ; without shelter, without overcoats,
shoeless, hatless, and hundreds with not so much as a
flannel blouse, many without blankets ; and through
all that long, sad, and weary tramp, we were jeered
at, insulted, and called the " Blanket Brigade ! "

It may seem improbable, but it is nevertheless a
fact, that the transition from fastidious neatness to
heedless indifference, to filthy condition and habits,
changed some men beyond recognition. High-
spirited, opinionated, accustomed to advise and
direct, they could illy brook the insolent contempt
of their claims by a commissioned ignoramus, and so
practically became subordinate in every sense. We
remember a college graduate, a royal good fellow,
too, who gradually lost his self-respect, and was only
brought to himself and obedience by the free use of
a corn broom and brook water.

Comrades may have accused their immediate com-
manders of neglect and inefficiency ; and cursed them
as the authors of their miserable condition, but could
they have assembled at regimental headquarters, and
heard the true history, known all the insults and
reprimands borne by Colonels Tilden and Farnham;
could have heard their sobs, which found response in
^every heart present, they would have felt that there
was suffering almost as deep as theirs.

1863

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 39

All the applications of the colonel and quarter-
master for a return of clothing and shelter, left at
Tillinghast; all the requisitions for something in
substitute; all the earnest appeals, and letters of
explanation are on file, many of them bearing the
endorsement, " disapproved."

Requisitions for shelter and clothing lay in pigeon-
holes for weeks, but requisitions for whisky were
signed forthwith. Perhaps to the latter can be
charged our non-recognition, as well as three-
fourths the disasters which befell the Army of the
Potomac.

Out of all this suffering grew a grand resolve
which nothing ever after caused to waver. Out of
it came a lasting patriotism and courage that no
privation, no danger could abate. The few short
months developed a new set of men, and what kind
of men let Fredericksburgh tell. All that time God
was busy making heroes.

Following are the orders and correspondence relat-
ing to the necessities and suffering condition of the
regiment : —

Hdq'rs 16th Reg't Maine Vols.,
Camp Near Sharpsburgh, Md., Oct. 2, 1862.
Capt. :—

You will proceed at once to Washington, D. C, and ob-
tain, immediately on your arrival, company books and papers
of the 16th Me. Vols. Said books and papers are stored in
the city, having been left at Arlington, Va., and since for-
warded to Washington. You will also look up absentees
from the regiment, and, if possible, obtain a correct and
complete account of the sick belonging to the 16th Me.
Vols., now in various hospitals between this point and

40 HISTORY OF THE

Washington. You will rejoin your regiment at the first 1863
practical moment.

By order of A. W. Wildes,
Col. Com'dg 16th Me. Vols.
(Signed), A. E. Small,

Adft.

TO CAPT. S. C. WHITEHOtrSE,

Co. K, 16th Me. Vols.

Hdq'rs 3d Brigade, 2d Div.
Oct. 6, 1862.
Approved and respectfully forwarded.
(Signed), K. Coulter,

Col. Com'dg Sol Brigade.

Disapproved.

Hdq'rs 2d Division,
Oct. 6, 1862.

By command of

Brig.-Gen. Eicketts,
Com'dg Division.
(Signed), John W. Williams,

A. A. G.

Hdq'rs 16th Eeg't. Me. Vols.,
Camp Near Sharpsburgh, Oct. 13, 1862.
General: —

I would earnestly request that the within order may be
forwarded with your approval, as men in my command are
suffering for the want of a change of clothing, (some are
without shirts to their backs, and many without under-
clothes). The clothing can be had with knapsacks.
The books and rolls of the companies are indispensable.
I have the honor to remain, General,
very resp'y, your ob't serv't,
(Signed), Chas. W. Tilden,

Lt.-Col, Com'dg 16th Me. Vols.
To Brig.-Gen. Taylor,
Com'dg 3d Brigade, Eicketts' Division.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 41

1863 Hdq'rs 16th Me. Reg't Vols.,

Near Sharpsburgh, Md.,
Oct. 13, 1862.
Capt. :—

You will proceed at once to Washington, and obtain im-
mediately on your arrival, books and papers belonging to the
companies of 16th Me. Keg't ; also knapsacks packed with
clothing, issued to this command, which is now stored in the
city, having been left by command of Brig. -Gen. Whipple,
Sept. 6, at which time the reg't left Arlington, Ya.
You will rejoin your regiment without delay.
(Signed), Ciias. W. Tilden,

Lt.-Col, Com' dg 16th Me. Vols.
To Capt. Stephen C. Whiteiiouse,
Com'dg Co. K.

Hdq'rs 3d Brigade, Ricketts'
Division, Oct. 13, 1862.
Respectfully forwarded, with the request that Capt.
Whitehouse be authorized to proceed to Washington on
the business within suggested.

(Signed), Nelson Taylor,

Brig. -General.

Hdq'rs 2d Division, Oct. 13, 1862.
These articles can be telegraphed for from Sharpsburgh.
By order of

Brig.-Gen. Ricketts, Com'dg Division.
(Signed), J. W. Williams, A. A. O.

Hdq'rs 16th Reg't Me. Vols.,
Camp Near Sharpsburgh, Md., Oct. 18, 1862.
General: —

Herewith I have the honor to hand you copy of order
from Gen. Whipple, to proceed to Leesboro', Md., and
report to Gen. Burnside for assignment to his corps. At the
time this order was received by Col. Wildes, then in com-
mand, the regiment was stationed at the different forts in

42 HISTORY OF THE

front of Washington, extending from Fort Albany to Fort !862
De Kalb. We were immediately called together at Fort
Tillinghast, and left there in compliance with said order, at
three o'clock on the morning of the 7th of September. On
reporting to Gen. Burnside we were assigned to our pres-
ent position. The trunks of the company officers, contain-
ing all their company books and papers ; also the knapsacks
and clothing belonging to the men, were left at the different
forts, under guard, afterward taken to Washington by our
quartermaster and stored. My command is suffering for
the want of the knapsacks and clothing. Many of the men
have neither shoes to their feet or shirts to their backs, and
none of them have had a change of underclothing since
leaving Fort Tillinghast. The absence of the company
books is exceedingly annoying to my officers, as their
accounts are necessarily behind.

In view of the above, I would very respectfully ask that
my order, enclosed, may be approved and forwarded.
Very resp'y, your obd't serv't,
(Signed), Chas. W. Tilden,

Lt.-Col, Com 'dg 16th Me. Vols.
To Gen. Nelson Taylor,
Com'dg 3d Brig., 2d Div., 1st A. C.

Hdq'rs 16th Reg't Me. Vols.,
Near Sharpsburgh, Md., Oct. 18, 1862.
Captain: —

You will proceed at once to Washington, and obtain im-
mediately on your arrival, books and papers belonging to
the companies of the 16th Me. Reg't; also knapsacks and
clothing issued to this command, and now stored in the city
of Washington by our regimental quartermaster.
You will rejoin your regiment without delay.
(Signed), Chas. W. Tilden,

Lieut.-Col. Com'dg 16th Me. Vols.
To Capt. John Ayee, Com'dg Co. H.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 43

1863 indorsements.

Hdq'rs 3d Brigade Kicketts' Division,

Oct. 19, 18G2.
Respectfully forwarded, with the recommendation that
Capt. John Ayer be authorized to proceed to Washington
City, and superintend the transportation of the regimental
and company property of his regiment to this place, or
wherever the reg't may be encamped.

(Signed), Nelson Taylor, Brig. -Gen.

Hdq'rs 2d Division, Oct. 19, 1862.
(E. B. 264.)

Approved and submitted.
(Signed), James B. Ricketts,

Brig.-Gen., Com , dg Division.

Hdq'rs 1st Army Corps, Oct. 19, 1862. "
Approved and respectfully forwarded.
(Signed), John F. Reynolds,

Brig.-Gen., Vols., Coin'dg.

Hdq'rs Army of the Potomac,
Oct. 21, 1862.
The above order is confirmed. Capt. Ayer to return in
five days.

By command of Major-Gen. McClellan.
(Signed), James A. Hardee,

Lt.-Col. & A. D. C, A. A. A. G.

Headquarters Sixteenth Maine Volunteers,
Camp near Rappahannock Station, Va.,

Nov. 11, 1862.
General : —

I have the honor to make the following report, relative to
the present condition of the regiment under my command,
and the causes of the same. On our arrival at Washington,
Aug. 21, 1862, we were ordered to report to General Casey,
some two miles from Washington, on the Virginia side of
the Potomac. We remained under his command until Aug.
24, when we were ordered to report to Gen. Whipple, at Fort

44 HISTORY OF THE

Tillinghast. On our arrival at Fort Tillinghast, a part of 1862
the regiment was employed in digging rifle pits, and the
remainder were ordered to drill at heavy artillery in the dif-
ferent forts in front of Washington. On the 3d of Septem-
ber, by order of Col. Greene, commanding the brigade com-
posed of the 14th Mass. Vols., and 16th Me. Vols., com-
panies were detached to garrison the forts extending from
Fort Albany to Fort De Kalb. On the night of the 6th of
Sept., orders were received from Gen. Whipple to proceed
with all possible dispatch to Leesboro', Md., and report to
Gen. Bumside, a copy of which I herewith enclose. In
addition to this order, was a verbal order from Gen. Whipple
for the regiment to move in light marching order, and that
all our property would be left in charge of our regimental
quartermaster, with orders for him to arrange our camp
between Forts Tillinghast and Craig, as the regiment was to
return within two or three days. On reporting to Gen.
Burnside, we were assigned to Gen. Hartsuff's brigade,
Ricketts' Div.

Our quartermaster, learning that we were not to return,
was ordered by Gen. McClellan, to whom he applied, to turn
over all property not issued, and have the knapsacks and
other articles stored at Washington.

On the 2d of Oct. an officer was detailed by Col. Wildes,
then in command, to proceed to Washington, and obtain the
company books and papers in store, and the same was sent
up for approval, the copy of which I herewith enclose.

A third application was made, which was approved, and
Capt. Ayer detailed for the business ; copies of which I have
also the honor to enclose.

Capt. Ayer proceeded immediately to Washington, and
forwarded the property to Hagerstown, the nearest point by
rail to our camp at Sharpsburgh, at which place we were
encamped at the time of his departure, and at which place
it arrived the day after our leaving Sharpsburgh.

Our quartermaster proceeded to Hagerstown, to look after
the property, and have it sent to the regiment, but was
refused transportation by the post quartermaster.

i^****--

COLONEL, AND BREV. BRIGADIER-GENERAL.

-L^L&z^,

THE Jx'f
PUBLIC :

A8TOK. J.ENOX

■•j^DA.TI»tA

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 45

1868 I would very respectfully ask that steps be immediately
taken to have the property transported to the regiment ; also
the subsistence and tents left at Berlin, Maryland, by our
quartermaster, as per his report herewith enclosed.

I will here state that my command is destitute of clothing
sufficient to make them comfortable, many of them being
without a shirt to their backs, and none of them having had
a change of clothing since the 7th of Sept.

I would also state that one cause of so much sickness in
my command is for the lack of clothing, and the want of a
change of diet.

I am, Gen., very respectfully, yourob't servant,

(Signed), Chas. W. Tildest,

Lieut.-Col., Com'dg 16th Me. Vols.

To Gen. Nelson Taylor, Com'dg Brigade.

Hdq'rs 1st Army Corps, November 13, 1862.
Special Orders, No. 51.

II. Lieut* Lowell, 16th Me. Vols., will proceed to Hagers-
town, and forward to his regiment all property stored there,
belonging to it. He will then proceed to Berlin, and take
charge of all public property left there, and return, without
delay, to his regiment.

By command of Brig.-Gen. Keynolds,
Com'dg 1st Army Corps.
(Signed), C. Kingsbury, Jr., A. A. O.

Hdq'rs 16th Me. Vols.,
Camp Near Stafford Court House, Va., Nov. 21, 1862.

Col.: — There being some uncertainty about the officer
detailed to procure the knapsacks and clothing of my com-
mand being able to obtain them, and as the regiment is suffer-
ing for the want of proper clothing, I would respectfully
request that Capt. Crandall, Brigade Quartermaster, be
authorized to proceed to Washington, and in case the prop-

46 HISTORY OF THE

erty is lost, take the necessary steps to obtain a full supply !862
for its immediate wants.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
(Signed), Chas. W. Tilden,

Lt.-Col, Com'dg BegH.
To Col. A. E. Root,
Com'dg 1st Brigade.

indorsement.
Hdq'rs 1st Brigade, 2d Div.,
1st Corps, Nov. 21, 1862.
I have today applied for permission for Capt. Crandall to
go to Washington for supplies for the Brigade. The answer
will arrive to-morrow, and will be made known to Col.
Tilden in order that he may see Capt. Crandall in regard to
the wants of the 16th Maine Vols.

(Signed), Adrian R. Root,

Col. Com'dg 1st Brigade, 2d Div. 1st A. C.

Hdq'rs 16th Reg't Maine Vols.,
Camp near Brooks Station, Va., Nov. 24, 1862.
Col.: — I would respectfully request that Maj. Farnham,
16th Me. Vols., may have permission to proceed to Aquia
Creek, for the purpose of telegraphing to Lieut. Lowell, the
officer detailed from my command to procure the clothing,
etc., of this regiment, now at Hagerstown, Md., informing
him of the location of the regiment, that the articles may
reach us at the earliest possible moment.

I have the honor to remain, Col.,

very respectfully, your ob't serv't,
(Signed), Chas. W. Tilden,

Lieut. -Col. Com'dg 16th Me. Vols.
Col. Root, Com'dg 1st Brigade, 2d Div. 1st A. C.

INDORSEMENT.

Hdq'rs 1st Brigade, 2d Div. 1st A. C.
Camp near Brooks Station, Va., Nov. 24, 1862.
Approved. Lieut.-Col. Tilden, 16th Me. Vols., has per-
mission to take this communication to Division Headquar-
ters in person.

(Signed), Adrian R. Root,

Col, Com'dg 1st Brigade, 2d Div. 1st A. C.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 47

1863 Hdq'rs 2d Div. 1st A. C, Nov. 24, 1862.

Approved,

By command of Gen. Gibbon.
(Signed), Frank A. Haskell, A. D. C.

(Telegram).

Aquia Creek, Nov. 24, 1862.

Lieut. -Col. J. W. Hathaway,

273 F Street, Washington, D. G.
Has Lieut. Lowell left Washington with the clothing for
this Regiment? If not, send him to this place. Quarter-
master-Sergt. Geo. W. Brown is at Alexandria with the
property left at Berlin. Have the same sent forward with
knapsacks and clothing. Reg't in camp near Brooks Sta-
tion. Am waiting your answer by telegraph.

(Signed), Chas. W. Tilden,

Lieut.-Col. Com'dg 16th Me. Vols.

Extract from the report of inspection as to sani-
tary condition of the Sixteenth Regiment Maine
Volunteers, made by Charles J. Nordquist, medical
drector Second Division, November 13th, 1862: —

" I find the mean strength of the Regiment to be six
hundred and ninety-three men, one hundred and eighty-one
of whom are under treatment by the regimental surgeon.
The prevalent diseases are diarrhoea, dysentery, bronchitis,
rheumatic affections, and a few cases of intermittent fever.
To the insufficiency of clothing I ascribe the unhealthy con-
dition of the command, as of the whole number inspected,
thirty-four were without underclothing of any description.
The men are without overcoats ; few have more than one
blanket, and their clothing unclean and almost useless. . . .
The Hospital under charge of Surgeon Alexander, is in
excellent order, and cleanliness and comfort surround the
sick."

48 HISTORY OF THE

CHAPTER IV.

FROM SHARPSBURGH, MARYLAND, TO FREDERICKS-
BURGH, VIRGINIA.

The First Corps reviewed by President Lincoln, 1862
and General McClellan. The regiment numbered, 0ct 2 «
on parade, four hundred and forty-five. When
taking our position in line, for review, a rail
fence was found to be much in the way. Colonel
Coulter, after jumping it several times, turned to
Sergeant-Major Maxfield, who wore a Burnside
blouse, and said, sharply, " Here ! Chaplain, make
yourself useful, and tear down this ' rip-gut ' fence."

" Beg pardon, Colonel, I am not one of that useful
class. I am Sergeant-Major of the to-be-bloody Six-
teenth."

" Good God ! I took you for a chaplain. Where
are they?"

"That group on the knoll," pointing to some
dozen or more, "are spoiling for the chance," replied
Max.

Riding pell-mell into the squad, he ordered them
to " pull down that fence ! " " But, Colonel, we are
chaplains."

" I don't care a G — d — n ! Double-quick ! By
G — , you will do something to earn your salary, as

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 49

1862 long as I command this brigade." The chaplains
took down the fence.

Oct. :. Brigade reviewed by General Taylor.

Oct. 6. Palfrey says : " By the 6th of October, the Presi-
dent had become impatient, so much so, that Hal-
leck, the commander-in-chief, was instructed to tele-
graph McClellan as follows: "The President directs
that you cross the Potomac, and give battle to the
enem}', or drive him south." This did not move
McClellan, but a rumor that such a telegram had
been received, reached us, and we were again in a
state of suspense.

Oct. 8. General Taylor succeeds Hartsuff in command of
the brigade. Drew full rations for the first time
since the regiment left Arlington Heights.

Oct n Brigade reviewed and inspected by General
' Taylor.

Oct. 12. One A.M., called out under arms. Two regiments
of brigade ordered to strengthen picket line against
raiders. Lieutenant Bisbee returned to Company I,
bringing to Captain Waldron a pair of "new trousers,"
which were the envy of the line.

Oct. 16. Heavy cannonading heard in the direction of
Harper's Ferry.

Captain Waldron, Company I, brigade officer of
the day. Mail arrived. Sutlers reaped a rich harvest
among the troops, who, suffering with want and hun-
ger, paid any price asked for food and clothing.
Many assigned their pay in advance. The cornfields
on our flanks were gleaned to the surface for man and
beast. The enlisted men "bought" corn on the ear,
picked up sardine boxes in rear of brigade head-
4

Oct. 17.

50 HISTORY OF THE

quarters, which, with a nail, they converted into 1862
graters ; and on these rubbed the corn until enough
was prepared to make a genuine Maine hasty
pudding, singing all the while, " John Brown's body
lies moldering in the ground." An enlisted man
from Company — , for various charges, was sen-
tenced by court-martial to pace around his regi-
mental camp eight hours, with his head through
a barrel. Some of the veterans mashed the barrel
and set him free.

Battalion drill, for the first time since we were Oct. 20.
mustered in, under Lieutenant-Colonel Tilden. Full
rations issued, of good quality — a rare occurrence.

Marching orders received, and cancelled, October 0ct- 2 \.
22d, on account of the severe storm.

Captain John Ayer, Company H, sent to Washing- 0ct 13
ton to bring up our overcoats and blankets. The men
are suffering terribly, and we muster but three
hundred and fifty on parade. We pay as follows for
supplies : two dollars per bushel for potatoes, forty
cents per pound for butter, eleven cents for sugar,
and ten cents per quart for milk.

Marching orders received. The right wing o f Oct. 2 6.
the army is now crossing the Potomac at Berlin.
At four o'clock struck tents, and marched through
the village of Sharpsburgh in a torrent of rain — on,
through mud ankle-deep, through Rhorersville, over
South Mountain, through Thornton's Gap, and came
to a halt about eight p.m., in the road, nearly an
hour, when the regiment, by common consent and
instinct, found its way into the woods on the west
side of a bleak mountain. In a furious storm of

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 51

1862 -wind and rain, Taylor's brigade passed a dismal
night. Captain Williams, Company A, taken sick on
march, and left at a citizen's house in Rhorersville,
where he died a few da}^s later.

Oct. 2-. Marched to Birkettsville, and bivouacked.

Oct. 28. Reveille at five a.m., marched at six, and camped
at Berlin. Shoes and shelter-tents issued.

Oct. 30. Crossed the Potomac on pontoons at four P.M.

Oct. 3i. About fifty sick. The severest cases were sent to
Washington. Marched to Lovettsville, and camped,
where we were mustered for pay.

Nov.i. Continued the march through Waterford and
Hamilton.

Nov. 2. Regimental inspection.

Nov 3 Marched through Middleburgh and White Plains,
reaching Warrenton on the 7th, in a blinding snow
storm. During the march water froze in canteens.
Captain Whitehouse, of Company K, was here left
sick. November 5th, halted near the residence of a
rebel, Colonel Delainia, and, before the usua,l order to
guard property was published, some of the boys dis-
covered supplies. In spite of threats and muskets,
arms were stacked, and a rush made for the outbuild-
ings, boards were torn off, and out poured corn,
potatoes, and salt in abundance. As well try to stem
the Mississippi, as that torrent of hungry men, who,
regardless of discipline and rank, went through the
buildings, bringing to light, not only food, but
ammunition, and hogsheads of salt, stored for the
rebels.
Nov. 8. Company H all reported on the sick list. Left
Warrenton at about four o'clock p.m., led by a stupid

52 - HISTORY OF THE

guide, who marched us six miles out of our way, 1863
arriving at Rappahannock Station at one o'clock,
Sunday morning, November 9th, in a blinding storm
of snow and bail. Notwithstanding the worn and
forlorn condition of the men, they are cheerful and
plucky ; seemingly oblivious to the fact that the} r are
less than two hundred for duty, ragged, dirty, half
fed, half clothed, and sheltered only by the blue
heaven, and the clouds, above the blanket of snow.
The long march from Sharpsburgh was rich and
varied, and invaluable to him whose heart was in the
cause ; for experience only perfects in any calling.
We learned obedience, we were taught patience
through suffering, courage came to us by exposure to
danger ; and, somehow, we were better men for these
weeks of vicarious atonement. Our hearts, though
brave and strong, were not, however, proof against
ridicule. The appellation of " Blanket Brigade " still
clung to us, in spite of heroic effort to establish a
reputation which should compel the respect of a
regiment whose paper " dickies " were supposed to
cover all deficiencies in looks or demeanor.

General Bayard, in camp a short distance from us, Nov. 10.
sent Colonel Tilden half a sheep this forenoon. The
Colonel hung it up in front of his quarters on the
branches of a tree, and many hungry eyes measured
the number of mouthfuls that carcass would make.
Mouths watered until only the gambrels remained.
I can testify that headquarters had but a small part
of " Mary's little lamb." Captain Waldron made a
pilgrimage to General Bayard's headquarters for
" some more sheep," and, after being bluffed off by

1862

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 53

Captain Jones, succeeded in drawing a fat mutton,
whose advent into camp set Company A wild.
Their foraging propensities were duly exercised, and
in a few short hours a bonanza was struck. Roast
mutton, baked lamb, and boiled sheep sent up a
delicious odor from every company. Blankets and
boughs here and there hid suspicious looking boxes,
with busy bees buzzing around, and a siveet, satisfied
look crept over the whole command.

Lieutenant Chapman credits four members of
Company K with a successful foraging of two hives
of honey, and a brood of chickens. He says : —

" The funny part of this incident is that the for-
agers with their plunder came suddenly upon General
Taylor and staff at a bend in the road in the midst of
a dense wood. The General took in the situation at
a glance, and, with grim humor, with his staff and
guard faced to the front, and allowed the boys to
'pass in review' in single file, without breaking their
formation. Not a word was said, nor a salute given
by either paiiyy, but visions of the guard-house arose
vividly in the minds of the marauders, as a hasty
glance was given to the stern face of the brigade
commander, as they filed past. As they hastened to
camp an orderly followed, who went to the colonel
with instructions from the general to send the honey
and chickens to the division hospital for the use of
the sick. The honey was disposed of, however,
before the order reached the boys."

We reported so man3 r on the sick list that General
Gibbon sent Surgeon Nordquist to investigate. A
well-fed and sheltered division commander and staff

54 HISTORY OF THE

could not appreciate our destitute condition, and gra- 1862
tuitously insulted us by censuring the colonel and
quartermaster. The Dutch beer guzzler added to in-
sult injury by remarking to Colonel Tilden: "Your
regiment are poor soldiers, but tarn goot foragers."
Calling me out, he said: "Ad-ju-tant, py Got, your
men tey all pe det pefore night unless you dake dose
honeys dose tarn tiefs got mit 'em. You shust take
some names of dose and send me, or I reports you
to the sheneral." "All right, Surgeon, your order
shall be obeyed. Boys, I am going for paper, and
expect the names of every man who stole honey.'
So, in obedience to orders, names were demanded,
but I failed to find the "tam tiefs" (as I expected
and desired). On returning to my tent I passed
some Company E boys, whose smiles shone through
streaks of grease and honey, as they courteously
touched their hats. On a rubber in my tent I found
about ten pounds of as delicious honey as Virginia
could afford.

The rebels had a small force on the south bank of Nov - u -
the river, which was quickly dispersed, and their
camp destroyed. The Third Brigade, the advance
infantry of the Army of the Potomac, was ordered
to hold the position, and went into camp near the
bridge. At two forty-five regiment ordered under
arms, and remained so until daylight. Shelter is now
sufficient and rations abundant, but some companies
are so destitute of clothing, especially underwear
and overcoats, that they are excused from duty.
The sick list is frightful. The militar} r commission,
ordered by division commander to investigate the

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 55

1862 condition of the regiment, in their report exonerate
its officers, and declare that everything possible has
been done by them for the welfare of the regiment.

Nov. 16. Being assigned to Duryea's brigade, struck tents
and marched three miles up the O. & A. R. R., and
joined it at Bealeton. Lieutenant Libby, Company
H, left sick.

Nov. 19. Colonel Adrian R. Root assumed command of
First Brigade, composed of Ninety-fourth and One
Hundred and Fourth New York, One Hundred and
Seventh Pennsylvania, and Sixteenth Maine. Second
Assistant Surgeon Warren Hunter reported for duty.
First Sergeant Conley in command of Company H.

Nov. 20. Reveille at half-past five a.m., marched at eight,
and bivouacked at Morrisville, where we remained

Nov. 22. until 22d, when the march was continued to Stafford
Court House.

Nov 23 Continued the march, and camped at four p.m.

an 24. near B roo i cs ' Station, on the Acquia Creek and Fal-
mouth Railroad, about four miles from the creek.

Nov. 2&. Put up shelters, rested, and speculated on the
"cause" of the cannonading heard in the direction of
Fredericksburgh.

Nov. 27. November 27th was both the national and State
"Thanksgiving Day," and as if to make it the more
joyful and memorable to the regiment, Lieutenant
Lowell, of Company D, arrived from Washington
with knapsacks and overcoats. Seldom have men
greater cause for gladness. The overcoats gave
warmth and respectability, while the knapsacks sup-
plied underclothing in place of that worn eleven
loug weeks. There, too, were the little conveniences

56

HISTORY OF THE

brought from home, pictures of loved ones, "house-
wives," paper and envelopes, and many cherished
tilings that a soldier clings to as mementos of absent
friends, or relics of his former peace-life.

The pioneer corps of the regiment detailed today
consists of one sergeant and ten privates, as fol-
lows: Company A, Moses W. Cook; B, Joseph W.
Richardson ; C, Archibald Finney ; D, Benjamin F.
Foster ; E, Ivory W. Riggs ; F, Eben I. Walker ; G,
Jacob T. Hodgkins ; H, George W. Wilson ; I, Ben-
jamin F. Garcelon ; K, Ira Page ; R. E. Brann, Com-
pany E, acting sergeant.

Despondency gives place to a buoyancy hitherto
unknown. Shelter, food, and clothing have done
their perfect work, and a feeling of satisfaction and
contentment envelops the command, which does
itself credit on parade, now held every night. Regi-
mental and company drills take place daily.

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1862 Brigade drill in the afternoon. Regiment compli-

Dec3- mented by Colonel Root. Aggregate strength of
regiment present, seven hundred and fifteen; for
duty, five hundred and ninety-eight; sick and on
detail, one hundred and seventeen. Ordered to
change camp to-morrow.

Dec. 5. Fall of snow and rain. Line officers' baggage
reduced to one piece of shelter and a gripsack.
Surplus baggage all packed and sent to Washington,
and supposed to be "stored."

Dec. e. Mail received. Paymaster arrived.

Dec. 7. Three deaths have occurred during the past week.
Three times has our garrison flag covered the remains
of a "volunteer" as they passed in procession to a
spot soon to be grown over with bushes, and for-
gotten.

Dec 8. Trousers issued to the men. Orders received to
send all sick to Washington, and be in readiness to
move at an hour's notice. The First and Third
Divisions of our corps are now facing the enemy
on the Rappahannock, and everything points to
a great battle within a few days. Captain Wal-
dron writes to a friend as follows: "You may
be curious to know how a man feels at the pros-
pect of going into battle within a few days. I am
free to confess that for one I do not hanker after
the job, but as my duty plainly lies in that direc-
tion, I think I conscientiously admit to you that
I never felt lighter hearted or more buoyant in
spirit than at the present movement of our troops
upon the enemy's position ; and could I have my
choice to be detailed for some service which would

58 HISTORY OF THE

shield me from exposure to the enemy's bullets, I 1862
would prefer to take my chances with my com-
pany."

Preparing; for battle. D ec.9

1 ° and 10.

Broke camp and marched to the river below Fal- Dec u
mouth. The following order was handed to the
colonel just as we left camp: —

Headquarters 1st Brig. 2d Division,
December 11, 1862.
General Order No. 15.

Adjutant A. B. Small, 16th Reg't Me. Vols., and Adjutant
J. B. Thomas, 107th Penn. Vols., are appointed acting aids
to the brigade commander, until further orders, and will be
respected accordingly.

By command of Col. Adrian B. Boot,
Com'dg 1st Brigade.
C. E. Scovill, A. A. A. G.

Crossed the river with division, and took up position Dec 12.
on the left center of Franklin's grand division, just
before sunset. The stars shone above us as we biv-
ouacked for the night. Men wrapped their blankets
around them, and lay down to sleep as if unconscious
of their surroundings ; of the missiles of death within
short range ; of the fact that this is their last sleep on
earth. Arms were stacked, horses tethered, and
gradually there stole over this valley of the shadow
of death, a peaceful calm that gave no sign of the
coming storm that would make desolate thousands
of homes, north and south. Gradually the dew fell,
and as silently as night cometh, crept the fog, until
its density covered the plain, and hid from sight
batteries, caissons, and fifty thousand men.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 59

CHAPTER V.

fredekicksburgh.

1863 The world seemed so lovely, and life so precious
ec * 1? * and dear, and our hearts so hopeful and brave, yet
in a few short hours were sown anguish and grief
broadcast; only the burning of a little powder, and
lives went out by scores — literally were snuffed out
like candles.

The morning was brilliant with promise, but the
night brought darkness and despair to thousands of
hearts, and discouragement to the Army of the
Potomac. When the fog lifted the Sixteenth wore
a grim look of satisfaction as they viewed the enter-
tainment to which they had been invited. The past,
with its censure and ridicule, seemed ages back, and
the future as far hence, when the ominous silence
was broken by the terrific explosion of a shell
through a space in the fog. In a moment, as it were,
the battle opened along the whole line.

Colonel Tilden makes the following official re-
port : —

Col. Adrian R. Eoot, Comhlg 1st Brigade,

Col.: — I have the honor to submit the following report of
the Regiment under my command in the late engagement
near Fredericksburgh: —

60 HISTORY OF THE

In compliance with your orders, my command, numbering !862
21 line officers, and 406 enlisted men, was in line at 5 o'clock Dec. 13.
the morning of the 11th instant, for the purpose of crossing
the Rappahannock, as it was understood we were to cross at
daybreak. AVe commenced our line of march with the 1st
Brigade at 5.15 a.m., and proceeded some three miles toward
the river, a short distance below Fredericksburgh, when it
was ascertained that we could not cross, owing to the en-
gineer's being unable to complete the bridges. At this point
I brought my commnnd to a rest, and remained through the
day and night. On the morning of the 12th instant, orders
being received from headquarters of the Brigade to be under
arms at 5 o'clock, I had my command in line at the appointed
time, and took up the line of march, crossing the river about
12 o'clock M. After crossing and resting for a short time,
we formed a line of battle in the rear of the 107th Pennsyl-
vania and 105th New York Volunteers, near the stone man-
sion occupied as a Hospital, which position we maintained
through the remainder of the afternoon and night, with the
exception of changing slightly, from time to time, to avoid
the fire of the enemy's batteries in position on the Heights
at our right.

On the morning of the 13th instant I had my command
under arms at 8 o'clock, and received orders to move by the
left flank to the left about a quarter of a mile. Here we
were obstructed in our passage by a thick growth of bushes
and a ravine. Our pioneers soon cleared the bush, and we
were again on the march. While waiting at the above place,
two of my command were slightly wounded by pieces of
shell from the enemy's guns, they having complete range of
this point. After crossing the ravine, we moved by the right
flank beyond the county road, and formed in line of battle.
We remained here for a short time, and were then ordered
to retire to the road, where we remained until about 1
o'clock p.m. At this time I moved my regiment, in compli-
ance with your orders, to the front in the open field, and
then by the right flank to the right, unmasking the 105th
New York, and forming in line of battle on the right. AVe

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 61

1863 immediately opened fire upon the enemy, who were covered
Dec. 13. behind the enbankment of the railroad in front of ns. Find-
ing his fire very disastrous, and seeing that our Gre was
doing little or no execution, the order was received from
you, through Lieut. Scovill, to fix bayouets, charge, and
drive him from his breast-works. My regiment being some
fifteen paces in advance of those on my right and left, I
waited some few moments for them to come up, but finding
they did not, I gave the order to charge, which was obeyed
with promptness and firmness equal to that displayed by
veteran troops, driving the enemy from his breast-works,
and capturing some sixty prisoners, sending the same to the
rear.

After crossing, I advanced into the woods a short distance.
My lines being somewhat broken, I ordered a new line formed
for the purpose of advancing still farther. But finding that
we had no support, I immediately gave the order to lire into
the woods, where it was evident the enemy were in ambush.
I was hoping that support might be sent to us. Xone being
received, however, my ammunition being nearly exhausted,
and finding the enemy had gained possession of the point of
woods making out on our left, which I supposed was held by
one of the other regiments of the brigade, I gave the order
to retire. "We retired under the crest of the hill back of the
county road, where we remained until 2 o'clock in the morn-
ing of the 14th inst. We then moved to the left some mile
and a half, and remained until daylight, at which time we
advanced, and formed a second line of battle at this point.
We remained in this position Sunday and Monday. In
obedience to your orders, I got my command into line at 7
o'clock Monday evening, and crossed the river without any
casualty.

I should be doing injustice to mention the names of any
of my command as worthy of mention in this engagement,
as all performed their duty like true soldiers.

My loss of line officers was fully equal to the percentage
of enlisted men, being eleven killed, wounded, and missing.
Among the number were Capt. Hutchin? of Company 13,

62 HISTORY OF THE

and Lieut. Herrick of Company D, who fell while gallantly 1862
leading their commands. Dec. 13.

I should be remiss did I fail to mention the bravery and
heroic conduct of the 12th Massachusetts, Col. Bates com-
manding, which regiment we were ordered to relieve. It
was with difficulty we gained their front, so determined were
they in doiug their whole duty. Herewith I hand you a list
of casualties.

I have the honor, Col., to remain very resp'y
your ob't serv't,

Chas. W. Tildeist,
Lt.-Col., Com 'dg 16th Me. Vols.

The adjutant-general's report says : " At ten
o'clock a.m., Colonel Root moved the brigade to the
left about four hundred yards, and then changing
direction to the right, advanced to the front across a
deep, wooded ravine, and over an adjacent elevation
of ground to the Bowling Green Turnpike. In
effecting this movement the brigade was exposed to
a severe fire of shell from the enemy's batteries,
planted upon the wooded heights to the front, and
in order to avoid this fire, a considerable detour was
made to the left before the position was reached to
which it was assigned. The Sixteenth, under the
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Tilden, with the
Ninety-fourth and One Hundred and Fourth New
York, and One Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania
regiments, were then deployed in parallel lines to
the right and left of Hall's battery, (Second Maine).
The men were ordered to lie down, and for several
hours the brigade remained, without loss, under a
?e.\ r ere and constant fire from the enemy's batteries.
At quarter to two o'clock Colonel Root was ordered

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 63

1862 to charge with his brigade to the front, storm the
Dec. 13. enem y' s breast-works, and occupy his position. The
Sixteenth sprang to the work with a will, at double-
quick, advancing to the front with the rest of the
brigade, under a severe fire of the enemy's artillery
and musketry. The approach to the enemy's posi-
tion, which consisted of the embankment and ditches
of the Richmond railway, was rendered extremely
difficult by several parallel ditches or rifle pits, and
its rear protected \jj thick woods, sheltering infantry
supports. As the brigade arrived upon the ground
previously occupied bj r the Second and Third Bri-
gades, the fire of the enemy became so incessant and
galling, and so many of our men fell, killed or
wounded, that a portion of the first line of the bri-
gade slackened its pace, and the men, without orders,
commenced firing. By the strenuous exertions of
the regimental commanders, and the other officers,
the firing was nearly discontinued. The brigade
renewed its advance, and as the men recognized the
enemy their movement increased in rapidity, until,
with a shout and a run, the brigade leaped the ditches,
charged across the railway, and occupied the woods
beyond, driving the enemy from his position, killing
a number with the bayonet, and capturing upward
of two hundred prisoners. Of this number the Six-
teenth captured between fifty and sixty, and sent
them to the rear. The men fired with coolness and
precision, until they exhausted the sixty rounds
which they carried. Finding that the enemy had
rallied in superior force, and were rapidly pressing
the front and flanks of the brigade, and that the

64 niSTORY OF THE

position, which, with a supporting brigade, would 1863
have been tenable, was, by the absence of any in- Dec13 -
fantry support whatever, rendered simply murderous
to his command, Colonel Root * ordered the brigade
to fall back. The officers and men received the order
with surprise and grief, and retired so reluctantly
the enemy were enabled to close up on the rear of
the brigade, and inflict a loss exceeding that incurred
during the charge itself."

Colonel Root, in his official report, after speaking
of the gallant conduct of the New York and Penn-
sylvania regiments, says : " I am sure that these
brave regiments and their gallant commanders will
not deem it invidious in me to make especial mention
of the Sixteenth Maine Volunteers, Lieutenant-Colo-
nel Tilden commanding. The regiment is a new one,
and here fought its first battle, and I felt some appre-
hensions lest the terrible fire from the enemy's con-
cealed rifle pits would be too severe a trial for its
men. But the gallant manner in which the regiment
charged the enemy's position excited my surprise and
admiration, and reflected the highest honors upon its
officers and men. Previous to the action, thirty-eight
men of the regiment had volunteered to do duty with
Hall's battery, and I am assured by Captain Hall that
their conduct was creditable in the highest degree.
Lieutenant Abner R. Small, Sixteenth Maine Volun-
teers, A. A. D. C, rendered me valuable and efficient

* Colonel Root, seeing the charge successful, went to the rear for
support. The One Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania, on the left,
first noticed the enemy, in increased numhers, moving on his left
flank, and ordered a retreat. The Ninety-fourth and One Hundred
and Fourth New York had already fallen hack from the woods, and
the Sixteenth had no alternative but to follow.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 65

1862 service, and bore himself with a cool intrepidity

Dec - l3 ' worthy of his regiment."

Captain Waldron, Company I, writes under date
of December 20th: "The enemy occupied a range
of hills well wooded in the form of a crescent,
the center of which might have been from a mile
and a half to two miles from the river, while their
right and left rested on or near the river, thus pre.
eluding the possibility of our turning either flank.
In addition to the situation which nature had so
admirably fortified for the rebels, the F. & R. Rail-
road ran for a distance of three miles or more at
the foot of the hills, and within a few rods from the
edge of the wooded slope, affording by its embank-
ment a safe position for their skirmishers and sharp-
shooters, from which they most effectively and
destructively harassed and murdered our light artil.
lerymen. In addition to these natural and artificial
defenses of the enemy, for a great distance along the
line were plowed fields, which during the heat of
the day were converted into quagmires, so that our
infantry were obliged to wade ankle deep in mud in
almost every charge made. The distance to the rail-
road was about half a mile, in traversing which we
had to face a galling and incessant fire from behind
the railroad embankment in our front; while on our
right flank was a battery of two guns, located in a
spur of woods, which made sad havoc in our right
companies.

" Our division occupied a place a little to the left
of the center of Franklin's grand division. We
had been somewhat exposed to the rebel batteries
5

6(3 HISTORY OF THE

during our march to a comparatively safe place in 1863
front, where we remained until half-past twelve, at Dec ' 13
which time we were ordered into action. Our bri-
gade was ordered to relieve Tower's brigade which
had been maintaining a fire upon the rebels for an
hour or more, who were comparatively secure from
harm behind the railroad embankment. We unslung
knapsacks, — not, however, until some of our men had
been shot down, — took up a double-quick, and, as
soon as the horrible condition of the ground would
admit, relieved Tower's brigade. The practiced eye
of our lieutenant-colonel (Tilden), at once detected
the hazardous nature of the position we had been
ordered into, where the effective was all upon one
side, and called upon the colonel commanding the
brigade to order a charge. This was done, and never
did men respond with a more hearty will. They
came to a right-shoulder-shift and rushed fearlessly
on to the enemy, who lay concealed, as they sup-
posed, secure from Federal bullets, but not from
Federal bayonets. A ditch this side of the embank-
ment for a moment retarded our progress, when we
crossed bayonets with the foe, and all who did not
yield either took to the woods, or were killed upon
the spot. We captured between fifty and sixty
prisoners, who were sent to the rear; and then com-
menced a return of the fire from behind the trees, a
few rods distant. While the Sixteenth was busily
engaged returning the fire, the other regiments of
our brigade had retired, leaving us either to advance
alone, or make the best retreat we could. The line
officers called upon Colonel Tilden to order an

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 67

1863 advance, but he, seeing that our support had left us,
Dec. 13. wou i c | no k hazard being sacrificed or captured, and
at once ordered a retreat, during which our greatest
losses occurred, the regiment being completely at the
mercy of the rebel infantry. It was our only re-
source, in which we lost from thirty to forty per cent
of all that went into battle. Had the rest of the
brigade been able to hold their ground as long as we
did, a portion of the rebel fire would have been
diverted from us. Oat of four hundred and seven-
teen men who went into the fight, but one hundred
and fifty-four answered to the rollcall that night. Of
the missing enough have turned up so that we now
have nearly two hundred men of those who were in
the battle, for duty. Captain Hall's Second Maine
Battery was ordered to support our charge by shell-
ing the woods, which could have been done any-
where on the field, but he was ordered to move up
within a rifle-shot distance of the enemy. He lost
fifteen horses, beside the killed and wounded men,
and was so much crippled that he had to leave one
gun on the field." This gun men from the Sixteenth
brought off under a galling fire.

An eye-witness of the battle writes to the Whig
$ Courier as follows: "During the conflict, so great
was the admiration of Colonel Tilden for the cool-
ness and soldierly conduct of his men, that he cried
out, in a stentorian voice, ' Men of the Sixteenth ! I
wish to take every one of you by the hand, and
thank you personally for your gallant braver}'.' The
wish was answered by a hearty cheer, and a request
to be allowed to charge the enemy again, but the

68 HISTORY OF THE

Colonel saw by a glance to the right and left, that
the regiments which should support the Sixteenth
were hardly up to its enthusiastic attitude, and gave
the order to give them a few more rounds, and then
retire. The order was executed to the letter, as the
whole sixty rounds carried into battle were exhausted.
The officers of this regiment set the men a noble
example, and by their courage and soldierly bearing
did all that brave men could do to reassure and give
confidence to the raw troops under their command.
Colonel Tilden and Major Farnham were conspicu-
ous everywhere along the line, and by their coolness
inspired the men with a spirit which seemed utterly
regardless of danger. Had the word been given by
Colonel Tilden to charge the rebels into the woods
and up the hill, so great was their confidence in his
skill and leadership, every man would have applied
himself with irresistible energy to the work. The
noble conduct of the field officers on that memorable
day has bound the hearts of the men of the Six-
teenth to them with chains which cannot be broken.
The clear, commanding voice of Colonel Tilden was
heard above the din of battle, cheering on and stimu-
lating the men to unsurpassed deeds of valor, while
Major Farnham was personally active from one end
of the line to the other, in saying an encouraging
word to every one he passed."

General VV. F. Palfrey says : " After all of Lyle's
brigade, and all of Taylor's, except the Ninety-
seventh New York and Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania,
had given away, Root's brigade was ordered up.
The Twelfth Massachusetts and some remnants

1863

Dec. 13.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 69

1862 joined it, and the force advanced gallantly and took
Dec. 13. ^ e embankment, and some prisoners."

The rebel troops engaged in our immediate front
were a part of Talliaferro's, formerly Jackson's.
That they fought with their accustomed ferocity,
the loss of the First Brigade proved by its list of
killed and wounded. Even when the Sixteenth
sprang over the works, they showed a brave front,
and only after a score or more were bayoneted would
they yield to a more determined courage than theirs.
Otis Libby, of Company H, crazed with pain from a
wound in the head by a clubbed musket, ran two
rebels through with his bayonet, and heedless of the
fact that his enemies had surrendered, would have
continued his ferocious work had not Colonel Farn-
ham pulled him away. Monroe Lyford, of Company
E, rushed over the embankment with the fury of a
madman, and, running his bayonet through a rebel,
yelled, "Curse you, you killed my brother!" which,
alas, was too true. Charley Lyford, one of the hand-
somest and best boys of his company, had yielded
up his young and hopeful life early in the charge.
Captain Hutchins' presentiment was verified, for he
fell shot through the heart. Lieutenant Herrick, of
Company D, was killed. Lieutenant Edwards, a
young graduate of Bowdoin, gave up his life with
all its promise. The patriotic Heath, of the Q-ardiner
Home Journal, fell shot through the head. Captain
Ayer, of Company H, was mortally wounded. Young
Beecher, and scores of brave fellows, went down,
adding glory and honor to the regiment, and suffer-
ing to the hearts at home. I will not say "we fought

70

HISTORY OF THE

as no other troops fought that day." It is not true
of this, nor of any other regiment, but it should, in
justice and honor, be recorded through all time, that
unskilled and untrained though we were, to us
belongs the credit of bull-dog fighting, until fifty-
four per cent of our number were killed or wounded.
The statistics fully revised from records to recent
date, are as follows : —

1863
Dec. 13.

Killed.

Mort. Won

Wounded.

Missing.

Offrs

E.M.

Offrs

E.M.

Offrs

E.M.

Offrs

E.M.

Total.

Company

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
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I
K

1
1

9
4
7
5
2
6
5
5
5
6

1
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2
1

12
10
18
12
11
10
16
17
7
14

2

1

24

1

1

2
6
2
7
1
6
4

19

33

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21
23
17

It

28

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1

28
12

tt

4

1

25

2

54 1 2

32

7

127

6

230

The six missing men rejoined the regiment.

The past was redeemed, the voice of insult and
reproach was forever silenced. The regiments, which
had hitherto ignored our claim to an honorable name,
joined heartily with the Second Division in three
cheers and a tiger for the Sixteenth, whose casualties
were half the loss of the First Brigade. Thomas S.
Hopkins, of Company C, contributed the following
to The Youth's Companion : —

" The following narrative is strictly true, even to
the minutest particular. I was but seventeen years
of age when I enlisted in the Sixteenth Regiment,
Maine Volunteers. Though our regiment suffered
many privations in the summer and fall of 1862,

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 71

1863 we were 110 t brought face to face with the enemy
l)ei ' u until December when the great battle of Fredericks-
burgh was fought. For weeks before the engage-
ment we were constantly drilling and preparing for
the conflict, having been assigned to the Left Grand
Division of the Army of the Potomac, commanded
by General Franklin.

" The morning of December 12th found us opposite
Fredericksburgh, which is situated on the south side
of the Rappahannock River. We spent the whole
day in watching our batteries throwing shells over
the river into the burning city. With the aid of a
field-glass, we could see the enemy's works stretching
a long distance down the river. That night their
camp fires were plainly visible and we could some-
times hear their loud cheers. The engineer corps
was endeavoring to la} r pontoon bridges for the
army to cross on. They were made of long flat-
bottomed canvas boats, placed side by side in the
water, and fastened together, and upon which was
laid a plank walk. The enemy's sharpshooters hotly
contested the laying of these bridges and many a
poor fellow lost his life. But at last they were ready,
and on the morning of the 12th, in a dense fog, we
crossed about two miles below the city. As we
climbed the banks we passed an aristocratic stone
mansion, which soon became a hospital. That whole
day and evening the entire army lay within easy
range of the enemy's guns; but they fired not a shot,
and some of us were unwise enough to think they
were afraid. We knew that the next day we were
to make the attack. Our supply of cartridges was

72 HISTORY OF THE

better than our supply of food, and that day I
husbanded my resources by dining and supping
on parched corn. I slept soundly upon the frozen
ground that night, and before light the next morning,
we were all up and had cooked and eaten a hearty
breakfast. Up and down the plain as far as the eye
could reach, the camp fires lighted the wintry sky
and around them were gathered groups of men muf-
fled in their long blue overcoats, eagerly discussing
the situation. There was no outward sign of fear or
doubt over the terrible struggle we were about to
engage in, but many of us I know thought of our
loved ones at home and in our hearts bade them a
silent farewell.

" The Rappahannock River, upon whose banks we
lay, runs in a southeasterly direction. Back a dis-
tance of about a mile, rise the heights of Fredericks-
burgh, at the foot of which runs the railroad to Rich-
mond. Behind the railroad embankment, and upon
the heights, were intrenched the enemy. About half-
way between the heights and the river, nearly paral-
lel with the latter, runs the Bowling Green Turn-
pike. The right of our line of battle extended above
the city. We were on the extreme left, two miles
below. At sunrise our brigade began to move
toward the turnpike. We had scarcely gone a dozen
rods before the enemy opened on us with shot and
shell. I could not help laughing aloud to see the
captain of my company dodge the shells as they
came over our heads, but I soon learned to do it my-
self. We double-quicked to the turnpike, where we
found shelter by lying flat upon our faces, while the

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1862 shells went bursting over us with such horrible
Dec. 13. no j ses that I hugged the ground for dear life. It
was a wild scene. The sharp rattle of musketry,
the almost continuous booming of cannon, the neigh-
ing of horses, the yells of the drivers, and the sharp
commands, mingling with the cries of the wounded,
were enough to strike terror to the hearts of our
boy soldiers. Our batteries replied to the fire of our
foes with a promptness and energy that excited my
admiration, and the sharp rattle of musketry told us
that the battle was in progress. Aids and mounted
orderlies went dashing hither and thither in hot
haste, to the various commands; and generals and
their staffs were gathered in groups, anxiously see-
ing the enemy's movements through field-glasses.
Great clouds of smoke rolled over us like a burning
cit}', and half obscured the columns of men who
were marching with quick step in various directions,
" swiftly forming in the ranks of war." Bugles
blared and drums beat, and high above the awful
din arose the shrill cry of some poor soul who had
received a mortal wound. I know of no sound so
horrible as the fiendish singing of the pieces of
bursted shell, — and the wounds they make are
usually fatal. The first one killed in our regiment
was a noble young fellow in my company. He was
struck in the back by a spent cannon-ball. We had
time to give him a hasty burial before we moved for-
ward.

" About half-past one p. m., came the word to
advance. Between us and the enemy, a distance of
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planted the preceding summer. The ground, frozen 1863
the night before and thawed again at noon, was miry I
and treacherous, and we often sank half-way to our
knees. At intervals deep ditches had been dug for
drainage. Just before the order came for us to
advance the brigade commander rode down the line
and spoke words of encouragement to us. ' Boys,

don't dodge when ,' but before he could finish

the sentence, a shell whizzed so close to his head
that he himself dodged very emphatically. He add-
ed with a laugh, ' But you may dodge big ones like
these !' And we gave cheers for our commander,
who, if he would dodge shell, was a brave man. Now
our line moved forward a dozen yards, when the
order came: 'Halt! Unsling knapsacks! Fix bay-
onets ! ' Then I knew that we were to fight the
enemy with cold steel. Before we had time to exe-
cute the order to unsling knapsacks, one man in my
company was divested of his by a movement not
found in any book of military tactics. A piece of
shell struck his blanket which was closely rolled and
strapped on the top of his knapsack, just behind the
back of his neck, and the momentum of the missile
was such that for a moment man and knapsuck re-
volved around each other and then they parted com-
pany. Again came the order — ' Forward ! ' The bul-
lets now began to sing angrily about our ears, and
our men began to fall. The one with whom I touch-
ed elbows on my left was among the first victims.
The ball entered his leg with a sickening thud which
I shall never forget, and he fell to the ground with
a cry of ' I 'm shot ! ' The company to which I

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1863 belonged was the color company, and the two brave
nee. 13. f e n owa w ] 10 carr i e d the flags, as soon as the order to
move forward was given, stepped out of the ranks in
advance of the others, and maintained that position
during the charge. It was a daring deed, for the
enemy's sharpshooters always seek to pick off the
color guard. They were soon made commissioned
officers for gallantry. Down to this time I had felt
nervous, and my knees trembled and legs felt weak.
I acknowledge that I was afraid, but being afraid and
yielding to fear are two different things. When my
mother bade me good by the day my regiment left
for Washington, she put her hands upon my head and
said : ' My son, never let me hear that you turned
your back to the enemy.' The remembrance of that
pale face and her command were of themselves
enough to make one brave, but I needed no such
incentive, for when I saw my comrades falling on
either side, fear left me and all my angry passions
were aroused. The tears trickled down my cheeks,
and I believe I could have fought a whole array.

" We had traversed about half the distance between
the turnpike and the enemy, when we were obliged
to pass through a line of our troops who were firing.
We halted and fired a dozen or more rounds our-
selves. I remember that while I was reloading, my
orderly sergeant, who was in rear of the company,
discharged his rifle. The muzzle was so near my ear
that it stunned me for a moment. I clubbed my
rifle, turned to him, and above the din of battle I

cried, ' George B , if you dare do that again I '11

.' Here a bullet whizzed so near mv nose that

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I did not finish the sentence. Now came the order, 1862
' Cease firing ! ' And then, ' Charge bayonets ! Dec> 13,
Forward double-quick ! ' We had now a quarter of
a mile of muddy ground to traverse, and deep
ditches to leap down into and clamber up out of, in
the midst of a terrible fire. With each advancing
step the fire of the enemy increased. The air was
filled with bursting shells, grape and canister, and
minie bullets. So thickly did they fall around us
that the dirt was constantly spattering in my face.
Instinctively we bowed our heads to this fierce storm
as we swept on. There were great gaps in our ranks
as one after another fell under the awful fire, but
there was no flinching, no hesitation, as with swift
steps and stern faces we moved across the few
remaining yards of ground toward the long row of
leveled rifles from which were belching forth smoke
and death. With one wild, determined cry our
regiment leaped upon them. There was only a brief
conflict, — the enemy fled up the hill, followed a short
distance by our troops.

"But I never reached the intrenchment myself.
When we were almost upon it, and I was grasping
my rifle tight, and hoping that in a moment my good
bayonet should revenge some comrade's blood, I
found myself flat upon the ground, and heard Cap-
tain M., as he passed over my body, shout out to
me, ' Lay low, boy ! ' And then I realized that I
was wounded. For a few moments I lay perfectly
still, but soon the pain in my groin told me where I
was hit, and I determined to make a desperate effort
to get off the field, for I thought it very likely our

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1863 men W ould be driven back again. I dared not ex-
Dec ' 13, amine my wound for fear I should faint. Finding I
could make some progress by using my rifle as a sup-
port, I slowly and painfully dragged myself to the
rear.

"The battle was still raging behind me with
unabated force, and the shot and shell from our own
batteries, as well as the enemy's, were passing over my
head, making deafening noises. On every side lay
the dead and wounded, and the groans and appeals
for help were pitiful to hear. I reached the turn-
pike at last, and, beneath the sheltering enbankment,
I examined the nature of my injury. I was over-
joyed to find that the supposed wound was only a
very severe bruise ! An army cup which I carried
on the outside, and a tin plate carried on the in-
side of my haversack had saved me. The force of
the bullet was such that it had taken a piece clean
out of the cup, which was made of very thick
material, passed through the plate and the hard-tack
in my haversack — it would not take much hard bread
of the kind to stop a cannon-ball — and stopped just
short of my flesh. I have the piece of cup now. I
was sent to hospital for a few days, until I could
march again. I was sorry that necessity compelled
me to go, for some rascal stole my blanket, and for
the next week I slept out of doors on the frozen
ground with nothing but my ordinary clothing and
overcoat on. Some of my young seventeen-year-old
readers would think it quite hard to do that in
December, and I fear neither they nor their mothers,
if they knew it, would sleep much. As I expected,

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the remnant of our regiment was driven back from 1862
the position they had so bravely., and at such fearful Dee " 13 "
cost, won. When the sixty rounds of ammunition
had been fired away and no fresh cartridges were
sent them, they could only fall back. What a grave
mistake for a general to charge an enemy and then
send no support to his victorious legions ; not even
ammunition; while the river's bank was lined with
fresh troops. From the time the regiment left the
turnpike on the charge until it returned was, I think,
less than an hour. In that brief time it lost more
than one half its numbers in killed and wounded.

" The following are incidents of the battle which
came under my personal observation : Before the
charge and while we were lying on our faces a piece
of shell struck one of our boys' knapsacks, tore it
open and lifted a pack of cards, intact, high into the
air, when they suddenly spread apart and fell to the
ground like a shower of autumn leaves. One of our
boys — now in the United States Treasury — mount-
ed the enemy's works. A stalwart fellow sprang up
and thrusting the muzzle of his gun full in his face
fired it. His face was burned and blackened by the
discharge, but otherwise he was uninjured, and in an
instant he thrust his bayonet through the man's
breast. Probably the man had neglected to put his
bullet in after charging his rifle with powder.

" Numerous instances came to my notice when, in
the excitement, some would put in the bullet end of
cartridge first. In some cases men were known
to load their guns three or four times before firing.
Unless one has had great experience and is very cool,

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he will fire too high. Nine out of ten bullets go over
the heads of the enemy, and that is why the officers
are always shouting, " Fire low, boys, fire low ! "

" Lieutenant A of my company was saved by

a tintype picture in his breast pocket, which caused
the bullet to glance off; another by a pocket knife.
There were few in the whole regiment who did not
receive a bullet-hole through their clothing some-
where.

" Some years ago I revisited the battle-field. The
bodies of the fallen had been gathered into the sol-
diers' cemetery just back of the city, near the deadly
stone-wall where the right of our army fought. I
walked down the turnpike to where we charged.
Nature had obliterated nearly every sign of the con-
flict; and the miry field, across which we charged
that eventful December day, was covered with wav-
ing corn. The sun shone as clearly, the birds sang
as sweetly, and the flowers bloomed as brightly, as if
that field had never been plowed with shot and shell,
and fertilized with the blood of the brave."

An officer writes generously of his comrades as
follows: "Lieutenant Peters, commanding Company
K, proved himself among the bravest. Sergeant
Ned Davis, who carried the national colors, distin-
guished himself as a gallant soldier, and paved the
way to promotion. ' 'T was the proudest moment of
vay life,' said Davis, as he caressed the flag saved by
his coolness and pluck. Charley Choate's conduct
attracted attention, and he won a corporal's war-
rant by his bravery."

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A sergeant of Company E. writes: "Benny Worth, 1862
a mere boy of fifteen — the youngest in the command Dec " 13,
— won the admiration of his comrades by his brave
and determined manner, worthy a veteran. While
crossing the ravine, and just before reaching the
turnpike, the enemy's shot and shell found their way
into our midst, giving us a taste of that which was
in store for us. Young Worth was struck in the
head by a fragment of iron, shedding the first blood
of the Sixteenth. Stunned and bleeding, heedless
of advice to go to the rear, he went through the
fight, and at its close, smilingly said, while rubbing
his bruised head, 'This is what I came for.' Worth
was among the number never sick, or off duty."

Corporal Bradford, of Company E, was the first one
struck by a bullet, which lodged in his hand and
remained for two days. The ball is kept as a "pleas-
ant " souvenir of the battle. Sergeant Warren Sea-
ward, Company E, carried the State flag, and did
himself and his State credit by his coolness and in-
trepidity. Among those who volunteered to bring
off the wounded under fire was Sergeant Lamb, of
Company E, and through his efforts the body of
Captain Hutchins was recovered. Some ludicrous
incidents blunted the keen edge of fear in this our
first battle. Private Trask, of Company E, was
naturally a nervous and excitable man, and at the
sharp command, " Fall in, Sixteenth ! " he began run-
ning wildly up and down the line in search of his
place in the ranks. Great drops of perspiration stood
out on his face in his anxiety to obey orders and
escape censure and ridicule. His place was found,

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1868 and no man kept it better than he. He was gener-

Dec. 13. a jjy iik e( j 5 anc | w011 \x\g\i esteem by his good fighting
qualities. The brave fellow was mortally wounded,
May 5th, 1864, and died in the hospital at Freder-
icksburgh.

In Company F, was a private named Oliver Cred-
diford, a large, powerfully built man, but like many
of us somewhat lacking in physical courage. A fel-
low private named Levi Baker had fallen wounded,
and Creddiford, who was only too willing to go any-
where else than longer endure the fire under which
his comrades were forced to stay, picked up Baker,
and with the wounded man upon his back, between
himself and the enemy's bullets, started for the rear.
The captain of his company said, "Creddiford, come
back into the ranks." Creddiford without stopping
replied, "Captain, you must think I am a damned
fool to let Baker die here on the field." And no
more was seen of Creddiford during that battle.

Dec. 14. The day was spent in skirmishing and in dodging
an occasional shell, thrown at random by the rebels
for a feeler.

Dec. 15. Was quietly passed and nothing of interest occur-
red to disturb a retrospect of the past few days,
and the sad reflection of what " might have been."
Of all the mental suffering in the Army of the Poto-
mac, none could have been keener than that which
cut through and through the heart of Burnside, as
the sun went down on that huge Golgotha. The
day waned, and in the darkness and gloom that
settled like a pall over that square mile of " Tophet,"
we silently obeyed the whispered orders to sling
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82 HISTORY OF THE

knapsacks, and, without the slightest noise, be in 1862
readiness to move. So quietly and skillfully were
orders executed that not until we had crossed the
pontoons did we know that ours was the last division
to leave the field. The wind and rain were extreme-
ly favorable to the retreat and nothing betrayed to
Lee the movement executed in his front. That he
expected a renewal of the fight the 14th, General
Hood in his book " Advance and Retreat 1 ' writes:
" The following morning [13th] after the fog had
disappeared and at about ten o'clock, the heavy lines
of the enemy advanced upon our right and against
Jackson's forces but were driven back. Again at about
one p.m., the attack was renewed and the * Federals
penetrated into a gap left in Jackson's front line.
They were, however, speedily repulsed by his brigades
held in reserve. I received instructions through an
officer of Jackson's staff to join in the movement
on my right as soon as A. P. Hill's division
advanced. The order was accompanied with a mes-
sage from General Jackson, that he intended to drive
the enemy into the river. These orders were coun-
termanded. About ten o'clock that night, I rode
back to my encampment to procure a cup of coffee.
General Lee's quarters being within a few hundred
yards, I presented myself at his tent. He immedi-
ately asked me what I thought of the attack by the
enemy, during the day. I expressed my opinion that
Burnside was whipped ; that no good general would
ever make an assault similar to that upon my righ*
and left, without intending it as his main effort. He
* Root's Brigade.

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1863 then remarked that he did not think Bnrnside had
made his principal attempt, but would again attack
the next day, and that we would drive him back, and
follow him up to the river.

" The morning of the 14th, both armies still lay face
to face, when about noon Generals Lee and Jackson
invited me to accompany them on a reconnoissance,
toward our right. We soon reached an eminence,
not far distant from Hamilton's Crossing on the rail-
road, and upon which some of our batteries were
posted. From this point we had a magnificent view
of the Federal lines on their left, some seven in num-
ber, and each, seemingly, a mile in length

The two armies stood still during this entire day,
and the following morning we awoke to find the
enemy on the north side of the Rappahannock."

The First Brigade marched in a northerly direction
about a mile and a half, and bivouacked for the
night.

Dec. 16. The regiment moved in a southerly direction about
five hundred }*ards, and went into camp.

Dec. 27. Captain Waldron, Company I, detailed as officer

of the picket, which is stationed on the estate of

James Talliaferro, about one and a half miles from

the Rappahannock River.

1863 Visitors in camp. Among them is the father of

Jan. i. Captain and Lieutenant Leavitt, from Maine. Offi-
cers all busy making up muster-rolls for pay.

Jan. 2. The sick were sent to general hospital, in Wash-
ington.

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CHAPTER VI.

WINTER QUARTERS.

The regiment moved about half a mile, and went i»63
into " winter quarters." The location was near j 1 "^"
Fletcher's Chapel, in the lower part of Stafford
County, with a base of supplies at Belle Plains.
The chapel was occupied as a hospital, and filled
with sick, the victims of former exposure and want,
the fell effects of which were also seen in the un-
usual mortality of the cases of amputation, eight
cases in nine proving fatal. A general hospital was
established at Windmill Point, near Acquia Creek.
A row of headstones near the chapel and on the
point marks the last resting place of the heroic dead
of the Sixteenth.

This a.m. the following order regulating camp Jan. 4.
duties was issued : —

Hdq'rs 16th Keg't Me. Vols. ,

Jan. 4, 1863.
General Orders.

In order to classify and properly systematize the respective
duties and general responsibilities of the Field and Line
Officers of the 16th Reg't Me. Vols., it is ordered : —

That the 2d Lieut, of each company shall have the charge
and personal supervision of the Co. rollcalls. He shall
oversee and properly regulate everything pertaining to the

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 85

1863 sanitary condition and affairs of the company such as the
laying out and proper trenching of the company streets ; the
pitching, striking, and proper arrangement and ventilation
of the tents ; the quality of the food used by the men, and
its proper cooking ; the location and use of the company
sinks ; the cleanliness, health, comfort, and general welfare
of the men.

The 1st Lieut, of each company shall have the charge and
personal supervision of everything pertaining to the disci-
pline of the camp. He shall personally supervise the instruc-
tion, and conduct the drills of the non-commissioned officers
and soldiers of the company. He shall personally attend to
the care and condition of the arms, accouterments, ammu-
nition, clothing, and discipline of the company. He shall
see that all such punishments for misconduct in the com-
pany as may be ordered by the Captain or Colonel are duly
carried into effect. Upon a march it shall be the particular
duty of the 1st and 2d Lieut's to see that the men do not
leave the ranks without permission from the captain, and
that strict order and discipline are maintained in the com-
pany.

The Captains shall at all times exercise a vigilant and con-
stant supervision over all matters pertaining to the welfare
and good condition of their companies. They will maintain
daily drill in the schools of the soldier and of the company
without special orders from the Colonel. They will prompt-
ly order needful punishment for evil-doers and those who
neglect their duties.

The Major of the Reg't shall oversee and personally direct
the matters pertaining to the sanitary concerns and condition
of the Eeg't in camp and on the march. He shall personally
direct and supervise the formation and order of the camp
and bivouac ; the location, pitching, striking, and proper
arrangement of the tents of the Regiment, assigning proper
locations to the tents of the Field, Staff, and Line Officers,
the Band, Drum Corps and Pioneer Corps, Hospital and
Quartermaster's Dept's ; the kitchens, sinks, stables, etc., of
the Regiment. He shall personally supervise the quality

86 HISTORY OF THE

and cooking of the food provided for the men, and the !863
proper drainage of the camp. Upon a march the Maj. will
maintain good order and strict military discipline in the left
wing of the battalion. He will keep the officers and soldiers
in their places and prevent useless straggling, depredating,
and misconduct of any kind at all hazards. The Maj. will
be held strictly responsible for the conduct of the officers
and soldiers of the left wing of the battalion.

The Lieut-Col. shall oversee and personally supervise all
matters pertaining to the drill and discipline of the Eeg't.
He will see that the several Cant's maintain daily drills in
their companies. He will attend to the care and condition
of the arms, accouterments, clothing, and ammunition of the
Eeg't, the posting of the guards, sentinels, and patrols for
special duty. He will attend to the care and disposition of
prisoners, captured or stolen property that may come into
possession of the Eeg't, exercising under the direction of
the Col. the duties and functions of a Provost Marshal.
Upon a march the Lieut-Col. shall maintain good order and
strict discipline in the right wing of the battalion. He will
keep the officers and soldiers in their places and prevent
useless straggling, depredating, and misconduct of any kind
at all hazards. The Lieut-Col. will be held strictly responsi-
ble for the conduct of the officers and soldiers of the right
wing of the battalion.

The Chaplain of the Eeg't shall have the personal charge,
control, and supervision of the postal affairs of the Eeg't,
attending to the receipt, delivery, and prompt transmission
of the regimental mails. He shall receive letters at all times
from the officers and soldiers of the Eegiment, and shall be
supplied with postage stamps to sell to the officers and sol-
diers who may desire to purchase them. The Chaplain shall
have the charge of the religious concerns of the Eeg't, visit-
ing the sick in camp or hospital at least once daily and con-
ducting the public religious services of the Eegiment. He
shall also be an assistant to the Maj. in the sanitary depart-
ment, reporting promptly to the Maj. all matters requiring
attention.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 87

1863 The Officer of the Day in addition to reporting daily to the
Col. for orders will also report to the Lieut. -Col. and Maj. for
directions in regard to matters concerning their respective
departments.

Company commanders will immediately furnish them-
selves with copies of this order.

By command of Chas. W. TlLDEN,

Lieut.-Col. ComcVg the Rc(ft.

Captain Waldron on picket. Sergeant Doe, of
E Company, was instantly killed by a falling tree.
He was a brave and faithful soldier, and deserving
the military honors observed at his funeral. Colonel
Wildes rejoined the regiment today, and at dress
parade signified his intention of resigning his com-
mission, owing to his continued disability. He com-
plimented Colonel Tilden for his success in estab-
lishing the enviable character of the regiment, and
feelingly bade farewell to his old command. The
men were much attached to their first colonel, and
in many ways expressed their sorrow for his disa-
bility.

Jan. .->. Colonel Wildes left camp for Washington.

Jan. 9. January 9th the camp of the Sixteenth was com-
pleted. The grounds were policed, and a general
appearance of thrift and home comfort characterized
the encampment. While in winter quarters we were
sometimes bored with unwelcome visitors — unwel-
come, because, although no doubt intentionally kind,
they brought upon us more trouble and annoyance
than comfort. The ground for our winter home was
a narrow gorge, with a brook of good water running
through the center. Quite a grove of trees had to
be felled, which were all utilized for houses and fire-

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HISTORY OF THE

wood. Headquarters were established on a side hill, 186S
into which we digged for the foundation and first
story. In the back end was scooped a neat fire-
place, with a hole leading up through the ground,
surmounted by a pork or lard barrel for a chimney,
which, when thoroughly dry, often took fire and
illuminated ■ the whole camp. The quarters were
finally finished, bedsteads made, nice pine boughs
laid for a mattress, and covered with a counter-
pane, ornamented in the center with U. S.
We had slept on the ground, between knolls,
to keep from rolling down hill, in all kinds
of weather, and now congratulated each other
on the opportunity for a heavenly rest two feet from
the ground. We longed for night, and measured the
going down of the sun with impatience. Even Ben's
silvery voice, announcing that tea was ready, failed
to move us from our rapt contemplation of that fine
feather-bed. Just as the sun began hiding itself
behind the hill, there hove into sight a horse, then
an ambulance, and in the ambulance, two women.
"O Lord!" said I. "O hell!" says Max — (never
mind what the colonel said), and we went out and
cried. That night we lay in the frosts, under the
stars, shivering under one poor blanket, and near
enough to hear our visitors remark, " What splendid
beds the soldiers have." These two patriotic ladies
ate up what cost us five dollars, — some things sent
from home, that we could not duplicate; cost two
of us severe colds, and left nothing, — hardly an
acknowledgment of our courtesy, — rather conveyed
the idea of conferring a favor upon us ! What they

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1863 came for, the Lord only knows. Max says they did
leave a ten-cent Testament, and a calico blouse which
our colored cook, Ben, embellished with some red
tape and wore as an undress uniform until the starch
was out, then he used it for a dish-cloth.

While at this camp one female did us some service.
She came with an extra polonaise and spirited away
from Company C one Brown, who has never been
heard from since — as Brown. A comrade gives us
the following version: "This corporal was visited by
a wealthy sister, who claimed to reside in New York
City. She was cordially received by the officers and
men, who did everything to make her stay as pleasant
as possible. Everybody envied the corporal. She
remained but a few days, and on the morning of her
departure, an ambulance was provided to take her
to the landing, which was some miles away, and
permission given to her brother to go with her. He
went, but the ambulance came back without him.
Strange to say, this corporal's record, down to this
time, had been of the very best, and promotion
awaited him. He was universally liked for his
quiet, dignified demeanor, and careful attention to
his duties. But he must have been bad at heart, for
a few moments before his departure with his sister,
he stepped back into his tent and borrowed his mess-
mate's watch, which he never returned."

The members of the Sixteenth were not all of the
masculine persuasion. Company I boasted of the
presence of one of the gentler sex in the ranks, who
did good service at Fredericksburgh. She is thus
spoken of by the Richmond Whig: —

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Yesterday a rather prepossessing lass was discovered on 1863
Belle Isle, disguised, among the prisoners of war held there.
She gave her real name as Mary Jane Johnson, belonging
to the Sixteenth Maine Regiment. She gave as an excuse
for adopting her soldier's toggery, that she was following
her lover to shield and protect him when in danger. He had
been killed, and now she had no objection to return to the
more peaceful sphere for which nature, by her sex, had bet-
ter fitted her. Upon the discovery of her sex Miss Johnson
was removed from Belle Isle to Castle Thunder. She will
probably go north by the next flag of truce. She is about
sixteen years of age.

Regimental inspection. Jan. 11.

Orders received relative to having five days' cooked j an . 12.
rations on hand.

Men are ordered to be in camp, and all surplus Jan. 14.
baggage and camp furniture disposed of, which
means "destroyed for want of transportation." This
includes all the handy things for housekeeping, con-
structed ingeniously from the bark and roots of trees.
From bread boxes and barrels grew center tables,
chairs, desks, and even cake trunks. Dice, chess-
men and checker-boards abounded in every company,
and to abandon all these was " cussid." One man
in Company C dug a grave, and, piling in his little
treasures, read service over them, and preached a
sermon from the text, " And Ephraim fed upon the
.east wind three days and hungered not." A neat
headboard marked the resting place of his jewels.
On his return from the mud march, the grave was
opened, and the numerous corpse resurrected with-
out ceremony.

Owing to the heavy storm, the order to move was Jail. 15.
countermanded, and camp duties resumed.

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j**ff g Divine service was held by Chaplain Bullen.

Jan. 19. At nine o'clock A.M. orders were issued to pack
up and march at twelve o'clock M., precisely. Then
followed the usual bustle and hum of activity.
Every man comprehended the situation, and the
accumulated, improvised, and stolen housekeeping
utensils were again, amid tears and groans, "de-
stroyed for want of transportation." Headquarters
was on a level with the line, and embodied the
kitchen and parlor departments in the person of one
Tibbetts, who, with his head and shoulders hid
behind a huge frying pan, led us in Burnside's famous
mud march. God bless Tibbetts! Why not? He
was the boss forager, the king of cooks, and the
chiefest of liars where the rations of headquarters
were concerned. He was like an ignis fatuus when
the patrol went for him, but as come-at-able and inno-
cent as an infant after he had unloaded, which he
often did in unheard of hours and places. Two
o'clock in the morning would see him near the picket
line, and, meekness personified, he would creep into
camp, and crawl under his old army blanket. If he
snored in the course of twenty minutes, we knew
his conscience was clear, and somebody's " critter "
was born into another life. Breakfast proved the
correctness of our conclusions. The colonel and
adjutant, en route for division headquarters one fore-
noon, when about midway Mud Creek, heard a half-
strangled voice saying, " How aire ye, kurnel ! Ye
don't speak to common folks, do ye ? " " Why,
Tibbetts, old fellow, how are you ; what are you
doing?" asked Colonel Tilden, "bathing?" Pulling

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up into sight the head of a half-drowned mule, he 1863
commenced pouring water into his ear, and confi-
dentially remarked, "I '11 tell you, kurnel, if ye want
to cure a damn balky mule, just pour water into his
off ear."

A long, wearisome march was before us. The •
threatening rain now came down in torrents, and
now in a soaking, aggravating drizzle ; and nothing
could have reconciled the field and staff to the pros-
pect but the disappearing behind the hill of the
faithful Tibbetts, and the heaving into sight of
Captain Ike, with four canteens slung to his person.
Ah ! Ike always knew just what the exigency of the
service required, and a requisition "duly signed,"
with his persuasiveness, bridged over many little dis-
crepancies in the United States Army regulations.
At twelve M. we took up the line of march in the
direction of Falmouth, crossed the railroad in rear
of the town, and continued up the Rappahannock
until nine o'clock p.m., when we bivouacked for the
night. The storm had increased in power, and tor-
rents of rain drenched us through and through. In
the darkness regiments and brigades became sepa-
rated, companies went astray, and whole divisions of
troops were in hopeless confusion. Regardless of
orders or discipline, men camped where they best
could, — some in bed of a brook, which, before morn-
ing, became a stream of sufficient force to carry away
knapsacks and shelter-tents. Cuss-words were at a
premium.

Marched about three miles and remained stuck in Jan. 20.
the mud until the 22d, when we commenced our Jan. 22.

Jan. 24.
Feb. 1.

Feb. 2.

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1863 return to old camp. Met commissary teams with
rations for men. Continued march through Fal-
mouth, past General Sumner's headquarters, and went
into camp on our grounds of December 10th, ultimo.
Length of march ten miles.
Jan. 23. Marched four miles to our old camp, through mud
from six to twelve inches deep. Pitched tents and
spent the remainder of the week in policing grounds.

Mail arrived.

Paid to November 1st. Divine service in the after-
noon.

The regiment was inspected by Captain Fisher,
who gave the Sixteenth the best report of any regi-
ment in the division. Captain Leavitt, Company E,
sent out on patrol in command of a large detail.
Marched eight miles and bivouacked for the night in
the woods.
Feb. 3. Captain Leavitt continued his march until eight
a.m., when he concealed his reserve and sent out a
small patrol. They captured one musket and twelve
soldier's uniforms abandoned by deserters. Captain
Leavitt returned to camp 5th instant.

Adjutant Small left the regiment for Maine, on
fifteen days leave of absence.

Captain Leavitt " officer of the day." Captain
Waldron " officer of the picket." Our brigade pick-
et line is about two miles from camp — the outer line
on the extreme left of the A. P. near the Rapidan
River.

Captain Leavitt receives his commission as major.
Feb. 17. Major Leavitt, field officer of the picket. Captain
Waldron with Company I, ordered on patrol duty
for three days.

Feb. 7.

Feb. 8.

Feb. 15.

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1863

Captain Marston obtains leave of absence for fif-
teen days, and starts for Maine.

Major Leavitt moves to regimental headquarters. Feb. 21.

Adjutant Small rejoins regiment from furlough. Feb. 22.

Colonel Tilden detailed "division officer of the Feb. 27.
day." William E. Brooks, recently commissioned
captain Company E, left camp at five o'clock p.m.,
having been discharged for disability. His resigna-
tion received the willing indorsement of Colonel
Tilden.

Regiment mustered for pay by Major Tomlinson. Feb. 28.

Snow-storm and heavy wind. The men's quarters Mar. 4.
were nearly all stripped of their canvas roofs.
Chimneys were blown down, and books, papers, and
clothing scattered in all directions. The camp had
the appearance of a laundry drying yard.

The officers are all happy, having just received by Mar T .
teams from Third Brigade, thirty-six boxes and five
barrels packed and sent by friends at home.

Regimental inspection found the command in Mar. 8.
excellent condition.

Major Leavitt mustered under his commission by y^ 9
Lieutenant Baldwin, Fifth United States Battery.

Colonel Tilden goes home on leave of absence. He Mar. 11.
carries with him the kindest wishes of the whole
regiment, who hold him second to no regimental
commander in the army. Lieutenant-Colonel Farn-
ham assumes command.

Thunder-storm accompanied with hail. Regi- Mar-15 .
mental inspection. Sergeant Rowe, Company I,
receives a furlough of fifteen days.

1863

Mar. 16.

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Brigade guard mounting. Major Leavitt as adju-
tant. At eleven o'clock A.M., the line officers held a
meeting and unanimously elected Rev. Uriah Balk-
am of Lewis ton, chaplain.

Major Leavitt, field officer of the picket.

Under this date Captain Waldron writes of his
men : " About O'Neil, he is a very fine man, and
I am sorry to lose him. He always did his
duty faithfully, and beside was a gentleman, hence
he got kind and gentlemanly treatment from his
commanding officers. I am down on ' bummers ' and
have got quite a reputation in the regiment, for the
manner in which I make them do their duty." Cap-
tain Waldron was a humane man, and a believer in
the United States Army Regulations, in the abstract,
but no amount of red tape would hold him, or friend-
ship for brother officers bottle him up, when he was
requested to " report." He would do it in his pecul-
iar way, as in the following " weekly report of sick
sent to hospital."

To Lieut. A. R. Small, Adj't 16th Me. Vols.,

Sin : — I have the distinguished honor to submit for your
consideration and approval, the following statement respect-
ing the departure from Co. I, 16th Me. Reg't, of sick men
and bummers, since my last weekly report. I very much
regret the necessity I am under of stating that the bummers
far exceed in numbers the genuine sick. I will add in this
connection that the bummers, in my opinion, have been very
materially aided and abetted in their nefarious practices
through the overflowing (but mistaken) kindness of heart
which our two amiable and esteemed surgeons exhibited
toward this rascally set of men who are drawing sustenance
from Uncle Sam's plethoric purse, but who persistently

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refuse to render any aid in crushing the infamous and cussed i»63
rebellion.
Sent to General Hospital sick, 4.
Sent to General Hospital bumming, 6.

I have the honor to be very truly yours,

W. II. Waldron, Capt. Co. I.

Captain Marston returned from leave of absence. Mar. 26.

Colonel Tilclen returned from leave of absence. Mar. 27.
David Perry died at division hospital. He was one
of Captain Waldron's best men, never off duty until
taken sick.

The action of the line officers, in nominating Par- Mar. 28.
son Balkam, of Lewiston, for chaplain, received the
approval of Colonel Tilden, who forwarded his name
to Governor Coburn for commission. Very cold and
windy.

Brigade drill in the afternoon. Headquarters have M » r - so.
invested in a span of native mules and a condemned
ambulance.

General orders and circulars are as thick as snow- Apr. 2.
flakes, all indicating active service in the near future.
Extra baggage has been sent to the rear, and the
regiment daily inspected and drilled preparatory to
another campaign. We are ordered to move without
wagons, and carry ten days' rations. This means
that every man will be as a pack mule and carry by
actual weight, ten days' rations — twenty-six pounds,
four ounces ; arms, equipments and sixty rounds of
ammunition, twenty-eight pounds, one ounce ; total,
fifty-four pounds, five ounces. Ordered in line for
a review of the division by Major-General Hooker.
The Sixteenth was one of the first regiments in posi-

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1863 ti on ^ an( j j iac | a j^ ne opportunity to take in the mov-
ing panorama of blue and scarlet, as the different
brigades and batteries took the positions assigned
them. The neatly clad men with burnished guns,
the brilliant uniforms of officers, the gorgeous deco-
rations of the general staff, the loved ensigns flutter-
ing in the breeze, and the measured tramp of the
veterans to the inspiring music of bands and drum
corps as they marched in review, the evident satisfac-
tion of Hooker and the conscious power so plainly
shown in his finely cut, but rather too rosy face, all
combined to set at rest our fears of another defeat.
Winter quarters, with the wearing inactivity and irk-
some routine duties, seemed more distasteful than
ever, and every indication of a move toward the
enemy was joyously welcomed by the regiment. We
had a few — very few — pessimists among us, consti-
tutional growlers, who were, on the opening of every
campaign, attacked with a dyspeptic foreboding that
defeat and disaster would follow us. While under
the influence of this malady, which was happily not
contagious, the ruin revealed to them as being stored
for the first brigade was enough to unbalance a
healthy mind. With them we always marched too
long and marched too fast, but never fast enough to
get ahead of their dismal prophecies. They had an
ingrained hatred of discipline, cursed red tape by the
great gross, and itched with a desire to " see a live
Johnnie and draw a bead on him." Their desires
were never gratified, for the Johnnies seemed to have
had an intuitive perception of these ferocious fighters'
intentions, and kept out of sight, hence the few casu-
7

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alties in the immediate front of these rascally bum- 1863
mers.

Brigade drill by Ninety-fourth New York and Apr. 3.
Sixteenth Maine.

Major Leavitt officer of the picket. A P r - 5 -

Chaplain Bullen obtains leave of absence. Apr. 7.

Major Leavitt left for Maine on a leave of fifteen Apr. s.
days.

The First Army Corps reviewed by President Apr. 9.
Lincoln. The regiment never looked finer than
when it joined the march of the brigade at six A.M.,
en route for Belle Plains. We were reasonably proud
of our appearance, which elicited a marked compli-
ment from the brigade commander. The officers had
been untiring in effort and unrelaxing in discipline,
during the winter months. Rations had been good,
clothing well supplied, and the last lingering memory
of the " Blanket Brigade " vanished forever. I
hardly think it will be counted against us in the
great hereafter that we could not muster a paper
collar or a " biled shirt " for review. A sister regi-
ment filed past us with a stunning toilet. Turning
their heads as much as possible in paper dickeys and
stocks, they looked in vain for the old lousy Six-
teenth, and greeted us with, " Hallo, 'roostooks !
Where 's yer blankets?" Not a yip from a Six-
teener. The colonel's eyes seemed to see eveiy man,
and they loved him too well to reflect the slightest
upon his discipline. It was our second victory.
The sun, as he came up in the heavens, grew hotter
and hotter, and every paper collar by the roadside,
marking the progress of the regiment on its

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 99

18(53 way to Belle Plains, caused a numerous yell of
delight. Our boys picked them up on their bayo-
nets and left them in a pile near the Plains, and set
up a board on which they inscribed, " Sacred to the
memory of State pride."

Apr. 12. Captain Waldron, with nearly all the regiment,
detailed for three days' picket duty. We partici-
pated in a division drill in the forenoon, Colonel
Tilden commanding the brigade. Grand guard
mounting on brigade parade ground.

Apr. 13. The cavahy pickets in our front have been reduced
one-half, and this forenoon, about three o'clock, the
brigade reserve post was increased to two hundred
and fifty men. Regiment relieved and returned to
camp at five p.m.

Apr. is. Orders to march were promulgated this forenoon.
Heavy rain-storm. The regiment sent home five
thousand eight hundred and forty-five dollars by
express.

Apr. 22. Broke camp this forenoon, and moved about half
a mile in a drenching rain, to harden us, the boys
said.

Apr. 23. Major Leavitt and Chaplain Bullen rejoined the
regiment from leaves of absence. During the winter
the musicians organized a band under the lead of
John Shea, principal musician, and today a complete
set of instruments came as a donation by the officers.
Captain Waldron, who had not a remarkable ear for
that kind of music, — had rather hear a bullet whistle,
or a shell explode, — says, "And now, in addition to
other afflictions, we are doomed to a constant succes-
sion of toots from fifteen beginners on wind instru-

100 HISTORY OF TEE

ments." Long afterward we blessed the Lord, every 1863
one of us, for the inspiring music of the best band
in the division.

Was published a stereotyped order : — Apr.

Regimental commanders will have their command in
readiness to move at a moment's notice, with eight days'
rations, and forty rounds of ammunition.

THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY

A*TOH. LFNOX
TILDEN POU*

,JOiUiv t

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 1Q1

CHAPTER VII.

THE CHANCELLORSVILLE CAMPAIGN.

1863 Struck tents and moved at ten a.m. Continuing
Apr. 28. the march for six miles, we bivouacked near the

Fitzhugh House.
Apr. 29. Formed in line at three o'clock a.m. Stacked arms
and rested until noon in the edge of the woods.
Early in the morning, the Sixteenth Michigan crossed
the river in boats, under a galling fire of musketry,
and captured about one hundred rebels, driving the
rest from their rifle-pits. Pontoons were laid, when
the First Division of our corps crossed over. Amid
the booming of cannon and the noise of an indis-
criminate firing from sharpshooters and infantry
pickets, our boys are playing poker, chasing rabbits,
swopping lies, apparently indifferent to the sharp
demands of a near future.

Made history down on the Rapidan. In easy
range of the rebel guns, we were mustered for pay.
At four o'clock p.m. it was proposed by a congress
of chaplains, to hold divine service in the brigade,
preparatory to the general slaughter anticipated
during the next forty-eight hours. Everything was
quiet over the river, and not a sign betrayed to the
innocent twelve hundred dollar shepherds, the

Apr. 30.

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gathering storm, as the}'" collected in the center of a 1863
hollow square, and fervently pleaded the cause of the
Lord and the country. They were eloquent in their
appeals to our patriotism, and pictured in glowing
colors the halo of glory that would enfold the
martyred dead, and the armfuls of shoulder straps
that would find resting places upon the blue coats of
the surviving heroes. Counseling all to stand firm,
to shrink not from the terrible ordeal through which
we were called to pass, to be brave and heroic, and
God being our shield we would have nothing to fear,
— when came a slight puff of smoke, followed by
another, and yet another, in quick succession, just
across the river, and then a rushing sound like
trains of cars and terrific explosions all around us of
" whole blacksmith shops." The explosion of shells,
the neighing of horses, and the sharp commands were
almost drowned by the shouts and laughter of the
men, as the brave chaplains, hatless and bookless,
with coat-tails streaming in the wind, went madly to
the rear over stone-walls, through hedges and ditches,
followed by, "Come back and earn your twelve
hundred dollars ! " " Stand firm ! Be brave and
heroic and put your trust in the Lord ! " The scare
was soon over, but no persuasions could induce the
chaplains to come back and speak in meeting, so it
was never known what the Lord had done for them.
I '11 not say that these men were other than good
Christian men trying to discharge their duties under
peculiarly trying circumstances. They failed simply
for waut of preparation. But I will say, in addition
to the noble Christian men, the army was cursed with

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 103

1863 a lot of scalawags, who fitted themselves for chap-
lains how, when, or where, nobody knows. Surely
they were never drilled in the army of the Lord.
The brigade moved half a mile to the rear, and
occupied a comparatively safe position behind a
stone-wall and hedge until after dark.
Mayi. The regiment took up a line of march early in the
morning, and was under fire of rebel artillery until
it passed Fredericksburgh. Greeley says, " The
First Corps moved leisurely up the river." The
march of twenty miles was a rapid and most exhaust-
ing one. The heat of the sun was intense. At half-
past seven p.m. we crossed the river at United States
Ford, on pontoons, and bivouacked. In thirty min-
utes we were again marching rapidly to the front.
The right of our lines was in extreme peril, for
Howard's corps had stampeded, and the tide of
exultant foes must be stemmed to save a general
disaster. On at double-quick, through burning
woods, over dead and dying, amid a terrific cannonad-
ing and an incessant rattle of musketry, we pushed.
Exhausted and panting, the Sixteenth took the
extreme right and front of the Army of the Poto-
mac at half-past ten p.m., and remained in line of
battle until three a.m., when we threw up breast-
works and posted videttes about thirty rods in front,
which were advanced one-quarter of a mile at day-
light. The Twenty-ninth and Thirty-second New
Jersey took position on our right and rear, and
extended the line, as was supposed, to the Rapidan
River. The Sixteenth lay on their arms all day,
listening to the terrific fighting on the center, and

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hourly expecting an attack, for which they were fully 1863
prepared. At half-past four p.m., Colonel Tilden
handed the adjutant the following order: —

Headquarters 2d Div., 1st Corps,
May 3, 1863, 4£ o'clock p.m.
Col. : — You will please send an intelligent officer to the
right of } r oui' line to ascertain and report upon the condition
of affairs on the Rapidan. Observe particularly whether
the enemy is making any movement in that direction. The
information is wanted this evening.

JonN C. Robinson, Brig.-Gen. Com'dg.
Col. A. R. Root,
Com'dg the Brigade.

Respectfully referred to Adj't Small, 16th Me. Vols., who
will execute the duty, and report thereon.

A. R. Root, Col. Com'dg Brigade.

In obedience to this order, Adjutant Small mounted May 3.
his horse, and with an orderly leaped the breast-
works and proceeded down the road toward Ely's
Ford. Passing our picket line half a mile out, and
the cavalry videttes but a short distance beyond, he
slackened pace and moved cautiously some three
miles, and drew rein at the edge of the wood, where
the road made a sharp bend to the left, in the direc-
tion of the ford. The quiet hush of the woods and
the stillness of the air betrayed no presence of a
living thing. The Adjutant at once left the road,
and meeting a probable owner of the house directly
in his way, bade him good evening, and asked if he
objected to his crossing the yard and field. He was
a most villainous-looking and shabbily-clad tramp.
The Adjutant felt uneasy at leaving him at large, but
time was precious, the orderly unarmed, and he could

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 105

1863 not invest in a rebel and proceed, so, politely thank-
ing him, he rode out some mile or so to a bend in the
river, on an elevation of some fifty or seventy-five
feet, and. rapidly noted all of interest for future use.
Directly across the river, and from one to three miles
to the left, fires from deserted camps and several
buildings were still burning. Two long columns of
infantry with artillery were rapidly moving from our
front in the direction of Fredericksburgh. He saw
no other signs of the enemy, and believing the infor-
mation valuable to an army waiting behind breast-
works for an attack from a force, who, unseen, were
withdrawing to fall upon Sedgwick, he started on
his return, elated with success secured with so little
danger. Leaving the field by the way he came, he
reached the house yard, and was. startled to see the
rebel picket line across the road, and following the
woods both ways. The reserve was one hundred
yards to the left, lying on the ground near their stack
of arms. There was but one alternative; it was
either prison or the Union lines. The Adjutant had
escaped notice thus far, and burying his spurs in
his horse's flanks, shot across the yard into the road,
followed by the orderly. The first plunge of the
horses alarmed the picket, and with the command,
"Halt! Halt!" came three shots which passed harm-
lessly by. On across the road and into the woods,
when again came the shout, " Halt, you damned
Yanks!" They were in for it, and reckless of the
bullets from the rebels, who now crowded the road
in the rear, they went madly on out of range, and
none the worse for the scare. Luckily for them,

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carbines were used instead of rifles. Nearly a mile 1863
out from our lines was General Reynolds, onr corps
commander, with staff, anxiously waiting for the
intelligence requested through General Robinson.
Meeting the Adjutant, he said, quickly, "Well?"
Receiving the information with cordial thanks, the
General rode rapidly to Hooker's headquarters.
Some one knows what was said by the corps com-
manders assembled there within thirty minutes, —
I don't. But I firmly believe that had General
Reynolds' suggestion, referred to in Doublechvv's
" Chancellorsville and Gettysburgh," been adopted,
our defeat would have been a victory. The facts
obtained by this reconnoissance, added to the result
of a reconnoissance said to have been made by General
Webb a few hours earlier, were such as to warrant
Hooker in acting up to his intentions, as indicated in
his dispatch to General Sedgwick at twelve o'clock
M. : "If the necessary information can be obtained
today, and if it shall be of the character the com-
manding general anticipates, it is his intention to
advance upon the enemy to-morrow." He could
anticipate but one thing favorably to his advance,
and that was the withdrawal of a portion of the
enem} T 's forces from his front. The reconnoissances
alluded to gave him the necessary information.

During the afternoon Hall's battery advanced May 4.
toward Ely's Ford, losing one killed and fifteen
wounded, in a short yet sharp engagement. About
nine o'clock p.m., out of the quiet in our vicinity
came a single shot which brought every man
to his feet, musket in hand, instantly, and just in

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season to receive a whole broadside from the Twenty-
ninth and Thirty-second New Jersey, stationed in
our rear. Fortunately for us, their lack of good
training — having been in service but a few months
— made targets of the tree tops instead of us.
Captain Waldron, who was stationed with the pickets
in our immediate front, writes of the scare :

About nine o'clock in the evening volleys of musketry
were heard on our right which led me to suppose that the
rebels had got between our pickets and our intrenchments;
and I began to think I had received a ticket for Richmond,
and immediately made arrangements to get back to our in-
trenchments with my command. I caught my haversack
and blankets, and was making my way thitherward, when
the line of fire rapidly extended to the left. By the time I
reached the edge of the woods, the sleepy-heads — or those
who had been asleep — caught their muskets and blazed
away at us. I kept on my way until near enough to make
the blunderheads hear when I ordered them to cease firing,
which was at once obeyed. The most of my men fell to the
ground, and the balls passed over them harmlessly.

May 6. The regiment remained in the intrenchments until
three o'clock a.m., 6th instant, when, with the divis-
ion as rear guard, it quietly withdrew and re-crossed
the river in a drenching rain. Marched twelve miles,
and bivouacked in the mud on a bleak hill near Fal-
mouth. The men suffered severely. No wood being
obtainable for fires, they alternately chewed the cud
of discomfort and dry hard-tack, and saved their
coffee for the morrow, when they had a reasonable
hope of confiscating somebody's front yard fence or
the favorite fence rail.

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Marched four miles, and bivouacked in a grove of 1863
pines, near the Fitzhugh House, and remained until May7 -
the 10th, when we moved about half a mile, and went May 10.
into camp near White Oak Church, where we remain-
ed until June 10th, drilling early mornings and late
nights to avoid the heat at midday. Lieutenant L. C.
Bisbee, who was left behind sick, the last of March,
rejoined his company at this camp. The mail comes
quite regularly, and beside the encouragement in let-
ters comes an occasional bit of good cheer in the news-
papers. But the intelligence that President Lincoln
pardons a large number of deserters has a most
depressing effect upon the brave boys at the front,
and the indignation aroused at the disapproval of
the sentence of a court-martial passed upon Vallan-
digham is above all discipline.

A fine old Virginia mansion furnished the regi- May 20.
ment with material for good comfortable quarters.
The streets were finely graded and policed, and at
the head of each was an evergreen arch, from the
center of which hung a large wreath of evergreens
and flowers, containing the letter of the company.
The garrison flag floated proudly above us, the regi-
mental flags were unfurled at headquarters ; bands
were playing, men were singing merrily, and a holi-
day aspect met the eye of the looker-on. Only two
weeks since the terrible battle in the woods, and not
the shadow of a recollection of the awful results was
apparent to a superficial observer. The mail arrived
and a schoolboy scramble took place. We did n't all
receive letters, but the man with three, one from his
best girl, was the envy of the camp.

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1863

May 25

The whole corps is cheering wildly over the
reported capture of Vicksburgh.

May 26. Regiment detailed for picket. While lying in
camp and enjoying misery, the trials were, as was
often the case, accompanied by some grotesque inci-
dents. Chenery, armed with a pass, went out of
camp about seven p.m., to "make a call." Return-
ing after taps with a hive of honey, and finding the
adjutant asleep, aroused the sergeant-major, who got
a tub and received for headquarters a liberal dona-
tion of the delicious luxury. " George, are there
any bees in this ? " asked Max. " O, only a few.
and they are too cold to sting," replied Chenery.
With a peculiar chuckle, Max quietly deposited the
tub close up and partly under a corner of the adju-
tant's blanket, and waited. Directly the heat warmed
up the bees, which crawled over the sleeping officer.
The uncomfortable sensation made him "thrash
round," which stirred up the insects, and they just
wreaked vengeance for the theft. He thought of
enormous lice, of bedbugs, of fire, and danced
around the tent like a lunatic. Honey always makes
him sick.

May 29. The Ninety-fourth New York has been detached
from our brigade for guard duty at Acquia Creek.
The Thirteenth Massachusetts joins the brigade, and
Colonel S. H. Leonard, the ranking colonel, assumes
command. Rumors reach us that Lee is about to
invade Maryland. William H. Hatch and William
P. Blake, of West Waterville, Maine, came into
camp unexpectedly, taking us so completely by sur-
prise, that for hours we could simply look with glad

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eyes upon these most welcome visitors from home. 1863
It was their rare good fortune to see a line of rebel
pickets, and to witness the grand review of the First
Army Corps on the 30th, by Major-General Rey- M *y so.
nolds.

The strength of the First Corps was greatly
reduced by the discharge of troops whose term of
enlistment had expired, compelling a reorganization
of its divisions and several of its brigades. In reor-
ganizing Robinson's division the three brigades that
formerly composed it were consolidated into two bri-
gades. The One Hundred and Fourth New York,
One Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania, Thirteenth
Massachusetts, and Sixteenth Maine formed the First
Brigade, under command of General Paul.

Messrs. Hatch and Blake leave camp to visit other June 1.
Maine regiments.

Two o'clock in the morning received orders to be June 4.
in line at daylight, with three da} r s' rations in haver-
sacks. Orders to march countermanded at quarter
past eleven a.m. Pitched tents and resumed camp
duties.

Struck tents at half-past three o'clock a.m., and June 6.
formed in line, ready to march. Guns remained in
stack nearly all day. At sunset, tents were pitched,
and we were at home to callers.

Brigade and battalion drills, and the usual order June 7
of camp filled the time.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. \\\

1863

June 12.

CHAPTER VIII.

THE GETTYSBUEGH CAMPAIGN.

At half-past five a.m., struck tents, packed up,
and bade a last good by to camp near White Oak
Church. The regiment began its march with two
hundred eighty-one men, thirty-two officers, and two
hundred sixty-three guns. Marched until dark and
bivouacked at Deep Run, a distance of twenty miles.
Regiment detailed for picket.

Slung knapsacks at six o'clock a.m., marched
twelve miles, and bivouacked between Bealeton and
Rappahannock stations. Strength of regiment in
the morning, two hundred and fifteen guns, two
hundred and one men, twenty-eight officers, — at
night, two hundred and thirty-seven guns, two hun-
dred and eighteen men, thirty-two officers.

Marched at eight A.M., reached Warrensburgh
one p.m., and Manassas Junction at half-past three,
June 15, with two hundred and eighteen guns, two
hundred and twenty-six men, thirty-two officers.
Length of march twenty-six miles.

Left at nine o'clock A.M., and marched seven miles
to Centerville, and remained until 17th. Number of
guns two hundred and twenty, men two hundred
and thirty-two,, officers thirty-two.

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Left Centerville at half-past five a.m., with two 1863

. June 17.

hundred and fifty-two guns, two hundred and sixty-
six men, and thirty-two officers. Matched twelve
miles to Herndon station.

Marched to Guilford station, a distance of five junei9.
miles, where the regiment remained until 25th, send-
ing out pickets some six miles south of Leesburgh.
Strength of regiment, two hundred and forty-five
guns, two hundred and ninety-five men, and thirty-
two officers. The march from W. O. C. has been a
rapid and exhausting one. Water extremely scarce.
The men gladly filled their canteens from the muddy
brooks and sluggish runs of Virginia. No member
of the Sixteenth suffered from sunstroke, a casualty
which occurred in many regiments of the division.
It was reported that the " blanket fellers " brought
into camp every night a larger percentage of guns
and more forage than any troops in the division.
Some mile or more back from our camp, we passed
a plantation, the house and grounds undisturbed,
except by time. Crowning a dilapidated fence,
which showed, between innumerable dusky legs, spots
of ancient whitewash, were darkies of all shades,
sizes, and ages, from a bullet-headed baby to a cen-
tenarian. The indescribable attitudes struck and
the grimaces of astonishment that spread over the
faces of that dark collection, as regiment after regi-
ment massed in a field and batteries parked beyond,
would have driven a circus crowd wild. One old
nigger, with a face like parchment, crowned with
white wool, doffed his rimless hat, and stretching out
his long, bony fingers as if to cover us with a bless-

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. \\§

1863 [ n „^ shouted in a cracked voice, " Tank de Lord fer
de glory ob dis yer 'casion ! Hebbenly massa bress
de Linkum sojers, an' show dese yer eyes de golden
chariot fo' I die ! " Old hats, jackets, and shoes
went high in the air and shouts of " Glory halle-
lujah ! " went along that color line. An aged darky
came limping to the road, exclaiming, " Gret King !
how many moe you 'uns comin' ? Specs forty mill-
ions toted by hyer since mornin'." " Well, uncle,"
said Corporal F., "you can stand here three weeks
and see the Yanks go by." "Fo' God I dun reckon so.
Massa Linkum mighty sojer, I reckon. Ts he a-g\vine
by hyer too?" " O yes, uncle, he is at the rear of
our corps, forty miles back — be along in his chariot
tomorrow." Limping back to the fence now fairly
covered with shining faces, the old patriarch yelled,
" Chillun, cotch off yer hats and jine in de chorus."
Swaying from side to side, in grotesque attitudes,
they sang in a way peculiar to southern negroes : —

" Don 1 yer see um comin', comin', comin' —
Milyuns from de oder sho' ?
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Bress de Lord forebermo'.

" Don' yer see um goin', goin', goin'
Pass ole massa's cabin do' ?
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Bress de Lord forebermo'.

" Jordan's stream is runnin', runnin', runnin, —
Milyuus sojers passin' o'er ;
Linkum comin' wid his charyot,
Bress de Lord forebermo'.
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" Don' yer hear him comin', comin'? *863

Yes, I do!
Wid his robe an' mighty army?

Yes, I do !
Want ter march wid him to glory ?

Yes, I do!"

Long into the night would I seem to hear, " Glory !
Glory! Hallelujah! Bress de Lord forebermo'."

Major Leavitt left for Washington, sick. June2i.

At half-past eight a.m., broke camp, and marched June 25.
fifteen miles to Boonesville and bivouacked.

Reveille at half-past four a.m. At half-past five, June 26.
marched. Halted at Jefferson six p.m.

Marched at half-past eight a.m., and at half-past June 27.
one bivouacked near Middletown. Distance, five
miles. Regiment sent on picket. The Ninety-fourth
New York assigned to First Brigade.

General George G. Meade relieves Hooker. After June 28.
two hours' sleep, fell in at half-past seven p.m., and
marched to Frederick City, where we rejoined bri-
gade at two p.m., 29th, having marched thirty-eight
miles in twenty-five hours. Number of guns, two
hundred and thirty; men, two hundred and sixty-
seven; officers, twenty-five.

Bugle call at five o'clock a.m. Fell in and marched Jnne29.
via Lewistown Furnace to Emmitsburg, and waited
orders, at quarter of six p.m.

Regiment left Emmitsburg at nine o'clock a.m., June3o.
and marched to Pennsylvania line and bivouacked.
" The First Corps, although ordered to Gettysburgh,
was halted by General Reynolds at Marsh Creek, as
the enemy were reported to be coming from the

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1863 direction of Fairfield." They were within six miles
of us. If we had any lingering doubts about the
probability of a battle in the near future, which
would call us into action, they were promptly dis-
pelled by General Meade's address to the army,
published to each regiment.

juiyi. "In June the Army of Northern Virginia, divided
into three corps, under Longstreet, Ewell, and A.
P. Hill, commanded by General Lee, crossed the
Potomac at Williamsport and Shepherdstown, and
marched into Pennsylvania; a part going as far as
Carlisle, the remainder halting at Chambersburgh.
The Union Army, under Hooker, had, in the mean-
time, crossed the river at Edward's Ferry, and
headed toward Frederick City, Maryland. June
27th, Hooker, having been refused the use of ten
thousand men not needed at Harper's Ferry, tend-
ered his resignation, which was accepted, General
Georere G. Meade succeeding to the command. On
the morning of July 1st, Hill, whose corps was in
the advance, six miles from Gettysburgh, learned
that the place was occupied by a Union force. Send-
ing back to urge Longstreet to hasten his march, he
moved on. In the meantime, General Reynolds,
who was in command of that portion of the Union
Army, had sent out a cavalry reconnoissance, and
the forces came into collision about two miles north-
west of Gettysburgh. Reynolds sent Wadsworth's
division of the First Corps to the support of the
cavalry under Buford, and thus opened the great
historical battle of the war."

Although early under arms, the Sixteenth did not

116 HISTORY OF THE

leave camp until nine o'clock a.m., when it marched 1863
rapidly in the direction of Gettysburgh, and halted
southeast of the seminary. The heavy cannonading
broke upon our ears, and gave elasticity to weary
legs, and steps increased to the double-quick as we
were met with the intelligence that General Rey-
nolds was killed, and the First Division desperately
fighting double its numbers. As the regiment left
the Emmitsburg road, and followed the track of
the First Division, the men insisted that they could
hear the sharp bark of Hall's guns in the direction
of Willoughby Run. Doubtless this was true, for at
this moment the Second Maine Battery was in a
perilous position on the first ridge in the rear of
Willoughby Run, between the old railroad cut and
the Chambersburgh Turnpike, where it remained,
sustaining a fearful loss, until the whole line was
forced back. General Hall says, "No artillery of
our army ever went back to the spot." (For the
exact location of this superb battery, see Batch-
elder's "Isometrical View" of the Gettysburgh
battle-field, in which he locates CalifFs where Hall's
should be.) By command of General Robinson, the
First Brigade hastily threw up a redoubt of earth
and fence rails, in a circular form, just in front of
the seminary. Stevens' Fifth Maine Battery, which,
under its commander, Captain G. T. Stevens, did
such notable service between Culp's Hill and the \
cemetery, on the 2d and 3d, was in echelon in the
rear and to the right of the seminary.

While here in line, and momentarily expecting
the order to "go in," Captain Whitehouse, with a

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. H7

1863 pitiful smile, said to me, "Adjutant, I wish I felt as
brave and cool as the colonel appears." " Why,
Captain," I replied, " he is as scared as any of us.
Cheer up, 't will soon be over." " Well, the colonel
may be scared, but he looks as happy as though we
were to have an old-fashioned State of Maine
muster." "I know that, Captain. No man ever saw
him appear differently in a fight. Notice, the men
just idolize him. They would be perfectly happy if
Colonel Farnham was here too." About one o'clock
rang out the command, " Fall in ! Forward, Six-
teenth." " Good by, Adjutant, this is my last fight,"
cried Captain Whitehouse. He turned, repeated
the command to his company, and I never saw him
afterward. We double-quicked to the right, and
took position behind a rail fence, in a piece of woods,
and nearly parallel with the Chambersburgh Turn-
pike, and were at once engaged with the enemy, who
were also in rear of a fence, and some two hundred
yards distant. Corporal Yeaton, of the color guard,
was the first man killed. While cautioning his men
to keep cool, and aim low, Captain Waldron, of
Company I, was struck, a ball entering just back of
the jugular vein, and penetrating to the lung. Colo-
nel Tilden, the only mounted regimental officer in
the brigade, had his horse shot from under him.
Now came the order to charge bayonets. Color Ser-
geant Mower was the first to jump the fence, and
the regiment followed with a ringing cheer, and in
the face of a galling fire, went double-quick, scatter-
ing the rebel line, they going pell-mell to the rear
into the- woods. Our boys would have followed

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them, but were recalled and moved with the division 1863
still further to the right, fighting until overpowered
by numbers pressing upon our right flank, which had
been fully exposed by the skedaddling of a part of
Howard's Eleventh Corps.

" Ammunition being nearly all expended Baxter's
brigade was withdrawn, Paul's brigade relieving it.*'
Yes, Paul's brigade did relieve it, and when the
whole force was falling back, General Robinson, in
order to save as much of the division as possible,
personally ordered Colonel Tilden to again advance
the Sixteenth, and hold the hill at any cost. The
regiment advanced, took position behind the stone-
wall, and broke the right wing to the right parallel
with the Mummasburgh road, the color company hold-
ing the apex — (the identical spot where the Eighty-
eighth Pennsylvania have since placed a tablet.
They held the position bravely against fearful odds,
but the Sixteenth Maine was the last regiment that
left the extreme front, July 1st, if four officers and
thirty-eight men can be called a regiment). The
intrepid color bearers, Mower and Thomas, waved
defiance to the foe, as they closed around the regi-
ment. Although conspicuous marks, they gallantly
held aloft the loved emblems until capture was
inevitable, and then by advice and consent of the
colonel and other officers, broke the staff and tore in
shreds the silk banners, the pride of the regiment,
and divided the pieces. Today away down in Maine,
can be found in albums and frames, gold stars and
shreds of silk — cherished mementos of the critical
period.

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119

1863

Lieutenant Chapman writes: " Company K went
into the light with twenty-three men. Its position
in regimental line was between Companies E and
B. Frank Devereaux was killed early in the fight.
A moment after he fell, Lieutenant Thompson of
Company G, noticed a stranger to the regiment,
standing about fifteen paces in rear of line, loading
and tiring independently. Thinking the man might
do mischief to his comrades, Thompson went to him,
said something in his low, peculiar tone, and, receiv-
ing a reply, immediately knocked him down, and
then raising him from the ground by the collar,
kicked him rapidly to the rear, much to the merri-
ment and satisfaction of the men, who did n't care to
be shot in the back. Lieutenant G. A. Deering, of
Company G, sheathed his sword, and seizing a mus-
ket from a fallen man, went into the ranks. He was
evidently excited, and every once in a while would
forget to return his rammer after loading, hence
would send it over to the enemy. The peculiar swish-
ing noise made by the rammer, as it hurried through
the wood was laughable to the boys, and must have
been a holy terror to the rebels."

The brigade loss was oi'licially reported as fol-
lows: —

July 1.

Kil

ed.
E. M.

Wounded.

Missing.

Regiment.

Off.

Off.

E. M.

Off.

E. M.

13th Massachusetts. .
lu"th Pennsylvania..
KUth New York

Kith Maine

2

5

5
8
4

8

3

5
9
4

7

71

57
57
37
29

3

7

9

10

11

110
102
75
300
148

Total

2

■60

28

251

40

735

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The claim of General Robinson that his division 1863
held the ground, after all the other troops had fallen
back, has never been disputed. Colonel Coulter,
commanding First Brigade, ( after Paul, ) says in his
official report, "Not a single case of faltering came
to my notice." Nine p.m. Lieutenant Davis detailed
for picket.

Captain Marston in command of regiment. Ewell July 2.
occupied the city, posting his line within half a mile
of cemetery. General John Newton assumed com-
mand of First Corps, and placed it in reserve in rear
of the cemetery, and within thirty minutes march of
any part of the Union line. The regiment changed
position from time to time as ordered ; with brigade
was ordered to the left center of line, late in the
afternoon. While moving by the right flank past
General Meade's headquarters, a rebel shell explod-
ed in the regiment, severely wounding Lieutenant
Fred. H. Beecher and seven enlisted men. Moving
eight hundred yards, the command was given, " By
the right flank! March!" and in line of battle the
brigade dashed on through the smoke, over the
boulders, in sight of a battery with only two men
working the guns against the rebel troops advan-
cing to capture it. With a wild yell the brigade
charged beyond the battery, and returning brought
off the guns. Early in the morning, the brigade was
reorganized, Colonel Richard Coulter commanding.
The following order was announced : —

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1803 Hdq'rs 1st Brigade, 2d Div., 1st A. C.

July 2d, 18G3.
General Order, No. 44-

I. Adjutant A. R. Small, 16th Me. Vols., is hereby detailed
as Acting Assistant Adjutant-General of this Brigade. . . .
lie will be obeyed and respected accordingly.

By command of Col. R. Coulter,
Com'dg Brigade.

Colonel Coulter established his quarters in an
" A " tent, pitched by his orders on the brow of the
hill at the left of cemetery, in the edge of a grove, just
in rear of the brigade's last position on the second
day, and planted in clear view of the rebels the bri-
gade flag. From this point I took in nearly the
whole line from the cemetery to Weed's Hill. The
position of the national line of skirmishers was
clearly defined by a streak of curling smoke that
lazily faded into thin vapor. The sky was clear,
and a quiet aspect pervaded everything — 't was a
moment of rest before a battle. The lazy attitude
of men and horses, the apparent indifference of all
the army appointments, as the sun went down,
afforded but slight indication to a looker-on of the
terrible storm gathering for the morrow — a day
ever memorable in American history. During the
night eighty thousand men concentrated behind the
rocky ridge in Lee's front.
July 3. The morning opened with some artillery practice,
principally from the rebel side, and continued for a
few hours, when a terrible struggle took place for a
new position on Culp's Hill. Before eleven o'clock
A.M. the Twelfth Corps had regained their position
on the eastern slope of the hill. As if by mutual

122 HISTORY OF THE

desire, the rain of lead and iron ceased after a few 1863
spasmodic discharges. At noon, the hot summer
sun beat relentlessly upon the heads of the waiting
infantry. The silence was as oppressive as the heat,
and time was counted by moments, and moments
seemed hours, as we watched, with a terrible intent-
ness, the wheeling into position of batteries in our
front. Directly, the silence on Cemetery Ridge was
broken by the rapidly-moving artillery, which took
positions all along the line from the cemetery to
Little Round Top. Guns were sighted, caissons
passed to the rear, and men posted for action. In
terrible suspense, moments crept by until one o'clock,
when the stillness of the air was suddenly broken by
an explosion in the wheat field on Oak Hid, and a
huge Whitvvorth shell, with lightning quickness,
came crashing through the Union lines. But ere the
iron missile crossed the valley, one hundred and fifty
guns were discharged as if by electricity, and tons
of metal parted the air, which closed with a roar,
making acres of earth groan and tremble. The hills
and the huge boulders take up the sound and hurl it
back, to add its broken tones to the long roll of
sound that strikes upon ears thirty miles away. For
two hours the air was filled with a horrible concord-
ance of sounds — a roar, echoing the passions of hell
loosed among men. The air, thick with sulphurous
vapor and smoke, through which comes the sharp cry
of agony, the hoarse command, and the screaming
shell, almost suffocated those supporting the bat-
teries. Men cover the ground in fragments, and are
buried in detail beneath the iron hail. Guns are

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1863 dismounted, and rest their metallic weight upon
quivering flesh. Caissons explode, and wheels and
boxes strew the ground in every direction. Horses
by the score are blown down by the terrible hurri-
cane, and lie shrieking- in agony almost human in its
expression. One battery in our immediate front lost
forty horses in twenty minutes. In the vicinity of
Meade's headquarters shells exploded at the rate of
sixty per minute. Solid shot would strike the ground
in our front, cover a battalion with sand and dirt,
ricochet, and, demon like, go plunging through the
ranks of massed men in the rear. For a mile or
more a lurid llame of fire streams out over the heads
of our men in long jets, as if to follow the tons of
metal thrown through the murky air, which parts to
receive it, and shudders as if tortured by screaming
furies. Roar answers roar, and, meeting in the
valley, doubles the awful din which reels into the
Devil's Glen, and holds high carnival for hours.

During the fusillade, Colonel Coulter, who has
been tearing up and down the line to cool his impa-
tience, suddenly exclaims, " Where in hell is my

flag? Where do you suppose that cowardly

has skedaddled to? Adjutant, you hunt him

up and bring him to the front before the color is
missed." Away the adjutant went, but returned in
season to see the colonel snake him out from behind
a stone-wall, where he had lain down with the flag
folded up to avoid attracting attention. Colonel
Coulter shook out the folds, placed the staff in the
poor fellow's hand, and double-quicked him toward
the front line. Just then a shell exploded in a low

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wall, killing a horse, and sending a blinding shower 1863
of gravel and dirt broadcast. Again seizing the
staff, he planted the end where the shell had burst,
and said, "There, orderly, hold it in position, and if
I can't get you killed in ten minutes, by G — ! I '11
post you right up among the batteries." Riding
away, he laughingly remarked, " The poor devil
don't know that I could n't put him in a safer place.
Two shells rarely explode in the same spot, and if he
obeys orders he will be safe, and I '11 know where
my headquarters are." He dashed recklessly down
the line to return in a few minutes with a bullet in
his shoulder. Looking pale, I asked if he would dis-
mount. " No, no, not now. Who in hell would
suppose a sharp-shooter would hit a crazy bone that
distance ? "

Our ammunition was reduced to a few rounds,
and there came a signal from Little Round Top that
the dense smoke afforded a screen for the enemy,
behind which they were rapidly massing for the
charge. Notwithstanding Hancock's lines are weak
at the center, the order is issued and the firing
ceases. The rebels jump at conclusions and send up
a wild yell, which echoes the length of the valley.
"We had heard it too often to lose heart or courage,
but nerves were at their extreme tension, as we
watched the splendid lines of infantry stretched for
miles in our front, as if for parade, and a second and
yet in the rear a third debouch from the woods into
view. Such a sight is given only once in a life-time,
and once seen never to be forgotten. The veterans
of Virginia, the flower of the rebel army, under its

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 125

1863 idolized commander, were writing another bloody
chapter in the history of the rebellion. History
says that Lee's ammunition was nearly exhausted
and there was no time to replenish it, so the attack-
ing column of eighteen thousand men move silently
and swiftly down the slope and across the plain
toward the left center of our line, the weakest point.
Pickett's division leads the front on the right with
Pettigrew's on the left. In their rear marches Ander-
son's and Trimble's commands, whose right was cov-
ered by Perry and Wilcox, and left by McGowan and
Thomas. Down the slope into the valley they come
and now it is our turn, and from the black muzzles
of one hundred cannon pour round shot, spherical
case, and canister, in an incessant torrent which
cuts great swaths of living grain. Men go down by
scores but others fill the gaps, and the resistless tide
sweeps on in perfect order into the Emmitsburg
road, when from behind the stone-wall our boys
pour in a shower of hissing bullets, carrying death
and destruction to those brave but mistaken men.
They go down like jack-straws — they lie in wind-
rows. The rich carpet of white clover and daisies is
dyed in crimson figures, by the hot blood of south-
ern sons. With a desperation born of madness, they
force their way through a shower of leaden hail.
Hot with passion born of war, stained and blinded
with blood, the living fail to see the terrible harvest
of death in their rear, and, utterly reckless of person-
al results, they press on and on and, with a yell of
victory, plant their tattered flags of rebellion in our
breast-works, and brain gunners at their posts. They

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turn to beckon on the next line. The next line ! — 1863 .
where is it? — exultation is drowned in despair and
defeat, for from both flanks the Union boys are
giving a deadly fire, while shot and shell enfilade
their rear. Thousands fall to the ground, and hold
up their hands in token of surrender, and others flee
only to be swallowed up in the flood-tide that reach-
es the Emmitsburg road. A brave man can but pity
the victims of such a terrible disappointment. Look-
ing down upon all this, I could see, shorn of all
wordy description, simply a square mile of Tophet.

The remnant of the Sixteenth is sadly depressed. Juh-4.
The loved colonel on his way to Richmond — to the
prison-pens of the South ; the brave lieutenant-
colonel at the point of death ; our valued surgeon,
Alexander, wounded and a prisoner; all the line offi-
cers but four either killed, wounded, or missing, and
a fearful list of casualties among the men. We
thought of the brave fellows started on a pilgrimage
worse than death. There is said to be an average
time in every man's life, when he learns to cry. I
believe many of us graduated in this accomplish-
ment that night. Among those captured was Benny
Worth, of Company E. He was kept busy in the
unwelcome task of cariying United States muskets
from the field, July 2d. He quickly discerned that
the rebels were being worsted, and shrewdly worked
his way into the hospital. Procuring some bloody
bandages, he bound up an imaginary wound in his
ankle, and hence was left behind, while the well and
unharmed were marched toward Richmond. Worth
rejoined the regiment on the morning of the fourth.

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1863 Corporal Bradford with others, rendered timely aid
to many of the wounded inside the rebel lines. He
found Captain Lowell of Company D, where he fell
mortally wounded, a short distance from the Muin-
masburgh road, and near the stone-wall. Although
conscious, he was speechless. He was carried to a
vacant room in the seminary, on the first floor. Be-
fore Bradford could find a surgeon, he, with others,
was marched to the rear some two miles. Corporal
Bradford adds, that when he found Captain Lowell
he had been robbed of all valuables, and the
absence of papers, and a small diary torn up
and scattered, made it impossible for strangers
to identify the body, hence his burial place is
unknown. While in the slough of despond, and
trying to assist as skirmishers in the front line,
Major Leavitt joined the regiment, and assumed
command at ten o'clock p.m. The heavy rain
could not put out our enthusiasm, or dampen our
joy at his coming. While lying here, Sergeant
Morrill, of Company A, was mortally wounded in the
breast, by a sharp-shooter. Among the incidents of
the battle, is one written by Adjutant Small for the
Richmond Enquirer, brought out by the following
letter published in the Petersburgh Appeal: —

Mr. Editor: — Please send me the paper for another
year. I don't know how I could do without seeing a paper
every day. It may be an old woman's fancy, but somehow
I am not yet hopeless that I shall yet hear something to
cheer my last days. My bright, manly boy, William, left
in '61 to join the Confederate Army. He was then seven-
teen — my only boy — and from then till the battle of Gettys-
burgh. I saw him twice, and heard from him often. In that

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dreadful battle he was left wounded on the battle-field. His i»63
fate I know not, but I read tbe papers every day, hoping
that I may gain some tidings of him. I hope on, and still
hope that he may be alive. The shadows are growing long-
er, and the dark river is rolling nearer and nearer to me;
but beyond the light grows brighter and brighter. William
may be there. I am waiting for my Master's call.

Yours, etc.

I have just been reading the sacl story of bereave-
ment, and it brings vividly before me the battle of
Gettysburgh audits attendant incidents. This sadly-
patient mother tells her story and brings to mind,
distinctly, a spot in the grove at the left of Ceme-
teiy Hill, nearly in front of General Meade's head-
quarters, where were lying a number of wouuded,
in gre3 r suits, fallen in the last brave charge on the
3d of July. Sadly I made my way among the dead
and dying, proffering such assistance as sympathy
dictated. One poor fellow, about twenty-five years
of age, was shot through the body. His wants were
few — "Only a drink of water. I am so cold — so
cold! Won't you cover me up?" And then his
mind wandered, murmuring something about "Dear
mother. So glad 't is all over." Then a clear sense
of his condition, and would I write to his father and
tell him how he died; how he loved them at home?
"Tell them all about it, won't you? Father's name
is Robert Jenkins. I belong to the Seventh North
Carolina troops — came from Chatham County. My

name is Will ," and tearfully I covered his face.

Perhaps he was this mother's boy; perhaps not, but
he was some mother's darling.

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1863 a little further on my attention was attracted
toward a young man, of Kemper's brigade, I think.
Kneeling down by his side, I looked at his strikingly
handsome face some few moments, when he unclosed
his eyes and looked steadily into mine with such a
questioning, hungry look, an appeal so beseeching,
so eloquent, and I had not the power to answer —
could only ask where he was wounded. "Don't talk
to me, please," he said. A moment after he touched
his breast, and I saw there was but a chance for him.
Asking if he was afraid to die, he replied, "No; I
am glad I am through. Oh ! I hope this will end
the war; will it?" I asked him if he was a Chris-
tian, and I think he told me he was not a professor,
" but tried to be good," when a spasm of pain closed
his eyes. I could not bear to leave him, and, putting
my face close down to his, he suddenly opened his
eyes. I shall never forget their unearthly beauty,
and the sweet, trusting expression which overspread
his whole face, as he said to me, with a motion as
though he would throw his arms around my neck,
" I am going home — good by ! " I did weep ; I
could n't help it. I do not recollect his name ; he
might not have told me. I only remember that boys
from the Sixteenth Maine carried him to the field
hospital because they wanted to, although they, too,
saw it was nearly over.

It may seem out of place, in the history of a regi-
ment, to treat of matters outside its own guard, yet
a little skirmishing through the division and corps
lines may be allowable, where it seems necessary to
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confirm facts which concern and interest the regi- 1863
ment as a part of the army.

The First Army Corps, although absorbed by the
Fifth, preserves its identity in the hearts of veterans,
and is today as much a fact, a reality, as when in line
of battle, or performing one of its masterly feats of
marching, which won for it the title of " Lightning
Corps." General Newton, in an eloquent farewell
address, said of the First Corps, "In relinquishing
command, I take occasion to express the pride and
pleasure I have experienced in my connection with
you, and my profound regret at our separation.
Identified by its services with the history of the
war, the First Corps gave at Gettysburgh a crown-
ing proof of valor and endurance in saving from the
grasp of the enemy the strong position upon which
the battle was fought. The terrible losses suffered
by the corps in that conflict attest its supreme devo-
tion to the country. Though the corps has lost its
distinctive name by the present changes, history will
not be silent upon the magnitude of its services."

Its participation in the battle of Gettysburgh is
always referred to with pardonable pride by the rank
and file, and any detraction, directly or indirectly,
from its record, or from the merits of its eminent
commander, is promptly resented. Every member
of the First Corps considers it a personal matter
whenever the memory of the gallant Reynolds is
called up by the cool assumption of Howard. His
voice is silent, but thousands consider it an honor
and a duty to speak for him. History is unmistak-
able in its verdict, which cannot be anticipated hy

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 131

1863 an y (< ac t f Congress," or revised by the newspaper
staff of any commander. It is written that as early
as the 29th of June General Pleasanton directed
General Buford to "occupy Gettysburgh " the 30th,
and hold it until the Army of the Potomac came to
his relief. He fully realized the importance of the
position. It is also an established fact that it was
Reynolds' determination to " advance rapidly and
hold Gettysburgh." His home was in Pennsylvania,
and both State and personal pride were aroused to
spur him on to a victory for the national forces.
The lion in his nature was thoroughly awakened,
and, putting the First Corps in rapid motion, "he
directed the Eleventh, Howard's, to hasten to the
support of the First."

The battle was opened at nine a.m., by Buford's
cavalry. Ten o'clock saw Cutler's brigade, of Wads-
worth's division, followed by Meredith's, filing into
the field south of the semin ary, from the Emmitsburg
road. An hour later the remainder of the corps
came up, followed by the Fifth Maine and other bat-
teries. Robinson's division, composed of Paul's and
Coulter's brigades, halted in front of the seminary.
Meanwhile "Reynolds, from his position in the belfry,
saw at once the military advantage of Cemetery
Ridge," and directed Howard's aide, who had report-
ed to him for instructions, to " bring his corps
forward, and form them on Cemetery Hill, as a
reserve." This order was given in the presence of
Rosengarten, of Reynolds' staff, who states positively
as to its promulgation. General Howard's memory is
conveniently defective, as it would otherwise conilict

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with his claim to the championship of Gettj^sburgh. 1863
The First Corps will never forgive the astounding
news, sent by Howard's special messenger to General
Meade, that the First Corps fled from the enemy at
the first contact. Two regiments of Cutler's bri-
gade, overpowered by a division of rebel troops,
retreated a short distance in obedience to orders.
Howard, losing his usually calm balance, saw the
whole corps fleeing to the rear ( like the Eleventh in
the wilderness ) when only one division had reached
the field. Afterward, learning of Reynolds' death,
he assumed command by virtue of his rank, and
then, forced to notice that the First Corps was fight-
ing three to one, ordered up the Eleventh, which
hove in sight at quarter of one. In informing
Meade that Reynolds was killed, he omitted to can-
cel, or modify the message sent earlier in the day.
There was a feeling of satisfaction throughout the
•corps, on the immediate supersedure of Howard by
Hancock, which was intensified on learning of the
unjust dispatch. When the Eleventh Corps reached
the field, hardly a field officer had escaped, and nearly
half of the First Corps lay dead and wounded. In
view of the uncontrovertible facts that General
Pleasanton, August 29th, saw the importance of
Gettysburgh ; that the profound sagacity and gener-
alship of Reynolds made it possible for the Union
Army to win a victory on the Heights ; that he
ordered Howard, who was four miles in the rear, to
hasten forward and form on Cemetery Ridge ; that
Hancock saw the advantages of the position, and at
his suggestion (which any soldier of intelligence

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1863

would have made) Meade concentrated the army-
there; is it a wonder that the First Corps resent
Howard's assumption? or that students of history-
reverse the premature verdict of a Congress made
in a moment of elation, and recognize Reynolds as
the conspicuous figure in the first day's fight, and
the grand central character of the greatest battle
of the war?

July 5. Lee retreated last night, leaving his dead and
many of his wounded on the field. The regiment
was relieved from picket at ten minutes of one P.M.,
marched to the left and rear about one mile, and
bivouacked for the night. Lieutenant Lord, of Com-
pany K, who had escaped from the rebels, and Lieu-
tenant Plummer, of Company D, who had partially
recovered from the stunning effects of a shell,
reported for duty.

July 6. Lieutenant Plummer, Company E, rejoined the
regiment, and reported Lieutenant Aubrey Leavitt
wounded in both thighs. Ordered to move at five
o'clock a.m. Marched at seven, and camped near
Emmitsburg. Distance, eight miles.

July?. Broke camp at half-past three A.M. Marched
through Emmitsburg, Mechanicstown, by the Ca-
toctin Iron Works, over the Catoctin Range, and
camped on its western slope, four miles north of
Middletown, Maryland. Length of march, twenty-
five miles.

July 8. Reveille at daybreak. Broke camp in a heavy
rain. Marched through Middletown, and halted at
eleven a.m., one mile west of village. Marched
again at four p.m., and bivouacked for the night,

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in line of battle, on western slope of South Moun- 1863
tain. Threw up breast-works of stone. Length of
march, ten miles.

Remained in line. Heard firing near Boonsbor- July 9.
ough.

Marched at five o'clock a.m. Passed through jui y 10.
Boonsborough, and halted three miles north of the
town, near Beaver Creek. Threw up breast-works
in line due north and south. Changed direction
about eighty rods south, and built breast-works at
right angles with the first line. Distance marched,
seven miles.

Remained in line near Beaver Creek until three July 11.
o'clock p.m., when the regiment went on picket.

Relieved from picket at ten A.M. Moved through July 12.
Funkstown, and formed line of battle on the north
side of Antietam Creek, facing Hagerstown at four
p.m. Remained in line about two hours, when the
regiment changed direction to the front by the left
flank, and faced Williamsport. Again moved thirty
rods and built breast-works. Regiment on the left
of division and joined the Fourth Maryland. Hon.
Henry Wilson at brigade headquarters. Shoes were
issued. They were much needed, some of the men
having marched barefoot for the past week. Length
of march six miles.

Regiment in line. There was some skirmishing j u i y 13.
by the pickets, about one hundred rods in our front.
The rebels had a small gun stationed about half a
mile distant, which made some noise but did no
damage, and was soon withdrawn. The men were

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1863

impatient to advance and freely discussed the unac-
countable delay.
July 14. The regiment was in readiness to move at five
a.m., but did not leave the works until one p.m.,
when it moved leisurely toward Williamsport, some
three miles, and halted to learn that the rear of
the rebel army crossed the Potomac at ten A.M.
Camped one mile east of Williamsport.

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CHAPTER IX.

ON THE MARCH.

Formed in line at half-past five a.m., and marched
toward Sharpsburgh. Passed through Smoketown, juiyis
over the Antietain battle-field, across the stone
bridge, through Keedysville, Rhorersville, and camp-
ed at the base of the Catoctin Mountains, on the
west side near Crampton's Gap, which is filled with
sad memories of war — the unmarked mounds of the
heroic dead. An old stone breast-work is a silent
witness of the numerous struggles for the possession
of this gateway of the valley. The regiment moved
just west of Birkettsville, and camped near Berlin.
Distance marched eight miles.

Rested in camp. Since June 30th, the company Jnly 17
commanders have made their morning reports to
the adjutant in person, who consolidated them
and regularly forwarded to brigade assistant adju-
tant-general. This forenoon blanks were furnished,
and the clerical machinery was again running in
the regular channel, in accordance with regulations.
Captain Marston, of Company C, Lieutenant Plum-
mer, Company D, and Hospital Steward Eaton, were
sent to the general hospital at Frederick, Maryland,
sick.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 137

1863 Marched at six o'clock a.m. Crossed the Poto-
Juiy is. mac on p 0n t 00ns a t Berlin. Passed east of Lov-
ettsville, and bivouacked near Waterford, Virginia.
Length of march, ten miles.
July ia. Reveille at five a.m. Marched at six, through
Waterford, past Harmony Church, through Hamil-
ton, and camped half a mile west of village. Length
of march, six miles. The regiment was now so
small, that we all hailed with pleasure the following
order : —

Headquarters 1st A. C, July 21, 1863.
Special Order JSFo. 167.

The following named officers and enlisted men will, under
circular of July 3, 1863, W. D. A. G. O., proceed to rendez-
vous in their respective States, and nearest to where their
regiment was enrolled, for the purpose of conducting to
their commands, the drafted men to fill them up

Captain John D. Conley, 16th Me.

Lieutenant A. K. Small,

Sergeant W. H. Chapman,

Sergeant Jones Whitman,

Private J. Donnell,

Private George Peabody,

By command of Maj.-Gen. Newton.
E. C. Beard, Gapt. & A. A. Q.

joiy 20. At seven a.m. took up line of march for Middle-
burgh, and tramped fifteen miles to advance ten.
Moseby's guerrillas left this notably sesesh town as
the head of the corps entered, taking with them the
corps quartermaster and two officers, who had
ridden in advance of the column. Went into camp
just outside the village limits at half-past five p.m.

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Rested. Sent out a large picket, which captured 1863
some bushwhackers. They were numerous and dar-
ing. Some of our venturesome men were captured
by them in the afternoon. In company with Lieu-
tenant Mathews of the brigade staff, I rode into
the village to make some "necessary purchases."
Scarcely a building that was not shuttered and
barred, and no visible sign of life except on the
corner of a street, where lounged a single contra-
band.

Broke camp at seven p.m., and marched slowly July 22.
in rear of trains until eleven o'clock. At twelve
o'clock, midnight, continued the march until four
A.M., July 23d, and halted at White Plains. Dis- Jul y ™-
tanee, ten miles. Left White Plains at seven
a.m., and passing between Besant and Pignut
mountains, reached Warrenton at five p.m., and
bivouacked southwest of town. Length of march,
fifteen miles. Since we struck the Loudoun Valley,
good water has been abundant.

Rested in camp. A portion of the regiment was July 24.
detailed to build breast-works. Another detachment
went on picket. Sent company histories to the
ordnance office, Washington.

Reveille at half-past six a.m. Marched at seven, juiy 25.
The weather was extremely hot. A member of
Company E was sun-struck. Arrived at Warren-
ton Junction at twelve o'clock m. Lieutenant-Colo-
nel Farnham rejoined the regiment from sick leave,
and assumed command. At eight p.m. fell in and
marched to Bealeton Station in a heavy thunder-
storm. Length of march, fifteen miles.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 139

1863

July 26

The detail, under special order number one hun-
dred and sixty-seven, July 21st, left camp for Maine.
Lieutenant Broughton, Company D, detailed as act-
ing adjutant. Broke camp at midnight and marched
about three miles to Rappahannock Station. Halted
at four A.M., and formed line of battle near the
bridge. Remained in line all day. At night pitched
tents behind the hill. Our forces threw up a line
of works along the bank of the river, facing the
rebels, who are intrenched on the opposite bank, and
remained until the arrival of pontoons, the bridge
having been burned.

July 30. One of our men swam half-way across the river,
and met a rebel with whom he exchanged papers.
The pickets ceased firing and watched, with evident
interest, this interchange of courtesies.

Aug. i. At half-past two the regiment broke camp, and
moved into the breast-works at the end of the old
bridge. Our cavalry crossed in boats at six a.m., and
drove the rebels from their position. At two o'clock
the infantry crossed on pontoons, and advanced in
column by battalion, with the Thirteenth Massa-
chusetts deployed in front. Moved past the Paine
House, halted, and formed line. Threw up breast-
works.

Aug. 3. The men pitched their tents, and would have been
comparatively happy but for the intense heat.

Aug. 4. Major Leavitt, officer of the picket. Lieutenant
Davis, Company K, with twenty-two men, detailed
for picket. Colonel Davis, Thirty-ninth Massachu-
setts, in command of brigade.

140 HISTORY OF THE

Paymaster present. We crossed the Rappahan- 1863
nock, and camped on the eastern bank, about one Aug ' 8 '
hundred rods above the railroad bridge.

Sunday, August 9th, was fully appreciated as the Aug. 9.
first day of general rest the regiment had had since
June 12th.

Mrs. Fogg, one of the brave and self-sacrificing Aug. 10.
women of the war, visited our camp today, and
added to her former popularity among the men, by
distributing a liberal supply of delicacies to the sick,
towels and shirts to the needy, and kind and cheer-
ing words to all.

Camp duties were resumed, and the usual pro- Aug. 12.
pensity for foraging indulged in by those who are
constitutionally uneasy when they suspect there is a
stray hen within a day's march. Company and regi-
mental drills.

Major Leavitt detailed on corps court-martial. Aug. 14.

Sergeant Charles C. Small was today drowned in Aug.i6.
the river while bathing. His body was recovered by
divers. He was interred with military honors. The
band played a dirge for the first time over the
remains of one of its members, a promising young
man of good habits and sterling worth. The shock
of his death was felt more keenly than would have
been the loss of a dozen men in battle.

Major Leavitt made a visit to the famous White Aug. 19.
Sulphur Springs, a few miles distant. He reports
that the Goddess of Liberty, who once so proudly
occupied a niche in a marble facade, has lost her
head, which fact, Belcher says, accounts for our pres-
ence in Virginia.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 141

1863 Robert Funston, our new purveyor, arrived in
ug ' °' camp today. A council of administration fixed a
scale of prices for his wares.

Aug. 23. Received one hundred and sixty-eight conscripts
and substitutes, and receipted for them to Lieutenant-
Colonel Rider, Thirty-third Massachusetts.

Aug. 24. Moved camp to the left of brigade.

Aug. 25. The recruits were examined b} r the surgeon, and
five were rejected.

Aug. 28. There was a brilliant assemblage at General Craw-
ford's headquarters to witness the presentation of a
superb sword to General Meade. Governor Curtin,
Generals Heintzelman, Pleasanton, French, and
Meiggs, and the President's son, were present.
The surroundings of the camp were tropical, and
beautiful to the eye beyond description — almost
oriental in display. The pillars of the stately arches
were tastefully festooned with evergreens, wild
flowers, flags, and guidons, in all their bewildering
variety of emblems and colors. The streets were
enchanting, the officers gorgeous in brilliant uni-
forms and decorations; the national colors floated
from the roofs of rebel houses, and numerous bands
enlivened an occasion that must have been exquisite
torture to the five deserters, sentenced to be shot on
the morrow. While the delicious sensations of a
rare gala day were traveling down the backs of men,
while the officers hung up their swords in a dreamy
maze, and just as men were forgetting where they
were, orderlies rode down those same streets, and
scattered throughout the corps compulsory orders
for every command to be present and witness the
execution.

142 HISTORY OF THE

Received muskets for our recruits. Aif*!o-

Regiment mustered for pay by Lieutenant-Colonel A u g .3i.
Farnham.

Sergeant J. S. Stevens, with a squad of Company Sept. 2.
H convalescents, rejoined his company.

Lieutenant S. H. Plummer, of Company D, Sept. 3.
reported for duty. •

Three men deserted from Company E. Sept. 6.

Regiment paid for four months' service, by Major sept.11.
Burt.

Received orders to be in readiness to march at a sept.12.
moment's notice.

" General " at five A.M. Marched at eight. Crossed Sept.i6.
the Rappahannock, and moved past Brandy Station,
just west of Stevensburgh. Took the road leading
from Culpeper to Stevensburgh, and went into
camp near Pony Mountain, at four o'clock P.M.
Cannonading heard in the direction of Raccoon Ford.
Length of day's march, twelve miles.

Camp duties resumed. While encamped here, a sept.17.
sergeant of Company K, and a friend of his, of
the Ninety-fourth New York, happened to be in a
negro shanty, conversing with the wench in charge,
when an orderly, attached to General Robinson's
headquarters, came in with a large and choice roast
of beef, which he gave to the negress, with the
remark, " General Robinson desires you to have this
nicely roasted by two o'clock this afternoon." With
many courtesies, the wench replied, "I '11 done gone
cook it right up, massa," and the orderly departed
with his saber dangling at his heels. The sergeant
and his companion listened to the conversation with

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 143

18G3 much interest, and immediately left the shanty for
camp. " What a bully joke it would be on the gen-
eral, if we should steal that roast," said the sergeant.
The other laughed, and swore he would have it for
a late dinner, or burst in the attempt. So, after
reaching camp, he borrowed his lieutenant's saber,
with the avowed intention of cleaning it, but he
buckled it on, and, about half-past one, strode into
the wench's presence, and demanded, "Is General
Robinson's beef done?" "Lor' bress you, massa,
I 'se just hooked it out de oben ; here 't is," aud she
presented to the delighted soldier a beautiful loin of
beef, cooked to a turn. His mouth watered, but
having no time to lose, he gave her a twenty-five cent
scrip, thanked her in the general's name, and left the
house in quick time. Soon after, the real orderly
came into the shanty, and demanded, as his counter-
feit had done, "Is the general's beef done?" The
negress looked at him in astonishment, and doubt-
less thinking him an impostor, gruffly replied,
" Course its done cooked, an' de gineral's man come
an' got it half hour ago, an' carried it away wid
him." " The devil he did! " said the surprised orderly.
"I 'm the 'gineral's man,' and if any one has stole
that beef you '11 get hell." "I tells ye de gineral's
man hissef come an' took it, an' dat 's all I knows."
And this explanation was all she would condescend
to make. The orderly was obliged to retire, and
report the loss to the general, who immediately
remarked, "O, the Sixteenth Maine."
Q ,.„ Division drill bv General Robinson.

Sept.23. J

Packed up and marched four miles to Raccoon

Sept .24. r

Ford, and went into camp at four o'clock p.m.

144 HISTORY OF THE

Today the colonel's colored man, Ben, on "Lady 1863
Washington," and Chenery, on the major's "Winged Se P t25 -
Pegasus," had a hurdle race. The latter won, best
two in three heats.

Broke camp at quarter past one p.m. and marched sept.2
at half-past two. Camped at four o'clock, two miles
north of the ford.

Our regiment bivouacked one night in September,
1863, near an old mansion which stood a short dis-
tance south of Brandy Station on the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad, and which General Robinson,
Commanding Division, had chosen as his headquar-
ters for the night. As usual the mansion was nearly
surrounded by negro shanties, some of which Ser-
geant Dunbar, of Company K, concluded had been
used for smoking ham and bacon ; at least his sus-
picions were so strong that the building contained
these two commodities that, accompanied by a com-
rade, he resolved upon a critical examination so soon
as it became dark enough to pursue his investigations
without fear of interruption by the headquarters
guard, who occupied the veranda of the mansion
and only a rod or two away. As soon as it became
dark, therefore, Dunbar and his comrade slowly
approached the suspicious shanty, and after smelling
around to "make assurance doubly sure " that they
were right in their conjectures, they commenced
operations by cutting an aperture through the logs
and in a comparatively short time it was large
enough to admit Dunbar to the interior. Just at
this moment a stranger put in an appearance from
around the corner of the building, and upon being
roughly seized, announced himself as the " Kernal's

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 145

1863 nigger, don't ye know me?" and being recognized
was released and invited inside by the sergeant.
The invitation was at once accepted, when he was
told to feel around overhead until he found a pole,
then to mount it and pass down the bacon and
hams. The darky followed the instructions to the
letter and all hands were soon busy at work " confis-
cating the subsistence." Dunbar passed the smoked
hog to the comrade outside who carried it on a run
to his shelter tent, covered it with blankets and
returned for more. In this way a large quantity
was collected in a short time, but in an unlucky
moment, the darky dropped a ham which struck a
box in its descent, thereby causing a thundering
noise and arousing the guards. Dunbar jumped to
the opening and easily escaped, but the unfortunate
darky leaped from his perch on high and landed in
a barrel of soft soap ! He floundered around in the
barrel several moments before he could extract him-
self from the slippery stuff, muttering to himself in
the meantime, " Oh, de Lor ! Oh, de good Lor ! "
which the guards, endeavoring to open the door in
front, could plainly hear. When they finally suc-
ceeded in opening the door they found the bird had
flown. The matter was duly reported to General
Robinson in the morning by the planter, who was
exceedingly indignant at his loss, and Lieutenant-
Colonel Farnham, of our regiment, who happened to
be field officer of the day, was ordered to trace up
and punish the offenders. This was not hard to do,
for the darky had left a trail of soft soap behind
him in the grass which led the surprised officer to
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146 HISTORY OF THE

his own quarters, where he found his servant sick 1863
and lying covered in blankets. Just what Colonel
Farnham reported to the general is unknown, but he
probably had ham for breakfast and " Jack " got a
reprimand.

Major Leavitt, division officer of the day. While Sept.28.
encamped here Colonel Farnham and the Major
called upon Colonel Stringfellow of Kansas noto-
riety, who is true to his convictions and an ardent
rebel. Mrs. Stringfellow is an accomplished conver-
sationalist, a regular apostle of garrulity. In fact
she did most of the talking. Moved camp one mile
northwest.

Regiment had " dress parade " in the woods. sept.30.

Captain Belcher rejoined the regiment from fur- Oct. 2.
lough and reported for duty. The regiment with
division ordered out to see a deserter shot.

Major Leavitt, officer of the picket. At two Q ct. 4.
o'clock moved camp from woods to the open field.

Captured a rebel on the picket line. Oct. 5.

Three hundred and thirty-eight conscripts joined Oct. 6.
the regiment.

Six conscripts received. Chaplain Bullen tend- Oct. 7.
ered his resignation, which was accepted and for-
warded for approval.

The division camp is known as " Camp Nordquist." Oct. 8.
The lieutenant-colonel today had an experience with
one of the conscripts who declared himself a " Sec-
ond Adventist" and a non-combatant, and refused to
do duty or obey any orders except to eat. He was
tied to a tree to learn by suffering that he was
human like his comrades, and must not hide his cow-

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1863 ardly instincts behind a pretence. This man was of
good physical and mental structure, and would have
developed into a good soldier but for his shameless
position. Men who willingly carried fifty pounds on
long marches, stood guard in storms of sleet and
rain, faced worse storms of shot and shell, had no
patience with any man's conscientious scruples when
they conflicted with one's duty to country and com-
rades. They called it a cowardly pretence, and no
one was disposed to dispute the charge.

Oct. 9. Lieutenant Aubrey Leavitt rejoined his company.
In the afternoon regiment changed position to the
right of brigade. In the evening orders were
received to be in readiness to move at short notice.
It was reported that the enemy had left our front.

Oct. 10. Lieutenant E. F. Davies with fifty men detailed to
guard division train. Broke camp at half-past one
a.m. and marched rapidly to near Germania Ford,
and halted at half-past ten. • Marched again at eight
o'clock, and bivouacked near Stevensburgh about
midnight. Length of march, twelve miles. Com-
pany H detached and ordered to follow Fourth
United States Battery.

Oct. ii. Regiment in line at three o'clock A.M. Marched
at ten, through Stevensburgh to Kelly's Ford and
crossed in three feet of water, at five p.m. The
rebels were within a mile of our rear. Bivouacked.
Length of march, ten miles.

Oct. 12. Rations issued to the division.

Oct. i3. Struck tents at half-past one A.M. Marched at
two, and halted at Warrenton Junction at ten o'clock
some four hours, for the trains to pass. Continued

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the march and bivouacked at Broad Run at half-past 18G3
eight. Length of march, thirty miles. The new
men stood the rapid marching remarkably well and
adapted themselves to their surroundings like veter-
ans, and used less than their proportion of cuss-
words.

Left Broad Run at seven a.m. and marched past Oct. i4.

Manassas Junction, and crossed Bull Run at Black-

*
burn's Ford. Arrived at Centerville at half-past

one and bivouacked. Marched fourteen miles. The
Second Division was sent on a reconnoissance at five
P.M. Major Leavitt went on picket with Thirty-
ninth Massachusetts.

Detachment from Company H, in charge of Ser- Oct. 16.
geant Stevens, sent to picket " Salisbury Place."
Regiment remained in line of battle along Cub Run.
The day has been rainy and the recruits suffered for
want of rubber blankets and overcoats. Lieutenant
Davis detailed for picket.

Still in line of battle and constantly on the alert. Oct. 17.
The men have not taken off their equipments since
the thirteenth.

Took up line of march at eight a.m., toward oct. 19.
Thoroughfare Gap. Passed Gainesville, and biv-
ouacked at Haymarket at five p.m. We had hardly
thrown off our equipments, when the booming of
guns in our front put us under arms. The rebels in
driving back our cavalry, came unexpectedly upon
our infantry lines and were repulsed. Today's
march, ten miles.

The regiment took arms at an early hour, and Oct. 20.
remained in line until four p.m., when it marched

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1863 slowly through the gap. At nine p.m. bivouacked
on a hill near the west end of the gap. Length of
march, five miles.

Oct. 21. This morning moved to a better position and
pitched tents. The headquarters' team came up,
and the field and staff had tents for the first time
for twelve days.

oct. 22. Resumed camp duties and the usual drills.

oct. 24. At half-past four a.m., the regiment received
orders to have everything packed at five o'clock.
At nine returned through the gap in a drizzling
rain. The Sixteenth was detailed to protect the
rear of the artillery. Moved through Haymarket
and Gainesville. Forded Broad Run and bivouacked
near Bristow Station, on the battle-field of 14th
instant. Length of march, twelve miles.

Oct. 25. The sick call shows quite an increase in the list,
consequent upon fording the runs, and exposure to
rains, during the late inarches. The Thirty-ninth
Massachusetts and Ninety-fourth New York, ordered
to Kettle Run last night. Nine exchanged prisoners
returned to regiment.

Oct. 26. Camp duties and drills resumed. Regiment inspect-
ed by Captain Livermore, acting assistant adjutant-
general, First Brigade. Three exchanged prisoners
report for duty.

Oct. 29. Lieutenant-Colonel Farnham, division officer of
the day.

Oct. 30. Major Leavitt, field officer of the picket. Regi-
ment moved to Kettle Run.

Nov. 3. Brigade drill in the afternoon. Sutler arrived
with goods in the evening.

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CHAPTER X.

MINE RUN CAMPAIGN.

1863

Lieutenant-Colonel Bankhead, corps inspector,
came to inspect and condemn some government
property, when the regiment was ordered to pack
up. Marched at four p.m., and halted at Catlett's
Station at nine o'clock. Distance, six miles. Cloth-
ing, blankets, etc., were issued to the regiment.

The command was alarmed by the cavalry dis- Nov - 6 -
charging their carbines. During the day moved to a
good camping ground. Companies E and F lost some
property by fire. " No insurance."

Reveille at six a.m. Marched at seven. Passed Nov - 7 -
Catlett's Station, Warrenton Junction, Elkton, and
Morgantown, and went into camp near Morrisville.
Length of march, twelve miles. Fight at Kelly's
Ford, and at Rappahannock Station. The Sixteenth
not called into action. The Sixth Maine made one of
the most brilliant and successful charges of the cam-
paign.

The regiment marched at seven a.m. Passed Nov. 8.
Holly Church, and crossed the river at Kelly's Ford,
on pontoons. Moved up the river to near Rappa-
hannock Station, and followed the railroad to Brandy
Station, and camped, having marched ten miles.

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1863

Nov. 9

At ten minutes past five, took the road to Beale-
ton, thence northwest to Liberty, where we halted at
midnight in a blinding snow-squall.

Nov. 10. In the morning moved to a good position and
pitched tents. Sergeants Wilmot H. Chapman,
Company K, Jones Whitman, Company E, and
privates J. Donnells and George Peabody, rejoined
the regiment from recruiting service. They brought
two stands of colors, one from the State, and the
other a present from the Merchants' Exchange, of
Portland.

Nov. n. Captain Conley and Adjutant Small returned from
detached service, and reported for duty.

Nov. 12. After battalion drill, two officers and one hundred
and fifty men were detailed to repair the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad.

Nov. 15. Our artillery can be heard in the direction of
Cedar Mountain. Orders received to pack up and
wait.

Nov. is. Regiment inspected by Captain Livermore, and
afterward paid by Major Russell Erritt.

Nov. 20. Battalion drill in the afternoon. Aggregate
strength of command, six hundred and fifty men.

Today, about noon, a dragoon, with pistols in
hand, and bareheaded, came dashing into camp,
shouting, " The guerrillas are coming ! The guer-
rillas are coming ! " Colonel Batchelder, Thirteenth
Massachusetts, division officer of the day, shouted,
" Turn out ! Turn out the regiment ! " In five
minutes the men were under arms, in line, and on
their way double-quick. Major Leavitt was in com-
mand of Companies C and H, which were deployed

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as skirmishers. Moving half a mile, we reached a 1863
wagon-train which Mosby had swooped down upon.
He captured the escort, detached the mules, set fire
to the train, and rode away just as the Sixteenth
came upon the ground and gave them a parting
yell. Just as we were retiring, the Third New York
Cavalry, mistaking us for rebels, charged upon Com-
panies B and D, wounding two men before they
discovered their error.

The regiment broke camp at daylight, and march- Nov. 23.
ed at seven, and halted at Bealeton Station until the
division was massed, when it rejoined the brigade
and marched to Rappahannock Station, and camped
southeast of bridge at eleven a.m., when ammunition
and rations were issued to the brigade.

Drizzling rain-storm. Major Leavitt examined Nov. 24.
applicants for promotion, under an order of Colonel
Farnham that every man recommended must be
qualified for the position sought.

Colonel Leonard commanding the brigade, read Nov. 26.
a congratulatory order on the success of General
Grant on the Mississippi. Took up line of march,
and crossed the Rapidan at Gold Mine Ford, and
bivouacked. Length of march, eighteen miles.

The advance began at daylight. The regiment, Nov. 27.
being detailed to guard the wagon train, moved
slowly through Culpeper Gold Mines, and struck
the Fredericksburgh plank road, about four miles
north of the Wilderness. Passed the Wilderness
Church and took the plank road leading to Orange
Court House. Halted several hours at Parker's
store, and bivouacked for the night at Robinson's

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1863 tavern. Length of march, sixteen miles. During
the march several wagons were decoyed from the
train and destroyed by bushwhackers.

Nov. 28. At half-past five a.m. moved forward about one
mile and formed line of battle. Though raining
heavily, an advance was made by the First Division,
which drove the rebels about two miles to a fortified
position just across Mine Run. The Union batteries
opened fire and developed the lines of the enemy.
Rested in line until sunset, then moved into the
woods and bivouacked for the night. Length of
march, six miles.

Nov. 29. Rested all day in the woods. Ammunition and
three days' rations issued. Having cut loose from
our base, we are cautioned to husband our food, as
no more will be issued before December 5th. Orders
received that an attack will be made on the rebel
works at three p.m. The run had been dammed by
the rebels (and damned by us) and widened in our
front to two hundred yards, presenting a most dis-
agreeable prospect for a scrimmage. The enemy
from their secure position hoped it would prove a
Red Sea to us, and not without good reason. To
say that we rejoiced to have the order for a charge
countermanded, was putting it mild. Later an order
was issued for a general attack at eight a.m. to-mor-
row, on the discharge of a signal gun from the right.

Nov. 30. To-morrow came, and from daylight every man
thought he heard the signal gun. The snapping of
a twig would make men jump. At five A.M. the
regiment moved to the right of the First Division.
Knapsacks were unslung, and we took position in

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second line and waited for the signal that would ring
out the knell of many thousand soldiers. At thirty-
five minutes past seven a young officer came dashing
madly up the line. Just in the rear of our regiment
was a slough-hole which the horse failed to clear,
and with a plunge went in to his shoulders, crushing
the officer beneath him as he fell. Some of the men
released him from his perilous position. Fearfully
pale and hardly able to breathe, he managed to say,
" I am General Meade's son. Send an officer quickly
to the right and say the order to attack is counter-
manded. Quick ! Quick ! " Lieutenant Davis, I
think it was, was immediately mounted and dis-
patched to General . Young Meade was true

grit and insisted upon going forward with the dis-
patch. Being assisted to mount he put spurs to his
horse and reeling in his saddle fled along the front

and reached General in season to confirm the

advance courier and stop the mouth of the black
monster that in ten seconds would have pronounced
the doom of ten thousand men and perhaps that of
the Army of the Potomac. Since the countermand,
the prospect in our front could be studied with feel-
ings less disagreeable. The skirmishers of the two
armies were about two hundred and fifty yards apart
on either side the run, partially protected by redoubts
of rails and earth, to which our boys had added
feather-beds and cane-seat chairs, and wasted ammu-
nition trying to shoot each other. A flock of fine
sheep had been let loose from a barn just at our left,
and were running backward and forward between the
lines, marks for the bullets of either party. The

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1863 re bels could n't reach them across the run, and vigor-
ously opposed their capture by the Yanks. Our
boys, although hungry and hankering for mutton,
dared not risk it until two o'clock, when a squad of
Sixteenth and Twentieth Maine men made a dash
and an effort to drive the lambs into our fold, but
the fire from the rebels was so incessant that they

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retreated amid the yells of the gray-backs and the
cheers of the Union troops. One of the Twentieth
Maine rose from his position on the skirmish line,
coolly took aim and brought down a fine lamb. He
laid down his rifle, went out and brought in the ani-
mal, took off his pelt and hung it up on a pole for
a target for the Johnnies, amid the cheers of the
brigade and the crack of the rebel guns. " What
pleases the men, major?" asked the adjutant, who
noticed the collective grin of the regiment about
sunset. " Why, they saw an aide give a billet to
Colonel Farnham." " What of it? They don't know
its purport." " O, they caught the word ' picket,'
and that 's enough, for somehow they know that
when he is in charge of the picket line in the night,
we always move."

Dec. i. And so we did, soon after, commence a retreat
toward Germania Ford, over an exceedingly rough
road. Reached the ford at eleven p.m., and biv-
ouacked.

Dec. 2. At sunrise, again on the march. Crossed the river
at eight a.m., and rested several hours near the
ford, then continued the march to one mile north
of JStevensburgh, and bivouacked for the night.
Length of march, ten miles.

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Marched at eight a.m., and went into camp about 1863
one mile southwest of Kelly's Ford, and immedi- ec '
ately prepared to build winter quarters. I can't
close the record of 1863 without special reference to
the most abject, patient, long-suffering of God's
creatures, — the army mule. He took no account of
the oath and lash of the driver, but through the
deep mud, often to his body, over rocks, stumps, and
side hills, through ditches, brooks, and streams, he
pulled the fuel of the campaign in the shape of salt
pork and hard-tack. He literally went through fire
and water, and submitted to the most inhuman and
reckless treatment at the hands of brutal drivers, as
if abuse was a condiment of army life, strictly in
accordance with the regulations. We had one whole-
souled fellow in particular, who duly appreciated this
most useful animal. The only time we ever saw him
thoroughly angry was at a creek ford, when a half
savage driver was mauling a leader with a fence rail.
There is no language in the army dictionary that
will do credit to "Gideon's" voluntary literary effort
in photographing a human jackass. When Ruskin
said, "There is in every animal's eye a dim image
and gleam of humanity, a flash of strange light,
through which their life looks up to our great mys-
tery of command over them, and claims the fellow-
ship of the creature, if not of the soul," he possibly
included the mule collectively, but this particular
" critter " ignored it when his harness fell off, and
he demonstrated an old theory without any "mys-
tery," and photographed a "dim image" of his two
hind feet on the body of that other brute, who, in

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1863 the "flash of a strange light," saw the "gleam" of a
rapidly-moving mule who was ashamed of the kin.
The average veteran has a green place in his memory
sacred to the army mule, for, without him, many
campaigns would have ended in defeat for want of
sustenance. But for him many disasters would have
been laid at the door of Providence, the convenient
scapegoat for the result of jealousy, inefficiency, and
too much spirit of a wrong distillation.

Dec. 4. The location for winter quarters was well chosen.
The soil was sandy and easily drained, wood was
plenty, springs of excellent water near at hand, and
the rebel barracks of good lumber were still standing
a short distance away. It was rare sport to see the
men of the brigade race for a claim on a particular
house. The first arrival established his title, and no
one disputed it. There was an honor, a generosity
among soldiers that is not shown anywhere else. In
the space of half an hour, every barrack was spotted
and owned, and yet away in the rear men were toil-
ing from the extreme right of the brigade, to reach
the camp only to find there was not a board left
unclaimed. Invariably the man with two or more
would divide, and night saw an equal distribution
as though ordered by a quartermaster. The order
issued in the morning, for us to be ready to move,
was cancelled half an hour later.

Dec. 5. This was a day of annoyance and surprise, through
the vacillating policy of some "superior." First came
an order saying, " Colonel, you will have your regi-
ment ready to move at a moment's notice." Soon
after came an orderly with the welcome intelligence

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that the command to move was cancelled, and he 1863
rode away. Scarcely had the echo of his horse's
hoofs ceased, when out of the woods, like a jack-in-
the-box, sprang orderly number three who, with the
air of a corps commander, placed in the hand of
Colonel Farnham an order to hold the regiment in
readiness to move at an hour's notice. Heavens!
had there been a time since August, 1862, when we
were not " in readiness to move " ? The three orders
were duly entered, quietly folded, and with a piece
of red tape around either end laid gently away ; and
the men continued to put the camp into shape. In
a few days it grew into an evergreen village, well
ordered and attractive. A look of contentment
spread over the collective face of the regiment, and
peace reigned.

Major Leavitt detailed officer of the picket. Dec. 7.

Orders having been published that all business be Dec. 13.
suspended on the Sabbath, except what is positively
necessary, a general quiet prevailed throughout the
corps.

Rained all day. Dec. 17.

Regiment inspected by Captain Livermore, and its Dec. 19.
condition pronounced highly satisfactory.

Major Leavitt froze three of his fingers while on Dec. 21.
battalion drill.

Lieutenant-Colonel Farnham, and Captain Dec. 22.

went home on leave of absence. Major Leavitt in
command. Battalion drill in the afternoon.

Again ordered to be in readiness to move. Dec. 23.

The night had been very cold, and in the early Dec - 24 -
*frost of the morning, the brigade bugler blew a blast

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1863 long enough and loud enough to awaken the dead.
We had heard it often enough to know what it
meant. In an incredibly short period tents were
struck, and the six hundred and fifty men of the
Sixteenth were in line, and reluctantly marching
away from a comfortable home, to the tune of " The
Girl I Left Behind Me." The cold was so intense
that in less than five minutes the band instruments
froze up, and in silence we fell into line with the
brigade, and speculated upon our errand, or destina-
tion. Marched past Brandy Station, through Oul-
peper, and came upon the rebel cavalry picket,
near Mitchell's Station, on the Rapidan River, who
retired before our advance. Length of march, twelve
miles.

Dec . 25. In bivouac in a marshy forest. Applications for
furloughs have been so frequent of late, that Ser-
geant-Major Maxfield sent up his application, based
upon Deuteronomy, twentieth chapter, seventh verse :
"And what man is there that hath betrothed a
wife, and hath not taken her? Let him go and
return unto his house, lest he die in battle and
another man take her." If it is approved, he says
he shall ask for an extension, referring to Deuter-
onomy twenty-fourth chapter, fifth verse : " When
a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to
war, neither shall he be charged with any business ;
but he shall be free at home one year, and shall
cheer up his wife which he hath taken." Much to
his surprise, he obtained his leave, while the applica-
tions of two officers were disapproved.

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At three o'clock p.m., marched two miles and 1863
bivouacked in the mud until 30th, waiting orders.

Officers busy making muster-rolls. Dec. 29.

Major Leavitt mustered Thirty-ninth Massachu- Dec. 31.
setts for pay. Lieutenant-Colonel Peirson mustered
the Sixteenth. The last day of the year found us in
an exposed and suffering condition, on the extreme
outposts of the Army of the Potomac, the main line
of our army being at Culpeper, some six miles in
our rear. It found our sick list largely increased.
Notwithstanding the frozen, muddy, and weary
condition of the regiment, when it broke from col-
umn to the rear by companies, and stacked arms
preparatory to "lunch," and although past sunset, an
order was issued for the regiments of the brigade to
hold dress parade ! The Sixteenth believed in dis-
cipline, and had a natural hankering for "orders,"
and doted upon the "regulations" as second only to
the Old Testament, but just at this moment, when the
half ration of whisky began its work, swear words
were at a premium again. The adjutant had the
bugler make the call, but there was no response
from the band leader. The call was repeated, and
yet no reply. The adjutant went up to the right,
saw the trouble, and could not resist the temptation.
"Mr. Shea, did you hear the call?" Mr. Shea was
always a gentleman, and doffing his hat, managed
to say, "Ashtant, I 'm puty d-r-r-runk, hope you '11
skuse me." " How is the B flat, Mr. Shea ? " " Hes-
bad offsiam." " How is Locke ? " " 'Slaid down —
dreffultired." " O nonsense, Mr. Shea," said the
adjutant, " there is a cold spring of water down

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1803 there ; send for a pailful or two, bathe your heads,
and drink a quart or so, and you will be O K.
Hurry up." He returned to his quarters, thinking
just how it would work when the water got warm.
Before he was ready for parade, the call rang out,
clear and correct, as he knew it would. The band
took position, and played the companies into line.
Ranks were opened, when the adjutant gave the
command, "Troop — Beat off!" with some misgiving.
The ground seemed very uneven and full of cradle
knolls to the band, and now and then the leader
would lose a note, and trying to catch it, would
clash into the B flat, and sandwich in between the
alto and bass, and somehow the bass drum would
persist in coming down heavy on the up beat, and
the cymbals forgot to clang when they should, and
closed with a crash when they should have been still.
Countermarching, they started on quick time; but
alas ! the water was warm, and somehow the leader's
order was misunderstood, and when half the band
struck up one tune, and the other half another, it
was too much! Then rang out the colonel's voice,
in tones that drowned the band, "Parade is dis-
missed!" Well — the adjutant received a repri-
mand, but it was worth it. The band enjoyed it,
and I think all did, from the smile which went down
the line. Certainly the Sixteenth was the most jolly
regiment in the brigade. They laughed so loud and
so long, that the other regiments took it up, and so
the good nature spread, and the adjutant was for-
given.

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CHAPTER XI.

OUTPOST DUTY AT MITCHELL'S STATION.

After a week of cold storms, the sun rose bright *864
on New Year's morn and shed its welcome rays on J:l " '
as dirty, despondent, and disgusted a brigade as could
be found on duty, and yet after rollcall, when men
had drunk their hot coffee and thawed out, some-
thing like good humor began to prevail. Men took
an inventory of their surroundings and the distant
perspective, and settled at once into the belief that
the regiment was located for the winter. The shrewd
ones had already made requisitions for rails, and
unsightly piles covered the camp-ground, and yet no
order to camp. The brigade machine began to work
about nine o'clock, and at ten the regiment was
ordered to change direction to the left, in line run-
ning parallel to the Orange and Alexandria Railroad
a few rods distant, and go into camp. Like magic
tents went up, streets were policed, the parade-ground
graded, and before night the Sixteenth was again at
home. Cabins of logs were ordered to be erected
as rapidly as possible for the whole brigade. Regrets
at being compelled to abandon our fine quarters at
Kelly's Ford were all banished, and later we fully
appreciated our good fortune in being on an out-post

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1864 f g rea t strategic importance ; for in all the move-
ments made by the army, our brigade was not once
ordered out. Our position was one of peril, and
realizing it, the regiment daily excelled in discipline
and improved in soldierly qualities. With regular
duties the health of the command improved and the
winter months passed pleasantly. Assistant Surgeon
Eaton received leave of absence for sixty days, and
left for Maine.

Jan< 2. Frank Richardson, of Maine, joined us to-day.

* He was engaged by the officers at a salary of one

hundred dollars per month, to reorganize and drill
the band. Mr. Richardson was an accomplished
musician and had a thorough knowledge of his busi-
ness. Under his direction the band improved rap-
idly, and subsequently was pronounced the best band
in the division by General Robinson, and one of the
best in the corps. Doubtless some of its members
will recollect (I know Frank does) the invitation to
serenade the division commander, and play for a ball
at Culpeper. In anticipation of a supper or treat of
some kind, the boys, armed with brass, walked six
miles, stood outside an hour or two playing their
best, when they were invited into an entry-way
where they played as long until the entertainment
closed, and then a little fellow with spectacles and
high-top boots, told them they could go back to
camp. I won't say he forgot to thank them^ but he
did n't. The band was indeed an honor to us. We
were better men and slept sweeter for its presence
and good music. Mr. Richardson organized it as
follows (as nearly as can be recalled) : Frank Rich-

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ardson, Leader ; John Shea, first E flat ; P. Cool- 1864
broth, second E flat ; Charles A. Locke, first B flat ;
H. W. McKenney, second B flat ; B. Johnson, first
alto ; Wesley Webber, second alto ; D. H. Thorpe,
first tenor ; Samuel B. Geary, second tenor ; Charles
H. Gould, baritone ; James A. Barrows, tenor drum ;
Robert C. Brann, bass drum; William A. Follett,
cymbals ; Frank Jones, bass ; Eben Curtis, bass.
The instruments were of the best quality, and cost
four hundred and twenty-one dollars. Of this sum
the officers gave one hundred and seventy dollars,
and the enlisted men, two hundred and fifty-one dol-
lars. In March, 1864, the brigade commander, staff,
and line officers of other regiments in the brigade
contributed one hundred and twenty-five dollars for
the support of the Sixteenth Band.

Brigade guard mounting instituted. Jan< 3 .

Heavy snow-storm. Surgeon Alexander's wife Jan. 4.
arrived in camp, with an atmosphere of " home "
about her, peculiarly pleasing to the surgeon, whose
face brightened and shone with a happiness which
spread all over the camp. The night shut in with a
heavy rain-storm.

Right wing of the regiment detailed as in-lying Jan
picket.

Captain Broughton and quartermaster rejoined Jan. 6.
the regiment. Adjutant Small detailed as adjutant
of the day.

Mail arrived. Colonel Farnham reported too sick Jan. 9.
to return.

The Ninety-fourth New York broke camp and left Jan. 11.
for Annapolis, Maryland. The Sixteenth band and
nearly all of the regiment were at the station.

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1864 Four fine brass instruments, costing two hundred

Jan. 13. t i ii arS5 a gift from the officers, were received by the
band.

Jan. i4. Captain Marston left for home, on fifteen days'
leave of absence.

.ian. i6. Adjutant Small granted a leave of absence.

.ian. 17. Lieutenant L. K. Plumer detailed as acting
adjutant. Lieutenant-Colonel Farnham returned,
and assumed command. Major Leavitt started for
Maine on fifteen days' leave.

Feb.n. Adjutant Small returned. Colonel Farnham,
Chaplain Balkam, and the Adjutant rode out to
a Mrs. Fessenden's to see " Mose " and " Robert,"
old servants of Washington. Robert said he was
one hundred and six years old, but not too old to
forget Massa George, or sing. Blind, deaf, bald,
and toothless, he sat in a cane-seat chair of the last
century, facing the sun. His appearance would
warrant a belief that he was five hundred years of
age. " Robert, can you sing ? " asked the chaplain.
" O, yes, massa." " Well, sing some familiar hjnnn
for us." Words would fail to do justice to Robert's
attempt to sing. Sing ! There was n't the most
distant approach to anything like tune, time, or
harmony. The voice was not even human; and
they rode away and left him solemnly chanting the
tenth verse of some darky song.

Feb. H. Regimental inspection. Evening prayer-meeting
was held in the new chapel.

Feb. is. Captain Livermore inspected the regiment.

Lieutenant-Colonel Farnham issued an order for-
bidding the sutler bringing liquors into camp.

Feb. 17.

16(3 HISTORY OF THE

About two miles northwest from the Rapidan, and 18B4
some three miles from camp, is Bald, or Lookout
Mountain, which has been used alternately by Union
and Rebel, for a signal station. The former hold it
today.

Chaplain Balkam delivered a touching eulogy in Feb. 21.
memory of the late Captain Lowell. Funeral of
Private Dee, of Company D, at eight o'clock p.m.

Regiment detailed for picket. Mail arrived. A Feb. 22.
number of F. A. M. visited "Army Lodge, No. 8,"
established by the Thirty-ninth Massachusetts. Some
rebel deserters were brought in and sent to Culpeper.

Corps reviewed by General Newton. Feb. 24.

The new chapel, of hewn logs, was completed Feb. 26.
today, and does credit to the mechanical skill of
Maine men.

Chapel dedicated by the chaplains of the brigade. Feb. 27.
The interior was tastefully decorated with ever-
greens, which were festooned, hung in crosses, anch-
ors, and circles, upon the walls. Familiar texts of
Scripture met the eye from over and around the
pulpit.

General U. S. Grant assumed command of the Mar. 1.
armies of the United States.

Captain Belcher departed for Maine on fifteen Mar. 5.
days' leave.

The Fourteenth Brooklyn Serenaders gave a com- Mar. 8.
plimentary concert, in our chapel, to Colonel Leonard.

Regiment detailed for three days' picket duty. Mar. 9.

Rain-storm commenced, which continued ten days. Mai • 10 -
Alarm on the picket line. Regiment under arms at
five o'clock A.M.

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1864 Surgeon Alexander, accompanied by Mrs. Alexan-
ar ' ' der, left camp for Maine.

Mar. H Brigade drill.

Mar. ix. The enemy reported to have crossed the river at
Raccoon Ford. Regiment ordered under arms at
half-past two p.m., in readiness to move, with four
days' rations.

Mar. ». Snowing.

Mar. 20. Paid by Major Erritt.

Mar. 22. Very cold. Snow commenced falling at half-past
two p.m., and increased to a violent storm by nine
o'clock.

Mar. 23. First Corps absorbed by the Fifth. General G.
K. Warren relieves General Newton. The old bri-
gade and division organizations are retained. The
divisions are to be commanded respectively by Gen-
erals Griffin, Robinson, Crawford, and Wadsworth.

Mar. 26. Fifth Corps reviewed by Grant, Meade, and
Warren.

Mar.28. This was a gala day with the regiment. Every
member had made his toilet long before reveille.
The new men were as earnest as the old, in their
efforts to give a fitting welcome to the colonel they
had never seen. The forenoon was spent in adding
touches of attraction here and there through the
camp, such as would do credit to born artists. The
band, resplendent in brass burnished like gold, assem-
bled on the parade-ground, and played the regiment
into line at two o'clock p.m. About four the train
from Culpeper arrived, and directly the major and
adjutant approached escorting Colonel Tilden, who
was mounted on a superb black stallion. The regi-

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nient presented arms, when the colonel acknowl-
edged the salute by removing his cap. We knew
not which the most to admire, his soldierly bearing
and fine horsemanship, or the perfect discipline of
the command. When Colonel Farnham rang out
the commands, "Shoulder-arms! Order-arms! and
now, boys, three times three for Charley Tilden ! "
the men were wild with enthusiasm and cheered to
the echo, while the band played " Hail to the Chief."
Parade was dismissed, guns stacked, when an infor-
mal greeting seldom seen outside the army, was
given the much loved commander. Colonel Farn-
ham, who had made generous preparation, gave a
reception that evening in the chapel, to the officers.
Chaplain Balkam in a letter to the Leioiston Journal,
says of the supper, and of the evening's entertain-
ment: —

The tables were spread with admirable taste, and in every
respect well furnished, under the direction of Major Leavitt,
chairman of the committee. The invited guests were the
field officers of the brigade. Lieutenant-Colonel Farnham,
who has omitted nothing in his power, to make the return of
Colonel Tilden to his regiment, after eight months confine-
ment in Libby Prison, a happy one, presided at the tables.
He assigned to the chaplain, the duty of presenting in a few
words, these festive boards to the Colonel, which his officers
had prepared as some expression of their appreciation of
him, and grateful sense of his return. To this address the
Colonel replied briefly, thankfully accepting the honor, but
declaring that he did not feel worthy of it. Talking was not
his vocation, and he would only say that he hoped to show by
his acts, how well he appreciated and wished to deserve their
kindness. The divine blessing was then invoked and prayer
offered, that while all was dark, and gloom, and storm with-

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1864 out — naught but light, and calm, and happiness might reign
within; for so dark, rainy, and tempestuous a night I have
not known in Virginia, and seldom anywhere else. We
trembled somewhat for our fly, but it stood well and we
were made perfectly comfortable, though the rain poured
and the wind raged. You will not think it strange that on
such a night, it was difficult to find our cows, and they were
late in, consequently the oysters were hurried and got a
little scorched, otherwise they were perfectly delicious, and
as it was, I think 1 never ate any that relished so well.
Possibly some of our company, who had recently come from
home, could not say so much. I noticed that my friend
Captain Belcher, who had just returned from "a leave,"
had not entirely recovered from daintiness contracted at
home. We had tea and coffee with genuine milk, though it
must be confessed that Virginia milk is very poor; the cows
get no hay and but little of anything else. Virginia turkeys
well roasted, ham, tongue, pie, cake, apples, oranges, nuts,
etc., etc., all this was excellent, though I believe in this
instance they all came from Washington. In short it was a
Washington supper transported to poor Mitchell's Station.
When all had well eaten and drunken, of things permiss-
ible, came a batch of regular toasts from Adjutant Small,
who acquitted himself on this occasion, as he always does,
with distinguished credit. I can attempt to give you but
very few of the toasts, regular or volunteer. The eloquence
and wit which followed them, I must leave almost entirely
to the imagination of your readers to supply. " Our colonel.
He has been tried by the camp and the march, by battle and
by prison. We are made happy to-night in welcoming his
return, by daring escape from the toils of a dreary captivity,
and know not which the more to approve, the nobleness of
his manhood, or the superiority of his soldierly qualities;
his country has need of both; may nothing but a just and
glorious peace ever again deprive her of his services. Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Farnham : the worthy representative of his
superior. His happiness at the return of his commanding
officer is only paralled by his earnestness and undivided

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efforts to maintain the reputation of the Sixteenth Maine, 1864
during his absence. Officers of the Sixteenth Maine who
are not with us tonight: with some of them we shall be
associated no more on earth; they are absent but not for-
gotten."

This toast was responded to in an excellent speech by
Dr. Alexander. To a toast alluding to the tunnel through
which our prisoners escaped, Dr. Whitney, brigade surgeon,
— who took lodgings for a considerable time at Libby, —
replied in an admirable speech. The Doctor found it so
good to get out, that he was almost tempted to go in again,
for the pleasure of coming out. Colonel McCoy replied in a
speech that brought down the house, to a toast compli-
mentary of the One Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania.
Colonel Davis, whose encampment is a paragon of neatness
and comfort, replied in his calm and witty way to a toast
complimentary of the Thirty-ninth Massachusetts. In the
absence of Colonel Leonard, of the Thirteenth Massachu-
setts, commanding brigade, Captain Porter, assistant adju-
tant-general, was called up, and detailed Lieutenant Bradlee
to make a speech, which he did greatly to the amusement
of all. x\i about eleven o'clock the company broke up.
Two or three hours had been well enjoyed, and most of us
emerged into the pitch dark and rain of the night, to find
our camps, and thankful, I trust, that they were still dry and
comfortable. The occasion was a happy one, marked by
good feeling and sobriety. \

Tuesday forenoon, at nine o'clock, some four or
five hundred men from the different regiments in the
brigade assembled near regimental headquarters.
Soon after, the battalion, in command of Sergeant-
Major Stevens, led by the band, doubled on the
center in front of the colonel's tent. Colonel Tilden
made his appearance, and accepted as a gift from
the enlisted men, the beautiful horse ridden by him
yesterday, together with a complete set of equip-

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18G4

raents. The presentation was made by Sergeant-
Major Stevens, in a feeling address. Colonel Tilden
then took by the hand those captured with him at
Gettysburgh. The remainder of the day was spent
in field sports. In the evening, the officers, with
their guests, the brigade commander and staff, and
officers from other regiments, partook of a luxurious
dinner in the chapel. The rain, which commenced
drizzling in the morning, now came down in tor-
rents.

Mar. go, A complimentary dinner was given to the band,
sergeants, and color guard.

Mar. 31. All quiet on Cedar Run, except that infernal horn
of the One Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania,
which has volume enough to waken the dead. The
health of the regiment greatly improved during the
month of March, and no death was recorded, except
at the division hospital.

The " army hospital " was an institution never
to be forgotten by a patient. The " surgeon's call "
at first suggested care for the sick, and certain reme-
dies for nostalgia. Men were disinclined to heed the
call, and shrank from the mysteries of that long,
white tent, — its row of cots so close together that
one patient could reach over and clasp the feverish
hand of his neighbor. The whole interior arrange-
ments were horrible in suggesting sickness, suffering,
and death away from home, and only a thin canvas
between one and eternity, which flapped restlessly in
the wind as if impatient to open its loose seams and
let some tired spirit through.

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If one took pains to visit the sick, his impressions 1864
would be lasting. The row of fair, boyish faces
drawn with suffering, — how eagerly they scanned
each new face as it entered under the raised flap, as
if, by some possibility, friends from distant home
had come to them ! Here and there would be seen
the wrinkled face of an old man (more patriotic
than wise) whose seams and lines of age were made
more conspicuous by the fading of hair and whisker
dye. If they lived through their first hospital ex-
perience, a few months saw them at. home with a
satisfied consciousness of having done what they
could — and later in life enjoying a comfortable
pension from a grateful government. It did seem
strange that some men grew old so rapidly. A few
months since they swore they were only forty-five,
and now they are just as ready to swear that they are
seven tj--five. Early in the war, " bummers " were
unknown. Only after one or two skirmishes did
they develop a wonderful capacity for belly-aches.
The favorite disease was " diarrhoea," which became
chronic in a week. The general order for " three
days' rations, and forty rounds of ammunition,"" was
equal to croton oil in its effects; " winter quarters "
was the' only antidote, although " numbers six, nine,
and eleven " were prescribed as a remedy.

Mingled with pity was a feeling of indignation to
see so many able-bodied men fall into line at the
head of each company street every morning, at the
surgeou's call, and march to the hospital tent, and
swallow, with evident relish, a blue pill, bitter mor-
phine, or quinine, and whisky. Boys of seventeen

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 173

1864 W0l ,i ( i W atch this funeral procession, so filled with
disgust and anger, that no discipline could prevent
the most scientific profanity. The regular prescrip-
tions were numbered six, nine, and eleven, which
were blue pill, quinine, and vinum. We soon learned
that "vinum" meant either wine or brandy. I have
seen men count from right to left, "six, nine, eleven,"
— " six, nine, eleven," — " six, nine, eleven," and
step into the ranks just where eleven would strike.
It was a sure thing, as the surgeon gave in regular
order, as the men filed past him, something as fol-
lows: "Well, what is the matter with you?" "I
don' know, doctor, I 've got an awful pain in my
bowels; guess I 've got the chronic diarrhoea."
" Let 's see your tongue ! Give him number six !
Next, what is the matter with you?" "I was took
with an awful griping in my bowels — guess I 've
got the chronic diarrhoea." " Give him number
nine ! Next, what ails you ? " "I 've g-g-got an
almighty b-b-belly-ache, g-g-guess I 've got the
chronic d-d-diarrhoea." " Run out your tongue !
Give him number eleven ! "

April i. All-fools-day was appropriately observed. It
rained. The One Hundred and Seventh Pennsyl-
vania left us. The only objection we had to this
regiment, they could n't eat baked beans, but would
persist in eating that abominable slosh called " swa-
gin," by the boys.

April 3. The Ninetieth Pennsylvania joined the brigade,
and took the barracks vacated by the One Hun-
dred and Seventh.

April 4. Colonel Tilden assumed command.

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Regiment detailed for three days' picket duty. 1864
Cold rain-storm. Apri15 -

Reviewed by General Grant. It was amusing to April 8.
notice how keenly every one looked at the new com-
mander-in-chief. Many were disappointed in the
appearance of the plain and unpretending general,
and no enthusiasm was, or could be shown for the
power that lay hidden beneath a modest exterior.
Grant's face showed the energy of silence, of patience,
and a consciousness of possessing the profound strat-
egy which lies in unswerving persistence.

Heavy thunder-shower. Apr. 10.

Regiment detailed for three days' picket duty. Apr. 20.

Fifty men were transferred to the navy and Apr. 22.
veteran reserve corps.

Broke camp and moved across Cedar Run, half a Apr. 26.
mile up the railroad, in order to get rid of all sur-
plus baggage, and accustom ourselves to sleeping on
the ground, preparatory to field duty. The forma-
tion of the regiment during the campaign was as
follows: C, H, B, D, G, I, A, K, E, F.

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CHAPTER XII.

WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN.

1864 May, 1864, initiated a campaign of corduroy roads,
May. bridges, and earth-works, and until September there
was a smell of new earth about us, suggestive of
planting time at home. We digged, we tramped ;
we tramped, chopped wood, and digged. It was
shovel and shoot, shoot, shovel, and dig. We dug
before reveille, and fought before noon; marched
a short distance, and if it were n't good shooting,
piled up the ground. Often the rebels objected ;
then we would have a fight, and appropriate their
works — if we were the smartest. After supper,
and half a ration of good (?) government whisky,
and further stimulated by a wholesome respect for
somebody in gray in front of us, we turned to the
fresh air new earth, and the morning light showed
the herculean labor of a few hours, just as a long line
of tired boys shouldered their knapsacks and moved
out, and so on through the Wilderness to Spottsyl-
vania, North Anna, and Cold Harbor. Zigzag lines
and parallels crossed the ground in every direction.
Oftentimes the gray of the morning would find the
gray of the rebellion but a few yards front of us,
looking over works a foot higher than ours. Some-

170 niSTORY OF THE

times the presence of the enemy would be announced 1864
by the whistling through the fog of a bullet uncom-
fortably near one's head, or the dull thud of a bullet,
as it put out the life of some mother's boy and the
light of a distant home. A bread box, often only
an army blanket, a few sad words of prayer, some
more digging, amid tears and sorrow, to be followed
daily by similar horrors, called " fortunes of war."
Accustomed to it as we were, every case brought
forth fresh words of sympathy for the wounded at
home. But we had no time for mourning. " Port-
able breast-works on the tramp" they called us. We
alternately shouldered spades and muskets, and saw
visions of Richmond and peace in the future.

The expected order to march was received, and at May 3.
two o'clock a.m., May 4th, the regiment broke camp May 4.
and took the road to Culpeper ; thence to the right
through Stevensburgh to Germania Ford, and crossed
at four P.M. Bivouacked at night near Wilderness
Church, having marched twenty-five miles. The
men unused to marching and heavily loaded strag-
gled far behind, and some of them, together with
thousands of blankets and overcoats, were picked up
by guerrillas who kept well up to our rear.

"Reveille at four a.m. Moved forward to the May5 .
Lacy House, halted and rested until noon, when the
engagement became general. The brigade formed
in line of battle, and advanced across the fields and
woods, and by the Orange Court House road about
one mile, when the rebels were found in force with
artillery commanding the road. Within short range
of this battery the woods terminated in an open

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 177

1864 field. The regiment advanced to the border of this,
and held the point until about sunset; when a charge
was ordered, but failed to obtain any advantage. We
formed at edge of woods and repulsed every attack
of the enemy, until relieved and sent to the rear at
daylight May 6th.

May 6. " Coffee was made and breakfast eaten, when the
brigade again advanced to nearly the old position;
but was shortly withdrawn, and sent to the extreme
left on the F. and O. plank road, where breast- works
were built under active skirmishing. Thus far our
loss was slight.

M&y7i "The intrenchments were strengthened and the
ground held, with slight skirmishing. At eight p.m.
the regiment was relieved and massed with the divis-
ion near the church, whence a rapid night's inarch
was made, by the way of Todd's Tavern, to near
Spottsylvania Court House. Halted at three a.m.

May 8. " May 8th near the rebel lines. An hour's halt was
given to close up the division and rest. Thoroughly
exhausted, the men threw themselves flat to the
ground and slept. At nine a.m., the regiment was
in line with the division, led by General Robinson
on that famous charge of double-quick, for full two
miles, nearly to the court-house, when the General
was wounded and the exhausted troops, encountering
fresh forces behind strong breast-works, were with-
drawn a short distance and re-formed. Works were
thrown up and the ground held until the army
advanced. The loss in the regiment was nearly one
hundred men. Captain Belcher, of Company G, and
Lieutenant Fowler, of Company A, were so severely
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178 HISTORY OF TEE

wounded as to require their discharge. Lieutenant 1864
Richards, of Company H, was wounded and taken
prisoner." The color-bearers won the admiration of
all by their saucy intrepidity. Not once did the
loved ensigns touch the ground. The flag was car-
ried in the case for protection through the woods,
but on reaching the enemy's lines the brave Corporal
Palmer deliberately removed the case and flung the
ensign to the air amid the cheers of the men.
Almost instantly he was struck in the arm and
received a bullet in the side. The brave fellow held
the flag aloof until it was taken from his grasp by
Corporal William Manchester, who gave the State
flag to Corporal Robinson Fairbanks of Company C.
Corporal Palmer crawled to the rear on his hands
and knees until exhausted. That night he was
found by comrades and carried to the hospital where
he died. At night five days' rations were issued
to the brigade. Colonel Coulter of the Eleventh
Pennsylvania assumed command of division. In his
official report he says, "The disability of General
Robinson at this juncture was a severe blow to the
division and certainly influenced the fortunes of the
day. The want of our commanding officer pre-
vented that concert of action which alone could
have overcome the enemy in front."

Skirmishing continued all last night and during May 9.
today. The regiment changed position several times
to the right, and each time threw up breast-works.

The battle of Laurel Hill was fought. The Six- j^y 10 _
teenth was in the breast-works built the night before,
until eleven a.m. It was then ordered toward the

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1864

left and center, and took part in the day's engage-
ments that terminated in a general charge on the
rebel works about seven p.m. Corporal Fairbanks,
being wounded, gave the State colors to Corporal
Bradford, of Company E. During the charge, Corpo-
ral Manchester was wounded, when Bradford, the
only one of the guard left, seized his colors and
carried both, until relieved by Barney Boyle, of
Company G, who, mixing brogue and courage, stuck
by Bradford, swearing by all the saints in the calen-
dar that he would "stand by the ould flag as long as
there was a gray divil in front." The regimental
loss during the day was fifty men and four officers.
At eight o'clock the regiment was relieved, and sup-
plied with rations and ammunition. The First Bri-
gade was temporarily assigned to the First Division,
General Cutler commanding.

May u. A slight change in position, and more or less skir-
mishing.

May 12. The men, thoroughly exhausted, would lie at
length on the cool, fresh earth, some of the timid
ones hugging the bottom of the trench, painfully
expressing the dread of something to come. And yet
these timid ones, at the first rebel yell, would over
and " at them," or draw bead on some venturesome
Johnnie, and shout with derision if he was made to
dodge. If they dropped him, a grim look of satisfac-
tion, shaded with pity, passed over their dirty faces.
The quiet was almost unbearable, the heat in the
trenches intolerable, and rain, which commenced
falling, was most welcome. Time dragged. We
had not the slightest hint of what was developing.

180 HISTORY OF THE

The rebels seemed very far off, and trouble omi- 1864
nously near.

From the right came an aide, and, quietly passing
down the line of works, he dropped a word to this
and that colonel; only a ripple, and all was again
suspiciously still. "What was it, colonel?" asked
the adjutant. The colonel made no reply, but simply
pointed up the hill. Soon he took out his watch and
looked anxiously to the right. Suddenly a commo-
tion ran down the line, followed by the command,
" Attention ! Forward, double-quick ! " On went
the brigade with a yell which was echoed from thou-
sands of throats in front, and thrown back by the
double columns in our rear. Down from the rebel
right thundered shot and shell, making great gaps in
our ranks, while on swept the brigade, until suddenly
loomed up in our front, three lines of works — liter-
ally a tier, one above another — bristling with rifles,
ready aimed for our reception. There was lead
enough to still every heart present, and yet, when
sheets of flame shot out in our faces, scarcely a dozen
men of the regiment were hit. Then men tore
madly at the abatis, and rushed on only to fall back
or die. Again and again did the brigade charge, and
as often came those terrible sheets of flame in our
faces, while solid shot and shell enfiladed our lines.
The crash which followed the fearful blaze swept
away men, even as the coming wind would sweep
away the leaves from the laurel overhead. Our
ammunition was reduced to three rounds, when
Colonel Lyle directed me to hasten to General Cut-
ler and ask for ammunition or release. Hastening

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to the rear, I found the General nervously watching
the effects of the shell which came crashing through
the trees over his head. He came immediately for-
ward to meet me, and said, " What is it, lieuten-
ant?" Taking the verbal dispatch from Lyle, he
replied, "Don't know that T can get a round of
ammunition to your brigade. Tell Colonel Lyle to
hold his position until relieved."

I was absent scarcely ten minutes, yet long enough
for death to do its harvest work. " Look here," said
Colonel Farnham. Partly buried in leaves and dirt
lay the form of a splendid officer of the Ninetieth
Pennsylvania, his head entirely shot away. Piled
against his body lay six dead and dying men, all
silenced by one shell. While viewing the ghastly
sight, a huge shell exploded in our midst, sending
Colonels Pray and Farnham to the ground, and
Adjutant Small whirling like a top, neither of whom
were injured. Just as the last charge was rammed
home, relief came, when the brigade retired to the
works in the rear, to learn that "it was not expected
of the brigade to carry the works, only to hold a
strong force of the enemy, while Hancock carried
the lines in his front, which were more favorably
situated for a successful attack." " Maine in the
War " thus truthfully says of Major Leavitt : —

In this charge Major Leavitt was mortally wounded, the
musket ball passing through his chest. He was carried to
the field hospital and thence to Washington, where he died
May 30th. Words would but feebly express the feelings of
his brother officers as they parted for the last time with him,
who by his noble virtues and manly qualities, had endeared
himself to every heart. Ever will they fondly cherish the
memory of one of earth's truest men and bravest soldiers.

182 HISTORY OF THE

Corporal James C. Foss of the color guard, while 1864
lying flat upon the brush had a solid shot go under
him raising him bodily from the ground. A comrade
spoke to him a moment after and receiving no reply
touched him and found a lifeless body, with not a
scratch or bruise upon it.

The regiment changed position several times dur- May 13.
ing the day, and all the while with more or less
skirmishing. At ten p.m. left Laurel Hill by a wide
detour through the woods, and by roads to the
Fredericksburgh and Spottsylvania Pike, one mile
from the court-house, and occupied the breast-works
thown up by the Ninth Corps, at daybreak.

From the 14th to the 21st, there were frequent May u-
changes in line of battle and continued skirmishing,
but no engagements or movements of any impor-
tance. When the main line was withdrawn for a
movement to the left, Corporal F. L. Tarbox, of
Company F, was among the number left on the
picket line, and they, hearing an unusual commotion
both in front and rear, pushed back to join the regi-
ment and approaching the works were astonished
and alarmed to receive a cordial invitation from the
line of rebels to " come in, Yanks." They quickly
scattered, amid a shower of bullets, rather than again
starve at Libby and Belle Isle. Tarbox went to the
left, tearing through the thorns and laurel all night,
losing gun and equipments and nearly all his cloth-
ing, and early next morning was challenged by a
Union vidette and soon after joined his company,
ready for duty.

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1864 The Sixteenth now numbered less than two hun-

May 20. ^ re( | men — good and true, rugged and hearty, and
ready for any duty. We lay within half rifle range
of the enemy, and could see their dirty rags waving
saucily in the breeze. The regimental loss since May
oth was as follows: eleven men killed, nine officers
and one hundred and twenty-four men wounded,
two officers and thirty-eight men missing. The
regiment has been well supplied with rations and
had access to plenty of good water. The army has
been skillfully handled with none of the confusion
and useless nervous hurry of the past.

May 2i. Mail arrived for the first time since we left
Mitchell's Station. Slung knapsacks at noon and
made a rapid march to the left, and bivouacked near
Guiney's Station, on the F. and R. Railroad.

May 22. Moved at one p.m., and went into bivouac at St.
Marguerite's Church, twelve miles southwest of
Bowling Green.

May 23. Broke camp at five a.m., and marched by the way
of Gainesville and Mt. Carmel's Church, to Jericho
Ford, on the North Anna River, and crossed at four
p.m. with slight opposition. While the Second
Division was getting into position on the right of
the First, the enemy opened with shot and shell and
some musketry, and for forty minutes made it very
uncomfortable for us, as we were wholly unpro-
tected. About six o'clock Hill's Second Division
attacked Griffin's division, and being repulsed, turned
and made a furious assault on Cutler's, with the evi-
dent intention of driving us into the river, but the
skillful handling of our division, and the admirable

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disposition of our batteries, foiled the attempt, and 1864
hurled back the foe in wild confusion and heavy
loss. Some of our men were wounded by fragments
of shell from the depressed pieces in our rear. Ser-
geant George H. Fisher, Company H, had an artery
severed, which was quickly taken up by our assist-
ant surgeon, who was always present in a fight,
looking as smiling as though in a camp hospital.
This was a brief but brilliant engagement, and the
troops received a complimentary order from General
Meade. After the lead storm and terror of the day,
when the hush of the great woods stole over our
hearts with a soothing calm, we lay at length on the
ground, or rested against the newly built works,
some munching hard-tack, others whittling, and
many improving the golden opportunity for writing
letters ; some peering into the sky through the trees
overhead, as if to force the secrets of the morrow,
and while all were in their own way busy, suddenly
there came out of the silence a low moan, as if from
the center of the earth. Men looked at each other
and silently grasped their weapons. The moan grew
into a cadence, into a song, and from our whole
front swelled in mighty voice that grand old " Old
Hundred."

Occupied and destroyed the railroad. A line of May 24.
battle was advanced and extended to the left, and
connected with the Second Corps, when breast-works
were built, in which we remained until the 26th.

Recrossed the North Anna and continued the May 26.
march down the river, and bivouacked at sunset on
the 27th. Length of march, thirty miles.

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1864 Broke camp at five a.m. and continued the march

May 28. down the Pamunky, which the regiment crossed at
one p.m., near Hanovertown. Formed line of battle
and built earth-works.

May 29. Advanced two miles. In the evening the brigade
was ordered to intrench and hold a position near
Old Church, fourteen miles from Richmond.

May 30. Returned to old position. General Lockwood, with
a batch of green aides, was running the division in a
feeble way. Advanced with the division two miles,
and came upon the rebels near Bethesda Church.
Our skirmishers were hotly engaged. Worked all
night intrenching.

May si. The picket firing continued all day and night.

June i. The division advanced and drove the rebels over a
mile, then halted and built a new line of works, in
which the Sixteenth frequently changed position.
Until June 5th, we were alternately in the trenches
and the skirmish line, all the time exposed to severe
shelling.

June 3. The pickets of the division extended some two
miles along the front of our line, but too near the
works to afford much protection to the men from the
incessant fire of the enemy. Colonel Tilden as divis-
ion officer of the picket was ordered to advance the
whole line. Every man in the regiment held his
breath as this intrepid officer sprang over the works,
and alone advanced to the front and down the picket
line, rapidly issuing his orders under a most galling
fire. It was a hazardous attempt successfully accom-
plished, with the loss of one captain wounded, four
men killed, eight wounded, and six missing. Moving

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still farther to the left, the Colonel and Captain
Washburn of the Thirteenth Massachusetts, advan-
cing beyond the line to reconnoiter in the edge of the
woods, were met with a shower of bullets, one of
which severely wounded the Captain. Expecting an
advance by the enemy, the Colonel immediately
ordered the picket forward to protect him in recov-
ering the body of Captain Washburn.

In the night the regiment was quietly withdrawn June 5 -
from the enemy's front, and marched rapidly some
five miles to Cold Harbor, where the corps was put
in reserve. A part of the Sixteenth left on the skir-
mish line at Bethesda Church was captured. Some of
the men escaped and rejoined us here. Clothing and
shoes were issued. Lieutenant-Colonel Farnham was
detailed as division inspector-general, and chief-of-
staff to General Crawford.

The First Brigade was transferred to Third Divis- June 8 .
ion, under General Crawford.

Early in the morning the bugle rang out loud and Juneii.
clear the unwelcome notes to pack up. Marched at
five a.m., and camped within two miles of Bottom
Bridge on the Chickahominy river, at noon.

Under this date, Lieutenant Frank Wiggin, of June 12.
Company H, writes to the press, as follows : —

I was taken prisoner on Sunday morning the eighth of
May, near Spottsylvania, while our division was charging the
rebel breast- works. On the ninth, myself with nearly four
hundred other prisoners were started for Kichmond, and
after a hard day's march, and just as we reached Beaver
Dam Station, up came Sheridan's cavalry, and in less time
than it takes me to tell it, we were liberated and our rebel
guards were skedaddling through the woods. At Beaver

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 187

1864 Dam we drew rations from rebel supplies, and helped our-
selves liberally I assure you; then two long trains of cars
well loaded with commissary stores were fired, the railroad
track torn up, and then we camped for the night. On the
morning of the 10th, we took up the line of march for Rich-
mond, and pursued our course without incident, crossing the
South Anna near night, and encamping in a splendid grove.
On the 11th, we reached Ashland about noon, and there
another destruction of railroad track, bridges, and depots
took place. At two o'clock we again took up the line of
march for Richmond, and after traveling about a mile, found
Stuart's cavalry disputing our further progress; a severe
action was the result, and in that action the great rebel cav-
alry general, Stuart, was killed. The rebels were severely
whipped in this encounter, and were glad to get out of our
way, but the wounded had to be cared for, and it was mid-
night before we were ready to start again. The night was
dark and rainy. We were going directly toward the rebel
capital. There was no talking and no unnecessai'y noise,
and every one seemed to be impressed with a foreboding of
great events to be soon developed, and two signal guns
breaking the gloomy stillness of the night did not tend to
lessen this impression. It seems that one division was con-
ducted on to the wrong road by their guide, and had to fight
their way out of a critical situation, but by sunrise the rebels
had closed in around us and the fighting became general.
A rebel force was also posted on the other side of the Chick-
ahominy to prevent our crossing, so for a short time the
prospect was rather gloomy, but the rebels cannot corner
our cavalry. General Custer dismounted part of his brigade
and plunging into the Chickahominy Swamp, they charged
on the rebels and sent them flying in all directions. We
then crossed, protected by our artillery, and at noon halted
at Mechanicsville.

As we crossed the Chickahominy we could plainly see the
outer defenses of Richmond. It is strong on that side what-
ever its other approaches may be. We had no trouble after
crossing the river, but following the route of the famous

188 HISTORY OF THE

seven days' fight, we proceeded leisurely to the James Eiver, 186*
striking it at Haxhall Landing, some three miles ahove Gen-
eral Butler's headquarters, to which place the recaptured
prisoners were sent, and from that time our journey partook
more of the character of a pleasure excursion than anything
else. We had a fine sail down the James River to Fortress
Monroe, and also from Fortress Monroe to Alexandria,
making in all about three hundred miles by steamer.

From Alexandria, as soon as we were clothed, armed, and
equipped, we were sent again to the front by the way of
Belle Plains, Fredericksburgh, and Bowling Green, finding
our regiments in line of battle across the North Anna, hav-
ing been absent from them eighteen days. We were treated
well by the rebels while in their hands, and our guards
seemed to be as good-hearted, intelligent, and well looking a
lot of men as one often comes across.

This campaign has learned us what " carrying on war in
earnest " means. For a month our tattoo has been the boom
of cannon and the crack of musketry, and our reveille the
same, while we became so accustomed to the sound of shells
and bullets whistling over us and by us, that we would cook
our coffee as unconcernedly as if in winter quarters, and I
have often listened to catch the tone as a bullet went hum-
ming by. This is the first Sabbath we have had since the
first of May. Our corps is lying now at Turnstall Station,
not far from White House.

Took up the line of march at six o'clock p.m.,
crossed the river over Long Bridge, pressed forward
three miles and halted at daylight. Then advanced
to White Oak Swamp and formed line of battle.
This demonstration was made by the Third Division,
alone, while the remainder of the corps, with the
army, moved farther down and crossed the James at
Charles City Court House. From our position on
the brow of a hill, the rebels could be seen less than
a thousand yards away, getting into line. An officer

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. Ig9

1864 on a white horse was a conspicuous mark for our
sharp-shooters, but he went about his business
unharmed. Our skirmishers were deployed, and
until night kept up a constant peppering. The
enemy opened with artillery. Our batteries although
occupying commanding positions, were unaccount-
ably silent after one discharge. Our loss was two
men, both severely wounded. After dark, the divis-
ion withdrew in silence and marched rapidly, with
June 14. but two hours rest, until noon June 14th, when it
encamped near Charles City Court House, where
ammunition and rations were issued. The Sixteenth
had a weakness for fence rails, and notwithstanding
the ground had been canvassed, occasionally struck
a bonanza. As the day's march drew to a close
every "Sixteener" had an eye on either flank, and
held himself ready for a dash, at the word "Halt."
Knapsacks, canteens, and everything which would
impede his progress were loosened ready to drop, and,
with one eye on the colonel and the other on his
particular rail, he waited for the order.

Sometimes an aide would come dashing down the
line with " orders " about " holding the colonel
strictly responsible " for all property, including
fence rails, on his flanks. A peculiar expression
would mingle with the color in the colonel's face,
as he, in ringing tones, repeated the order, and
added, "Now, boys, I don't want to see one of you
touch a rail ! " Giving his whole attention to a
study of the landscape in his rear, there was the
sound of many feet, and he was quickly relieved of
all responsibility that was supposed to cluster around

190 HISTORY OF THE

forty rods of split cedar. Whether this was " preju- 1864
dicial to good order and military discipline " or not,
it certainly improved the landscape, and enriched
the slave-worn soil.

The commander of the regiment would wink at a
reasonable amount of vandalism, when the health
and comfort of his men were concerned, but there
was a limit, as in the case of the poor woman who
lost her all. Her rails were burned, her out-build-
ings stripped of boards, and her home intruded upon.
When she came to Colonel Tilden, and, with a face
full of suffering, told him that some one had taken
the only kettle she owned, which was a tea-kettle,
and killed the last poor calf left by those who pre-
ceded us, his anger was just. The advantage taken
of his good nature could not be easily forgiven, and
for a long time we felt the cords of discipline drawn
closely about us. He immediately called the officers
around him, and put the case before them in lan-
guage that mantled every face with shame. Pulling
his wallet he paid for the calf, restored the kettle,
and forbade any one's approaching the house. The
officers immediately pooled in, and I think left the
old woman in better circumstances than she had
been in for a year. I have often thought of that
poor old woman, gray, wrinkled, and worn, bent with
the cares of many years, alone on the edge of a
clearing hardly large enough, if all cultivated, to
bear food for three months, perhaps awaiting the
return of a husband or son, and daily hoping against
hope for the presence of either to shield her from
insult, and keep her from starvation. Visited by

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. \§\

1864 fi rs t one armv an d then the other, who trampled into
the earth her little all, alternating betwixt hope and
despair, what a life she must have led ! Who won-
ders that it takes time to heal the wounds and quiet
the spirit of that man, be he never so much a rebel,
who, if spared, found his mother's heart broken, or
in vain hunted for her grave in a place changed
beyond recognition.

June i6. Sergeant Wilbur F. Mower rejoined the regiment
and again carried the national colors. Mower was
soon after promoted, when the flag was returned to
Sergeant Bradford. Brigade broke camp at dawn
and marched to the James River and crossed in
steamers James Brooks and Joseph Powell. Rested
until afternoon, then marched rapidly to near Peters -
burgh, halting at three A.M., June 17th.

June n. At daylight moved across swamp lands, through
tangled underbrush, to the support of the Ninth
Corps, and remained under fire all day. At night
participated in the charge on the rebel works, which
was but partially successful.

June is. In the assault that was made, the brigade advanced
nearly a mile, forcing back the rebels, and gaining
position on the Norfolk Railroad, within a mile and
a half of the city. Withdrew from railroad cut, and
formed in line of battle in the count}^ road, along the
base of the slope overlooking and near the railroad.
Here the men worked diligently all night, throwing
up intrenchments.

The rebel sharp-shooters had an uninterrupted
range of our whole front, and the men lay close to
the ground all day, and at night deepened the

June 19.

192 HISTORY OF THE

trenches, and dug parallels and approaches to the 1864
wells and other works in the rear. The regiment
remained here until the 24th instant within eighty-
yards of the rebels, and suffered a daily loss. Cap-
tain Stevens, of Company E, while reading a news-
paper, inadvertently moving his head from cover of
a tree behind which he was seated, was instantly
shot through the neck. The carotid artery was
severed, and he died in his brother's arms, vainly
striving to finish a message of farewell. His brother
was killed two months later, in the Battle of Weldon
Railroad. Regimental headquarters were behind a
monster oak six feet in diameter. A redoubt was
thrown up some six feet either side and parallel
with line of works. Here reports were made, rations
eaten, and callers received. During the day-time,
military etiquette was as a rule ignored. Visitors,
orderlies, and aides, came in with a jump and "landed
on all fours." Sergeant Mower, however, did stop
to salute. The command of "Down, Sergeant ! " was
not quick enough, and he today carries a withered
arm from a bullet lodged in the shoulder. His
wound was dressed, and the brave fellow smilingly
saluted, as he left for the hospital. In the rear of
the brigade was an orchard, covering part of the
slope. In spite of orders and friendly counsel, men
would persist in risking life for the possession of
a green sour apple. A number of brave but fool-
hardy men lie buried in Virginia, in consequence.
An orderly handed the colonel a circular today.
No sooner had he fixed his signature to it, than
a rebel bullet scattered the sand thickly over the

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 193

1864 paper. ''"Never mind the blotter, Adjutant," coolly-
remarked the colonel, as he shook off the surplus
dirt. The orderly took the paper, gave a quick
glance over the redoubt, and jumped for the ditch
— with an additional hole in his coat. The regi-
mental loss while occupying this position was one
officer and six enlisted men killed, and twelve men
wounded, by sharp-shooters.

jime24. Moved to the left. The order was executed under
a furious fire from the rebel batteries. Our new
position was partially intrenched. The works were
changed and strengthened. A large fort, subse-
quently called Fort Davis, in honor of Colonel
Davis, of the Thirty-ninth Massachusetts, who was
here mortally wounded, was built by the brigade
and occupied by several regiments. The Sixteenth
had the honor of holding a line of works several
hundred }^ards in front of the fort, until August
15th.

July 3. This Sabbath was quiet, only an occasional shot on
the skirmish line, and the booming of a sixty-four-
pounder away up on the right of the line. The
First Corps and the rebel troops in its front sus-
pended hostilities as if by mutual consent. Guns
were stacked, and many of the men lay around on
the works, talking with the enemy just across the
way. Occasionally a Yankee and a rebel would
meet between the lines and exchange coffee and
tobacco, and offer an Enquirer for a Herald. The
Johnnies were careful to cut out the "news," and
the Yanks, equally cautious, passed over a mutilated
paper. When a rebel battery was about to open
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194 HISTORY OF THE

upon us, the skirmishers would shout, " Down, 1864
Yanks ! " One day the range was low and our
kitchen department was knocked up, and the rations
distributed broadcast. When the Union batteries
were to open, " Down, Reb ! " went the cry, and not
a grej'-back was seen during the artillery duel which
followed. The band was with the regiment, and for
an hour in the morning, and just before sunset,
would play some of its best selections, generally
closing with some national air. Often would the
enemy crowd up to their works and listen to " Amer-
ica," or the "Battle Cry of Freedom." None of
the rebel bands had been heard since we left the
North Anna. Sunday evenings, " Old Hundred,"
and " Pleyal's Hymn " would come rolling in over
the works, from a thousand throats, to mingle har-
moniously with thoughts of home and a better life.
And this was war !

The following extract from a diary illustrates jui> 10.
army life at this time : —

Let me tell you what is going on within eight hundred
yards of my tent at nine p.m., Sabbath evening. A sutler
selling whisky, a prayer-meeting, boys playing poker, band
playing " Johnnie, Fill up the Bowl," four hundred men at
work on fortifications, stimulated by half-ration of govern-
ment whisky, profanity in all directions, violin and banjo
quicksteps, and five horns sounding tattoo.

As early as three a.m., the regiment was under
arms and nervously waiting for the explosion of
Burnside's Mine, which was delayed until quarter of
five. It was a miserable failure, and our divisions
remained quietly behind their works.

July 3(1.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 195

1864 The Fifth Corps was relieved and withdrawn to

A " K the rear, preparatory to an attack upon the Weldon
Railroad, August 18th.

Ang.ie. Colonel Tilden, division officer of the day. Re-
ceived orders to move at half-past two a.m., 17th.
A large part of the command detailed for fatigue,
and went on duty in a heavy rain.

Aug. 17. Packed up ready to move, and remained in posi-
tion all day. Pitched tents at five p.m., during
a heavy shower. Ordered to move at four a.m.,
August 18th.

Aug. is. Struck tents at four a.m. Marched at half-past
six. Lee was compelled to strengthen his forces
north of the James, or risk the fall of Richmond.
Immediately Warren struck out for the long coveted
road, which was reached at a point called the Yellow
House, about five miles south of Petersburgh. The
Sixteenth was the extreme left of the division, which
was supposed to connect with the right of the Second
Division, resting upon the railroad. But a most unac-
countable posting of the brigade, by a bewildered
commander who moved it in all directions but the
correct one, left it in an irregular line at an angle of
forty-five degrees, one hundred and fifty yards from
the road. Regimental commanders were informed
that a strong line of skirmishers was posted thirty
yards in their front, waiting orders to advance. Mean-
while, no firing of muskets must take place. Hardly
had the men kicked the underbrush from their feet,
when the rebels rose up fifty yards in front, with that
half human, half animal yell, and poured a volley of
bullets into our column. The Zouave skirmishers,

196 HISTORY OF THE

of the Second Division, rushed through the brigade 186 *
to the rear, without firing a gun. Meanwhile, the
enemy, quick to discover the opening between the
divisions, filed through and formed rapidly in rear of
the regiment. The first intimation the right battalion
had, was the melting away of the left. Some officer
ordered the men to lie down and blaze away. Imme-
diately the enemy charged the brigade in front and
rear, and over one hundred of its numbers started,
with a most willing escort, for Petersburgh — cursing
the blundering stupidity of some one, they knew not
who. The division, so much of it as remained in line
of battle, was withdrawn from the woods and a new
line established, less favorable to the rebels. The
Sixteenth lost Sergeant-Major Edwin C. Stevens and
Private James Fahey, Company A, killed ; about
twenty enlisted men wounded; Captain Conley, Lieu-
tenants Broughton, Fitch, and Chapman, Adjutant
Small, and thirty men prisoners. Intrenchments
were thrown up during the night, and with one
important omission (credited to General Crawford)
we were prepared for the morrow's expected fight.
Beyond the Third Division was only a skirmish line
without breast- works, or support.

The enemy, reinforced, made a heavy attack along Aug. 19.
the whole line. The skirmish line alluded to gave
way, and allowed a large force to advance unper-
ceived, in the dense woods, to the rear of our lines,
then hotly engaged in front. The First Brigade
had repulsed two direct assaults, when the rebels
appeared in their immediate rear. In the confused
struggle that followed, less than one hundred men,

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 197

with two officers, escaped. The regiment sustained
the following losses in the two days' fight : —

KILLED.

Sergeant-Major E. C. Stevens, shot through the head;
private James Fahey, Company A, do.

WOUNDED.

Company A — Sergeant D. A. Spearrin, elbow; privates
Timothy Ford, chest, flesh wound; Joel B. Hui'd, chest,
dangerously.

Company B — Privates, Randolph Elbridge, thigh, flesh
wound; Edward C. Folger, do., fractured.

Company C — Corporal Robinson Fairbanks, foot, slight;
privates, Isaac N. Coombs, hip, do.; Otis Getchell, head,
dangerous; Ambrose C. Davis, hip, deep flesh wound.

Company E — Corporal Luther Bradford, shoulder, severe;
privates, Benjamin F. Worth, hand, slight; Elisha Coolley,
foot, do.; Isaac H. Fairbrother, hip, bayonet wound.

Company F — Corporal E. H. Floyd, arm, fracture; privates,
Warren Butters, hand, slight; M. B. Smith, face, arm, and
arm fracture; Benjamin Dalton, chest, slight; Granville R.
Jordan, forefinger amputated; Sergeant John McPhee, side,
contusion.

Company G — Privates, Luke Emery, leg, slight; A. H.
Sutherland, foot, slight; Harry Sullivan, hand, slight; David
A. Scott, foot, slight; B. C. Robie, thumb, slight.

Company I — Private T. W. Folley, chest, contusion,
slight.

Company K — Corporal Everard Thing, arm amputated,
upper third; privates, George U. Fisher, thigh, severe; Ira
Page, hip joint, severe.

MISSING.

Captains John D. Conley, Company. H; J. O. Lord, Com-
pany K; Adjutant A. R. Small; Lieutenants William H.
Broughton, Company D; Atwood Fitch, do.; W. H. Chap-
man, Company K.

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Company A — Sergeants, James Parsons, C. C. Williams;
Corporals, Freeman T. Knowles, Tilson T. Whitcomb;
privates, Freeman Brackett, S. H. Chamberlain, Hugh Con-
way, Timothy Ford, William H. Knowles, Albert J. Murch,
Simeon Tripp, Benjamin Carvill or Carver.

Company B — Privates, Charles D. Smith, Alden Turner,
Adin B. Thayer, Clinton A. Davis, Henry Haddocks, Henry
Mansfield.

Company C — Sergeants, William Farnhum, Henry Fiske,
Edwin C. Jones; Corporal M. C. Grindle; privates, John
O. Allen, John Emerson, Martin Butterfield, Ezekiel Cole,
George W. Evans, William Farrar, William D. Grant,
Charles H. Gilman, David H. Hines, Elias Humphrey,
Henry A. Sharp, A. W. Shorey, S. H. Scudder, Charles W.
Wright, Archibald Phinney.

Company D — Corporal Charles Couture; privates, S. T.
Robinson, Ezra S. Seavy, Austin Hobart, Timothy Butters.

Company E — Sergeants Joseph Lamb, Warren Seaward;
Cox-porals C. F. Blaisdell, H. F. Judkins; privates, Stephen
Buzwell, Mark Towle, John Hartwell.

Company F — Sergeant Charles W. Ross; Corporals Charles
H. Goodrich, Frank J. Leavitt; privates, Theodore T. Buz-
zell, Wilmot W. Dunton, Dennis Haley, Albert Powers, John
W. Chadbourne, Samuel Pierce, George W. Smith, John W.
Webster.

Company G — Sergeant J. H. Frain ; Corporal S. T. Farn-
ham; privates, W. H. Chamberlain, T. Coharn, M. Doyle,
Barney Boyle, Patrick Larry, L. M. Porter, B. S. Morgan,
H. J. Redd, F. S. Saunders, A. Treat.

Company H — Sergeants George W. Fisher, William Fen-
nelly; Corporal Thomas Witherly; privates, Charles R.
Atkins, William Annis, Charles R. Dore, Henry Chandler,
Lewis F. Gilbert, Charles E. Hatch, Henry Shield, Lemuel
Hoyt, Dennis Jenkins, Danforth Lovely, Thomas Middle-
ton, Jasper Nash, George W. Smith, Martin L. Whitten,
John Farly, Charles Crompton.

Company I — Sergeant George B. Haskell; Corporals A.
H. Briggs, William Davis; privates, George W. Anderson,

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1864 Wesley Booker, William L. Blagden, Jeremiah Cornish,
Thomas Campbell, Thomas Crosby, Benjamin D. Colby,
James T. Dilling, James Dutton, William Frozer, B. F.
Garcelon, Oliver Stover, Charles Thompson, Steward G.
Holmes, John Worcester.

Company K — Sergeant Colon Mayo; Corporal Joseph
Peacock; privates, A. B. Sanborn, II. Brown, Calvin Marks,
E. G. Lyons, Charles A. Jordan.

SUMMARY.

Number of killed 2

" « wounded 28

" " missing 115

Total loss 145

Colonel Tilden, in reporting the part taken by his
regiment in the operations near the Weldon Railroad,

says : —

My regiment, numbering eight line officers and two hun-
dred and thirty-one guns, moved in column with the First
Brigade on the morning of the 18th inst., and arrived at the
Weldon Railroad at twelve M., halted and rested one hour,
to the right and rear of the Yellow House. At one o'clock
received orders to advance and form line at the edge of the
woods, extending my left to the right of the railroad.
Advanced into the woods to connect with the right of the
Second Division. While forming my regiment, and befoi'e
the remainder of the brigade on my right had formed, the
enemy opened a sharp fire on my left and the right of the
Second Division, causing the latter to retire somewhat, thus
leaving my left flank exposed. We, however, held the enemy
some minutes, when I discovered that he was close on my
flank and rear, causing my men to retire to save capture.
These were rallied and formed on the left of the One Hun-
dred and Fourth New York, which position we held the
remainder of the day. During the night we threw up
breast-works in our front, extending to the railroad. This

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position was held by us until two o'clock p.m. , the 19th inst. , I86 4
when we moved to the right one hundred and fifty yards,
being relieved by a portion of General Hayes' brigade extend-
ing from my left to the railroad. At three p.m. the enemy
attacked our line and was repulsed three times, when we
were attacked in our rear, he having come around the right
of our line. This attack in the rear, together with the fire
from our own artillery, created a panic among the men, but
not until the troops on my right and left had fallen back, did
I allow my command to retire, feeling confident that if we
were not attacked in the rear, we could take care of the force
in our front. On retiring we found that we were completely
surrounded and were compelled to surrender, not yielding
however until several efforts were made to elude the enemy.
At this time my loss was wholly in prisoners. I was cap-
tured, together with three line officers and eighty-three men.
Lieutenant Davies and myself succeeded in making our
escape from the enemy on the 20th inst. My colors were
destroyed, thus preventing their capture by the enemy. My
regiment was behind works, and the enemy being obliged to
emerge from the thick woods in our front was very much in
our favor in this day's attack, and must have caused severe
loss to him.

Colonel McCoy, in reporting the action of the
First Brigade, says: "This brigade advanced into
the woods, with orders to connect with the right
of the Second Division, which extended * across
and to the right of the railroad, from fifty to one
hundred yards. This was effected by the Sixteenth
Maine Regiment ( Colonel Tilden ), that regiment
being on the left of the brigade. While Colo-
nel Lyle was exerting himself to bring up each
successive regiment on the right of the Sixteenth
Maine into line, it being very difficult to accomplish^

* Was supposed to.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 201

1864 } n {] 1C thick and tangled wood and underbrush, the
enemy's column of battle advanced and made a furi-
ous attack on the Second Division, on our left and
extending along the front of our brigade, then in
course of formation. The Sixteenth Maine first
came under the fire with the right of the Second
Division. The troops on the right of that division
retiring somewhat, left the left flank of this brigade
exposed. This regiment, holding its ground for
some minutes, soon discovered that the enemy was
threatening its flank and rear, fell back some hundred
and fifty yards, together with the other regiments of
this brigade that had also become engaged, suffering
a loss of some killed, wounded, and missing. The
brigade again advanced under a brisk skirmish fire,
and partially re-occupied the ground from which it
had just retired." In his report of the engagement
on the 19th instant, Colonel McCoy after referring
to his losses by capture, thus speaks of Colonel Til-
den: "I would not omit to mention that Colonel
Tilden, of the Sixteenth Maine, a most worthy and
esteemed officer, being deeply impressed with a vivid
recollection of a former imprisonment in Richmond,
after having been taken to Petersburgh, and while
on his way under guard from that city to the Libby
Prison, made a most daring and successful escape,
and rejoined his regiment the third night after his
capture. Considering the perils through which he
passed in making his escape, it cannot be otherwise
regarded than remarkably providential. He was
accompanied by Lieutenant E. F. Davies, of the
same regiment. Lieutenant Aubrey Leavitt, acting

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HISTORY OF THE

aide-de-camp of the First Brigade, was captured, but 1864
made his escape, bringing into our line a number of
prisoners.

OFFICIAL LIST OF CASUALTIES IN FIRST BRIGADE, IN
THE WELDON RAILROAD CAMPAIGN.

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16th Maine

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39th Massachusetts

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238 293

90th Pennsylvania

96 121

104th New York

126 146

107th Pennsylvania

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The prisoners were closely guarded by the rebels,
but on their way to Richmond, Colonel Tilden and
Lieutenant Davies escaped and rejoined the regiment
on the morning of the 22d. A correspondent of the
New York Herald thus describes the experience of
Colonel Tilden: —

Having on a light-colored and broad-brimmed Kossuth hat
and a rubber overcoat was unquestionably his salvation.
The fact that it rained nearly all the time he was a prisoner
gave no look of strangeness or ground of suspicion in his
wearing a rubber coat, while his broad-brimmed beaver gave
him the air and tone of a true Southerner " to the manor
born." At all events, he walked through the street- and
public places of Petersburgh, picking up much valuable
information, which he has since imparted to the command-
ing general. When he first struck the rebel lines, with a
view to get through them, he was fortunate enough, in his
place of concealment and observation, to hear a rebel sol-
'dier remark to another, " The Yanks will have hard work

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 203

1864 getting through our three lines of battle here, but below,
where there is only a thin skirmish line, it ain't so safe, I
reckon." The Colonel thought he would take a look after
that thin skirmish line, and he found it. The heavy storm
and dense darkness of the night enabled him to get through
the line. He did not get through any too quick, for two
shots were fired at him while between the enemy's skirmish
line and ours. He came upon the pickets of his own bri-
gade — a piece of good fortune, pleasing, agreeable, and
quite as remarkable as agreeable.

The correspondent omitted to compliment Lieu-
tenant Davies in seconding all the Colonel's move-
ments.

Aug. 21. The third and last assault of the enemy at this
point was handsomely repulsed. Shortly after this,
the Third Division was reorganized, when the Six-
teenth was assigned to the Second Brigade, com-
manded by Brigadier-General Baxter.

Aug. 22. Colonel Tilden returned from capture, and reported
to Colonel Lyle.

Aug. 23. Regiment employed in tearing up the track of the
Weldon Railroad, until seven o'clock p.m.

Aug. 25. General Crawford, commanding division, called
upon Colonel Tilden for his opinion as to the cause
of our lines giving way on the 19th instant. The
Colonel's explanation satisfied the General that not
only the brigade, but the division, did its whole
duty, and retired only when the enemy appeared in
their rear.

Aur gg Received orders in the afternoon to be in readiness
to move at short notice. Regiment in line at four
o'clock, and stacked arms. At two p.m. struck tents
and moved to the left to support Second Corps. At

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seven p.m. retired to the woods, in rear of corps 1864
headquarters, and bivouacked for the night.

In line at eight o'clock A.M., and moved out just Aug. 27.
in front of corps headquarters, and formed in line of
battle at right angles to Weldon Railroad. Threw up
earth-works and remained quiet during the night.

Went into camp. Ordered the band to report for Aug. 28.
duty. Regiment at work on fortifications. Chaplain
Balkam's resignation accepted.

Officers engaged on monthly returns. Large part Aug. 29.
of the regiment on fatigue duty.

Regiment mustered at half-past one p.m. Received Aug. 31.
orders to be in readiness to move at a moment's
notice. Soon after struck tents and changed camp
to the woods, about three hundred yards in the
rear.

At half-past three a.m. went out on a reconnois- sept. 2.
sance. Held in support of the cavalry until eight
o'clock, when the regiment returned to camp.

Lieutenant Davies, with a portion of the regiment, sept. 3.
detailed for fatigue duty.

Weather pleasant. Thirty-five men detailed for sept. 4.
fatigue, which interrupted arrangements for Sunday
morning inspection. Chaplain held divine service in
the afternoon.

September 5th and 6th large details were made for
fatigue.

Lieutenant Davies, brigade officer of the day. sept. 9.
Clothing received and issued to the regiment.

Railroad completed from City Point to General sept. 11.
Warren's headquarters. First train arrived this p.m.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 205

1864 xhe brigade made a successful reconnoissance in
sept. 15. tne c ji rec tion of the South Side Railroad, its object
being to ascertain the position and works of the
enemy.
g t 16 The regiment was assigned to garrison duty in
Fort Wadsworth, on the Weldon Railroad. The
unfinished fort was soon completed, and the regi-
ment moved in and set up "housekeeping."
4 „„ Colonel Tilden left for Maine to recover his

Sept. 28.

health, which the hardships of the campaign, and
more particularly his exposure while a prisoner, had
materially impaired.

Oct. 6. Lieutenant-Colonel Farnham rejoined the regi-
ment, and took command.

Oct. 8. Chaplain Balkam was discharged by special order
of the War Department, but did not leave the regi-
ment until the 14th. The whole brigade missed him,
for he was one of the few brave Christian men who
comprehended the situation, and adapted himself to
circumstances in the faithful discharge of his duties.
"Comrades all know how extempore pulpits and
altars sprang up for the occasion — often a breadbox,
and sometimes a beef barrel ; the latter occasionally

illustrating (as in the case of Chaplain , of

the th Pennsylvania, whose avoirdupois assist-
ed gravitation) how uncertain the foundation of a
chaplain's understanding — how unstable are material
things, and how exceedingly well a man of small
brains can fill a pulpit.' 1 '' Chaplain Balkam never
made a mistake of that kind. Full of humor and
good cheer, he carried sunshine and good-fellowship,
as a good soldier carries his musket. He had a heart

206 HISTORY OF THE

as big as a bass drum, and grieved deeply over mat- 1864
ters beyond his control.

Ninety conscripts and substitutes arrived ; also Oct. n.
one company of eighty-four, in command of Captain
Hildreth, of Gardiner. This detachment was offi-
cered, and subsequently known as Company A, new
organization.

Eighty-seven recruits joined the regiment. Oct. 27.

Surgeon Alexander was discharged for disability. Nov. 8.
A more efficient and faithful officer was not in the
Fifth Corps.

Colonel Tiiden returned from leave of absence, Nov. 29.
and took command.

On the morning of the 5th, the Sixteenth was Dec. 5.
relieved from garrison duty, and ordered to the rear,
bivouacking near the Jerusalem plank road.

Broke camp at day-light, and took the road to Dec . 7 .
Sussex Court House. Crossed the Nottoway River
at Blackburn's Ford, and bivouacked two miles from
the court-house.

The march was resumed at dawn, and the object- Dec 8 .
ive point of the expedition, the Weldon Railroad,
reached that afternoon. In the work of destruction
which was I'apid and complete, the regiment was
engaged until midnight, and a portion of the day
following.

On the return, the brigade was detailed as rear Dec. 10.
guard, and covered by a small squadron of cavalry.
They were attacked about noon by a mounted
force of the enemy, and driven in confusion upon
and through the brigade. Two companies of the
regiment repulsed the charge without loss.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 207

1864 Recrossed the Nottoway. The hardship and suffer-
Dec. 11. - n g incident to a campaign, and so hard to be borne,
were often tempered by some ludicrous incident.
Who of the Sixteenth has forgotten Lieutenant S.,
(now a celebrated divine), a tine, dashing fellow,
but rather too fond of a nice uniform, or the griev-
ous loss he met with during this campaign ? One
night, after a heavy day's marching and some fight-
ing, Lieutenant S. lay down near a camp fire with
a lot of the boys of his company, and as the day's
duties had been exceedingly arduous to him, he was
soon fast asleep. During the night he suddenly
aroused his comrades by jumping up and, frantically
seizing his coat tails, prancing around like one
wholly daft, exclaiming, " Water ! Water ! Bring
some water, for God's sake ; I 'm all afire ! " Can-
teens were hurriedly brought, and the water poured
down S.'s back, where the fire seemed to be. In the
meanwhile nearly the whole regiment had been
aroused by the excitement in Company — . By the
time the fire had been " got under control " a large
crowd had gathered around S., anxiously waiting to
ascertain what damage had been done. A glance
was sufficient, for as the unfortunate officer stood in
the glowing light of the camp fire, it was noticed
that the rear part of his fine dress coat had been
burned away as high up as the buttons below his
belt, then in a circular form on each side, down to
the points of the skirts of the coat in front. Know-
ing the Lieutenant's fastidiousness in matters of
dress, and observing his rueful countenance as he
surveyed the result of the conflagration, the men
roared with laughter. Some cried " Fire ! " others,

208 HISTORY OF THE

" Water ! " " Play away Six ! " " Shake her down ! " 1864
while others hammered on tin plates to represent a
fire-alarm, and the rush of a hose carriage. All the
cries resembled those usually heard during a big
blaze in a civilized community. Fully an hour
elapsed before the merriment ceased, and the camp
became quiet.

Returned to old position near Jerusalem plank Dec 12
road, having been absent six days. Marched eighty
miles, destroyed twenty miles of track and much
valuable property, with a loss to the regiment of
four men taken prisoners. The lateness of the sea-
son, and the continued inclemency of the weather,
rendered it probable that no further demonstration
by the ' Army of the Potomac would be attempted
before another spring. We were immediately ordered
to prepare winter quarters. Once more, and for the
last time, the men fell to with a will, and built sub-
stantial barracks, and in a few weeks had supplied
themselves with all the conveniences and home com-
forts of a settled camp. Company K, as usual, exer-
cised its ever increasing propensity for foraging,
hence an inspection of the quarters showed not only
" conveniences " but some questionable luxuries.
This camp was called "Camp Leavitt," in honor of
the lamented Major. It would compare favorably
with any cantonment in the army.

Eighty-five recruits joined the regiment. Dec. 19.

Lieutenant-Colonel Farnham, who had served on Dec. 20.
the division staff as inspector-general, but had re-
turned to the regiment during the absence of Col-
onel Tilden, was again detailed to the same position.

4aS

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 209

1865
Jan. 1.

CHAPTER XIII.

THE CLOSING CAMPAIGN OF THE WAE.

Since its organization in 1862, the Sixteenth has
been debited with seventy-one officers and two thou-
sand and ninety-seven men, and yet today its aggre-
gate strength is but eight hundred and eighty-seven
enlisted men and thirty-two officers. Of this number
are absent, sixteen officers on detached service and
sick, and three hundred and seventy-five enlisted
men from various causes; leaving present for duty
sixteen officers and five hundred and twelve men to
consider the above, and coolly calculate probabilities
for the coming year. The defeats sustained during
the twenty-eight months, the terrible list of casual-
ties and the hardships endured, had not disheartened
or soured us. Roseate bulletins describing victories
when we knew we were whipped, and general orders
of congratulation for successful movements which
covered up marches made in the dark, and inglorious
retreats, did not deceive the rank and file. Men
knew it all ; knew that they stood with one foot in
the grave all the while, and for this were better men
and better soldiers. And better than all, they knew
that faith was a beautiful trait in human nature, and

exercised it. Grumble they did, and grumblingly
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210 BISTORT OF THE

faced the music of bullet and shell, but beneath the 1865
grumble was a fixed principle that harmonized all
discords and won for them imperishable laurels as
patriots. Among the strongest and most lasting
attachments formed by the Sixteenth for other troops
during its term of service, was that for the Thirty-
ninth Massachusetts, Colonel Davis commanding. I
have no record of the date when it joined the First
Brigade, but it was a day which marked an era of
progressive good feeling, which ripened into warm
personal attachments. This regiment was splendidly
officered, and, under its able commander, was an ever
present incentive for us to do our very best. We
never quite reached its precision in the manual of
arms. We doubt if in this particular qualification
it had a superior in the army ; certainly it had not
an equal in the corps. Colonel Davis had a quiet
way of coming into our hearts, and he came to stay.
From this date up to February 5th the regiment
remained in camp near Petersburgh, on the Jerusa-
lem plank road.

On the morning of the 5th the regiment, number-
ing eight line officers and two hundred and twenty-
three guns (the last detachment of recruits, camp
guard, and sick, remaining in camp), bro'ke camp at
seven o'clock a.m., in light marching order, and
supplied with four days' rations, moved out in the
direction of Hatcher's Run via Vaughan Road; and
on this road, about two miles southwest of Rowanty
Creek, the regiment, with the brigade, bivouacked
for the night.

Feb. 5.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 211

1865 Moved out on the Vaughan Road about four

Feb. 6. , .

o clock a.m., and halted at eight on the east side of
Hatcher's Run, where the regiment remained until
two o'clock p.m., when the brigade was moved for-
ward about two miles, and formed in lines of battle.
The Sixteenth, having the center of the first line,
advanced and engaged the enemy, and from this
point, until late in the p.m., the regiment was kept
under fire. Three successive charges were made by
this line, and as many times we were forced back by
superior numbers, and the last movement to the
rear, late in the afternoon, being caused by opera-
tions of the enemy in strong force on our flank.
The line was soon re-established, and the enemy,
who were following up their success, were driven
back in confusion. This ended the operations of the
day, and the regiment bivouacked near Hatcher's
Run, but a short distance from the scene of action.
The casualties for the Sixteenth were as follows :
One commissioned officer wounded, two enlisted men
killed, thirty-four wounded, and eleven missing, —
total, one commissioned officer and forty-seven en-
listed men.

Moved at seven a.m. Marched two miles north-
east on the Vaughan Road, and formed on the right
of the first line of battle, in the open field west of
the road. The line advanced about nine a.m., forced,
the enemy from his temporary works, and steadily
drove him through the woods, giving us an elevated
position in a belt of woods, some three hundred and
fifty yards in front of his main line. About eleven
o'clock the Sixteenth, in charge of Captain Davies,

Feb. 7.

212 HISTORY OF THE

Company C, deployed as skirmishers. Immediately 1865
the enemy opened his artillery on the right of our
line, compelling it to retire. The regiment again
advanced to within two hundred yards of the rebel
works, and, from lack of support, and ammunition,
once more retired to its first position.

About one o'clock, February 8th, the line was Feb. 8.
withdrawn, and bivouacked about two miles from
the battle-field. The Sixteenth lost in the two days'
engagement one officer and seventy-three men, killed
and wounded. In his official report of the battle,
Colonel Tilden says: "I desire to bring to the notice
of the general commanding, the name of Color Ser-
geant Luther Bradford, who was wounded in the
left arm, (causing amputation of the same,) while
gallantly bearing the colors in advance of the line,
urging the men on to their work. This is the third
time he has been wounded since his connection with
the color guard. Corporal J. M. Grindle, of the
color guard, is also deserving of especial mention for
his bravery in seizing the colors after Sergeant Brad-
ford was wounded, and pushing forward in advance
of the line, and placing them in the enemy's works.
This act of bravery was performed in presence of
the general, commanding brigade. The Corporal
was also wounded. It is with great pleasure that I
can speak in commendatory terms of the officers of
my command, who were constantly with their com-
panies from the time of our breaking camp on the
5th instant. I deem it worthy of remark, that, with
two exceptions, the line officers present came out
with the regiment as non-commissioned officers and

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 213

1865

privates, and gained their present positions by meri-
torious conduct on former occasions. Especial credit
is due to Captain E. F. Davies, for his efficient aid in
taking charge of the regiment while deployed as
skirmishers on the 6th instant. I can also speak in
high terms of the conduct of the non-commissioned
officers and men, some of whom had never before
been under fire. I should not forget to mention
Corporal James Maloney, Company H, who bore the
colors with honor and credit to himself, after two
color bearers had been successively wounded and
carried from the field."

Feb. 9. The regiment was on picket near Halifax Road and
on the 10th returned to old camp, and on the 11th
moved into camp near the Weldon Railroad above
Ream's Station, where the regiment remained until
March 29th.

Mar. 29. Broke camp and moved with the brigade at six
o'clock A.M., marching toward the Boydton plank
road, and formed line of battle at four o'clock p.m.,
one and a half miles from the road, and bivouacked
for the night.

Mar. 30. Moved forward toward the Boydton plank road,
which was reached and breast-works thrown up, in
which the regiment bivouacked for the night.

Mar. 3i. Moved out of the works, and after a few prelimi-
nary movements, participated in the battle of Grav-
elly Run, suffering the following casualties : one
enlisted man killed, four wounded, and twenty-three
men and one officer missing.

Apr. i. Moved from position occupied March 31st, and
halted near Gravelly Run Church until about one

214 HISTORY OF THE

p.m., when the regiment moved in a northwesterly 1865
direction some four miles, and formed line of battle
facing the South Side Railroad. Advanced steadily
until dark, driving the enemy, flanking and captur-
ing his works. The regiment during the advance
captured a train of wagons and ambulances upon the
White Oak Road. So impetuous was the charge, so
intent was the regiment upon its mission, and so
determined to have the wagon train, that the right
of the regiment deploying, charged through the sec-
ond and first lines of the brigade much to the aston-
ishment and merriment of the men. " How came
you here ? " demanded Colonel McCoy of Colonel
Tilden. " Don't know," replied the Colonel. " We
are after that wagon train. Forward, boys ! " The
casualties of the day were : Lieutenant-Colonel Farn-
ham severely wounded, one enlisted man killed and
twelve wounded.

Moved directly toward the South Side Railroad, Apr. 2.
which was reached about three o'clock p.m. Moving
down the road about seven miles, turned to the left,
marched in a northwesterly direction until about
half-past six p.m., halted and stacked arms. At half-
past seven the enemy opened with musketry from a
piece of woods, but without effect. The firing soon
ceased, and no further demonstration being made by
the enemy, the regiment went into bivouac.

Lieutenant George D. Bisbee rejoined his company Apr. 5.
from Camp Parole. From this point the regiment
followed the brigade on its direct route to Appo-
mattox Court House, at which place on the 9th
instant, the rebel general, Lee, surrendered the
Army of Northern Virginia.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 215

1865 it was i a t e j n {Yi e afternoon when it became known that
General Lee had sent for General Grant to surrender to him.
It was between two and three o'clock when we met in the
little room in the house where the surrender of Lee's army
took place. I know there is a belief that the surrender took
place under an apple tree, where Grant and Lee met and
exchanged a few words. The surrender took place in the
left-hand room of that old-fashioned double house. The
house had a large piazza, which ran along the full length of
it. It was one of those ordinary Virginia houses, with a
passage-way running through the center of it.

In that little room where the meeting took place sat two
young men — one a great-grandson of the Chief-Justice
Marshall of the Supreme Court, reducing to writing the
terms of the surrender, on behalf of Robert E. Lee; the
other a man with a dusky countenance — a great-nephew of
that celebrated chief, Red-Jacket — acting under General
Grant. The two were reducing to writing the terms of the
surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to the Army
of the Potomac. Gathered around the room were several
officers, of whom I was one.

At some distance apart sat two men; one, the most re-
markable man of his day and generation. The larger and
older of the two was the most striking in his appearance.
His hair was as white as the driven snow. There was not a
speck upon his coat; not a spot upon those gauntlets that he
wore, which were as bright and fair as a lady's glove. That
was Robert E. Lee. The other was Ulysses S. Grant, whose
appearance contrasted strangely with that of Lee; his boots
were nearly covered with mud ; one button off his coat —
that is, the button off was not where it should have been —
it had clearly gone astray; and he wore no sword, while Lee
was fully and faultlessly equipped. The conversation was
not rapid, by any means. Everybody felt the overpowering
influence of the scene. Every one present felt they were
witnessing the proceedings between the two chief actors in
one of the most remarkable transactions of this nineteenth

216 HISTORY OF THE

century. The words that passed between Grant and Lee 1865
were few.

General Grant — endeavoring to apologize for not being
fully equipped, and noticing Lee's appearance — while the
secretaries were busy, said: " General Lee, I have no sword;
I have been riding all night." And Lee, with that coldness
of manner, and all the pride — almost haughtiness — which,
after all, became him wonderfully well, never made any
reply, but in a cold, formal manner bowed. And General
Grant, in the endeavor to take away the awkwardness of the
scene, said: " I don't always wear a sword, because a sword
is a very inconvenient thing." That was a very remarkable
thing for him to say, considering that he was in the presence
of one who was about to surrender his sword. Lee only
bowed again. Another, trying to relieve the awkwardness
of the occasion, inquired. " General Lee, what became of
the white horse you rode in Mexico ? He might not be dead
yet, he was not so old." General Lee bowed coldly, and
replied, " I left him at the White House, on the Pamunkey
River, and I have not seen him since." There was one
moment when there was a whispered conversation between
Grant and Lee, which nobody in the room heard.

The surrender took the form of correspondence; the
letters were all signed in due form, by the chief actors, in
the presence of each other. Finally, when the terms of the
surrender had all been arranged, and the surrender made,
Lee arose, cold and proud, and bowed to every person in
the room on our side. I remember each one of us thought
he had been especially bowed to. And then he went out
and passed down the little square in front of the house, and
bestrode that gray horse that carried him all over Virginia,
and when he had gone away we learned what that whis-
pered conversation had been about. General Grant called
his officers about him, and said, " You go to the Twenty-
fourth, and you to the Fifth," and so on, naming the corps,
" and ask every man who has three rations to turn over two
of them. Go to the commissaries, and go to the quarter-
masters, etc. General Lee's army is on the point of starva-

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 217

18G5 tion!" And twenty-five thousand rations were carried to
the Army of Northern Virginia. — Gen. Geo. H. Sharp.

General Robert E. Lee was visited at Richmond,
after Appomattox, by Chaplain Pepper, of the Eight-
tie th Ohio Regiment, who has published some remi-
niscences of his interview.

The General spoke admiringly of Grant. " I wish," he
said, " to do simple justice to General Grant when I say
that his treatment of the Army of Southern Virginia is
without a parallel in the history of the civilized world.
When my poor soldiers, with famished faces, had neither
food nor raiment, it was then that General Grant immedi-
ately issued that humane order that forty thousand rations
should he furnished to the impoverished troops. And that
was not all of his magnanimity. I was giving directions to
one of my staff officers, when making out the list of things
to be surrendered, to include the horses. At that moment
General Grant, who seemed to be paying no attention to
what was transpiring, quickly said, " No, no, General Lee,
not a horse — not one — keep them all! Your people will
need them for the spring crops ! "

Apr. i5. The regiment remained at Appomattox Court House
until April 15th, when it broke camp, and with the
brigade marched to Black and White Station on the
South Side Railroad, and went into camp on the
21st, and remained until May 1st. Major Small,
Captains Conley and Lord, and Lieutenant Chapman
rejoined the command from Camp Parole, Annapolis.
Colonel Tilden left camp for Maine on fifteen days
leave of absence, drawn thither by the alarming ill-
ness of his wife. The prayers and sympathy of the
men went with him. Major Small assumed com-
mand of the regiment. The last brigade drill in

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which the regiment participated, was had at this 1865
station.

Our work was done. The bugle sounded the Mayi.
order to pack up and march, and without a regret
the men saw the sacred soil glide under their feet
and fade into the distant perspective. Manchester
was reached on the 4th instant.

The brigade camped that night within sight of .Mayi
the Libby Prison. Through its grated windows, the
writer, with many others had often cast longing eyes
upon the green field now occupied by our tents.

On the 6th, continued the march, passing through Ma y 6 -
the principal streets of Richmond, to Hanover Court
House. Thence over familiar ground to Fredericks-
burgh, where the regiment bivouacked on the 9th.
In the morning moved over the old battle-field where May 9.
the regiment received its first baptism of blood.
Many of the men passed the whole distance in
silence with uncovered heads. Crossing the Rappa-
hannock below the city, the march was continued
without incident via Fairfax Court House to Arling-
ton Heights. Went into camp at Balls Cross Roads
and remained until June 5th. Of all the marches
made by the Sixteenth, for rapidity and length, with-
out rest, none would compare with that most inhu-
man tramp for display at the " Grand Review." It
was the last ounce of suffering needed to break the
health of thousands of veterans. It was indeed a
magnificent spectacle. The vanity of that prince of
military humbugs, Halleck, as well as that of Presi-
dent Johnson was fully gratified.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 219

1865 Captain Walter T. Chester mustered the Sixteenth
June 5. R e gi men t f Maine Volunteers out of the United
States military service, in compliance with the fol-
lowing order: —

Hdq'rs Army of the Potomac,
June 4, 1865.

Special Orders, _ZVb. 11^1.

Under the provisions of General Orders, No. 94, current
series from the Adjutant-General's office, and General Orders,
No. 26, current series from these Headquarters, and upon
the certificate of the proper Commissaries of Musters that
the following named Organizations have complied with the
requirements of the first mentioned order, they will at once
be mustered out of service and placed en route to the
proper State rendezvous — viz. : —

16th Maine Vols., 30 Commissioned Officers, and 285
enlisted men — to Augusta, Maine

The men of the organization, not entitled to discharge,
will be transferred to their respective Corps Commanders
as follows

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the neces-
sary transportation.

By command of Major-Gene. Meade,
(Signed) Geo. D. Kuggles, Asst. Adjt-Genl.

Headquarters 5th Army Corps.
June 5, 1865.
" Official."

The transferred men of the 16th Maine Vols., will be sen
with their Descriptive Lists, Clothing Account, and a copy
of this order to the 20th Maine Vols, to which Regt. they
have been assigned.

By command of Brvt. Maj.-Gen. Griffin,
(Signed) Fred T. Locke,

Brevet-Col. & A. A. Q.

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Transportation was furnished and the regiment 1865
placed en route for the State rendezvous, at Au- June 6 -
gusta, Maine, at which place it arrived on the morn-
ing of June 10th, and quartered in the cavalry bar-
racks on the fair grounds, near the capitol. The
regiment was immediately paid in full, disbanded,
and with sad leave taking severed ties which had
bound men together with an affection as strong as
that of David and Jonathan.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 221

DEATH OF THE OLD WAR HORSE.

BY REV. NATHANIEL BUTLER, D.D.

Brigadier-General Charles W. Tilden, formerly colo-
nel of the Sixteenth Maine Regiment, after his capture at
Gettysburgh and confinement in Libby Prison, from which
he escaped, received from his old regiment the present of a
noble horse, with all the usual accouterments. Lieutenant
Frank Wiggin, of the Sixteenth Maine Regiment, says,
" We followed that horse and rider through the Wilder-
ness and during the rest of the war: and the noble steed
was at Appomattox when Lee surrendered. I think every
soldier of the command would have followed him and his
rider wherever they might have led." The horse was
tenderly cared for by his owner till a few weeks since,
when he was buried under the direction of General
Tilden.

Farewell, my horse! thy work is done,

Thy splendid form lies low,
Thy limbs of steel have lost their strength,

Thy flashing eye its glow.

No more thy quivering nostrils snuff

"The battle from afar,"
No more beneath thy flying feet

The plains with thunder jar.

For thou wert born a hero soul,

In days when heroes fought,
When men, borne by thy glorious strength,

Immortal laurels souerht.

222 HISTORY OF THE

Seated upon thy nerve-strung form,

Another life was mine,
And well I knew the same high thrill

Ran through my soul and thine.

A throne thou wert to sit upon,

And true as steel within,
"Whene'er I felt thy brave heart beat,

My own has braver been.

And when the bugle's call to charge

Over the column ran,
Thy arching crest, " with thunder clothed,"

Loved best to lead the van.

Upon the march with tireless feet,
Through mountain, gorge, and plain,

When others strayed thy place was kept
Through all the long campaign.

But now, thy last, long halt is made,

Thy last campaign is o'er;
The bugle call, the battle shout

Shall thrill thee never more.

"Where art thou gone — old friend and true?

"What place hast thou to fill ?
For it may be thy spirit form

Somewhere is marching still.

Are there immortal vales and hills,

And pastures living green,
And sunny glades and waters sweet

For such as thou didst seem?

Here there are those whom we call men,
Whose souls, fuU well I know,

Another life may not deserve
One-half so well as thou.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 223

And natures such as thine has been

That other life may claim,
And God may have a place for them

Within his wide domain.

His armies tread their glorious march

O'er the eternal plain,
Their leader rides a snow-white steed —

Who follow in his train ? *

We may not ever meet again;

But, wheresoe'er I go,
A cherished place within my heart

Thou 'It have, old friend, I know.

God made us both, and we have marched

Firm friends whilst thou wert here ;
I only know I should not blush

To meet thee anywhere.

'Rev. 19: 14.

BIOGRAPHIES

OFFICERS

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

15

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

COLONEL A. W. WILDES.
"Was appointed aid with the rank of lieutenant-colonel on
the staff of Governor Washburn, in 1860. At the commencement
of the war he was deputed by the Governor, to superintend the
transportation of troops to the front, manifesting in this as in
other important duties, the highest efficiency and zeal. In May,
1862, Colonel Wildes was appointed colonel of the Sixteenth
Maine, and until the muster-in of the regiment served without
pay, and made liberal expenditure of his own means to further
the interests of the regiment. While encamped near Sharpsburgh,
Maryland, for some weeks after the Battle of Antietam, Colonel
Wildes was seriously ill from some organic disease, and, growing
worse, was by the medical board granted leave of absence for a
brief period. Before recovery he returned to Washington in order
to rejoin his regiment at Fredericksburgh. After visiting the
regiment, and it being deemed expedient by the medical director
that he should delay joining it in consequence of continued ill-
ness, Colonel Wildes thought it unjust to his officers to hold a
command which his ill health prevented him from assuming, and
tendered his resignation which was accepted, and he was honor-
ably discharged from service January 7, 1863." — Adjutant- Gen-
eral's Report.

BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERAL CHARLES W. TILDEN

Was commissioned first lieutenant Company B, State Militia,
October 20th, 1858; commissioned first lieutenant Company B,
Second Maine Volunteers Infantry, April 27th, 1861; promoted
captain June 24th, 1861; commissioned June 23d, 1862, and

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mustered as lieutenant-colonel Sixteenth Maine Regiment, July
8th. 1862; commissioned colonel, January 8th, 1863, and mustered
February 16th following. General Tilden was taken prisoner at
battle of Gettysburgh, July 1st, 1863. He escaped from Libby
Prison through the famous tunnel, February 10th, 1864, and
rejoined his command March 24th, 1864. The General was again
captured August 19th, 1864, at the battle of Weldon Railroad.
He made his escape on the 20th, and entered the Union lines in
front of his regiment. He was soon after assigned to the com-
mand of the Third Brigade. He was brevetted brigadier-general
volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war,
March 13th, 1865.

The adjutant-general's report says, " During his connection
with the Sixteenth, his military history was thoroughly identified
with that of his regiment, an abstract of which may be found
under its appropriate heading in this volume. Should that fail to
do adequate credit to the superior efficiency of this distinguished
officer, it is sufficient to know that his unwritten record awards
him a high place, not only in the esteem of his comrades, but also
upon the roll of honor."

COLONEL AUGUSTUS B. FARNHAM

Was commissioned first lieutenant, of Company H, Second
Maine Regiment, May 13th, 1861; captain, September 14th, 1861;
was commissioned major Sixteenth Regiment. August 9th, 1862;
lieutenant-colonel, February 5th, 1863; mustered, February 16th
following ; May 8th, 1863, Lieutenant-Colonel Farnham was
appointed bj r General Robinson, inspector general and chief of
staff, Second Division, and subsequently to the same position on
Third Division Staff, Fifth Corps, by General Crawford, which
position he held until wounded at Five Forks, Virginia, April 1,
1865. He was brevetted colonel for gallant and meritorious ser-
vices at battles of Gravelly Run and Five Forks, Virginia, April
1st, 1865. Mustered out, June 5th, 1865. Colonel Farnham, whib
leading the front line of his division in the charge of the Fifth
Corps, at battle of Five Forks, received a bullet in the lungs
about one and one-half inches from the heart, and fell from his

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 229

horse; the latter was shot through the jaw, through both hind
legs, and in the rump. The Colonel lay on the field until the next
morning, when men carried him to the house of a Mr. Moody, the
inmates of which rendered him such assistance and attention as
was possible, for nearly a month, when a detachment of the Six-
teenth, under command of Lieutenant George D. Bisbee of Com-
pany C, carried him six miles through the woods to the railroad
station, whence he was conveyed by rail to Petersburgh, Virginia,
thence to City Point and Washington, and placed in Armory
Square Hospital under charge of Surgeon Bliss. He lay at the
point of death for weeks; was finally carried to his home in Ban-
gor, Maine, and months elapsed before he recovered a sufficient
degree of health to resume business duties. During all his suffer-
ing and the severe hemorrhages, wdiich occasionally have occurred
to the present time, Colonel Farnham has shown the same quiet
fortitude which won for him the love and esteem of his comrades
in the field.

MAJOR ARCH D. LEAVITT

Was wounded at the battle of Laurel Hill, Virginia, and died in
Douglass Hospital, Washington, May 30th, 1864. Having fitted
for college at his home, without the aid of seminary or academy,
he entered Waterville College in 1858, and held first rank in his
class. In the summer of 1862, those dark days when the cry went
up for more men, he, with two of his classmates, raised a com-
pany, of which he was elected captain, and was mustered into the
United States service, at Augusta, Maine, August 14th, 1862, as
captain Company E, of the Sixteenth Regiment. In the January
following, he was promoted to be major (commissioned February
5th), and in that capacity participated, with his regiment, in the
following engagements : Battle of Fitzhugh Crossing, April 30th,
1863; Chancellorsville, May 2d; Gettysburgh, July 4th; skirmish
of Funkstown, July 12th; Mine Run, November 29th; battle of the
Wilderness, May 5th to 7th, 1864; and battle of Laurel Hill, in
which he was mortally wounded, May 12th.

At the commencement of the battle of Gettysburgh, he was at
Washington, sick, but hearing of the battle, and impatient for the

230 HISTORY OF THE

fight, he applied for leave to join his regiment, and reached the
field on the last day of the action, in season to take command of
the small, uncaptured remnant, numbering two officers and fifteen
men. At the skirmish at Funkstown, Major Leavitt was in com-
mand of the regiment, having been placed in that position on the
5th of July, and retaining it until November 1st. On the 14th of
August, 1863, he was detailed a member in the corps court-martial,
to convene at the headquarters of First Division, First Army
Corps, for the trial of deserters, etc. On the 21st of September,
he took charge of a school of instruction for commissioned offi
cers, and drilled the battalion.

Extracts from his diary show that Major Leavitt was a young
man of strong sympathies, and that he desired the best welfare
of his comrades, whilst the testimony of all associated with him
in camp or on the battle-field, proves that in the performance of
duty he was prompt, active, and conscientious, giving his most
earnest thoughts, labors, and prayers to advance the interests of
his country. He died as he had lived, a pure patriot and a true
Christian, leaving as his last message, "Tell my friends I have
always tried to do my duty."

Of the estimation in which Major Leavitt was held by the regi-
ment, Rev. Mr. Balkam, its chaplain, wrote: " His excellent char-
acter and amiable disposition had won our respect and affections.
You know his reputation as a scholar, and his devotion to study;
his studious habits did not forsake him in the camp. Especially
did he strive to increase his military knowledge and capacity. He
had a conscientious regard for every obligation, and for every
duty, nor was he unmindful of the higher relations which connect
us with God and another world."

His remains were brought to Turner and buried with Masonic
honors. — Adjutant- General's Eeport.

MAJOR S. CLIFFORD BELCHER.

Samuel Clifford Belcher entered Bowdoin College at the age of
fourteen, and graduated in course with the class of 1857. After
his graduation he served for three years as preceptor of Foxcroft
Academy, which position he resigned in 1860, to enter the office

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 231

of Honorable Nehemiah Abbott of Belfast as a student at law.
The following year he was admitted to the Franklin County Bar.
Soon after the outbreak of the Rebellion, Mr. Belcher enlisted in
the United states Service, and June 4(h, 1862, was commissioned
captain of Company G, Sixteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteers,
immediately leaving for the front. Tins regiment was aiming the
most gallant among the Maine regiments. It took part in the
battle of Fredericksburgh, where Captain Belcher was slightly
wounded; it also served in the Chancellorsville campaign, and at
Gettysburgh. To this regiment at Gettysburgh was assigned the
perilous task of covering the retreat of the First Corps, upon the
first day of the battle. It heroically held the position, from
which two regiments had been previously driven, until every man
but forty was killed or taken prisoner. It was while performing
this duty that the regiment cut its battle-flag in pieces and dis-
tributed it among the men, that it might not be captured by the
enemy. This famous order was given by Captain Belcher. Cap-
tain Belcher commanded the left wing of the regiment, and with
his comrades was taken prisoner of war. While the prisoners
were marching to Libby Prison, Captain Belcher made his escape,
and by clever stratagem gained the Union lines. His regiment
being captured, he was assigned as aide-de-camp to General Heint-
zelman of the department at Washington. The following autumn
he joined the soldiers at the front, and entered the " Wilderness "
campaign. On the 8th of May, 1864, he received a bullet in the
head, which pierced the skull and rested upon the brain. After
seventeen days the ball was extracted, but Captain Belcher was
not sufficiently recovered to rejoin his company before the cessa-
tion of hostilities. Governor Cony commissioned him Major
June 1st, 1864. Upon recovering his health, Major Belcher
resumed the practice of law at Farmington, and has remained
actively engaged in his profession up to the present time. —
History of Farmington.

MAJOR ABXER R. SMALL

Was first mustered into the United States service as a private in
Company G, Third Maine Infantry, in June, 1861, and was speedily

232 HISTORY OF THE

promoted to corporal, and then to sergeant. In May, 1862, he
received further promotion by being commissioned first lieuten-
ant and adjutant, Sixteenth Regiment. In December, 1802, he
was assigned to duty as aide-de-camp on the staff of First Bri-
gade, Second Division, First Army Corps, and whilst serving as
such was complimented with well-deserved special mention for
distinguished gallantry displayed in the battle of Fredericksburgh.
In July, 1863, he was also appointed acting assistant adjutant-
general of the same brigade, and again received special notice in
general orders for his brave conduct in the battle of Gettysburgh.
He also participated in all the battles in which his regiment was
engaged, until taken and held a prisoner from August 18th, 1804,
to February 22d, 1865. In the meantime, October 31st, 1864, he
was commissioned major of the same command. Thus he was
with the Sixteenth Regiment from the time of its organization
until its muster-out, June 5th, 1865. — Adjutant-GeneraVs Report.

ADJUTANT CHERBURY F. LOTHROP.

Appointed sergeant Company C, June 9th, 1862; mustered into
United States service, August 14th, 1862; promoted orderly ser-
geant, sergeant-major, September 9th, 1863; second lieutenant
Company F, December 1st, 1863; first lieutenant, August Sth,
1864; adjutant, December 9th, 1864; mustered out, June 5th, 1865.

QUARTERMASTER ISAAC N. TUCKER.

Mustered as lieutenant-colonel Third Maine, June 14th, 1861 ;
resigned, September 30th, 1861 ; commissioned quartermaster
Sixteenth Regiment, August 16th, 1862; resigned and discharged,
July 28th, 1864.

QUARTERMASTER GEORGE W. BROWN.

Appointed quartermaster sergeant, June 6th, 1862; mustered
into United States service, August 14th, 1862; commissioned
quartermaster, August 13th, 1864; acting assistant quartermaster,
Second Brigade, Third Division, Fifth Army Corps, February,
1865 > mustered out, June 5th, 1865.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 033

SURGEON CHARLES ALEXANDER.

Appointed surgeon, July 10th, 1862; mustered, August 14th,
1862; wounded at battle of Gettysburgh, and prisoner, July 1st,
1863. Paroled on the Held, July -d, L863, and rejoined regiment,
October, 1863. Resigned and discharged for disability, November
9th, 1864. By special order number twenty-three, headquarters
Third Division, Fifth Army Corps, July 11th, 1864, he was
appointed surgeon-in-chief of the First Brigade, and subsequently
surgeon-in-chief of Third Divison, Fifth Army Corps.

SURGEON WILLIAM W. EATON.

Appointed hospital steward, June 27th, 1862; mustered into
United States service, August 14th, 18(32; commissioned assistant
surgeon, February 5th, 1863; commissioned surgeon, November
25th, 1864; mustered out, June 5th, 18G5. Taken prisoner at
Gettysburgh, July 1st, 1863; paroled.

ASSISTANT SURGEON JOSEPH B. BAXTER.

Appointed assistant surgeon, July 22d, 1862; mustered into
United States service, August 14th, 1862; in charge of division
hospital, Second Division, First Army Corps, August, 1863;
mustered out, May 23d, 1865.

ASSISTANT SURGEON WARREN HUNTER.

Commissioned assistant surgeon, October 24th, 1862; joined
regiment ; resigned, January 24th, 1863.

ASSISTANT SURGEON DAVID P. BOLSTER.

Commissioned assistant surgeon, February 10th, 1865; mustered
out, June 5th, 1865.

CHAPLAIN GEORGE BULLEN.

Commissioned, August 4th, 1862; resigned and discharged, Octo-
ber 3d, 1863.

234 HISTORY OF THE

CHAPLAIN URIAH BALKAM.

Commissioned, December 18th, 1863; resigned and discharged,
October 8th, 1SG4.

CHAPLAIN JOHN MITCHELL.
Commissioned, February 8th, 1865; mustered out, June 5th, 1865.

CAPTAIN CHAELES A. WILLIAMS.

Commissioned captain Company A, July 9th, 1862; mustered
into United States service, August 14th, 1862; died of disease at
Ehorersville, Maryland, November 10th, 1862.

CAPTAIN S. FORREST ROBINSON.

Commissioned first lieutenant Company A, July 21st, 1862;
mustered into United States service, August 14th, 1862; resigned
and discharged, January 24th, 1863.

CAPTAIN ISAAC A. PENNELL.

Commissioned second lieutenant Company A, July 29th, 1862:
mustered into United States service, August 14th, 1862; commis-
sioned first lieutenant, November 19th, 1862; wounded at battle
of Fredericksburgh, December 13th, 1862; commissioned captain.
March 2d, 1863; detached for recruiting service in Maine, July
23d, 1864; discharged for disability, October 14th, 1864.

CAPTAIN CHARLES T. HILDRETH.

Commissioned captain Company A, September 15th, 1864;
mustered out, June 5th, 1865.

CAPTAIN CHARLES K. HUTCHINS.

"From the commencement of the war, by word and deed, he
sought to encourage patriotic action, and aid in the suppression of
the rebellion. He made pecuniary sacrifices, he enlisted men ;
an eloquent speaker, his stirring appeals made in behalf of his
country's cause will long be remembered in many towns of this
State. In May, 1862, the governor tendered him a captain's com-

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 235

mission in the Sixteenth Regiment, which was accepted. (Cap-
twin Hutchins was commissioned in Company B, August 9th,
1862, and mustered into the United States service August 14th.)
As a commander, he received the respect and affection of his
men, by uniform kindness and attention to their wants. A* the
time of the movemenl upon Fredericksburgh, he was suffering
from th< prostrating effecls of a fever, which had so weakened
him that he was scarcely able to keep with his command; but
when the hour of battle came, if found him at the head of his
company; and of the many brave men in the Sixteenth Regiment
who fell on that bloody field, Captain Hutchins was one. The
regiment was in the advance, and while encouraging his men, he
was pierced simultaneously by two bullets; one entered his head,
the other near his heart; either would have produced instanl
death. He fell a brave soldier, and though the glory of many
battles, or the fame of proud position may not have sounded his
name in the ears of nations, his country none the less lost a true
and gallant hero, and his family and friends, a dear and much
loved companion."

Comrade Brookings, a member of his company, writes: "I re-
member that just prior to the battle of Fredericksburgh, Captain
Hutchins was sadly and strongty impressed with the belief that
this was to be his first and last battle, and he so informed one of
his company. But, notwithstanding his feelings, he addressed the
company on the morning it started for the battle-field, asking
them to sustain him fully as an officer and soldier, to which they
replied with a cheer."

CAPTAIN ELEAZER W. ATWOOD.

Commissioned first lieutenant Company B, August 9th, 1862;
mustered into United States service, August 14th, 1862; commis-
sioned captain, December 31st, 1862; resigned and discharged,
November 25th, 1864; taken prisoner at Gettysburgh, July 1st,
1863.

236 HISTORY OF THE

CAPTAIN JOSEPH H. MALBON.

Commissioned first lieutenant Company G, August lGth, 1862;
captain company B, December 9th, 1804; in command of Division
Ambulance Corps, Second Division, First Army Corps, from 18(53
until mustered out, June 5th, 1865.

CAPTAIN DANIEL MARSTON.

Mustered into the United States service as private in Company
D, Ninth Maine Regiment, September 22d, 1861; commissioned
captain Company C, Sixteenth Maine Regiment, August 9th, 1862;
mustered, August 14th following; wounded accidentally at battle
of Fredericksburgh, December 13th, 1862; resigned and discharged,
December 22d, 1864.

CAPTAIN EDWARD F. DA VIES

Was mustered into the United States service, August 14th,
1862, as fourth sergeant Company K. For bravery as color
sergeant at battle of Fredericksburgh he was promoted to second
lieutenant and commissioned May 22d, 1863; commissioned first
lieutenant, December 1st, 1863; commissioned captain Company
C, January 28th, 1865; mustered out, June 5th, 1865. He was
taken prisoner at the battle of Weldon Railroad, August 19th,
1864, and with Colonel Tilden escaped and rejoined his company,
August 20th, 1864. He was wounded at battle of Spottsylvania
Court House, May 9th, 1864.

CAPTAIN MOSES W. RAND.

Commissioned captain Company D, August 16th, 1862; died in
Portland, December 8th, 1862.

CAPTAIN OLIVER H. LOWELL.

Commissioned first lieutenant Company F, August 16th, 1862;
commissioned captain Company D, December 31st, 1862; killed at
battle of Gettysburg!!, July 1st, 1863.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 237

CAPTAIN SAMUEL H. PLUMMER.

Appointed first sergeant Company D, July 21st, 1862; mustered,
August 14th, 18(52; commissioned first lieutenant, December 31st,
1862; commissioned captain, December 1st, 18(53; wounded and
prisoner of war, July 1st, 1803; paroled and rejoined regiment,
July 4th; discharged, October 20th, 1864.

CAPTAIN WILLIAM II. BROUGHTON.

Mustered as private Company D, August 14th, 1802; commis-
sioned second lieutenant, December 31st, 1802; commissioned first
lieutenant, December 1st, 1803; commissioned captain, November
!>th, 1804; mustered out, June oth, 1805. Captain Broughton was
one of the youngest and bravest officers of the civil war. He was
born in Naples in 1840, and removed to Portland when quite
young. In fact, he was only sixteen years old when he enlisted.
At the battle of Fredericksburgh, his intrepid daring was made
the subject of special mention by a correspondent of the Press,
who says: "One of the most gallant and meritorious deeds of
the action was performed by Sergeant William H. Broughton of
Company D, Sixteenth Maine. During the retreat of our brigade,
the color sergeant of the 94th New York was shot down; he
called for some one to carry off the colors; the call was unheeded
by his own regiment, but being heard by Sergeant Broughton,
he promptly obeyed the call, seized the flag, and carried it in
triumph from the field, and delivered it to Colonel Tilden." The
officers of his company being killed or wounded, he took charge.
For these and other brave acts, he was made second lieutenant on
the field. He was captured on the Weldon Railroad, August 18th,
1804; exchanged and rejoined his company in time to participate in
battles of Hatcher's Run, Gravelly Run, Five Forks, and Appo-
mattox Court House. He was a genial, kind-hearted man. His
ready wit, his alert and vigorous mind, and the cordiality of his
manners, made him a delightful companion. He died January
27th, 1882.— Portland Press.

238 HISTORY OF THE

CAPTAIN WILLIAM A. STEVENS.

Commissioned second lieutenant Company E, August 9th, 1862;
mustered, August 14th, 1862; commissioned first lieutenant, Feb-
ruary 5th, 1863; commissioned captain, March 26th, 1863; wounded
at the battle of Fredericksburgh, December 13th, 1862; wounded
and prisoner at the battle of Gettysburgh, July 1st, 1863; killed,
June 17th, 1864. "Captain Stevens was a graduate of Waterville
College, of the class of 1862, taking his diploma while dressed in
Federal uniform. After graduation, he was appointed second
lieutenant of Company E, Sixteenth Regiment, and was succes-
sively promoted to be first lieutenant and captain. He was
wounded at Fredericksburgh, taken prisoner, and paroled at Get-
tysburgh. He was killed near Petersburgh by a rebel sharp-
shooter. When informed that he could not live, he told his brother
that he died calm and happy. His remains were sent home, where
appropriate religious services were held, June 29th, and a brief
address pronounced by Rev. Mr. Pepper, his former pastor, in
which appropriate mention was made of his character, and the
events of his short life, so sadly and yet so gloriously ended. At
the close of the services his remains were taken in charge by the
members of the senior class of Waterville College, and, preceded
by Waterville Lodge of Freemasons, were borne to the Pine
Grove Cemetery, where 'the brothers of the mystic tie' per-
formed the last offices for a deceased brother." — Adjutant-Gen-
eral' s Beport.

CAPTAIN WILLIAM E. BROOKS.

Commissioned first lieutenant Company E, August 9th, 1862;
mustered, August 14th, 1862; commissioned captain, February 6th,
1863; wounded at battle of Fredericksburgh, December 13th, 1862;
resigned, February 26th, 1863.

CAPTAIN AND BREVET LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
LINCOLN K. PLUMMER

Was appointed first sergeant Company E, May 30th, 1862;
mustered into United States service, August 14th, 1862; commis-
sioned second lieutenant, March 2d, 1863; first lieutenant, March

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 239

26th, L863; captain, August 8th, 1864. Was taken prisoner, May,
1864; recaptured by Sheridan, and rejoined company; appointed
aide-de-camp on staff of First Brigade, Third Division, Fifth
Army Corps, 1864; brevettod major and lieutenant-colonel, for
faithful, meritorious, and gallant services, to date from March
13th, 1865.

CAPTAIN THOMAS E. WENTWORTH.

Commissioned captain Company F, August 9th, 1802; mustered
into United States service, August 14th, 1862; captured at battle
of Gettysburgh, July 1st, 1863, and paroled; discharged, July 1st,
1864.

CAPTAIN GEORGE A. DEEPING.

Commissioned second lieutenant, August 16th, 1862; first lieu-
tenant, December 31st, 1862; captain, August 8th, 1864. " Captain
Deeriug, of Saco, received a recruiting commission from Governor
Washburn in June, 1862, and at once proceeded to recruit men for
the new regiments then being raised. In August of that year
he was mustered into service at Augusta, by Major Gardiner as
second lieutenant Company F, Sixteenth Regiment, Maine Vol-
unteers. He participated iu the first battle of Fredericksburgh
under General Burnside, and for meritorious conduct on that
occasion was promoted to first lieutenant. He also shared in all
the battles of the Army of the Potomac up to the battle of
Gettysburgh. In that battle he had command of companies F,
D,and A, and late in trie afternoon of the 1st of July, he, together
with his entire command, was captured by the enemy and
marched through the Shenandoah Valley to Richmond, where he
was confined in Libby Prison for ten months. He was afterward
sent to Macon, Georgia, thence to Savannah, and finally to
Charleston, South Carolina, where, during the months of August
and September, he, with other Union officers, was confined in the
jail-yard under the fire of the guns from Gilmore's batteries on
Morris Island. He was then removed to Columbia, South Caro-
lina, where he remained until December 10th, 1864, when after
having been subjected to rebel cruelty, imprisonment, and priva-

240 HISTORY OF THE

lion, he was so fortunate as to effect his escape by assuming the
name of a commissary sergeant of an Ohio regiment, who had
died or was not present to answer to his name at rollcall. During
his imprisonment he was promoted to the captaincy of his old
company (F), but his health had become so much impaired by
hi* confinement in Southern prisons that he did not rejoin his
regiment until May 1st, I860, and was mustered out of service at
Washington in June following." — Adjutunt-GeneraV s Report.

CAPTAIN ISAAC H. THOMPSON.

Commissioned second lieutenant Company G, August 16th,
1862; mustered into United States service, to date from August
14th, 1862; commissioned first lieutenant Company I, December
18th, 1863; commissioned captain Company G, December 26th,
1864; mustered out, June 5th, 1865. Was wounded, June 18th,
1864, in front of Petersburgh, Virginia.

CAPTAIN JOHN AYEE.

Commissioned captain Company H; mustered, August 14th, 1862;
wounded at battle of Fredericksburgh, Virginia, December 13th,
1862; leg amputated, from which he died in Libby Prison, Rich-
mond, Virginia, February 22d, 1863.

CAPTAIN JOHN D. CONLEY.

Mustered into the United States service as first sergeant Com-
pany H, August 14th, 1862; commissioned second lieutenant,
December 13th, 1862; commissioned captain, May 22d, 1863;
taken prisoner at battle of Weldon Railroad, August 18th, 1864;
exchanged, February 22d, 1865, and rejoined his company April
following; mustered out, June 5th, 1865.

CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. WALDRON.

Mustered into United States service as captain Company I,
August 14th, 1862; wounded, July 1st, 1863, at battle of Gettys-
burgh; taken prisoner and paroled, July 4th; discharged for dis-
ability, September 27th, 1863; died, February 25th, 1881. "The

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 241

■
leading characteristics which distinguished the subject of this
sketch were the leading characteristics that distinguished his fore-
fathers. Ever a fighter himself, both in a moral and physical sense,
he came of a family of fighters, who generation after generation
made themselves conspicuous in New England annals, wherever
there was work of the heroic sort to be done. The war was the
supreme crisis and turning point in the life of the country. It
was equally so in the life of Captain Waldron, in common with
thousands of his countrymen. When the integrity of the Union
was attacked, all other considerations were swallowed up by his
sense of duty to that Union. He believed that every able-boili.'d
man should go to the front and fight when he got there — and he
acted on that belief. This decision cost him more than his life.
It cost him a prosperous business, a promising career, everything
in circumstance and opportunity that goes tb the making of a
successful man. Animated by his uncompromising sentiments of
loyalty, in the summer of 1802, he at once set to work raising a
company, which he did on his own responsibility. He was then
over forty years old, and the regiment to which he was assigned,
made up mostly of young men from eighteen to twenty-four,
looked upon him as a veteran, and affectionately called him ' Old
Waldron' — for they had great regard for him from the first,
a regard that the experiences of the terrible years following only
served to increase. 'The first time I saw him,' says Captain
Broughton, 'I was impressed with his soldierly qualities, his
unassuming manner, and a firm, quiet, bull-dog tenacity which he
seemed to possess. The opinion then formed was confirmed by
further acquaintance.'

"Major Small, then adjutant, writes of Captain Waldron at
Gettysburgh : 'The memory of his coolness and intrepidity at
the battle of Gettysburgh is always fresh with me, and I can cleai'ly
picture him with a ghastly wound in his neck — supported by a
tree — facing the enemy who was pouring shot and shell all
around him, shouting encouraging words to his men. We
repeatedly urged him to allow them to carry him to the rear, but
without avail. Brave and true himself, he had no patience with
timidity or shrinking in others.
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242 HISTORY OF THE

" ' Hospital bummers won his especial hatred and disgust, and he
was not slow to anathematize all such who came under his observa-
tion. But a kinder and more humane man toward the deserving,
I never knew. In battle his example was a tower of strength to
his comrades, and in camp he left a broad path of sunshine where-
ever he went. Genial and social always, none went to him for a
word of sympathy and encouragement and came away empty.
There is not a member of his regiment who would not gladly add
words of tribute to his worth.' With the battle of Gettysburgh
closed his militai-y career. What that career was, how honorably
pursued, how faithfully and energetically persevered in to the
end, the unwritten history of his regiment sufficiently attests.
Throughout it all his purpose was single-hearted; his one sole aim
was to help defend this Union from the attacks of its enemies,
and in the cause he was ready, with the thousands of his brave
comrades, to lay down his life, if need be — as finally he_did. In
life he asked no praise for doing his supreme duty. He needs
none now he is dead. His faithful service, consecrated by death,
stands apart and above all praise, and no weak speech of ours
shall intrude upon its simple, silent heroism." — Biography, Lew-
iston Weekly Gazette.

CAPTAIN LEWIS C. BISBEE

Was mustered as private Company I, August 20th, 1862; com-
missioned first lieutenant, August 23d, 1862; captain, December
1st, 1863; wounded and prisoner at battle of Gettysburgh, July 1st,
1863. Captain Bisbee was confined in the famous " Libby Pris-
on " at Richmond; also at Macon, Georgia; Savannah, Georgia;
Charleston, South Carolina, and finally transferred to the stockade
at Columbia, South Carolina, where he remained until released in
the spring of 1865.

CAPTAIN STEPHEN C. WHITEHOUSE

Was mustered as captain of Company K, August 14th, 1862;
was killed at battle of Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania, July 1st, 1863 ;
while leading his men into action. " Captain Whitehouse was a
brave, a patriotic officer, a generous whole-souled companion, and

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 243

a Christian gentleman. He was dearly beloved by the company
he commanded, and honored and respected by his brother
officers."

CAPTAIN JOSEPH O. LORD

Was appointed first sergeant Company K, June 5th, 1862; mus-
tered into the United States service with regiment, August 14th,
1862; commissioned first lieutenant, May 22d, 1863, to rank from
March 31st, 1863; commissioned captain, December 1st, 1863, to
rank from July 1st, 1863. He was wounded at battle of Fred-
ericksburgh, December 13th, 1862; taken prisoner at battle of
Gettysburgh, July 1st, 1863, and escaped the third day after his
capture; prisoner at battle of Weldon Railroad, August 19th,
1864; was confined in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, Salis-
bury Stockade, North Carolina, and Prison "No. 3," Danville,
Virginia; exchanged, February 22d, 1865; rejoined his company
in May, 1865; mustered out, June 5th, 1865.

FIRST LIEUTENANT NATHAN FOWLER.

Mustered a private, Company A, August 14th, 1862; commis-
sioned second lieutenant, May 22d, 1863; commissioned first lieu-
tenant, June 13th, 1863; discharged, October 26th, 1864. Wounded
at battle of the Wilderness, May, 1864.

FIRST LIEUTENANT SAMUEL P. NEWMAN SMYTHE,

Class of 1863, Bowdoin College; commissioned first lieutenant
Company A, September 15th, 1864; acting regimental quarter-
master, 1864-5; mustered out, June 5th, 1865. — Adjutant-GeneraV s
Eeport.

FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE W. EDWARDS.
Commissioned second lieutenant Company B, August 9th,
1862; mustered, August 14th, 1862; commissioned first lieutenant,
December 31st, 1862; killed at battle of Fredericksburgh, Decem-
ber 13th, 1862. Lieutenant Edwards, class of 1862, Bowdoin Col-
lege, was born in Gardiner, Maine, November, 1839; served in the

244 HISTORY OF THE

Maryland campaign; in December, 1862, acted as judge advocate
of his brigade court-martial; was killed in action at Fredericks-
burgh, gallantly leading his men in a bayonet charge, at the age
of twenty-three years. — Adjutant- OeneraV s Report.

FIKST LIEUTENANT FRED H. BEECHER.

Mustered into the United States service as second sergeant
Company B; commissioned second lieutenant, January 24th, 1863,
first lieutenant, March 26th, 1863; discharged, September 30th,
1864. Lieutenant Beecher, class of 1862, Bowdoin College, a
nephew of Henry Ward Beecher, was a young officer of remark-
able coolness and bravery, and distinguished himself at the battle
of Fredericksburgh, where he was severely wounded in the knee.
On the point of joining his regiment at the expiration of his leave
of absence, he was thrown from the carriage, injuring the wounded
knee so severely as to require an extension of his leave. While
lame and unfit for duty, he joined his company in season to
participate in the battle of Gettysburgh. His courage was
undaunted and kept him to the front, when on the afternoon of
July 2d he was again wounded by a shell in the same knee, and
carried from the field. He seemed fated. He was appointed first
lieutenant in the Veteran Reserve Corps; was sent out to Raleigh,
North Carolina, by General Howard, on business connected with
the bureau. Disliking the duties required, he was subsequently
appointed second lieutenant regular infantry, and sent to the
frontier, where he was killed in his first action with the Indians.
His command was surrounded by superior numbers, and from
the commencement of the fight until nearly all were sacrificed,
Lieutenant Beecher was cool, courageous, and unyielding. His
body was riddled with bullets, and he died fighting so long as he
could grasp a sword or load a rifle. His was a noble, generous
soul. Truly, he was one of the most loving and lovable of men.

FIRST LIEUTENANT JONES WHITMAN.

Appointed corporal Company E, July 12th, 1862; mustered,
August 14th, 1862; promoted second sergeant, January 3d, 1863 ;
commissioned second lieutenant, November 25th, 1864; comniis-

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 245

sioned first lieutenant Company B, December 9th, 1864; mustered
out, June 5 tli, 1865.

FIRST LIEUTENANT HOVEY C. AUSTIN.
Commissioned first lieutenant Company C, August 16th, 1862;
mustered, to date from August 14th, 1862; wounded at battle of
Fredericksburgh, December 13th, 1862; discharged for disability,
March 20th, 1863.

FIEST LIEUTENANT MARSHALL S. SMITH.
Commissioned second lieutenant Company C, August 19th,
1862; mustered, August 14th, 1862; commissioned first lieutenant,
April 10th, 1863; missing in battle of Wilderness, May, 1864; dis-
charged, May loth, 1865.

FIRST LIEUTENANT HUMPHREY E. EUSTIS.
Commissioned first lieutenant Company D, August 16th, 1862;
mustered to date from August 14th, 1862; resigned, December 8th,
1862.

FIRST LIEUTENANT ATWOOD FITCH.

Mustered into the United States service as sergeant Company
K, August 14th, 1862; commissioned second lieutenant Company
D, December 1st, 1863; commissioned first lieutenant, November
9th, 1864; prisoner of war at battle of Weldon Railroad, August
19th, 1864; exchanged and rejoined regiment; mustered out, June
5th, 1865.

FIRST LIEUTENANT AND BREVET MAJOR AUBREY
LEAVITT.

Appointed third sergeant, Company E, July 5th, 1862; mustered
into United States service, August 14th, 1862; commissioned sec-
ond lieutenant, May 22d, 1863; commissioned first lieutenant,
August 8th, 1864; mustered out, June 5th, 1865. Lieutenant
Leavitt was assigned to duty by general order number thirteen,
headquarters First Brigade, Second Divison, Fifth Army Corps,
April 12th, 1864, as acting aide-de-camp on the staff of the general

246 niSTORY of the

commanding; again by special order number ninety, Second Bri-
gade, Third Division, December 6th, 1864. He was relieved from
duty in the following well -deserved, complimentary order : —

Headquarters 2d Brig., 3d Div., 5th A. C.

June 5th, 1865.
General Order No. 10.

Lieut. Aubrey Leavitt, 16th Me. Vols., is relieved from duty at
these Headquarters on account of muster out of service.

The Brigadier-General commanding desires to express his thanks
to Lieut. Leavitt for the able, efficient, and prompt attendance to
duty, ever proving himself a most brave and gallant soldier on the
battle-field, performing his duties with that ability, coolness, and
decision that rendered his services most valuable.

By order of Brig.-Gen. Baxter, Com'dg Brigade.
James B. Thomas, Capt. & A. A. A. G.

Lieutenant Leavitt was brevetted captain and major, for faith-
ful, meritorious, and gallant services, to date from March 13th,
1865. He was wounded at battle of Gettysburgh, July 1st, 1863.

FIRST LIEUTENANT LEWIS G. RICHARDS.

Mustered into United States service as corporal Company H,
August 14th, 1862; promoted to fourth sergeant, December 1st,
1862; promoted second lieutenant, — not mustered; commissioned
first lieutenant Company G, December 9th, 1864; prisoner at
Gettysburgh, July 1st, 1863; paroled and rejoined regiment; dis-
charged, February 4th, 1865.

FIRST LIEUTENANT FRANK WIGGIN.

Mustered into the United States service as private Company H,
August 14th, 1862; appointed fifth sergeant, December 1st, 1862;
subsequently reduced to the ranks to join the band; commissioned
first lieutenant Company G, March 15th, 1865; mustered out, June
5th, 1865;|captured, May 8th, 1864; recaptured by General Sheri-
dan and rejoined regiment.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 247

FIRST LIEUTENANT IRA S. LIBBY.
Commissioned first lieutenant, August 16th, 18G2; mustered into
United States Service, to date from August 14th, 1802; resigned,
October 31st, 1862.

FIRST LIEUTENANT ISRAEL H. WASHBURN.

Mustered into United States service, second lieutenant, Com-
pany H, August 2d, 1862; commissioned first lieutenant, December
13th, 1862; appointed aide-de-camp on staff of Major-General H.
G. Berry; resigned, June 12th, 1863. Lieutenant Washburn, of
Orono, is one of the young men of Maine, who, from a conviction
of duty, when enlistments did not keep pace with the require-
ments of the service, came forward and encouraged patriotic
action by enlisting in the Sixteenth Regiment. He was appointed
second lieutenant, and was afterward promoted to first lieutenant.
The first battle of his regiment was at Fredericksburgh, in Decem-
ber, 1862, and his gallant behavior on that occasion coming to the
notice of Major-General Berry, that lamented officer gave him a
position on his staff. Resigning the service in June, 1863, he was
subsequently appointed lieutenant in the United States Marine
Corps. Recently he has been ordered to report on the United
States Steamer Rhode Island, the flag-ship of the West India
Squadron. — Adjutant-GeneraVs Eeport.

FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BRAY.

Commissioned first lieutenant Company I, August 16th, 18<'.2 —
not mustered; resigned.

U

FIRST LIEUTENANT WILMOT H. CHAPMAN.

Lieutenant Chapman, the youngest officer in the regiment, was
born in Nobleboro, Lincoln County, Maine, January 24th, 1846;
enlisted in Company K, June 7th, 1862; mustered as corporal,
August 14th, 1862; promoted sergeant, December, 1862; first ser-
geant, May, 1863; commissioned second lieutenant, December 1st,
1863; commissioned first lieutenant Company I, December 26th,
1864; mustered out, June 5th, 1865. He was in command of

248 HISTORY OF THE

Company K, from May 9th to 25 th, 1864; Company I, from May
28th to June 18th, 1864; Company G, from June 18th to August
18th; taken prisoner at battle of Weldon Railroad, August 18th,
1864; paroled February 22d, 1865, and rejoined his company, April
following. He was wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, May
10th, 1864. He took an honorable part in all the battles in which
the regiment was engaged.

FIRST LIEUTENANT AUGUSTUS T. SOMERBY.

Commissioned first lieutenant Company K, August 16th, 1862;
mustered into the United States service to date from August 14th,
1862; resigned, March 12th, 1863.

FIRST LIEUTENANT JABEZ P. PARKER.

Mustered into the United States service, corporal Company I,
August 14th, 1862; promoted sergeant and first sergeant; com-
missioned second lieutenant Company K, November 25th, 1864;
commissioned first lieutenant, January 28th, 1865; mustered out,
June 5th, 1865; was severely wounded at battle of Wilderness,
May, 1864.

SECOND LIEUTENANT FRANCIS A. WILDES.

Appointed sergeant-major, June 12th, 1862; commissioned sec-
ond lieutenant Company A, December 3d, 1862; resigned, Feb-
ruary 6th, 1863.

SECOND LIEUTENANT NATHANIEL W. COSTON.

Enlisted, July 8th, 1862, and appointed fifth sergeant Company
A; mustered into the United States service, August 14th, 1862;
promoted first sergeant; commissioned second lieutenant, June
13th, 1863; wounded in the Wilderness campaign, May, 1864; died
of wounds, May 27th, 1864.

SECOND LIEUTENANT AND BREVET FIRST LIEUTEN"
ANT WILLIAM T. DODGE.

Mustered into the United States service, second lieutenant Com-
pany A (new organization), October 17th, 1864; acting quarter-

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 249

master; mustered out, June 5th, 18G5; brevetted first lieutenant
for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from
March 13th, 1865.

SECOND LIEUTENANT MELVIN C. WADSWORTH.

Class of 18G6, Bowdoin College, was mustered into the United
States service, fourth corporal Company B, August 14th, 1862;
promoted rirst sergeant; commissioned second lieutenant, March
26th, 1863; mustered out, June 5th, 1864.

SECOND LIEUTENANT GEORGE D. BISBEE.

Was born in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, July 8th, 1841;
volunteered from Peru, June 17th, 1862; mustered with regiment,
August 14th, 1862; appointed first sergeant, August 27th, 1862;
wounded at battle of Fredericksburgh, Virginia, December 13th,
1862; discharged from service by reason of wounds, at Mt. Pleas-
ant Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia', April 25th, 1863.
He again entered the service, under commission as second lieu-
tenant, elated April 10th, 1863, and joined his old company while
on the march to Chancellorsville, April 28th, following; but on
account of the active movements of the regiment, was not mus-
tered as second lieutenant until May 2d, 1863. He was closely
identified with his company during the campaign. Lieutenant
Bisbee was captured at Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania, July 1st, 1863,
and held a prisoner of war until December 9th, 1864, suffering con-
finement for ten months in Libby Prison, and the remainder of
time at Macon and Savannah, Georgia; Charleston, South Caro-
lina, and in the stockade at Columbia. He was paroled from the
latter place, December 9th, 1864, being considered unfit for further
duty, and sent to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, where he
was specially exchanged, April 1st, 1865, and started for the front,
rejoining his regiment, April 5th, in season to participate in the
last scene at Appomattox. He was commissioned first lieutenant
while a prisoner, but could not be mustered, and the commission
was revoked. Mustered out with regiment, June 5th, 1865. Lieu-
tenant Bisbee, and other officers of the Sixteenth, lost promotion
by reason of long confinement as prisoners of war.

250 HISTORY OF THE

SECOND LIEUTENANT HENRY P. HERRICK.

Commissioned second lieutenant Company D, August 16th,
1862; killed at battle of Eredericksburgh, December 13th, 1862.

SECOND LIEUTENANT CHARLES H. PARLIN.

Enlisted as private Company K; appointed commissary sergeant,
August 11th, 1862; mustered into United States service, August
14th, 1862; commissioned second lieutenant Company D, Novem-
ber 9th, 1864; mustered out, June 5th, 1865.

SECOND LIEUTENANT GUSTAVUS MOORE.

Enlisted as private Company B, and mustered into United
States service, August 14th, 1862; commissioned second lieutenant
Company E, December 9th, 1864; mustered out, June 5th, 1865.

SECOND LIEUTENANT DANIEL L. WARREN.

Mustered as first sergeant Company F, August 14th, 1862; com-
missioned second lieutenant, March 17th, 1863; discharged for
disability, October 27th, 1863.

SECOND LIEUTENANT DANIEL A. SPEARIN.

Appointed corporal Company A, July 31st, 1862; mustered into
United States service, August 14th, 1862; promoted to sergeant;
transferred to Company K, and commissioned second lieutenant
Company F, December 9th, 1864; mustered out, June 5th, 1865.
Was wounded, July 1st, 1863, at battle of Gettysburgh.

SECOND LIEUTENANT ISAAC R. WHITNEY.

Mustered as second sergeant Company F, August 14th, 1862;
promoted first sergeant; commissioned second lieutenant Com-
pany G, December 18th, 1863; discharged, December 17th, 1864;
wounded at battle of the Wilderness, May, 1864.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 251

SECOND LIEUTENANT JOHN H. FRAIN.

Mustered into United States service as corporal Company G,
August 14th, 1862; promoted first sergeant; commissioned second
lieutenant Company G, 1864; not mustered; captured at battle of
Gettysburgh, July 1st, 1863, and paroled; prisoner of war at battle
of Weldon Railroad, August 19th, 1864; discharged, September
4th, 1865.

SECOND LIEUTENANT CHARLES A. GARCELON.
Commissioned second lieutenant Company I, August 16th, 1862;
mustered into United States service, to date from August 14th,
1S62; detached to command Brigade Ambulance Corps, Second
Division, First Army Corps, 1862; discharged, February oth, 1864,
to accept appointment as captain and assistant quartermaster
volunteers.

SECOND LIEUTENANT WILBUR F. MOWER.
Mustered into United States service as corporal Company I,
August 14th, 1862; promoted sergeant; commissioned second
lieutenant, January 28th, 1865; discharged May 15th, 1865, for
disability on account of wounds received before Petersburgh,
June 19th, 1864. Sergeant Mower carried the colors at battle
of Gettysburgh, July 1st, 1863, with conspicuous gallantry.

SECOND LIEUTENANT AUGUSTUS C. PETERS.

Commissioned second lieutenant Company K, August 16th,
1862; mustered into United States service, to date from August
14th, 1862; wounded at battle of Fredericksburgh, December 13th,
1862; discharged for disability occasioned by wounds, March 30th,
1863.

SECOND LIEUTENANT FRANCIS C. MAYO.

Mustered as private Company K, August 14th, 1862; promoted

to sergeant, May 1st, 1863; commissioned second lieutenant

, 1864; not mustered; wounded and prisoner at battle of

Gettysburgh, July 1st, 1863; paroled; wounded at battle of the
Wilderness, May — , 1864; mustered out, June 5th, 1865.

252

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.
NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.

SEKGEA XT- MAJORS.

Date.

Name.

Residence.

Remarks.

June 12, '62

Skowhegan...
Newport —
Chesterville. .
Waterville . . .
Auburn

'63

Disc, for (lis. Sept. 9, '63.

'63

'64

Prom, from Sergeant Co. E.
Prom, from Corporal Co. I.

Sept. 1, '64

quartermaster sergeants

Date.

Name.

Residence.

Remarks.

June 6, '62

Gardiner

Promoted Quartermaster.

Dec. 14, '64

Charles E. Deering

Prom, from Sergeant Co. B.

C( (MM USA R V SERG EAXTS.

Date.

Name.

Residexce.

Remarks.

Aug. 11, '62
Nov. 11, '64

Waterf ord . . .

Prom, from Private Co. D.

HOSPITAL STEWARDS.

Date.

Name.

Residence.

Remarks.

William W. Eaton

Brunswick. ..
Fannin gton. .

Skowhegan...

Prom. Assistant Surgeon.

Jan. 25, '03

Sept. 1, '64

PRIXCIPAL MUSICIAXS.

Date.

Name.

Residexce.

Remarks.

Discharged.
Promoted from Co. G.

Oct. 8, '63

Promoted from Co. G.

STATISTICAL TABLES

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.
COMPANY A.

255

NAMES.

SERGE \\ is.
Emilus X. I). Small.
Howard W. Wells...

Ephraiin M. Young...

Plummet T. Haskell . .
Nathaniel W. Costan. .

Winslow A. .Morrill. . .

Daniel A. Spearin

James Parsons

Phineas McCollar

CORPORALS.

Winslow A. Morrill . . .

Daniel A. Spearin

William S. Pluminer. .

James M. Poster

Julia ('. Turner

James Parsons

Charles M. Baker

Henry E. Dexter

Phineas Met oiler

John W. Watson

Dray Wilkins

Clement C. Williams..

Hiram R. Brackett

TilsouT. Whiteomh...
MUSICIANS.

Melville D. Brown. . . .
Reuel S. Cummings. . .

PRIVATES.

Achorn, Jacob B

Adams, Philip C

Adams, Samuel C

Bailey, Albion

Berry, Levi

Bracket, Hiram R.

Brown, Hiram

Burdeen, George F.

Butts, Isaac H

Carville Benjamin.

Chamberlain, S. A. . .

Clapp, Ai

Clark, Henry R

Clement, Charles W.

Clossen, Henry P

Cook, Moses W

Costan, Samuel L. C. ..

Cunningham, Daniel C.
Cunningham, Owen B..

Dexter, Henry E

Downing, George A.. ..

Fowler, Nathan . .

Fox, James E

Fuller, Horatio G

Fuller. William L.
Furbish, J aims H.
Getchell, Calvin. ..

RESIDENCE.

Mt. Vernon
Waterville. ..

Fairfield.

Hartland. . .
Athens.. ..
No. 4, R. 5.
Blanchard.
Lexington.
Madison. ..

No. 4, R. 5...

Blanchard . . .
>0 Skowhegan...
{ii Canaan

Moscow

Lexington. ..

Moscow

Vienna

Madison

New Portland

Fairfield. .

New Portland

Detroit....

Concord. .

Harmony
Brighton.

Washington. .

Carratunk

May field

Cambridge . .
Embden

Detroit.

Harmony

Detroit

New Portland
New Portland

Mayfield S.

New Portland M.

q; OJJ

Mustered

- into the U

S. service.

S 5

Solon

Palmyra

Fairfield. ..
Waterville.

Hartland. . .

Augusta

No. 4, R. 5...

Vienna

Skowhegan...

Skowhegan . .
Whitetteld. . . .
New Portland

New Portland
Lexington. . .
Anson

Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

REMARKS.

Disc, for dis. Mar. 2, '63.
Wd. Fred., Dec, '62. Disc.

for dis., May 3, '63.
Red. to Ranks for dis.

Transferred to Co. I.
Disc, for dis. Feb. 6, '63.
Pro. 1st Sergt. and 2d Lieut.

Transferred to Co. K.
Pris. Aug. 18, '64, tr. Co. D.
Wounded trans, to Co. B.

Pro. Sergt. Wd. Aug. 12, '63.
Pro. Sergt. Wd. July 1, '63.
Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
Disc, for dis. Feb. 14, '63.
Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
Promoted Sergt.
Disc, for dis. Dec. 23, '62.
Transferred to Co. B.

Discharged July 24, '65.
Transferred to Co. E.
Transferred to Co. E.

Transferred to Co. K.
Disc, for dis. Nov. 25, '62.

Transferred to Co. H.
Transferred to Co. H.
Transferred to Co. G.
Transferred to Co. F. Nurse

in Hospital.
Wounded Dec. 13, '62. Pro.

Corp. Trans, to Co. G.
Trans, to Co. I.
Missing since battle Fred.,

Dec. 13, '62.
Transferred to Co. I.
Mis'g in act'n July 1, '63, prs.

Missing in action Aug. 19,

'63, Tr. to Co. G.
Trans, to Co. I.
Des. while on furlough.
Wd. Dec. 13, '62, & J ly. 1,63.

Disc, for dis. Mar. 28, '63.
Wd. July 1, 63, dis. Apr. 11,

'64.
Wd. Dec. 13, '62, disc. Dec.

29, '62.

Pro. Corp. Pris. July 1, '63.

Trans, to Co. E.

Pro. 2d Lieut, and 1st Lieut.

Pris. July 1. Disc, for dis.

Oct. 31, 63.
Disc, for dis. April 14, '63.
Pris. July 1, '63. Tr. Co. G.

256

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY A— Continued.

NAMES.

Gilford, LaForrest F..

Goodrich, Ira H

Goodwin, Lyman O.. .

Grace, George W.
Gould Elisha P. . . .

Gould, George H

Hacket, Alden T

Hall, Cyrus

Hanks, Jason

Holbrook, Abel C

Hard, Joel B

Hassey, Buzzella L. C.

Kealiher, John

Knowles, Freeman T.

Kyle, James S

Leavitt, James

Maxfield, James D

McCollor, Phineas.
McCollar, Michael.
McKeen, John H..
Merrill, Hiram A..
Moore, George P.. .

Moore, Nelson

Morrill, Stephen F.
Moulton, Randall..

Murch, Albert J

Neal, William

Nelson, William H.

Nutting, Josiah

Oliver, Seth

Piper, Thomas B. . .

Poor, Austin

Pratt, Henry L. . .
Reed, William H.
Rowell, Haniff. ..
Sibley, John L. . .
Smith, Ambrose. .

Smith, James

Snow, Edward P.

Stafford, John

Stinneford, Oliver R.

Sweat, Jacob

Sweat, Jolm

Thompson, John F...

Tripp, Alonzo

Tripp, Simeon

Warren, Harrison S..

Watson, John W

Wells, Amos R

West, Aratus H

Whitcomb, Tilson T. .

Wilkins, Bray

Williams, Clement C.
Witham, James A. . .
Wyman, James R. . . .

Young, John.

RESIDENCE.

Harmony. . .
Lexington . .
Detroit

Benton

Lexington . .

Lexington . .

No. 4, R. 5..
Concord. . . .
Madison ....

Embden

Harmony . . .
Hallo well. . .
Moose R. PI.
Skowhegan .

Chester

Lincoln .
Newport

Solon

Hallowell . . .
No. 4, R. 5..
Lexington . .
Canaan

Anson

Chesterville.
Embden ....

New Portland

Richmond . . .
New York . . .

Canaan

Appleton —
Mayfleld

Patten

Skowhegan...

Anson

New Portland

Appleton

Brighton —

Harmony

Skowhegan . .

Carratunk

Harmony —
New Portland
New Portland
New Portland
No. 4, R. 5. . .
New Portland
New Portland
New Portland
St. Albans. . .
New Portland

Concord

Fairfield

New Portland
No. 3, R. 3. . .
Wellington . .

30 New Portland

: 1^

s.

M.

S.

s.
s.

Mustered

into the U.

S. service.

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 18
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14, '62

REMARKS.

Transferred to Co. G.
Disc, for dis. April 3, '63.
Pris. July 1, '63. Trans, to

Co. G.
Disc, for dis. July 12, '63.
Missing in action Fred. Dec.

13, '62.
Pris. July 1, '63. Trans, to

Co. H.
Transferred to Co. B.
Disc, for dis. Feb. 24, '63.

Wd. July 1, '63. Tr. Co. K.
Wd. July 1, '63. Tr. Co. K.

Transferred to Co. B.
Transferred to Co. K.

Adj't's Clerk. Prom. Ser-

geant-Major.
Promoted Corp.
Discharged for disability.

Transferred to Co. F.
Missing battle Fred. Dec.

13, '62.
Disc, for dis. Nov. 19, '62.
Disc. Feb. 22, '64.
Missing battle Fred., Dec.

13, '62.
Pris. July 1, '63, Par. Tr. to

Co. E.
Disc, for dis. Jan. 24, '63.
Wd. Dec. 13, '62.
Disc. Nov. 10, '62.
Transferred to Co. F.
Missing bat. Gettysburgh,

July 1, '63.

Wounded Dec. 13, '62.

Wd. Dec. 13, '62. Tr. Co. C

Transferred to Co. F.

Missing act. Dec. 13, '62.

Nurse in Hospital, '63. Pro.
Hospital Steward, '64.

Trans, to Co. C.

Disc, for dis., Apr. 20, '63.

Wd. July 1, 63. Tr. Co. E.
Disc, for dis. Aug. 10, '63.
Missing action Aug. 18, '64.

Promoted Corp.

Disc. Aug. 30, '63.

Prom, to Corp. Tr. to Co. C.

Prom, to Corp. Tr. to Co. G.

Pro. Corp. Pris. July 1, '63.

Pro. Corp. Pris. July 1, '63.

Ret. fromhosp. Nov. 10,63.

Trans, to Co. D.
Transferred to Co. I.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.
COMPANY A— Continued.

257

NAMES.

.Joined Co. since Dec.

Barrett, William

Bovard, John

Blacklock, Archibald. .

Berry, Kendrick

Krackett, Freeman

Briggs, Edward

Conway, Hugh

Goakley, John

Clements, Thomas R..

Dorr, Henry A

Dolan, Patrick H

Downey, John

Emery, Solomon G

Fahey, James

Ford; Timothy

Fletcher, Benjamin F. .

Gorman, James

Hanson, David D

Haley, Ebenezer

Hill/Charles A

Hopkins, Daniel

JacKBOn, Jeremiah H...

Johnston, Warren A. .

Knowles. William H.. .

Lattie, James

Lancaster, Willard

__ Linniken, Rut'us

, Malcomb, John F

( Malcomb, William A. .

Malcomb, Simon L

Moody, David jr

.Martin. Michael

Nelson, Frank E

Reed, Benjamin F

—Rider, George A

Riley, James

Rick'er, Milton W

Smith, William S

Smith, Andrew

Smith. S. Stillman

Severance, Jefferson. . .

Silver, William S

Steeves, James A

White, Henry A

Joined Ca. si ace Dec.

Choate,, Charles E

Hart, George

Ketch, Ricliard

Maulley, Frank

Reynolds, John

Soiile, Richard

Stewart, Thomas

S weem, Israel

Taylor, Francis F

Watson, Henry

RESIDENCE.

. . 1st, lxiiU

22 Portland

23 Portland

39| Portland

40'Troy

22 Bradford

25 Gouldsboro...

Hampden.
Ireland
Monroe . . .
Orland....
Portland.

New Haven.
Northneld . .

Bangor

Monroe

28 Troy

23 Calais

29|Bangor

23 Baring

24 So. Berwick..

Ft. Fairfield.

Ft. Fairfield.

St. Marys

Matmiscontis
Hudson

Newcastle..
Newcastle..
Newcastle..

Rockland . . .
Winslow. . . .

Boothbay

Washington.

Saco

Bangor

Calais

Machias I ..

Hodgdon M

Buxton | . . .

Trescott.. .
Eastport M

M.

M.

S.

1st, 1863

Fairfield

Bangor

N. Brunswick
Auburn

Bradford . .
Auburn ....
Van Buren.

Houlton

Hartland. .

Mustered
into the U.
S. service.

Aug. 1,
Aug. 4.
Aug. 8,
Sept. 10,
Aug. 14,
Sept. 11,

Sept. 8,
Aug. 7,
Sept. 15,
Sept. 5,
Aug. 7,

Aug. 1.
Aug. 13,
Sept. 10,
Sept. 1,

Sept. 1,
Sept. 7,
Sept. 1,
Sept. 8,
Sept. 18,
Sept. 10,
Aug. 5,
Sept. It),
Aug. 7,
Sept. 10,
Aug. 15,
Vug. 7,
Aug. 7,
Aug. 4,
Aug. 4,
Sept. 5,
Sept. 5,
July 20,
July 18,
July 21,
Aug. 10,
Aug. 24,
Sept. 5,
Aug. 22,
Sept. 10,
Aug. 18,
Aug. 10,
Aug. 17,
Aug. 10,

Sept. 7,

Sept. 3,

Sept. 2,

Sept. 5,

Sept. 2,
Sept. 2,
Sept. 2,
Sept. 16,
Sept. 5,

REMARKS.

Substitute.

Substitute, trans, to Co. I.
Substitute, trans, to Co. H.
Substitute, trans, to Co. H.
Substitute, trans, to Co. H.
Substitute, missing action

June 7, trans, to Co. D.
Substitute, trans, to Co. I.
Drafted.

Substitute, trans, to Co. I.
Drafted, trans, to Co. E.
Substitute, des. ab. in arr.,

trans, to Co. G.
Substitute.
Substitute.

Substitute, trans, to Co. E.
Sub., missing in action Aug.

18, '64.
Substitute.

Drafted ab., wd., tr. Co. G.
->ub., disc, Dec. 9, '63.
Substitute, trans, to Co. K.
Substitute.

Substitute, trans, to Co. K.
Drafted.

Sub. Transferred to Co. B.
Sub. Transferred to Co. D.
Substitute. Prisoner.
Draf. Transferred to Co. B.
Draf . Transferred to Co. D.
Substitute, trans, to Co. D.
Substitute, trans, to Co. D.
Substitute.

Drafted, trans, to Co. D.
Substitute, trans, to Co. D.
Drafted, trans, to Co. H.
Drafted.

Drafted, disc, to accept com.
Substitute.

Substitute, trans, to Co. C.
Substitute.

Substitute, trans, to Co. F.
Substitute.

Drafted, disc. Dec. 9, '63.
Drafted.

Substitute, trans, to Co. F.
Sub., miss. act. June 7, '64.

Transferred to
Transferred to
Transferred to
Transferred to
Not accounted
Transferred to
Transferred to
Transferred to
Transferred to
Transferred to

Co. E.
Co. E.
Co. G.
Co. K.
for.
Co. D.
Co. F.
Co. C.
Co. C.
Co. C.

17

258

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY A.— New Organization.

names.

SEKG HANTS.

William H. Dudley....

Hiram K. Colby

Joseph E. Hooker

Calvin W. Smith

Charles H. Martin

CORPORALS.

David S. Stevens

John S. Dennis

Charles A. Morse

Joseph C. Gardiner . . .

John Ray

Albion D. Barrett

Elisha P. Seavey

Edmund Decelles

George H. Baker

Alpheus A. Maim

Charles T. Rice

Josepb E. Stetson

Ezekiel Gerald

MUSICIAN.

George W. Fuller

PRIVATES.

Annis, Henry A

Averill, Alvarado

Baker, George H

Barnes, Darius

Booker, Daniel

Brawn, William

Brown, Charles W

Brannon, Timothy

Brush, Edward.

Butts, Edward F

Brawn, Alimander

Baker, Horatio B

Coleman, Edmund G..
Drinkwater Edward H

Dunn, John

Durgin, Frank W

Fairbanks, William II
Fairbanks, Charles F..
Follett, Francis

Gardiner, Henry W. . .
Gatchell, Charles C ...

Gerald, Ezekiel

Gilly, Samuel M

Gilpatrick, Robert. . . .
Gorden, Charles H. . . .

Guilford, Lester

Hammond, James jr...

Hart, William

Hodges, William H . . .

Hodgdon, Benjamin S
Hodgdon, Daniel R . . .

Henderson, John F. . .

Huzzey, Julius H

Huntoon, William H. .

Huff, Charles H

Hutchinson, Fred. A..

Jones, Samuel

Jones, Zenas

Kelly, Major

RESIDENCE.

Mustered
into the U.
S. Service.

Pittston. .
Topsham.
Gardiner.

Gardiner.

Gardiner.

Gardiner

Gardiner

Solon

Vassalboro. . .

Gardiner

Canaan

Gardiner

Brunswick . .

Gardiner

Gardiner

Farmingdale,
Brunswick ..
Waterville. . ,

W. Gardiner

Sidney

Farmingdale

Gardiner

Canaan

Gardiner .

Gardiner

Thomaston. .
Madison ....

Gardiner

Canaan

Skowhegan . .

Moscow

Vassalboro. .
Topsham. . . .

Solon

Gardiner

W. Gardiner

Searsmont..

18 Vassalboro.
1 8 1 Durham....
18

18

.i'.i
2f,
is
30
IS

23

Waterville . . .

Augusta

Washington .
Mt. Vernon...
W. Gardiner.
Brunswick. . .
Washington..
Gardiner

Farmingdale .
Gardiner

Moscow

Canaan

Mt. Vernon.

Mercer

Wayne

Washington .
Washington.
Gardiner

Sept. 23, '64
Sept. 23, '64
Sept. 23, '64

Sept. 23, '64
Sept. 23, '64

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept,
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.

Sept.
Sept.

23, '64
23, '64
23, '64

23, "64
23, '64
23, '64
23, '64
23, '64
23, '64
23, '64
23, '64
23, '64
23, '64

Sept, 23, '64

Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept, 23,

Sept. 23, '64

REMARKS.

Sept, 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23.
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,

Sept, 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,

Wd. Apr. 1, '65, disc, by or-
der, June 2. '65.

Wd. in action Feb. 6, '65.

Deserted April 1, '65.
Disc. June 9. '66.
Deserted, Oct. 8, '64.
Reduced to the ranks.

Des. Oct. 8, '64.

Disc. by order June 15, '65.
Wd. April 1,'65.

Promoted Corporal.

Des. Oct. 4, '64.

Wd. in act, Feb. 7, '65.

Disc, by order June 3, '65.

Disc. Oct. 16, '64.

Wd. Nov. 26, '64. disc, by

order June 6, '65.
Supposed des. Oct. 8, '64.

Promoted Corporal.
Disc, by order June 15, '65.
Disc. July 20, '65.

Wd. in act. Feb. 6, '65, disc,
by order May 29, '65.

Wounded in action Feb. 6,

'65.
Discharged Aug. 9, '65.

Discharged June 6, '65.
Disc, by order June 15, '65.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

259

COMPANY A.— New Organization.— Continued.

n a \i i •:.

Kelly, George W.

Kelly, Edward

Kenniston, Wilbert W.

Lowell, Joseph S

Leavitt, Charles C

Martin, K(Mibcii ( '.. .
McLaughlin, Timothy..

McNeill, Daniel

McGilvery, John

Mann, Alfred A

Morse, Stephen S

Moulton, George T

Messer, James H

McCurdy, Christopher

McCurdy, Lyman

O'Hara, James

O'Brien, James

Pierce. Reuben B

Partridge, Frederick E.

Porter, John W

Potter, Emerald M

Pinkham, William A.. .

Rice, Charles T

Ricker, Hiram H

Rhodes, George E

Royal, John P

Robinson, George H...

Ryan, William.

Strout. Leavitt

Shay. John

Shaw, Llewellyn

Spear, John A

Spear, Joseph F

Spear, Milton C

Stetson, Joseph E

Stinson, Frank H

Sheridan, Francis P...,

Stanley, Leander

Walker, George A. 1st.
Walker. George A. 2d..

White, William

Wentworth, Franklin. .
Wentworth, Daniel . . .

Williams, John

Warren. Adrastus C

Joined Co. since or-

Eldridge, Albert

Hawksley, Samuel

Strout, Levi N

i"=-n

M

Mustered

&E8IDEN0B. I r:f into the I'.
« u S. Service.

Gardiner

Gardiner ....

Gardiner

Farmingdale.
Brunswick. ..

Canaan

Waterville... .
P. B. Island..

Waterville

Gardiner

Augusta

Pittsfield ....

.Moscow

Nol.lrln.ro. .. .

Nobleboro

Moscow

Madison

Moscow

Belgrade

Brunswick . . .
W. i Jar diner.

Pittston

Farmingdale.

Gardiner

Gardiner

Gardiner

Nbrridgewock

Madison

Madison

Madison

Augusta

W. Gardiner.
W. Gardiner.

W. Gardiner.
Brunswick... .

Topsham

Solon

Gardiner

Brunswick... .

Canaan

Gardiner

Vassalboro. . .

Augusta

Madison

Canaan

ganization.

Portland

Hfoulton

Augusta

S.

Sept. 23, '<,i

Sept. 23,
Scot. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,

Sept. 2:;.
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,

Sept. 23,

Sept. 23.
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Se it. 23,

Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept. 23,
Sept, 23,

Sept. 23,

KKMARKS.

Des. Oct. 8, '64. Dishon.

disc Dec. 2, '65.
Des. Oct. 8, '64.

Disc June 9, '65.

Wd. in action Feb. 6, '65.

Promoted Corporal.
Wd. Nov. '-'-', '64.

Wd. in action Feb. 6, '65.
Wd. April 1, '65.

Probable prisoner.

Promoted Corporal.

Disc. May 20, '65.
Des. Oct. 4, '64.

Des. Oct. 4, '64.

Disc. May 22, '65.
Wd. in action Feb. 6, '65.
Disc. Aug. 7, '65.

Promoted Corporal.

Diss, by order May 22, '65.
Wd. in action Feb. 6, '65.

Disc, by order May 16, '65.
Deserted Oct. 4, '64.
Wd. April 1, '65.

Nov. 16, '04 Substitute.

Oct. 24. '64 Missingin action Feb. 6. '65.

Sept. 24. '64 Substitute, wd. Feb. 6, '65.

260

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY B.

N \.\Ii>

SERGEANTS.

Allen Partridge

Frt-d. H. Beecher

William D. Ewer

Leonard L. Taylor

George R. Parsons

Melvin C. Wadsworth..
Reuben M Farriugton.

< ; ustavus Moore

George H. Stone

Charles E. Deering —
Thomas E.Smith

CORPORALS.

Alvin M. C. Heath

George H. Berry

Alfred M. Hamlin

Melvin C. Wadsworth..

Daniel W. Hume

Oharles E. Deering —

33

RESIDENCE.

Augusta

Gardiner

Vassalboro ...

Gardiner

Gardiner. . . .

Pittston

China

Gardiner

Farmingdale.

Gardiner

Gardiner

Gardiner.
19J< rardiner.

19 China....

20 Pittston ..

-3 Augusta..
24 Gardiner.

George H. Hooker 23 Gardiner.

Reuben M. Farriugton. 18 China. . . ■
Aug. W. McCausland... 18 Gardiner.

Charles O. Wadsworth.

Alonzo C. Atkins

Hiram W. Campbell. . .

Charles L. Peaslee

Thomas E. Smith

Horace P. Tasker

Sewell G. Woodbury...
Charles Chamberlain . .
Charles B. Chase

MUSICIAN.

Edward A. Priest

WAGONER.

Luther E. Burgess

PRIVATES.

Adkins, Charles A

Atkins, Alonzo C

Austin, Henry D

22 Gardiner

18 Manchester .
18 Manchester .

33 Enfield

22 Gardiner. . . .

18 Jackson

■!> Mars Hill...

19 Bangor

25 Belfast

18 Vassalboro.
23 Turner

Benson, James S. .
Brann, Charles P.
Brann, Emery M.

Britt, James

Brookings, Edmund J.
Brooks, James D

Bruce, William W.

18 Turnpr

18 Manchester .

19 Augusta

29 Gardiner. . . .

20 Gardiner

19 Gardiner —

18 Augusta

23 Farmingdale.
29 Augusta

32 Augusta.

Campbell, Hiram W. . . 18 Manchester.
Chenerv, George W.... 29 Gardiner.

Crowel'l, John H 22 Gardiner.

Dana, Stephen W 23 Gardiner.

Davis, Charles F ,19 Gardiner.

De-vine, George H 18 Augusta..

Doyle, Thomas 19 Augusta..

Douglass, John W 36 Gardiner.

Eldridge, Randall.
Ewer, Henry A . . . .
Folger, Edward C.

18! Gardiner

18 Vassalboro..
18] Augusta

Mustered
into the U.
S. Service.

Aug. 14
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 21,
Aug. 15,
Sept. 30,
Oct. 5,

REMARKS.

Disc, for dis. Jan. 12, '63.
Prom. 2d and 1st Lieut.
Disc, for dis. March 5, '63.
l>isc. by order June 5, '65.

Prom. Q. M. Sergeant.
Wounded April 1, *65.

'62

'62

'62

■■:■>.

'62

'62 Prom. 2d Lieutenant

'62

'62

'62

•62

'62

Wounded Fred. Dec. 13, '62.
Wounded Fred. Dec. 13, '62.
Disc, for dis. April 2, '63.
Prom. 1st Sergeant.
Missing Fred. Dec. 13, '62.
Prom. 1st Sergeant. Taken
prisoner July 1, '63.

Promoted Sergeant.
Wounded July 1, '63. Disc.
July 16, '64 on acct. of wd.
Wounded June 21, '64.
Wounded Oct. 2, '64.

Prom. Sergt. Wd. Apr. 1,'65.
Wounded Feb. 6, '65.

Wounded Feb. 7, '65.

Aug. 14, '62 Disc, for dis. May 2, '63.
Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Disc. Mar. 25, '65. Missing
battle Get. July 1, '63.

Wounded Dec. 13, '62. Disc.
April 22, '63.

Disc, by order June 8, '65.
Wounded Dec. 13, '62. Disc.
Feb. 17, '63.
Aug. 14, '62j Mustered out May IS, '65.
Missing Get. July 1, '63.
Promoted Corporal.

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Disc, for dis. Jan. 8, '63.
Deserted Sept. 21, 62.

Missing. Discharged for dis
ability Jan. 30, '63.

Wounded Aug. 18, '64. Miss-
ing. Disc. Jan. 13, '65.

Wounded Get. July 1, '63.
Mustered out May 18, '65.

Wd. Aug. 18, '64. In Hosp.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

261

COMPANY B.— Continued.

NAMES.

HKSIDENCK.

Follett, Eplnaim B 21

Ford, Everett G 22

Gardiner, George w. . 18

Garry, Charles V

Glidden, Samuel S. . .

Haines. David

ffinkley, Ora K

Holbrook, Israel W. .

Holt. Valentine

Huntington. Wm.H.... 33

Kirk, John P 19

Lacchaus, Vedal |28

Little, Arno 18

Lovejoy, A. Jndson — 24

Maury, Joseph 19

McCausland, Ang. W. .118

Gardiner

Turner

Gardiner

Gardiner

Farmingdale.

Gardiner

Gardiner

Gardiner

Augusta

Gardiner

Gardiner

Waterville. .

Vienna

Augusta

Waterville. .
Gardiner —

McDonlev, John 21 Augusta..

McFarland. Albert 24 Gardiner.

Moore, Gustavus 19 Gardiner.

Murray, Lewis 41

Nary, Thomas J 32

Norcross, Albert H 21

Palmer, Ambrose H...
Phillips, Charles M...

Phillips, Joseph P

Plummer, Evarts P. . .

Palmer, John

Pooler, Joseph

* 2P Mustered
Eg into the U.
« u S. Service.

i* o

Waterville..

Augusta...

Augusta.. .
20[Winslow. . .

29 Augusta —
36 Augusta.. . .
21 J Augusta —
lSjWinslow. ..
26 Waterville.
Pullen, Elias 44 Winthrop ..

REMARKS.

Aug. 14, '62 Deserted Dee. 13, '62.

Aug. 14, '62' Discharged tor disability.

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, 'Oi.Deserted June 10, '64.

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62 Discharged April 21, '63.

Aug. 14. '62 Discharged Nov. 28, '62.

Aug. 14, '62 Missing 1862.

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '621 Wounded at Gettysburg.

Aug. 14, '62 Discharged Jan. 16, '63.

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62' Left in rear Oct. 25, '62. Sup-

I posed prisoner.
Aug. 14, '62} Miss, bat. Spotts. May '64.
Aug. 14, '62|Prom. Corp. Wounded in

action July 1, '63.
Aug. 14, '62,

Aug. 14, '62 Wounded Dec. 13, '62 1
Aug. 14, '62

Savage, William K.
Smith, Charles . »,
Smith, James P. . .
Smith, Thomas E.

Spear, Nahuui

Sprague, Charles

Stackpole, Aaron

Starrett, Samuel C —

Stone, George H

Strong, George 1-

Richardson, Joseph W.

Robie, John G

Robinson, William H. .

26 ( Gardiner. .
19|Gardiner. .
28 Waterville.
22 Gardiner. . .

Tabor, Charles H. . .
Tabor, Franklin P.

Tallow, Martin

Thayer, Adin B....

Gardiner

Gardiner

Gardiner

China

Farmingdale .

Gardiner

Turner

Litchfield. . . .
Gardiner. . . .

Gardiner. . .
Vassalboro.

Waterville.
Waterville.

Tinkham, Alonzo F —

Turner, Henry

Turner, Samuel W

Wadsworth, Charles O
Wakefield, William O..
Washburn, Charles A..
Waterhouse, John W. .
Waterhouse, Warren C.

Webber, Samuel L

Webber, Wesley

Welch, Joseph W

Welch, Warren E

Wentworth, George M.

Gardiner

Rome

Augusta

Gardiner

Gardiner

Gardiner

Farmingdale

Gardiner

Richmond

Gardiner

Gardiner

Gardiner

Gardiner

S.
S.

s.

,M.
M.

S.

s.

M.

M.

s.
s.
s.

M.

s.
s.
M
S.
s.
M.
S.

s.

s.

M.

s
s.
s.

M

S.

s.
s.
s.

M.

s.

81.
M.
81
61

S.
M.

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14.
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Promoted 2d Lieut. Co. E.

Prom.Sergt.Pris.Julyl,'63.
Missing since Dec. 13, '62.

Supposed dead.
Discharged June 8, '63.

Missing Spottsylvania, 1864.
Wd. in action July 1, '63.
Discharged Aug. 31, '63.

Pris. July 1. Paroled.
Deserted Feb. 7, '65.
Discharged Aug. 31, '63.

Pris.Weldon R.R.,Aug.,'64.

Pro. Corp.&Ser. Wd. Apr 1,
'65. Disc. May 30, '65.

'62
'62
'62
•62
'62
'62
'62
'62
•65
'6'.
'62
•62
•62

'62
'62

'ts2

'82 i Discharged April 16, '63.

'62 Promoted Sergeant.

Disc, for dis. Sept. 15, '64.

Pris. July 1, '63. Paroled.
Wd. Disc. Feb. 18, '65.

Miss. bat. Gettys. Capt'd

WeldenR. R.Aug., '64.
Missing in action Dec. 13, '62.

Discharged July 18, '64.
Promoted Corporal.

62 Discharged May 12, '63.

Discharged Nov. 18, '62.

Discharged March 27, '63.
Discharged Jan . 8, '63.

Discharged Feb. 27, '65.

262

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY B.— Continued.

NAMES.

Joined Company sine

Bean, Milton A

Blair, John

Beat, Sewall G

Bagley, George A...
Brown, Byron B. . . .

Cross, Joseph

Davis, Clinton A . . . .

Foster, Benjamin G. ..

Gray, Joseph A.

Hutchinson, Benj. F..

Lonl, Elijah

Lawrence, Gilman

Lurvey, Joseph H

Lampher, Asa C

28 Amherst

28 Sidney

21 Lewiston. . . .

32 So. Berwick.

33 Newport

26 Patten

^Bradford....

Maloon, Stephen...
Minnaek, William.
Mallett, Horace N.
Mansfield, Henry..
Monroe, William B.
Miller, Frank B....
Maddocks, Henry . .

Peaslee, Charles L

Rose, Moses

Smith, Oliver P

Stilkey, Hiram H

Smith, Hiram R

Twist, George . . '.

Thomas, Benjamin P...

Turner, Alden

Tasker, Horace P

Trimble, Richard

Wilson, Joseph

West, Joseph A

Wight, William L

Woodbury, Suel G

Weeks, Theodore

Williams, John

Williams, George

Webb, Daniel M

Whittaker, Zebulon....

Wilson, James

Wolff, Thomas

Joined Company sine

Brown, Jeremiah

Brown, Daniel B

Bacon, Joseph A

RESIDENCE.

Dec. 1, 1862.

23

25 \\ at.M-vilie. .
18 ! Portland. ...

27

is

20

Greenbush.

Patten

Waterville.
Denmark . .

32 Detroit

28 Bath

26 Uoulton

29 Greenbush. . .
23 Greenfield....

21 Orono

3^1 Dartmouth...

33 Enfield

27 Presque Isle..
38 Presque Isle..
37 : Winthrop. . . .
18 Starks

20 Bridgewater .
11 Woodstock.. .

18 Palermo

18 Jackson

21 Calais

13 Hudson

20 Carmel

37 Presque Isle..

30 Mars Hill....

31 Fremont Plan
2<i|Brooksville...

25 Eastport

24 1 Fort Fairfield

27lciifton

25 Portland

20j Litchfield....
e Dec. 1, 1863.
18 Augusta

21 Portland

21 Belfast

Bither, Rufus

Bowers, William

Boyd, John

Bull, Peter

Chamberlain, Charles .
Chamberlain, Walter R.

32 Belfast...
29 Augusta..
25 Portland.
31 Bangor...
19 Bangor...
22 Bangor ...

Clapp, Leonard H 29 Bangor..

Clough, Llewellyn 18 1 Augusta.

Cookson, Thomas P.
Chase, Charles B. .
Cockland, John...
Davis, Stidman P.

Day, Alson L .

Belfast.
Belfast.
Bangor.

Bangor.

Mustered
into the U.
S. Service.

July 16
July 29
Sept. 18
Aug. 18
Sept. 19
July 30
Aug. 31

Sept. 8
July 25
Aug. 10
Sept. 17
Aug. 13
Aug. 15
Aug. 3

July 20
Aug. 4
Aug. 15
Sept. 8
Aug. 13
Sept. 7
Aug. 30

Au2. 14
Aug. 15

Sept. 7
Aug. 3.
July 30
Sept. 8
Sept. 5
Sept. 1
Aug. 21
Sept. 1
Aug. 31
Aug. 13
Aug. 31
Aug. 15
Aug. 15
Sept. 10
Sept. 8
Aug. 15
Aug. 12
Aug. 4
July 25

M. Sept.
M. Oct.
M. Sept.

Sept.

Oct.

Oct.

Oct.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Nov.

Sept.

Oct.

Oct.

Oct.

REMARKS.

Disc bv order June 15, '65.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Draft Mus. out May 14, '65.

Drafted.

Drafted. Des. Oct. 25, '63.

Drafted. Par. Pris. Dis-

charged May 24, '65.
Drafted. Pris. July 1, '63.
Con. Des. Oct. 25, '63.

Wounded J ulv 24,'64.

Par. Pris.

Discharged.

Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.

Wounded July 24. '64.

Discharged May 19, '65.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.

Con. Wounded.
Con. Wounded.
Con. Missed at Weldon R.

R. Aug. IS, '64.
Con. Promoted Corporal.
Con.
Con.

Con. Discharged Apr. 2, '65.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.

Prisoner.
Promoted Corporal.

Disc. March 25. '65.
Wounded Laurel Hill.

Promoted Corporal.

Deserted Oct. 26, '63.
Deserted Feb. 20, '65.

Deserted Nov. 26, '63.

Substitute.

Con.

Con. Wounded Feb. 7, '65.

Discharged June 28, '65.
Con.
Con.

Con. Wounded Feb. 6, '65.
Con. Promoted Corporal.
Con. Discharged by order

June 15, '65.
Con.

Con.

Substitute. Prom. Corp.
Substitute.

Substitute. Hung himself
Jan. 4, '65.
S. Sept. 30, '64|Con.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

263

COMPANY B.— Continued.

NAMES.

Dickey, Howard

Douglas, Chester R. . .
Dexter, Henry E

Emery, Cyrus

Hubbard, Frank

Hall, Abner E

Haeket, Alden

Jackson, Jeremiah H.
Johnston, Warren A..

Kelley, James

Kelley, John

Kelley, William D. Jr

Knowlton, Frank

Knights, Charles F. . .

Kealiher, John

Lancaster, WilUtrd . . .

Libby, Richard

Malbon, Joseph H

McCollor, Phineas . . .

Minnick, John

Pelkey, Joseph E

Porter, Richard D

Powers, Nelson A

Rainer, Albert

Reed, Charles G

Watson, John W

Whitman, Jones

Warren, Harrison

Wilbur, Daniel A

RESIDENCE.

Belfast.
Belfast.
Vienna

21 Bangor .
21 Augusta
18]Bangor .
18 .Patten . .

: /.

^ u
m c

"sT
\i.

M.

s.
s.
s.

S.

30 Belfast

34 Fort Fairfield

18 Bangor ...
18 Auburn. .
29 liangor . .
20 Portland.
18 Augusta..

31 1 Moose Riv. PI.
32 Golden Ridge

18 Auburn

40 Skowhegan...
24 Moose Riv.Pl.

36 Portland. .
24 Bangor . . .
23 Bangor . . .
31iMedway . .
21 Bangor . . .
32 Bangor .. .
21 'New Portland
18 Turner ....

34 New Portland

18'Augusta S

Mustered
Into the fj,

S. Service.

Sept. 27,
Sept. 22,
Aug. 14,

Oct. 4,
Sept. 3,
Sept. 7,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 5,
Sept. 19,

Aug. 29,
Sept. 8,
Sept. 3,
Sept. 7,
Sept. 3,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 15,

Sept. 2,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Feb. 21,
Oct. 13,
Oct. 13,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 29,
Oct. 13,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

REMARKS.

Con.
Con.
Trans, from Co. A. Disc.

July 24, '65.
Substitute.
Substitute.
Substitute.
Trans, from Co. A. Died of

dis. Dec. 17, '64.
Con. Wounded May 10, '64.
Sub. Transferred from Co.

A. Discharged Mar. 25, '65.
Substitute.

Wd. Feb. 6, '65.

Substitute.
Substitute.
Substitute.
Substitute.

Aug. 14, '62
Sept. 1, '64

Des. Oct. 3, '64.
Wounded.

Feb. 6, '65.
Transferred from Co. A.
Con. Wounded Mar. 31, '65.

Gravelly Run.
Substitute.

Joined as Capt. from Co. G.
Sergt. from Co. A. Wd. at

Laurel Hill.
Discharged to enter Navy.
Disc, by order May 20, '65.

Wounded Aug. 5, '64.
Substitute.

Transferred from Co. A.
Joined as 2d Lieut, from Co.

E. Promoted 1st Lieut.
Trans, from Co. A. In Hosp.

since '63. Supposed dead.
Substitute. Disc. Dec. 4, '64.

264

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY C.

NAMES.

SERGEANTS.

George D. Bisbee

Cherbury F. Lothrop. .

William L. Whitney. ..

John C. Thompson

Charles N. Adams

Charles C. Small . . .
AVilliam Farnham.

RESIDENCE.

21'Peru

23 Chesterville .

26'Presque Isle.

24 Strong

21 Wilton

Wilton .
Wilton .

Edwin C. Jones 36 Fayette

Henry D. Fiske 36 Presque Isle..

Rice Brown 18 Vienna

James Ridley 26lK. Livermore.

Madison J. Grindle — 121 Maysville

CORPORALS.

William Farnham 30 Wilton

James N. Brown 24'E. Livermore.

Edwin C. Jones '36 Fayette

Henry D. Fisk 36 Presque Isle. .

William N. Yeaton — 22 Farmington. .

Cyrus J. Foster 24' Phillips

Josiah Mitchell 2!) Jay

Warren G. Powers — 21 Wilton

Rice Brown 18

Robinson Fairbanks. . . 18

George H. Farnham.

Dorrillus Hobbs

John M. Keene

James Ridley.

Charles F. Soule

Charles M. Blanchard.

Orville Brown

Alphonso L. Chandler.
John W. Dillingham
Madison J. Grindle .
Albion W. Stratton.

Vienna

New Sharon.

Wilton

E. Livermore.
Phillips

E. Livermore.

26

. 20 Mapleton

. 21 Phillips

■ 29 E. Livermore.

.21 Mapleton —

'27'Hermon

21 Maysville
19] Washburn... .

Francis A. Crane

MUSICIANS.

Hartson W. McKenney

James A. Barrows

John B. Hall

WAGONER.

Columbus A. Whitney.

PRIVATES.

Adams, Alonzo B

21 Fayette

19 Phillips

21 Peru

31 Washburn .

32 Turner.
19 Wilton.

Mustered
into the U,
S. Service.

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

REMARKS.

Wd. Dec.13,'62. Pr. 2d Lieut.

Prom. Sergt.-Major. Taken
prisoner at Gettysburg.

Transferred to Co. I.

Wd. Dec. 13, 62. Disc.

Prom. 1st Sergt. Pris. Gett.
Wounded May 23, '63.
Discharged March 20, '65.

Drowned August 16. '63.

Prisoner Aug. 19, '64. Ex-
changed. Prom, 1st Sergt.

Pris. Aug. 19, '64. Paroled.

Wounded February 6, '65.
Discharged May 3, '65.

Promoted Sergeant.
Deserted Feb. 11, '63.
Promoted Sergeant.
Promoted Sergeant.

Adams, George G. B... 28 Wilton.
Adams. Melvin 29l Wilton.

Ally, Alexander 24

Bartlett, Nathan, Jr. . . 28

Bates, JohnS 21

Beal, Simeon P 32

Beals, Calvin 21

Bean, Albion S 26

Bean, Shepard B j 18

Maysville...
Livermore. .

Wilton

Temple

E. Livermore.

Wilton
Maysville.

Wounded Feb. 2, '63.
62 Disc, tor dis. Feb. 4, '63.
62 Wounded Dec. 13. '62. Dis-
I charged March 17, '64.
Aug. 14, '62 Promoted Sergeant.
Aug. 14, '62 Wounded August 19, '64.

Discharged May 25, '65.
Aug. 14, '02 Wounded July 1, '63.
Aug. 14, '62 Prisoner July 1, '63.
Aug. 14, '62 Pris. July 1, '63. Paroled.

Discharged June 29, '65.
Aug. 14, '62 Prisoner July 1. '63. Prom.
1 Sergt. Retu'edAug. 12,'63.
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62 Discharged June 21, '65.
Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 11, '62 Wounded Feb. 6, '65.
Aug. 14, '62 Promoted Sergeant.
Aug. 14, '62 Wounded Feb. 6, '65. Disc,
by order May 31, '65.
Prisoner Gettysburg.

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Disc, for dis. Dec. 21, '63.

Wounded December 13, '62.
Discharged May 20, '63.

Prisoner in Richmond since
July 1, '63.

Wd. Dec. 13, '62. Disc.

Discharged April 17. '64.

Wounded May 25, '64. Dis-
charged Mav 11, '65.

Discharged Oct. 29, '62.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

265

COMPANY C— Continued.

NAMES.

Bessee. Charles G 26 Wilton ....

Blauchard, Charles M.. 21 Phillips ...
Blanchard, Samuel A.. 44 Phillips ...
Blackwell, William T.. ;2fi Jay.

Brackley, Enoch A
Brown, Addison J
Brown, Orville.. .

Brown, Rice

Bryant, Francis A

Burrows, Silas M

Butterfieid, Henry J..,

Buttertield, .Martin

Carpenter, William —

Chaney, Farwell

Chandler, Alphonso L.

Chandler, Josiah H. . . .

Church. Charles

Clark. Martin V. B....

Cook, Cyrm L. J

Curtis. Sylvanus

Crane, Francis A

Dascomb, Thomas A. . .
Davis, Colamore P

27 [Freeman

is Washburn... .
29 E. Livermore

Vienna..
Washburn.

Wilton

Hethel

Mapleton .

•'ay

44 Wilton

21 Mapleton . .

Day. Willard

Drory, Cenrge F..
Estey. William H.
Brans, George W.

Fairbanks, Kobinson.
Farnham, George H. .

Fifleld, Samuel H

Fisk, William H

Greaton, Harrison M.
Grindle, Madison J. .

Grindle, Robert

Grover, Joel D

Hackett, Granville. . . .

Mapleton
Phillips..
Weld ....
Freeman .
Salem —
Fayette...
Wilton ...
Freeman .

Sedgwick... .

Wilton

Washburn...
Washburn...

Hall, John B

Harris, Chauncy A
Hinds, David H . . . .

Hobbs, Dorrillus 22

Hopkins, Thoma9 S 18

18 New Sharon..
is Wilton ....

Fayette... .

Fayette

Madrid ....

Maysville .

Maysville .

Avon

Mapleton .

HulT. Leonard.

Keen, John M

King, Alburn C —

Lovell, Israel F

Luce, Augustus

Lufkin, Loren

Mitchell, Joseph. . .
Moulton, Joel D. . .
Newton, Abraham.

Newton, Walter S...

Oakes. Charles

Phiuney, Archibald. .

Washburn...
Washburn ...
E. Livermore

E. Livermore
Mt. Vernon.
Norridgew'k

Phillips

Dixfield

Fremont PI .
Freeman .. . .

Phillips

Jay

Phillips

Canton

24 Peru

21 (Mt. Vernon.
23Washburn...

Quinby, Daniel R 1 37 1 Phillips.

Rafford, James C

Reed, Elias

Reed, John W . . .
Ridley, James

28 Maysville ....

19j Wilton

26'jay

26,E. Livermore

,2 a 1 ! Mustered

'r-.y into the U.

S. Service.

REMARKS.

Aug. 18
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug.
Aug.

Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

'62 Discharged Feb. 6, '63.
'62 i romoted Corporal.
•62 Discharged Jan. 7, '63.
'62 (apt. July 1, '63 Paroled.
'62 Discharged in Jan., '63.
'62 Discharged Nov. 28, '62.
62 Wd. Gett. Wd. Mar. 31 . '63.
Pro. Cor. I)isc.June21,'65.
Promoted Corporal.

Missing since Dec. 13, '62.

Pris. Gettysburg. Paroled.
Discharged Oct. 30, '62.
Pris. Gettysburg. Paroled.
Pris. Gett. Returned to Co.

Promoted Corporal.
Discharged Dec. 15, "62.
Wd. Dec. 13, '62. Disc.
Wd. Dec. 13, '62.
Transferred to Co. D.
Missing Dec. 13 6
Pris. Gett. Prom. Corp.

Pris. July 1, '63. Returned

to Co. Disc. Mar. 1, '65.
Disc, for dis. Jan. 9, '63.

Disc, for dis. Aug. 12, '63.

Prisoner Weldon R. R. Aug.
19, '64.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Wounded Dec. 13, '62.

Discharged Nov. 28, '63.

Transferred from Co. D.

Promoted Corporal.

Wounded Dec. 13, "62.

Discharged March 26, '63.

Wounded Dec. 13, '62. Dis-
charged June 3, '63.

Wounded July 1, '63. Pris-
oner Aug. 19, '64.
Promoted Corporal.
Adjutant's Clerk.

Promoted Corporal.

Wounded Dec. 13, '62.

Prisoner July 1, '63. Dis-
charged May 22, '64.
Discharged Feb. 13, '63.

Pris. Aug. 19,'64. Weldon R.
R. Discharged June 19, '65.

Wounded July 1, '63.
Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
Promoted Corporal.

18

266

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY C— Continued.

NAMES.

Rowe, A. Winthrop

Royall, John F

Sanborn, Job L

Sharp, Henrv A

Small, Charles C

Soper, Joel

Soule, Charles F

Stickney, John H

Stratton, Albion W . . .

Trefethen, A. B

Tack, Warren

Tuttle, John

Whitney, David C

Winship, Enoch L

Witham, Sidney T

Joined Company sine

Allen, Jonathan

Allen, John O

Anderson , John

Adams, Lyman H

Allen, Charles W

Black, Moses B

Brackett, James H —

Brown, Albert C

Brawn, Reuben W —

Brawn, Franklin

Coy, Joseph

Coombs Isaac N

Cole, Ezekiel L

Chase, Miles O

Dutnare, Octave

Doe, James

Doherty, William

Debleux, Louis

Davis, Ambrose C

Davis, Lendall C

Davis, James

Dillingham John W. . .
Dillingham Andrew J..

Dunn, Rufus R

Erskine, Thomas G —
Freeman, Thomas O. . .

Foster, Edwin R

Farrar, William

Grant, William D

Getchell. Otis

Graves, John D

Gross, Leonard

Oilman, Charles H

Gordan, John H

Hamilton, George

Hathorn, Robert H

Humphrey, Elias

Hinkley, John C. Jr. . .

Huntley, Isaac S

Hanson, Charles W. . . .
Kitchen, Charles A —

Lamb, Nathaniel

Lawrence, Almond —

Miller, SVilliam H

McGowell, William

Marston, Daniel W —

Shorey, Appleton W. . .
Smith, Robert M

RESIDENCE.

18 Phillips

25;Wilton

23 Fryeburg ....

29|Lyndon

23 Wilt. in

18 Freeman

20 Mapleton

21 Phillips

19, Washburn ....

25 Wilton

18 Avon

43 Freeman

27 Industry

21 1 Phillips

37iChesterville..

Dec. 1,1862...

26j Vienna

2llLowell

33 Letter B, R. 2.

20 Wilton

25 Mapleton

44iPalermo

21

20
19
18
20
22
26
.'1
20
23

— * —

£ SO

■E.=

- 7
-

Alton

Houlton

Windsor

Palermo

Scarboro

Parkman

China

Chelsea

Portland

Portland

N. Orleans, La

Harmony

Windsor

Vienna

Augusta

27 Hermon

35 Hermon

32Dixfield

23 Alton

33 Greenbush, . .

33 Sherman

25 Oldtown

24 New Sharon..
20 Alton

31 Hermon

22 J Oldtown

21|Patten

32 Greenbush

Mustered
into the TJ.
S. Service.

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Portland . . .

Medford

Hampden...
Oldtown
Merrill PI..

Lincoln

China

Greenbush .
Orneville.. .
Lewiston....
Portland. . .
Phillips

China. .. .
Oldtown.

July 31
Sept. l
July 15
Aug. 15
July 28
Sept. 4
Aug. 15
Aug. 15
July 18
S. Aug. 26
S [Aug. 4
S. July 14
....July 14
S. July 24
S. Aug. 5
Aug. 4
July 31
Auar. 5
July 4
Aug. 4
July 31
Aug. 12
Sept. 18
Sept. 16
Sept. 4
Aug. 13
Sept. 11
Aug. 12
Julv 15
S. Sept. 15
M. Aug. 13
S. [Aug. 12
S. Aug. 14
M. Aug. 13

S. Aug. 4
S. Sept. 8
M. :Aug. 10
M. Aug. 12
S. Sept, 11
S. Sept. 2
M. July 14
S. Aug. 13
M. I Aug. 14
.M. Sept. 9
S. Aug. 4
S. Sept. 20

M. July 14
M. |Aug. 18

REMARKS.

Orderly Reg. Headquarters.
Discharged Jan. 28, '63.
Missinc Dec. 13, '62.
Prisoner Aug. 19, '64.
Trans, from Co. I. Pro. Serg.
Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
Promoted Corporal.

Wd. Gett. Prom. Corp.
Discharged Dec. 20, '62.
Missing Dec. 13, '62.

Disc, for dis. March 14, '63.

'63 Con.
'63 Con.

'63 Con. Prisoner Aug. 19, '64.
'63 Con. Wd. Disc. Mar. 20, "65.
'63 Con. Disc. fordis.Jan.il, '64.
'63 Con.
'63 Con.
'63 Con.

'63|Con. Prisoner May 5, "64.
'63jCon. Wounded Feb. 7, '65.
'63 Deserted Nov. 25, '63.
'63 Con. Pris. Aug. 19, '64.
Pris. Aug. 19, '64.

Con.

Con.

Con.

Con.

Con.

Con.

Con.

Con.
iCon.
'63 Con.
'63|Con.
'63 Con.
'63 Con.
'63 Con.
'63iCon.
'63iCon.
'63 Con.

Disc. June 28, '64.
Deserted Nov. 25, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Wounded May 10,'64.

Prisoner June 5, '64.

Prisoner Aug. 19, '64.

Paroled Prisoner.
63jCon. Wounded Aug. 18,'64.
G3 Con. Wounded.
63 Con.

63 Con. Par.Pris.Wd.Feb.6,'65.
63 Con. Wounded May 8, '64.

Discharged Mar. 7, '65.
63 Con.

'63 Con.
'63Con.
'63 Con.
'63Con.
'63 Con.
'63:Con.
'63 Con.
'63 Con.
'63Con.
'63 Con.
'61

Pris. Aug. 19, '64.

Deserted Oct. 8, '63.

Con. From Co. D. 9th Me.
Regt. Disc. Sept. 20, '64.
Con. Pris. Aug. 19, '64.
Con.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

2G7

COMPANY C— Continued.

NAMES.

Tracy, William A

Wright, Charles W....

Warren, (leorge

Joined Company sine

Allen, Seth

Avery, James P

Acherson, Martin

Atkinson, Alonzo P. . . .

Averill, Eben I >

Billington, Enoch M.. .

B'shop, Alfred

Bishop, Joseph

Brown, William

Bishop, Frederick

Cyr, Joseph

Cook, Edward C

Cahill, Francis

Clements, Lyman W. .

Da vies, Edward F

Downes. Charles N. . .
1 >avis, William L

Duffee, James 27

Driscoll, John 24

Dean, Avery 27

Dean, Lewis Jr 32

English. William J.... 22
Frauiiuire, Andrew — 38

Frost, Hazen W 18

Fogg, Simon 21

Ferguson, Francis 23

Grant, Simon T 19

(Midden, Calvin A 21

Graffain, Silas 34

Green, George S

Grant, John

Manning. Frank. . . .
Harmon. Martin. . . .
Johnson, Benjamin.
Kellogg, Horace.

RESIDENCE.

;U Wilton

12 Wilton

20 Whitefield. .
e iDec. 1, 1863.

4ii Patten

18 Winterport...

25
25
25
24
34
18
Murray, Charles |18

18

is
24

S.8tep'n,N.B

Portland

Ornpville —

N. Vineyard.

Bangor

Madawaska. .

Mitchell, Otis F
Rowe, William T. . ..

Royal, Russell D

Reed, William H

Ricker, Milton W.. . ,

Seavey, John

Scudder. Silas H

Stinneford, Oliver R

Sweeno. Israel |22

Taylor, Francis F 37

Varney, Charles T.

Wilson, John F

Watson, Henry
West, Aratus H . . .

Bangor ....

Bangor ....

Madawaska

Bangor . .

X. Brunswick

Winterport...

Castine

Mexico

Wellington..

Lawrence, Ms

Auburn

Lincolnville..
Liucolnville..
Portland. . .
Madawaska

Milo

Nort'ton, N.I I

Augusta

Xew Sharon.
Plymouth. . ..
Baldwin

Bridgton

Portland

E. I

Winn

Monroe

Patten

Lewiston

Casco

Phillips

Patten

Stetson

Bangor

Portland

-Mars Hill...

Harmony

Van BurenPl
Houlton

X. Brunswick
Hartland. .

Mustered
'into the U,

S ^erwee.

Xew Portlandi M.

July 15,
July 31,
Sept. 10,

Sept. 7,

Sept. 1,

Sept. 6.

Sept. 5,

Oct. 5,

Sept. 8,

Oct. 13,

Sept. 7.

Oct. 5,
Oct. 13.
Sept. 6,
Oct. 13,
Aug. 30,
Sept. 2,
Aug. 11.
Apr. 12,
Sept. 6,

Sept. 8,
Oct. 19,
Sept. 27,
Sept. 27,
Jan. 13,
Sept. 4.
Sept. 3,
Oct. 7,
Oct. 6,
Mar. 14,
Oct. 5,
Sept. 19,

Sept. 20,
Oct. 5,
Oct. 5,
Oct. 21,
Oct. 27,
Sept. 13.
Mar. 21.
Sept. 27,
Dec. 19,
Sept. 3,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 22.
Xov. 2,
Jan. 8,
Aug. 14,
Sept. 2.
Sept. 16,

Sept. 2,
Sept. 7,
Sept. 5,
Aug. 14 ;

B KM ARKS.

Con.
Con.
Con.

Pris. Aug. 19, '64.

T>4 Substitute,
'(it Sub. Wd. Feb. 7, 'G5.
'64 Substitute.
"04 Substitute.
'(it Substitute.
•64Snb. Wd. Feb. 7, '65.
'(54 Sub.

'64 Substitute. Wounded Feb.
7, '65. Disc. June 14, '65.
'64 Substitute.
'64 Con.
'64 Substitute.
'64 Con.
'64 Substitute.
•64 s u h. Disc. June 24, '65.
'62 1 Joined as Capt. from Co. K.
'64| Wounded Feb 6, '65.
'64 Substitute. Disc, by order

May 10, 'C5.
i;i Mib Wd. March 31, '65.
'64 -uiistitute.
'64 Con.
'64 Con.
'65
'64

Substitute.

Sub. Disc. June 21, '65.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Sub. Wd. Feb. 6, '65.

Con. Discharged by order
June 2, '65.
64; Con.
'64 Substitute.
'64 Substitute.
'64 Sub. Wd. Feb. 6, '65.
'64 Con.
•64 Substitute.
•64

'64 Con.
'63

'64 Substitute.

'64 Sub. Trans, from Co. A.
'63 Sub. Disc. May 20. '65.
'64
'04

'62 Transferred from Co. A.
'64iTransferred from Co. A.
'64 Trans, from Co. A. Wounded

Feb. 6, '65.
'63

'64 Sub.

'64 Transferred from Co. A.
'62 Transferred from Co. A.

268

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY D.

NAMES.

SERGEANTS.
S. Harrison Flumuier
William B. Etter. ...
John M. Webster. . . .

Jessa A. Cross

Charles A. Locke.. ..

William F. Lombard.
Joseph H. Hamilton.

Wm. H. Broughton . .

Walter E. Stone

Edwin R. Bowie

Joseph Dunnells

AVilliamH. Small....
Fordyce P. Twitchell
James Parsons

CORPORALS.

Benjamin F. Walton.
David J. Parsons. . . .

Edwin Farrar

Isaac F. Jewett

Chelsea C. Abbott. ..

Walter E. Stone

Sanford M. Reed

Joseph H. Hamilton.
Benjamin F. Fuller..
Laf orest Kimball ....

Charles H. Putnam . .

Edwin Bailey

Peter T. Bean

Edwin R. Bowie

Charles Conture

Nelson A. Lane

Charles D. Ryder

William H. Small.. ..
Horatio G. Townsend
Fordyce P. Twitchell
William F. Lombard.

MUSICIANS.

George P. Hall

Cyrus L. J. Cook

Charles A. Locke. . . .

WAGONER.

Oliver H. McKeen. . .

PRIVATES.

Adams, Hazen

Adkins, Moses D

Andrews, Henry F. . .

Bailey, Edwin. '

Bailey, Stillman W
Bancroft, Columbus.

Bean, PeterT

Beard, Lewis C

Broughton, Wm. H. .

Buck, Franklin

Butters, Levi

Butters, James M. . . .
Butters, Timothy ....

Bowie, Edwin R

Chapman, Milton.. ..

RESIDENCE.

Water ford..
Waterford.
Water ford.

Bethel.
Bethel.

Peru

N. Yarmouth.

Portland. . .
Waterford..
Portland. . .

is Newfield.

Dixrield.
Bethel... .
Lexington.

Peru

Mexico

Bethel

Waterford

Dixfield

Waterford . . .

Mexico

N. Yarmouth,
Brunswick . . .
Waterford . . .

Bethel

Lovell

Bethel

21 [Portland

19 Quebec

18: Poland

18 N. Yarmouth.

20 Dixrield

18 Newrield.

Bethel .
Peru. .

Bethel .

.Madrid.
Bethel..

Waterford . .

Stoneham . . .

Cumberland

Lowell

Lowell

Peru

Dixrield

Bethel

Bethel

Portland. . . .
Greenwood .
Fryeburg . . .

Lovell

Waterford...

Portland. . . .
Bethel

Mustered
into the U.
S. Service.

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

M. Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14

REMARKS.

Prom. 1st Lieut.

Wd. Fred. Dec. 13, '62.

Pro. 1st Sergt., pris. July 1,

'63, died of (lis. July 11, '64.
Discharged Nov. 24, '62.
Reduced to ranks at own

request.
Prisoner.
Pris. Wd. Spotts., May 8,

'64. Wd. Feb. 6, '65.
Prom. 2d Lieut.
Reduced to ranks.

Discharged March 23, '63.
Prisoner Dec. 13, '62.
Wd. Fred. Dec. 26, '62.
Wd. Fred. Dec. 13. '62.

Missing in bat. July 1, '63.
Promoted Sergeant.
Wd. July 1, '63. In hosp.
Wd. July 1, '63, disc. Mar.

28, '64.
Pris. July 1 , '63, died in

Richmond, Nov. 22, '63.

Promoted Sergeant.
Pris. Aug. 19, *64.

Wd. Feb. 7, '65.
Promoted Sergeant.
Disc. June 28, '65.
Promoted Sergeant.
Promoted Sergeant.

From Co. C. Des. Jan 4, '63.

Pris. July 1, '63, died in

Richmond, Nov. 5, '63.

Deserted before muster.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted.

Prisoner July 1, '63.

Pris. July 1, '63; pro. corp.

Promoted Sergeant.

Disc. Nov. 10, '62.

Pris. Aug. 19, '64, died Nov.

29, '64.
Promoted Corporal.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

269

COMPANY D— Continued.

NAMKS.

Coffin. Stephen

Coture, Charles

Downey, John

Downes, Theo. s

Dunnells, Joseph ....
Eastman, Sylvester M

Fish, Lorenzo S

Foster, John F

Foy, Almerin A

Fuller. Benjamin F. .

Gray, Enoch P

Gray. Jeremiah P.. ..

Gray. Samuel jr

Greaton, Harrison M.
Hamilton. Joseph II..
Hamblen, Alphena S.

Hanilin. Edwin L. . . .
Harriman, Abel H. . .
Hayes, Edward E. . . .

Hayes, Erastus

Herriman, CeorgeM.

Hill, Wilson

Hilton, Smith

Hobart, Austin W....

Holt. George S

Hubbard, .Tames

Huston. James T

Irish, Stephen

Jones, Greenfield T. . .
Kennistou, Amos H..

Kilgore, Dean A

Kimball, Andrew. . . .

Kimball. Laforest

Lane, Nelson A

Lovejoy , John H

Manning, Michael

Mason, James S

Mason. Thomas

Mi-Keen, Lyman E. .

Milliken. Sullivan <)..

Murphv. James

Park. Silas 11

Parsons, Joseph A . .

Filigree. Asa B

Fluiinner, Charles . . .
Putnam, Charles H...
Richards. Prentiss M

Rider, Charles D

Roberts, Adrian (1. . .
Roberts. Albert W. ..
Rolfe, Henry A. J.. . .

Rourke, Lorenzo

Russell, l !ej Ion

Seavey, Seth K

Small; William II....

Smith, Charles

Stevens, Charles H. .

Stone, Moody R

Townsend, Horatio G
Twitchell, Fordyce l'

RESIDENCE.

■as

affl

Lovell

Quebec

Windsor, N.S.
Mexico

Newtield.
Lovell. . . ,
Dixfield..

Gray

Sumner

Brunswick. .

Lovell

Lovell

Stoneham. . .
Brunswick . .
X. Yarmouth
Lovell

Waterford. .

Lovell

Mexico

Mexico

Lovell

Stoneham . . .

Lewiston . . .

Bethel

Portland

Dixfield

Roxbury. . . .

Lovell

Pownal

Lovell

Waterford . .

Waterford...

Waterford. .

Poland

18!Norway

36 Portland

44 Portland. ...

36 Lewiston

32 Lovell

18 Waterford
30 Portland
26 Dixfield
18 Mexico
43 Albany
36 Waterford....

21 Bethel

29; Roxbury

18 N. Yarmouth.

29 Minot

18 Falmouth....
20;Rumford ....

18 1 Lewiston

40 Bethel
18

20
L'l

23

32

is
18

Albany . . .
Dixfield . . .
Phila'phia, Pa
Waterford

Waterford.
Newfleld. . .
Bethel

Mustered
into the U.

S. Service.

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14
Ann. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 18
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14

REMARKS.

Hospital nurse.
Promoted Corporal.
Miss, in action July 1 , '63.
Wd. Nov. 4. '02, Disc. Dec.

13, 62.
Promoted Sergeant.

Miss, since Dec. 13, '62,

supposed killed.
Miss, since July 1, '63, disc.

Sept. 24, '04.

Promoted Corporal.

Transferred to Co. C.
Promoted to Corporal.
Wd. Dec. 13, '62, disc, for

dis. Mar. 18, '64.
Wd. Dec. 13, '62.
Guard at headquarters.

Disc. Nov. 24, '62.

Pris. Aug. 19, '64.
Wd. Fred. Dec. 13, '62.
Miss, in action May 8, '64.

Disc. March 23, '63.

Disc. Mar. 23, '63.
Disc. Mar. 10, '63.

Promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.
Disc. Mar. 5, '63.
Disc. Feb. 27, '63.
Disc. March 10, '63.

Miss, since Dec. 13, '62,

supposed killed.
Never mustered.
Deserted Aug. 19, '62.
Pris. Getts. July 1, '63.
Miss, in action Dec. 13, '62.
Disc. Dec. 15, '62.
Pro. Com. Serg. Nov. 11, '64.
Promoted Corporal.
Pris. Getts. July 1, '63.
Wd.Getts. July 1 , '63,pro.cor.
Disc. Jan. 14, '63.
Pris. July l, s 63.
Disc. Nov. 13, '62,
Disc. Mar. 6, '63.

Accidentally Wd. Oct. 19, '62.
Promoted Corporal.
Wd. July 1, '63.
Missing since July 1, '63.

Supposed killed.
Absent sick.
Promoted Corporal.
Pris. Getts. Prom. Corp.

270

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY D— Continued.

NAMES.

Warren, Jonathan

Washburn, Hiram K..

Wells, Edvard

Wentworth, Leonidas.

White, Barnard H

Whitman, Gilbert M. L.

Wood, Isaac W

Yeaton, James A

Joined Co. since Dec.

Brown, Charles

Brown, George

Bodson, William

Bryan, George

Bell, George W

Burns, David

Bartlett, Jonathan C. . .

Bryant, Johnson F

Barrett. Michael J

Blake, William

Coffin, Albert M

Cutts, Oliver W

Dee, Nicholas

Daggett, Albion K

Farms, Daniel jr

Grant, Benjamin F

Glover, Sylvanus G

Gould, William A

Houlahan, James H

Inman, Horatio W

Jones, William G

Kneeland, Charles H . .

Lee, Israel

Leathers, Emery R

Leaker, George

Lowell, Oliver H

Meader, Isaac

McKenney, Nicholas .
McKenney, James ....
McPherson, James. . . .

Moody, Frank

Martin, Richard H . . .

Mallett, Howard

Mitchell, Peleg

Malaghan, Thomas

Pollard, Frederick .

Pray, George H

Pollard, Andrew J

Parsons, Joseph W

Parsons, Almond

Putnam, Daniel G

Rich, Charles H

Robertson, Stephen S..

Seavey, Ezra S

Sibley, Edward P

Stackpole, Edmund F. .

Smith, John

Summers, Alga

Thompson, Amos S

Joined Co. since Dec.
Belongey , Morris

RESIDENCE.

Lovell.

Dixfield ....

Lovell

Hope

IlixnVld.. ..
Woodstock.
Waterford.

Dixrield.. ..
1st, 1862.
Portland. . .
Portland. . .
Portland. ..
Lewiston. ..

Saco

Portland. . .
Litchfield . .

Paris

Lewiston. . .
Portland. ..
Carroll. . . .

Milo

Sarsfield

Bangor . —
Charlotte ..
Bangor ....
Lewiston . .
Browuville.
Lewiston. . .
Lee

Belfast

Lee

Bancroft ....
Prescme Isle.

Portland.
Gorhaui..

Litchfield . . .

Sarsfield .
Sarsfield . .
Alva PI ..
Weston . . .
Molunkus .

Lee

Pern

Portland. .
Greene ...

Portland. .
Linneus. . .

30 Hermon...
18 Sebec

31 Dover

28, Strong

IS Bethel... .
.;:; .Mars Hill.
18 Lowell . .

22 Yarmouth.

23 Portland. .

6

-:;

Whitnevville

Portland

1st. 1863

191 Portland

Mustered
into the U.
S. Service.

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

July 31
July 28
Aug. 8
July 30
Jidy 30
Aug. 7
Aug. 4
Aug. 5
Aug. 8
Aug. 10
Aug. 13
Sept. 8
Sept. 8
Aug. 27
Sept. 10
Sept. 5
Aug. 8
Aug. 22
Aug. 21
Aug. 13

Sept. 10
Aug. 10
Aug. 14
Aug. 13

Sept. 11
Aug. 14

Aug. 3

Aug. 15
Sept. 9
Sept. 11
Sept. 11
Aug. 15
Aug 13
Sept. 11
Aug. 18
Aug. 3

Aug. 8

Aug. 14
Aug. 15
Sept. 10
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Sept. 15
Sept. 10
Sept. 18
Sept. 10
Sept. 10
Sept. 5
July 30

REMARKS.

Aug. 14, '62 Pris. Getts. Wd. in action

June 18, '64.

62iDisc. Feb. 27. '63.

>;j Des. Aug. 18, '62.

62

Disc. Feb. 5, '63.

63 Conscript.
63 .Con. Wd.
63 Con.
63 Con.

&; Con.

63 Con.

63 Sub. mi?s. art. May 8, '64.

63 Con. Disc. May 25. '65.

Disc, dis.' Jan. 11, '64.

In hospital.

Paroled Prisoner.
Paroled Pris.
Pris. May 5, '64.

63 Con
63 Con.
63 Con.
63 Con.
63 Con.
63 Con.
63! Con.
63 Con.
63 1 Con.

Con.
Con.
Con.
'65.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.

Disc. dis. May 30, '64.
Pris. May 19, '64.

Disc. Dec. 12, '63.

Wd. In hospital.
Miss, ac'n June 6, '64.

Paroled Pris.

Disc, by order May 22,

Paroled Pris.

Disc, by order June
15, '65.
! Con. Paroled Pris.
Prom. Capt. from 1st Lieut.

Co. F.
Con. Par. Pris. Disc, by

order June 5, '65
Con. Wd. May 6, '64.
'63 Con. Disc, order May 25, '65.
'63 Con.

Wd. May 8, '64.
Absent sick.

Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.

Wd. May 6. '64.
Wd. Disc, by order

June 5, '65.
Con.

63

63|Con.
63 Con.
63 Con.

S. Nov. 11, '64 Con

Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.

Wd. In hospital.
Pris. May 5, '64.

Pris. May 5. '64.
Disc. dis. April 26, '64.
Pris. Aug. 19, '64.
Pris. Aug. 19, '64.
Par. Pris. Disc.
Des. Nov. 23. '63.
Des. Oct. 20, '63.
Wd. Mav8, '64.
Disc. dis. Dec. 19, '63.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.
GOMPANY D.— Continued.

271

NAME.

BriggB. Edward.
Darby, Isaac H.
Fitch, Atwood.. .
Hunt, Charles H.

RESIDENCE.

Gouldsboro...

Belfast

l tamariscotta
Eastport

-■ a

■s.s

5 30

M

Holt, Samuel 30 Belfast

Jacobs, George T.
Kingsbury, Marcus D .
Knowles, William H. .

Liniken, Rufus

Moody, David jr

Malcomb, William A..
Malcomb, John F

Marshall, Charles —
Mathews, Edward II .

Morrell, William.

Mahoney, John

Mahoney, Dennis..
Meader, George W.

Mylne, Alexander F

Martin, Michael

Mann, George R

Mansfield, Joseph D...

Monk, Alfred K

Malone, Theodore

Maxey, William H. . . .
Newcomb, Alonzo. . . .
Newconib, Henry G. . .

Potter, Gabriel

Pillsbury, Charles E

Parlin, Charles H

Parsons, James

Soule, Richard

Smitte, Franklin

Townsend, Lysander P,

Tendell, William

Wyman, James R 37 'Harmony

Belfast.
Bradford. .

St. Marys.

Newcastle .

Newcastle.

Bangor .

21 Portland .

25 Bangor...
44 Augusta..
18 Belfast. . .

Bangor... ,
Rockland .
Bangor. . .

22 Foxcroft.

18 Belfast. . .
22 Bangor...
24 Belfast...
18, Belfast. ..

19 Belfast...

21

26 Belfast.

Skowhegan.
Lexington..,

Bradford

Belfast

Portland. .. .

Auburn .

M.

M.

Mustered

into the U.

S. service.

Sept. 11
Mar. 21
Aug. 14
Sept. 3
Oct. 5
Sept. 22
Oct. 6
Aug. 7

Aug. 7
Aug. 5
July 28
Aug. 7

Oct. 13

Sept. 27

Oct. 9

Oct. 5
Oct. 6
Oct. 26

Oct. .7
Sept. 5
Sept. 30

Sept. 24
Oct. 6
Sept. 20
Sept. 21
Oct. 6
Oct. 6

Oct. 24

Sept. 21

Dec. 3
Jan. 14

Sept. 21
Sept. 22
July 14

July 7

July 7

REMARKS.

Con. From Co. A.

Conscript.

From Co. K. as 2d L't.

Con. Disc. April 26, '65.

Conscript.

Conscript.

Substitute.

Sub. from Co. A. Missing

in action Aug. 19, '64.
Con. from Co. A.
Con. from Co. A.
Sub. from Co. A. Prisoner.
Sub. from Co. A. Wounded.

Disc. April 21, '65.
Conscript.
Substitute. Missing in action

Feb. 6, '65.
Sub. Par. Pris. Discharged

by order June 5, '65.
Substitute.
Substitute.
Substitute. Discharged by

order May 29, '65.
Substitute.

Substitute from Co. A.
Con. Wd. Feb. 7, '65. disc.

by order May 19, '65.
Conscript.
Substitute.

Con. Disc. July 19, '65.
Con. Wd. Feb. 7, '65.
Substitute. Wd. Feb. 7, '65.
Sul istitute. Missing in action

Feb. 6, '65.
Substitute.
Sub. Wd. Feb. 7, '65, disc.

by order June 6, '65.
Joined as 2d Lt. from N.C.S.
From Co. A. Prom. Sergt.
From Co. A.
Conscript.
Conscript. Discharged by

order June 17, '65.
Substitute. Discharged by

order May 29, '65.
From Co. A. Prisoner.

272

niSTORY OF THE

COMPANY E.

NAMES.

SERGEANTS.

Lincoln K. Plunimer. .
Edwin C. Stevens

Aubrey Leavitt

Lewis B. Doe

Hiram H. Houston. . . .
Jones Whitman

Warren Seaward

Joseph G. Lamb

Martin B. Soule

William Balentine

Luther Bradford

Clement C. Williams. .

Bray Wilkins

CORPORALS.

Jones Whitman

Samuel K. Doe

Warren Seaward

Daniel F. Houghton . . .
Winslow E. Packard.

Charles E. Cross

Joseph G. Lamb

George W. Williams.
Charles H. George . . .

Martin B. Soule

William Balentine. . .
Consider F. Blaisdell

Eben Curtis, 2d

Sampson A. Thomas.
Octavius H. Tubbs. . .

Luther Bradford

Henry F. Judkins

Harrison Merchant. . .

Daniel A. Soule

Thomas D. Staples . .

Henry A. Dorr

Pascal P. Gilmore

Bray Wilkins

Benjamin F. Worth .

MUSICIANS.

Frank E. Hitchings . .

James S. Priest

Charles H. Ring

Frank M. Merrill.. ..

wagoxei;.
Otis Hood jr

PRIVATES.

Abbott, Charles

Andrews, James M. . .

Alden, Seth H

Allen, Sidney A

Balentine, William. . .

Bates, William T

Bearce, Isaac P

Berry, Charles R . . . .
Blaisdell, Consider F.
Bolton, Horace W . . .

24 Waterville.

RESIDENCE.

£"3o| Mustered
"1 9 into the U
is* 2 S. service.

Jefferson

Waterville. .

Turner

Vassalboro. .
Newport. . . .
Turner

Vassalboro . .
Leeds

Waterville. .
Turner

New Portland
Fairfield. .

Turner

Vassalboro .

Vassalboro.

Weld

Jay

Waterville... .

Leeds

Newport . .

Hebron ....

Waterville.

Waterville .

25[Jay

26 Leeds

21 Turner

18 Hebron ....

Turner S

22
21
20
19
34
2;;
19
18
18 Vassalboro.

Fairfield.

Weld

Waterville .

Castrne

Brewer

Dedham. .
Fairfield.

Waterville.
Vassalboro .
Newport . .
Turner

Turner .

25 Newport. ...

29 Plymouth . . .

21 Turner

18 1 Turner

23: Waterville. .
23] Waterville..
18] Hebron

24 Leeds

25 Jay

22 Newport

Aug. 14,

An-. 11,

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14.
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14]
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 18
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

REMARKS.

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14]
Aug. 14 ;
Aug. 14
Sept. 16i
Sept. 5,
Sept. 5,
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Pro. 2d Lieut, and 1st Lieut.
Prom. 1st Sergt. and Sergt.-

Major. Pris. July 1, '63.
Pro. 1st Lieut, and 2d Lieut.

Wounded July 1, '63.

Aug. 14, 'G2
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14. '62
Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Pro. 1st Sergt. and 2d Lieut.

and 1st Lieut. Co. B.
Discharged July 20, '65.
Disc, bv order Slay 29, '65.
Wd. July 1, '63, disc. June

15, '64.
Wounded.
Wd. Aug. 18, '64; Wd. Feb.

6, '65.
Pris. Aug. 19, '64; disc. July

31, '65.

Promoted Sergeant.
Disc, for dis. Dec. 17, '62.
Promoted Sergeant.
Disc, for dis. May 15, '63.
Red. to ranks; ace. wd.
Reduced to ranks.
Pro. Sergt. Pris. July 1, '63.

Disc, for dis. Jan. 31, '63.
Promoted Sergeant.
Promoted Sergeant.
Disc, by order May 29, '65.
Red. to ranks at own request.
Pris. July 1, '63; paroled.
Disc, by Secretary War Jan.

4, '64.
Promoted Sergeant.
Prisoner Aug. 19, '64.
Pris. July 1, 63; paroled.

Promoted Sergeant.
Wounded Aug. 18, '64.

Disc, for dis. March 9, '63.
Reduced to ranks.

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14.
Aug. 14,

Ace. wd. Oct. 20, '62; Pris.
July 1, '63.

Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
Disc, by civil authority.
Promoted Corporal.
Hospital nurse, Dec. 16, '62.
Disc, for dis. Dec. 6, '62.
Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
Pro. Corp. Pris. July 1, '63.
Disc, for dis. Dec. 6. '62.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

273

COMPANY E.— Continued.

NAMES.

Bradford, Luther

Brann, Robert C

Bompus, Franklin L. .

-, Ambrose

Bornham, John A

Curtis. Eben, 2d

Cushman, Phyletas P..
Daniels, Lorrain A. . . .

Emerson, John

Fales, Curtis Y

Fossett, Robert M

Foster, < lharlea 1 1

Foster, William G-. • • •

Freeman, Charles A.. .

< reorge, Charles H

George. Francis

Greenwood, Geo. H. . .
Grindell, Jeremiah jr.
Harmond, < reorge C. .

Heath, John

Reywood, Calvin M...
Hodsdon, Samuel L. . .

Hoyt, Stephen A

Husaey, George G., jr.

James, Charles E

Jennings, Kollin F
Johnson, Benjamin W

Johnson, Frank 1!

Judkins, Henry F

Knight, Joseph F

Littfefield, Asel A

Lyford, Charles F

Lyford, James M

Lyon, Charles C

Merchant, Harrison...

Merrill, Frank M

Mills, Albion B

.Monk . Isaac J

Peare, George H

Pettengill, Samuel W.

Pratt, Sarson C

Priest, Hiram T

Pulsifer, Alexander \V
Richardson, < (reon F. .
Richmond, Granville..

Riggs, Jerry W

Robinson, John F

Spanieling, Melb'ne C.

Soule, Daniel A

Sonic. Martin 15

Thomas. David S

Thomas, Sampson A. .
Tibbetts, Andrew J....
Tibbetts, William A..

Towle, Clark L

Towle, Mark

Townsend, Roscoe B..

Trask, Ezra W

Tubbs, OctaviuB H

Ward, George W

Webber, Gnstavns V..

22

i;i:sii>i:nci:.

Turner .

; > r ' \ assalboro.

27 Belgrade. - .
48 Vassalboro.

28 Leeds

26 Leeds

W Hebron

i s Newport. . .

20 China

20 Turner.

39

'jo

18

Vassalboro.

Littstiehl...

Pittstield. . .

21 Vassalboro.

27 Hebron
21 Leeds.
18 Hebron.
28 1 Newport.
18 Turner...

33 Jay

18 Turner.. .
21 1 Byron .

Vassalboro. . .

Leeds

Jay

Leeds

Jay

Pittstield

Fairfield

Newport

Belgrade

Waterville. ..
Waterville . . .

Newport

Weld

Turner

Vassalboro. . .
Turner

Leeds

Leeds

Turner

Vassalboro. .

Weld

Vassalboro. ..

35 Leeds

21 Jay

36 Rome

'21 Newport. —
191 Waterville. ..
24 1 Waterville ..

18 Byron

21 Turner

27 Newport. . . ,

21 Belgrade

is Newport. —
18 Newport. . . .

24 Jay

38 Belgrade

18 Hebron

18 Vassalboro. .

28 Vassalboro. .

Blustered
into the r.
S. Service.

Aug. 14, '62

Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

REMARKS.

Wd. Dec. 13, *62: pris. July
1, '63.

Disc, for dis. Jan. 15, '63.
Wd. Dec. 13, '62.
Disc, for dis. Sept. 23, '63.
Prom. Corporal.

Disc, for dis. Jan. 20, '63.
Prisoner July l, '63.

Disc, for dis. Jan. 1, '63.
Wd. July 2, '63; disc. Nov..

24, '63.
Disc, for .lis. Sept. 25, '62.
Prom. Corporal Dec. 1, '62.
Hospital nurse.

Disc, for dis. Feb. 2. '63.
Prisoner July 1, '63. Paroled.

Disc, for dis. Feb. 20, '63.

Prisoner July 1, '63.

Wounded Dec. 13, '62.

Promoted Musician.
Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
Comp. Clerk,wd. Dec. 13, '62.

Wounded Dee. 13, '62.
Prisoner July 1, '63; Exch.
Wd.Julyl,'63; dis.June3,'64.
Prisoner July 1, '63. Paroled.
Detailed for Drummer.
Wounded July 1,'63.
Prisoner July 1, '63. Paroled.
Disc, for dis. Mar. 14, '63.

Wd.May5,'64; dis.Jan.10,'65.

Disc, for dis. Jan. 9, '65.
Wd.Mav4, 64;dise.June5,'65.
Disc, for dis. July 16, '63.
Deserted Dec. 1, '62.

Promoted Corporal.
Pris. July 1, "63; paroled.
Promoted Corporal.
Prisoner July 1, '63.
Disc, for dis." June 10, '63.
Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
Pris. Aug. 19, '64; paroled.

Wounded May 5, '64.
Prom. Corp. ; pris. July 1 , '63.
Disc, for dis. Nov. 1, '62.
Wd.Julyl,'63;dise.Dec.l6,'63

274

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY E.— Continued.

NAMES.

RESIDENCE.

§ 5f Mustered
r\j into the U.
jj ." 8. Service.

«5 S

Webber, Virgil H 25 Vassalboro. . ,

Weymouth, Timothy. . . 36 Pittsfield.

Wheeler, William W.

White, Charles S

White, Frank J

Winship, Charles P
Worth, Benjamin F.

Worth, Francis

Weber, John W

Joined Company since
Acborn, Orlando R —

Arnold, Isaac

Arnold, Joseph T

Baron, Alfred

Blodgett, Lorenzo D. . .
Blodgett, Hamlin L....
Bickmore, Daniel O....

Babcock, Luther J

Burnham, William O..
Buswell, Stephen

18 Leeds.

33 Jay

18 Palmyra.

Bryant, Charles F

Berry, John

Cooley, Elisha

Cotton, Charles

Cobb, Amasa

Cookson, Christopher C,
Christophers, Joseph. . .

Crocker, Elbridge P.. . .

Crabb, William H

Cole, Lemuel N

Chambers, Benj. W —

Davis, Alvah M .
Davis, Daniel. . .

18 Turner

L8 Vassalboro. .

44 Vassalboro. .

21 Belgrade. ...
Dec. 1, 1862.

18 Augusta

39 Bradford....
41 Bradford....

22 Portland

21 Portland

20 Portland

27 oldtown

29 Edinburg....
20 Oldtown ....
2i' Presque Isle.

23 Presque Isle.
26 Bridgewater
44 Augusta

28 Portland....
18jParkman. . . .
25iLinneus

29 Alvah Plan..

23 Lowell....
22 Bangor...
19 Hampden
19 Linneus. .

Davis, Daniel, 2d

Davis. George T

Da\ is, Henry L

Dane. Francis S

Dickey, William

Decker, Greenliet' E.
Douns, Ezekiel C. . . .
Dudley, Ambrose. . . .

Ellis, John

Fairbrother, Isaac H.

Hale, Charles

Hall, Lucius W

Hatch, George W . . . .

21 Jefferson.
40 Oldtown..

Howard, James Jr

Hntchins, Charles L....

Hartwell, John

Imhoff , Oscar

Jewell, Benjamin F

Jewell, Edwin M

Kay, John M

Keefe, John

Kelly, James

21
22

32
25
21
36

22
21
21
2:.
27
2H

20
34

21

21

24

22 Wales.

28 Portland.

21 Portland...

22 Calais

M.

REMARKS.

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62 Disc, for dis. May 20, '63

Aug. 14, '62

Winn M

Turner M

Portland ....

Dedham

Oldtown

Smitlifield. . .

Portland

Augusta

Lewiston. . . .

Orono

No. 4 R. L..

Anson

Exeter

Medway. . .
Auirusta. .
St. Albans.
Augusta. . .
Troy.

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62

July 17,
Sept. 9,
Sept. 15,
Aug. 1,
Aug. 1,
Julv 13,
Aug. 12,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 12,
Sept. 5,

Aug. 15,
Sept. 1,
July 17,
Aug. 5,
Aug. 16,
Aug. 14,
Sept. 11,

Aug. 14,
Sept. 16,
Sept, 11,
Sept. 17,

July 31,
Aug. 12,

Sept. 3,
July 17.
Sept. 17,
Aug. 27,
Sept. 14,
July 28,
Aug. 5,
Aug. 4,
Sept. 18,
Aug. 26,
Aug. 13,
July 27,
Sept. 7,

Aug. 13,
Julv 14,

Aug. 31,
Aug. 8.
Aug. 31,
Julv 16,
July 31,
July 28,
Aug. 5,

Disc, for dis. Mar. 14, '63.
Rejected at Final Muster,

Aug. 14, '62.
Pris. Dec. 13, '62; exch.;

wd. July 1, '63.
Wd. at Weldon R. R. Aug.

18, '64; pro. corp.

Disc, for dis. Dec. 10, *62.
Wounded Feb. 7, '65.

Des. Sept. 6, '63.

Wd. May 10, '64.

Wounded Aug. 18,'64.
Deserted Sept. 1, '63.

Miss in action, June

Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con. Miss, in action Aug.

19,64.
Con. Pris. June 21, '64.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.

6, '64.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con. Miss, in action. May

8, '64.
Con. Wounded May 6. "64.
Con. Miss, in action. June

1, '64.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con

Des. Sept. 26, '64.
Disc. June 26, '65.

Disc. Nov. 26, '63.
Des. Nov. 2, '63.

Disc. Feb. 13, '64.
Des. May 4, '64.
Wounded June, '64 ;
wounded Apr. 1, '65.
Con.

Disc. Dec. 8, '63.

Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.

Deserted Sept. 8, '63.
Wounded May 10, '64.
Deserted Nov. 27, '63.

Deserted Sept. 17. '63.
Deserted Nov. 28, '63.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

275

COMPANY E— Continued.

NAMES.

Lewis, Benjamin. .

Lyon, John

McKillop, Donald.
McNulty, George.

Manson, Frederic

Montague, Frederic. . . .

Neal, I >avid c

O'Dea, Tnomae

Partridge, Samuel

Peters, John

Reed, Jacob

Runnells, Andrew J. ..

Schmit, John

Staples, Thomas D

Ward, Sylvanus H

Weed, Alonzo S

Westfal, William

Witherell, Daniel

Joineil Cmpany since
Baston, Franklin N —

Bell, James

Choate. Charles E

Dorr, Henry A

Downing, George A . . . .
Fahay, James

Gilmore, Pascal P

Greenlow, George W.. .
Greenlow, Aaron R —

Getchell, Andrew

Gardiner, Enoch R

Hart, George

Hair, George

KISIHI'M'I;.

Calais. . . .
Por( land.
Portland.
Port land

Calais

Augusta ....
Monticello . .

Portland

Hampden*. . .

Portland

Dixneld

Pattagumpus

Augusta

Casl me

Greenbush. .

Augusta

Portland

Lewiston

Dec. 1, 18G3.

Bangor

Houlton

Fairfield

Brewer

Skowhegan . .
Bangor.

Dedham . . . .
Presque Isle.
Presque Isle.
Portland. • • •

Hanscom, William H..

Hayden, John

Haskins, Moses

Kelly, Hugh

Kimball, Charles

Kimball, Sylvester E. .
Kermey, George

Mahonv, William R
Moore, Gustavus. . . .

Murch, Albert J.
Newell, Albert M
Newell, Janus N .
O'Brien, Dennis.
Page, Samuel W .
Phillips, Reuel —

Perkins, Aimer W 37

Roberts, Frank A 120

Reynolds, Hiram 38

Ricker, Isaiah 37

Richards. Anson N 37

Riley, John ,21

Row'e, Charles A i30

Royal, Darius N 37

Sedeau, Paul 22

Smith, Henry J 23

Smith, William W 35

MapletonPL.

Bangor

Fremont PI . .

Orono —
Bangor.. .
Oldtown .
Bangor . . .
Harmony
Harmony
Augusta .

Saco

Gardiner.

Starks. . .
Portland
Portland
Augusta.
Orono. . . .
Bangor...
Bangor.. .
Bangor.. .
Belfast. . .
Belfast. . .
Belfast. . .
Augusta..
Port hind
Belfast. . .
Bangor . .
Bangor . .
Bangor . .

Mustered
into the c.
s. Service.

July 31.
Aug. 4,
July 31,
July 29,

Aug. 10,
Aug. 1,
Sept. 1,

Sept. 19,
Sept. 16,
July 29,
July 30,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 8,
Sept. it;.
Sept, 17,
July 22.
Aug. 1,
July 30,

Oct. 13,
Nov. 24,
Sept. 7,
Sept. 5,
Aug. 14,
Sept. 10,

Sept. 5,
Sept. 8,
Oct. 13,
Aug. IS,
Oct. 13,
Sept. 3,

Nov. 10,

Sept. 5,

Sept. 13,

Sept. 7,

Sept. 9,

Sept. 9,

Sept. 9,

Oct. 7,

Sept. 9,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Oct. 6,
Oct. 6,
Oct. 7,
Sept. 30,
Sept. 30,
Sent. 5,
Oct. 6,
Sept. 28,
Sept. 27,

Sept. 27,
Oct. 7,
Oct. 7,
Sept. 27,
Oct. 5,

Sept. 30,

Oct. l,

REMARKS.

Con.

Con. Deserted May 4. '64.

< 'on.

Con. Wounded April 1. '66;

discharged .May 30, '66.
Con.

Con.

Con.

Con.

Con. Miss, in act. May 7, '64.

Con. Deserted Sept. 8, '63.

Con. Deserted Sept. 6, '63.

Con. Wounded Feb. G, 'i;;,.

Con. Deserted Sept. 6, '64.

Con.

Con.

Con.

Con. Deserted Sept. 6, '04.

Con.

Con.

Substitute.

Transferred from Co. A.
Trans, from Co. A; pr. corp.
Trans, from Co. A.
Substitute; transferred from

Co A; disc. May 20, '65.
Substitute; prom. corp.
Substitute.

Con. Disc. May 30, '65.
Substitute.
Con.

Transferred from Co. A.
Con. Wounded Mar. 31 . '65;

discharged May 30, '65.
Substitute.

Substitute; wd. Feb. 6, '65.
Substitute.
Substitute.

Substitute; disc. June 6, '65.
Substitute.
Substitute; wounded Feb. 6,

'65; discharged May 17, '65,
Substitute.
Joined as 2d Lieut, from

Co. B.
Transferred from Co. A.
Substitute; disc. June 5, '65.
Substitute.
Substitute.
Con.
Con.
Con.

Substitute; disc. June 14, '65.
Con.
Con.

Con. Disc. July 13, '65.
Sub. : miss, in act. Doc. 10.VJ4.
Substitute.
Con.

Substitute.
Con.
Con.

276

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY E.— Continued.

NAME.

Smith, Aaron G

Sumner, Samuel S. . .
Thompson, John F. .

Williams, Clement C

Wilkins, Bray

"Waite, John P

RESIDENCE.

Belfast

Orono

New Portland

New Portland

Fairfield

Cushing

■J
s.

M.

S.

Mustered

into the U.

S. service.

Sept. 27, '64
Sept. 30, '64
Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '65

Aug. 14, '6
Oct. 10, '64

KEMARKS.

Conscript.

Substitute; disc. May 20, '65.

Transferred from Co. A;

discharged May 3, '65.
Sergt.; trans, from Co. A;

pris. Aug 19, '64; disc.Julv

31, '65.
Corp.; Trans, from Co. A;

promoted Sergeant.
Substitute.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

277

COMPANY F.

NAMES.

SERGEANTS.

I teniel L. Warren.
Isaac R. Whitney.

Charles 11. McKenney.

.Tames Locke

I i idgton..
u Buxton. . .

Charles \V. Ross

James P. Hamblen

John McPhee

Alpheus S. Harmon

Frank J. Leavitt

Charles L. Seavey

Frank L. Tarbox

CORPORALS.

George A. Gatchell

Lorenzo Hooper

Edward L. Yarney

Charles H. Goodridge..

William Cannell

Benjamin F. Metcalf. . .

Samuel 1'. Burnell

John McFhee

Ephraim H. Floyd

Jacob T. Locke.

William .Manchester jr.

John Arkit

Benjamin Dalton

Charles H. Goodridge..
AlpheilS 8. Harmon. . ..

Frank J. Leavitt

Thomas D. Page

Charles L. Seavey

Sunnier C. Swett

Frank L. Tarbox

MUSICIANS.

Henry C. Crockett. ..

Larkin E. Barker

Sidney E. Swett

William A. Follett

WAGONERS.

Gideon M. Tucker

Thomas J. Dorset

John D. March

Frank Rhodes

Charles A. Warren

PRIVATES.

Andrews, Abram S

Barker, Levi D

Benson, Oran

Bickford, Warren C...

Blair. Samuel

Bowden. Charles A....
Brocklebank, Nathan C.
Burnham. George R. . . .

Burnham, John M.
Cleaves, Royal L. . .

Crediford, Oliver.

Cross, Aaron

Davis. Josiah B...

RESIDENCE.

Standish. .
Windham.

Biddef ord . .
Limingtdn..
Gorham. . . .
Standish. . .
Buxton. . . .

Saco

Hollis

Buxton

Waterboro . .

Brunswick. .
West brook. .

Gorham

Gorham

Bridgton

( Jorham

Saco

Dayton

Standish. . . .

Paris

Bridgton .. .
Westbrook .
Standish. . . .

Buxton

Burlington. .

Saco

Standish

Hollis

18 Westbrook . .
21 Bridgton. ...
is Standish. ...
lSjScarboro. .. .

32 Standish. ...
is Standish. ...
31 Bridgton....

26 Dayton

20 Waterboro. .

20 Gorham

18 Sweden.

Waterboro. .
Parsonsfield.

Gorham

Waterboro. .
Bridgton . . .
Hollis

Parsonsfield.
Bridgton. . . .

Biddef ord.
Bridgton. .
Saco

£ txi Mustered
C.S into the U,
a 00 S. Service.

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14.

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Sept. 7,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

It EM ARKS.

Promoted 2d Lieutenant.

Prom. 1st Sergt.; '.id Lieut.
Co. G.

Discharged June 19, '65.

Reduced to ranks at ou n re-
quest; disc. .Mar. 20, '04.

Prisoner Julj I, '63.

Acting i irdnance Sergeant.

1'ris. July 1, '63. Exch'ged.

Discharged June 6, '65.
Reduced to ranks Aug. 13,
'62 and detailed teamster.

Prisoner July 1, '63.
Red. tor'ks; disc. Jun.23,'65.
Prisoner July 1, '63.
Discharged Nov. 29, '62.

Promoted Sergeant.

Disc, for dis. July 15, '63.

Promoted Sergeant.

Pro. Serg.; pris. Aug. 19, '64.

Promoted Sergeant.

Promoted Sergeant.

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '02

Aug. 14, '02 Reduced to ranks.

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '02

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 15,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Promoted to wagon master.

Prisoner July 1, '03.
Prisoner July 1, '63.
Wounded Feb. 6, '65.
Wounded December 13, '62.

■02

'02

•62

■62

'62

'62 [Rejected at final muster

'62

■02

Wounded July 1, '03; disc.
May 13, '65.

Nurse in Regt. Hospital.
Prom. Hospital Steward.

'62
'62
'62 1 Pris. Dec. 13, '62. Wd.

278

HISTORY OF THE
COMPANY R— Continued.

NAMES.

Dalton, Benjamin.

Dorset, Thomas J

Fenderson, Benjamin.

Floyd, Ephraim H..
Foliett, William A.
Giles, Charles H —

Green, Joseph

Green, William F . .
Guilford, Hiram. . .
Hamblen, James P.
Harding, George. . .
Harding, John F.. .

Harding, John M

Harmon, Alpheus S. . ■ .
Harmon, Benjamin ....
Hodgdon. Abrani B . . . .

Howe, William G

Johnson, Albion

Jordan, Granville B. . . .
Lancaster, Bradford F.

Leavitt, Frank J

Libby, Lorenzo D

Livingston, Luther D.2d

Locke, Edward A

Locke, Jacob T

Locke, James F

Locke, William P

Lowd, William R

Manchester, William jr

March, John C

March, John D

Mayo, Gardner G

McCann, Charles M

McGrath, Charles E....

Merrill, George E

Palmer, George

Pelton, La Roy ,

Pierce, Charles R

Pike, Benjamin F

Powers, Albert

RESIDENCE.

Bridgton.

Standish.
Saco

27 Saco

18Scarboro

27 Waterboro. .

32|Saco

30 Gorham

25 Saco

33 Limington...

is Gorharu

20: Dover, N. H.

30|Saco

is Standish

42 Buxton

21 Hollis

20 Standish

33 Gorham

18 Sweden

23 Anson

19 Buxton

33 Windham....

32Saco

25, Waterboro.. .

27 1 Dayton

18 Buxton

20 Buxton

39 I >emnark —
23 Standish

20 Kennebunk't

31 Bridgton

26 Bridgton

23|Saco

21|Brownlield ..
18 Saco

21 Saco
18
21
is
is

Reynolds, Charles 23 Saco

Richardson, Joseph. . .

Richardson, Osborn 19

Ricker, Hiram J21

Rhoades, Frank 26

Robinson, James |38

Rogers, Cyrus 2d 34

40
is
19
is

Anson ....
Wareham,Ms

Hollis

Windham.

Rogers, James

Savage, Eugene

Sawyer, Freeman C

Seavey, Charles L

Smith, David 18

Smith, Francis L 22

Smith, George W IS

Smith, Melville B 18

Swett, Sidney E ■ ■ |18

Sweden

Denmark

Waterboro....

Dayton

Sebago

Anson

Buxton

Anson

Saco

Saco

Waterboro.. .

Buxton

Saco

Hollis....
Standish .

Mustered
into the U,
S. Service.

Aug. 14. '62

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

REMARKS.

Asst. Q. M. Sergeant, '62 .
Wd. Aug. 18, r 04; pro. Cor.
'62 Detailed regt. wagoner.
'62 Wd. July 1, '63; disc. June
6, '65.

Promoted Corporal.
'ii2 Promoted Musician.
•82 Disc for dis. Oct, L6, '63.
'62!pris. July 1, '03; exch.
'62 j
'62

'62!Detailed Ordnance Sergeant.
'62 Discharged Feb. 1. '63.

'02

Pris. Jufy 1, '63; wd. Feb. 6,
'65.

Discharged Nov. 13, '62.

Promoted Corporal.
'02 Discharged April 14, '63.
'62 Disc. Sept. 21, '03.
'62 Des. Sept. 28, "02.
'62 1

'6i| Wounded Aug. 19, '64.
'62 Wd. Disc. Sept. 17, '63.
'62! Promoted Corporal.
'621
'62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14.
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Wd. Disc. Dec. 24, '63.
Promoted to Corporal.
Disc, for dis. Mar. 26, '04.

Disc. June 17, '65.
Promoted Corporal.
Wd. Disc. May 15, '65.
Detailed as Wagoner.
Deserted Oct. 6, '62.

Wounded July 1, '63.

Pris. July 1. '03; exch.; pris.

Aug. 18, 'lit.
Wd. May 5, '04; disc. May

22, '05.

Absent; sicksince Nov. '02.
Detailed as asst. wagoner.
Discharged .Ian. 12, "63.
Discharged March 9, '63.
Discharged ( >ct. 7, '62.
Absent. Unknown.

Promoted Corporal.
Discharged Aug. 21, '65.

Pris. July 1, '03; exch.; pris.
I Aug. is. '04.
Aug. 14, '62 Wd. Aug. 18, '64; disc. Feb.

27, '65.
Aug. 14, '62' Detailed as drummer.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

279

COMPANY F.— Continued.

NAMES.

Swett, Sumner C

Strout, James A. . . .

Tarbox, Frank L

Thompson, John E.
Thorpe, David ll.
Tibbetts, Sheldron. .

Tyler, Abram

Tyler, George

Tyler, John A

Ward, William W...
Warren, Charles A..

Walker. EbenJ

Webster, John W. . .
Whitney, Alonzo M .

Joined Company sine
Allen, Benjamin F. .

Arkit, Jolin

Atwood, George 11
Bishop, James C. • • •

19 Standish

20 Standish

21 Ilollis.

Standish

Saco

Saco

Buxton

Buxton

Buxton

Gorham

Waterboro. ..

39 Anson

18 Wan'ter,N.H
IS Gorham

Dec. 1, 1862.

Belfast

19! Paris

23 Otisfield

18 Wayne

Blake, Frederic W. C.
Butters, Warren

Bussell, Theodore E

Bradford, Abraham

Chadbourne, John W..
Cunningham. Samuel..

Douglass, Ashbell S

Dow, John E

Dunton, Wilmot W....

Evans, Hiram F

Fenderson, Joseph P. .

Gammon, Levi

Gould, Thomas J

Grant, Benjamin F...

Glasier, George A

Haley, Dennis

Hammond, Edwin G. .

Mark, Andrew

Merritt, Edmund W . . .

Page, Thomas D

Paul, Frank

Perry. Clark E

Pickering, Ansel. ..

Pierce, Snniuel

Powers, William T.
Kowe, Cyrus A

RESIDENCE.

Portland .
Exeter. . .

Oxford

Washington..

Sebec

Buchanan PI.

44 Liberty.

Washington..

Saco

Buckfleld ....

Dixmont

Bradford

Boston, Mass.

Saco

Lincoln

Biddeford

Bridge'r, Ms.

Burlington...

Gorham

Hebron

W 7 akefd,X.H
Hudson....

Marion

Sumner . . .

Rowe, Lloyd D IS Springfield.

Rogers, Charles E 19 Veazie

Reeves, Samuel |35 Augusta. . . .

Reeves, Stephen H 32

Speed, William H 21

Tucker, George M 18

Joined Company sine e

Berry, Levi 40

Crossman, Alfred M

Windsor

Charleston. .

Dec! 1, 1803.

Embden

Alton

Dean, Daniel 21 Belfast.

Mustered
into the U.

S. sen ice.

Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
lug.

Aug.
Aug.

Aug. 14,

Sept. 7,

Sept. 18,
Sept. 9,

Sept. 12,
Aug. 15,

REMARKS.

'62 Promoted Corporal.

'62

'62 Promoted Corporal.

'62 Supposed discharged.

'62

'62 Wounded July 1, '63.

•62

'62

'62 Discharged Nov. 10, '62.

'62)

'(;_' I >et. as wagoner Sept. 7, '62.

'D2 l'ris. Auf
'62

18/64 to May 4, '05.

Aug. 13, '63
Aug. 6, '63

Sept. 9,
Aug. 20,
Aug. 14.
Sept. 17,
Aug. 27,

Aug. 26,
Sept. 10,
Sept. 7,
Sept. 10,
Sept. 5.
Aug. 12,
Sept. 9,
Aug. 14.
Sept. 15,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Au-. 29,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
An-. 13,
An-. 13,
Aug. 13,

Aug. 28,
Sept. 5,
Aug. 31,

Aug. 4,
Sept. 1,
Sept. 10,

Miss, since Aug.
Wd.; disc. Jan.

Drafted.

Substitute. Trom. Corp.

Substitute.

Sub. Disc, by order May

22, '65.
Substitute.
Dratted. Wd.; disc. April

21, '65.
Drafted.

19, -CI.
Drafted.

16, 65.
Substitute. Wounded.
Sub. Disc. May 19, '65.
Drafted.
Substitute.
Sub. Missing since Aug. 19,

'64.
Sub. Wd. Feb. 6, '65.
Drafted.

Sub. Disc. Jan. 27, '64.
Sub. Disc. Sept. 6, '64.
Substitute.

Sub. Des. Oct. 16, '63.
Substitute.
Drafted.

Substitute. Paroled pris.
Drafted. Wd. June 17, '64;

Disc. May 25, '65.
Drafted. Promoted Corp.

Substitute.

Drafted.

1 >raf . Disc. May 18, '65.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Drafted. Wd. May 5, '64;

disc. Feb. 18, '65.
Substitute.

Substitute.

Sub. Disc, for dis. Dec.

29, '63.
Sub. Disc, for dis.Dec.29, '63.
Substitute.
Sub. Des. Nov. 29, '63.

Aug. 14, '62 Transferred from Co. A.

Nov. 3, '64 Conscript.

Oct. 5, '64 Deserted April 1, '65.

280

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY F.— Continued.

NAMES.

luinan, Stewart M. .

Keisser, Charles

Loturop, Cherbury F

Murphy, John F

Merrill, Hiram A —

O'Connell, Michael.. .

Oban, Henry

Oliver, Seth

Pickering, Albert —

Ploude, Joseph

Rowell, Haniff

Small, Daniel

Smith, Andrew

Spear, Asa

Steeves, James A. . . .
Sylvester, Martin B..
Spearin, Daniel A —

Sullivan, James

Spaulding. Chauncy..

Sonle, Charles C

Stevens, James A —

Stewart, Thomas

Smith, Andrew J —

Tibbetts, Joel

Thomas, Norris J —
Veancour, Desira S..
Withee, Alonzo S —
Woodward, Solomon.

Wilson. Charles

Young, James B

RESIDENCE.

30 Orono

25JKenduskpag.
23 Chesterville.

19 1 Bangor

26 New Portland

Bangor . .
Oldtown..
Appleton.

Holden

Sarsfield PI.
Anson

Machias

Eastport

Skowhegan .

Trenton

Monroe

Lincoluville.
Belfast

Bath
Bangor .

Bangor .

Orono

Glenburn

Mass

Portland. ...
Lincoluville.

Mustered
into the U
S. Service.

Sept. 30,
Sept. 30,
Aug. 14,

Sept. 6,
Aug. 14,

Sept. 2,
Sept. 9,
Aug. 14,

Oct. 5,
Oct. 24,
Aug. 14,

Sept. 28,
Aug. 23,
Sept. 22,
Aug. 17,
Sept. 27,
Aug. 14,
Oct. 5,
Oct. 6,
Oct. 6,
Aug. 27,

Sept. 2,
Aug. 22,

Oct. 7,
Sept. 30,
Oct. 5,
Sept. 30,
Oct. 7,
Oct. 7,
Sept. 27,

REMARKS.

Wounded April 1, 'G5.

Joined as 2d Lieut, from
Sergeant-Major; prom.
1st Lieut, and Adjutant.

Transferred from Co. A;
discharged June 14, '65.

Transferred from Co. A;
discharged May 20, '65.

Transferred from Co. A;
discharged June 6, '65.

Sub. Trans, from Co. A.

Sub. Trans, from Co. A.

Joined as 2d Lieut, fr. Co. A.
Wd. Feb. 7, '65.

Trans, from Co. A; des.

March, '65.
Transferred from Co. A.
Transferred from Co. A;

disc. May 18, '65.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

281

COMPANY G.

NAMES.

BERGEANT8.

James U. Chllds. .

Thomas H. B. Lenfest.
Benjamin F. Watson. .

Cyrus Bosvi orth

William II. Towers

John II. Frain

Byron l>. Babcock

Joseph A. Ricker

Joseph P. A usi in

Luke Emery

Alon/.o Smith

Boardman Williamson
CI IRPORAIiS.

Joseph P. Austin

Gardner B. Wade

Gorham Lord

Thomas W. Luce

Darius Sawyer

David McCleary

William T. Svmons

William W. Hardy

Benjamin Xorton ,

.John II. Frain

Byron D. Babcock

Joseph A. Ricker

Benjamin T. Roberts. . .

Luke Emery

Samuel T. Farnham. .

John W. Lake

Sylvanus Lowe

Levi M. Moore

Eugene 31. Uyder

Alonzo Smith

Boardman Williamson.

Albion Bailey

Hiram R. Brackett

MUSH UN'S.

Peletiah Coolbvoth

James S. Thomas

wagoner.
Elisha G. Baker

PRIVATES.

Austin. Joseph P

Babcock, Byron D

Babcock, Charles L —

Bachelder, Isaac P

Baker, Amos

Bickford.Reuel

Bigelow, William 11.. . .

Blake, Willard L

Blunt, David F

Boston, Jason L

Bragg, Edward S

Brawn. Wilson

RESIDENCE.

Farmington .

Palmyra ....
Farmington .
Skowhegan .

Calais

.Madison . . . .
Palmj ra
Chesterville.
Skowhegan ..

Anson

Anson

New Sharon.

Skowhegan . .

Farmington .

Detroit

Farmington.

Madison

Farmington..

Skowhegan . .

N. Vineyard.

New Sharon..

Madison

. Palmyra

18 Chesterville. .
31 j Skowhegan ..

22 Anson

21 j Palmyra —
18 N. Vineyard.

27JSebec

18 New Sharon..

18 Belfast

21 Anson

19 New Sharon..

18 Harmony

21 Detroit

31 Standish.
28 Gorham ..

Chamberlain, Wm. H.

Chase, William

Cleveland, Joseph L. .

Corbett, Chas. P

Crocker, Aimer

Crocker, Hiram jr. . . .
Crocker, Sylvester. ...

Cross, Josiah W

Day, James W

20]New Sharon..

19 Skowhegan...

19 1 Palmyra

23 1 Palmyra

21'Palmvra

26 Hart land

33 Skowhegan . .
19 Skowhegan . .

18 Pittstield

19 Skowhegan . .

33iH.art.land

29 Farmington..
28 Skowhegan...

18 Skowhegan...
1 8 1 Palmyra

27 Skowhegan ..
19 1 Farmington..
18|Strong

19 Strong

22 Strong

27Detroit

19 1 New Sharon.

.Mustered
into the U.

S. Service.

20

Aug. 14, '62

Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

Aug.
Aug.

Aug.

Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

inf:

Aug.
Aug.

Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

REMARKS.

Pro. 2d Lieut. Co. II. Pris.

July 1, '63.

Disc, for dis. Jan. 4. 1863.
Wd. Mar. 13, '63. Disc.

Prs.Aug.19,64; disc. Sep. 4,65.
Discharged by W. D.

Wd. Feb. 6, '65.

Prom. Sergt.

Wd. in action May 8, '64.

Pris.July 1,'G3; wd.My.10,'64

Disc. Jan. 7, '63.

Wd. Feb. 20, '63. Disc.

Discharged Dec. 29, '62.

Pro. 1st. Sergt. Prisoner.
Promoted Sergeant.
Prom. Sergt.; pris.; exch.

Promoted Sergeant.
Prisoner Aug. 19, '64.

Promoted Sergeant.
Promoted Sergeant.

Disc, by order May 24, '65.

Prom, principal musician.
Disc, for dis. June 18, '64.

Promoted Corporal.
Pro. Cor.; wd. pris. Jly.1,'63.
Wd.Dec. 13,62; disc. Mar.5,63.
Disc. Jan. 13, '63.

Deserted Jan. 21, '63.
Wd. Dec. 13, '62.
Wd. Dec. 13, '62.

Miss, in action May 10, '64.
Disc, for dis. Nov. 11, '62.
Wd. Dec. 13, '62; both arms

amputated.
Disc, by order May 26, '65.
Disc. Jan. 19, '63.
Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
Died Smoketowu, Oct. 24, '62.

Discharged April 25, '63.
Wounded May 5, '64.

Discharged Nov. 1, '62.

282

BISTORT OF THE

COMPANY G.— Continued.

NAMES.

Demon, Edward.
Dow, Joseph 15. .
Dow, Joshua R. .
Doyen, Joseph P.
Dyer, Aaron H . .
Dyer, Israel F. ..
Emery, Luke

Fairbrother, Frank

Farnham, Samuel T...

Fenderson, John H

Fisher, Roswell

Furbush, William A .

Gibbs, Thomas A

Gleason, Sumner A. . . .

Goodrich, Eben

Gray, Andrew

Hodgkins, Jacob T

Houston, Lorenzo C —

Judkins, Sumner S —

Lake, John W

Locke, William T

Lovejoy, Leonard R. . .

Mace John W

Mace, Wilson J

Maddocks, Alanson C. -

Merrow, John E

Moody, Converse

Moore, Levi M

Neal, Andrew

Norton, Shepley W —

Paine, Leonard

Phelps, Lewis G

Pollard, Lyman B

Pratt, James W

Prince, Edward M

Pullen, Harrison

Quinby , Manley L

Quint, Andrew J

Quint, George R

Quint, William F

RESIDENCE.

31 Skowhegan .
37 Farmington .

Farmington .

New Sharon.

Farmington..

Farmington ,

Anson

% "Hi I Mustered
£.5 into the U.
rt r/J | S. Service.

Palmyra

Palmyra

Madison

Detroit

N. Vineyard.
Skowhegan . ,
Farmington. ,
Skowhegan..

Palmyra

New Sharon
Detroit

Ramsdell, Hiram B

Ricker, Joseph A

Roberts, Benjamin T..
Roby, Benjamin C

Sawyer, Thomas D

Smith, Alonzo

Smith, E. Crosby

Smith, Llewellyn C —
Snow, Daniel B

Shea, John

Taylor, James C

Tibbetts, Laac F

Titeomb, William H.
Wade, Gardner B. . . .
Wellman, Joseph F. .
Wheeler, John M. . . .
Wyman, Clarence L..
Williamson, Boardmau

Wilson, Edward 22i8kowhegan .

Works, Lewis 31 New Sharon.

Skowhegan...
N. Vineyard.,

Temple

Farmington. .
Farmington..
Farmington. .
Farmington. .
Skowhegan...
Farmington..
New Sharon.
New Sharon. ,
N. Vineyard

Anson

Skowhegan..

Palmyra

Palmyra

New Sharon.

Anson

Skowhegan..

Anson

Anson

Anson

New Sharon.
Chesterville.
Skowhegan..
New Sharon.

New Sharon.

Anson

Presque Isle.
Skowhegan..
Skowhegan .

Anson

Palmyra ....

Palmyra ....

Palmyra
18| Farmington.

44;Temple

20 Skowhegan .
20 Skowhegan .
19 New Sharon.

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14.
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14.
Aug. 14
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

'62
'62
'62
'62
'62
"62
'62

'62
'62
'62
'62
'62
'62
'62
'62
•62
'62
'62

'62
■62
*62
'62
'62
v.:
'62
•62
'62
'62
'62
•62
'62
'62
'62
'62
'62
'62
'62
•62
'62
■>■■■

REMARKS.

Promoted Hospital Steward.
Wd.Dec.13,62; disc.Ap.2,'63.
Deserted Dec. 11, '62.
Disc, for dis. Feb. 26, '63.
Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
Pris. July 1, '63; wounded

Aug. 18, '64; prom. Corp.
Wounded July 1, '63.
Pris. July 1,'63; prom. Corp.
Deserted Jan. 21, '63.
Wd.Dec. 13/62; dis.My.4,'63.
Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
Prisoner July 1, '63.

Discharged Jan. 27, '63.
Discharged Aug. 7, '65.
Wd. and pris., July 1, '63.
Missing since Dec. 13, '62;
wounded Fredericksburg.
Discharged Jan. 9, '63.
Promoted Corporal.
Discharged Mar. 11, '63.
Discharged Mar. 31, '63.

Discharged June 4, '63.
Deserted Dec. 11, '62.

Discharged Oct. 31, '62.
Wd. May 8, '64; prom. Corp.

Discharged Apr. 2, '63.
Deserted Jan. 20, '63.

Discharged Mar. 31, '63.
Discharged Nov. 19, '62.

Wd. at Gettysburg July, '63.

Discharged Dec. 4, '62.

Wd.Dec.13,'62; disc.Ap.9,63.

Wd.Getts.,'63; wd.May8,'64.

Pris. July 1, '63; wd. May
8, '64; disc. Feb. 25, "65.
'62 Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
'62 Promoted Corporal.
'62 Promoted Corporal.
'62 Des. Sept. 20, '62; ret. under
Pre. Proc. ; wd. Aug.18,'64.
'62

'62 Wd. Dec.13,'62; prom. Corp.
'62JDeserted Dec. 9, '62.
'62

'62, Pris. July 1, '63; exch. Wd.
May 5, '64.

Pro. principal musician.

Discharged Jan. 8, '63.

Wounded Dec. 13, '62.

Pris. July 1, '63; Pro. Corp.
'62 Discharged Aug. 20, "63.
'62 Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
'62 Deserted Dec. 9, '62.
'62 Wd. Gettvsburgh July, '63;
wd. May 8, '64; prom. corp.
•62
'62 Pris. July 1, '63; paroled.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

283

COMPANY G.— Continued.

\A\1KS.

Joined Company since
Boyle, Barney ......

Coharn, Timothy.. . .

Collins, George

Conclon. Win. H. .. .

Doyle, Michael

Eaton, John

Field, George A

Green, James

Green. William H.. .

Hall. Joseph A

Holbrook, Jsaac

Hewitt, Philo

Jones, Frank

Judkins, Alonzo. . . .

Low, Sylvanus

Libby, Amasa P

Love, William

Lyons, Isaiah

Mardin, Edwin

Merritt, Samuel

Morgan, Bowman S.
Mullin, John

McGinley, John

Nelson, Chester

Parknian, Russell F. . .

Porter, Lewis >I
Piper, Merrill J .

Rankin, Charles H. .
Rogers, Erastus C. . .

Rogers, John L

Rogers, William S. .

Rogers, William S. B.

Redd, Henry J

Ryder. Eugene M

Robbins, Samuel S. . . .

Scott, David S

Sanders, Richard

Saunders, Francis E.
Senegne. Charles

Shaw, Erastus M

Shaft, Charles P

Sidney, John

Slavin, John

Smith, James

Smith, James A

Smith, Joseph B

Smith, William

Snow, George A

Spearin, Charles W —

Stone, Edwin F

Stubbs, Zoeth E

Sullivan. Harriman P..

Sutherland, Auj;. A

Taylor, Howard W . . . .
Thompson, Charles E..

Walsh, John

Welch, John E

Welch, Robert

HESUH'.Ni '!■:.

Dec. 1, '62.
Portland. . . .
Lewiston. . . .
Portland. . . .
Baileyville ..

Brewer

Waldo

Brewer

Portland

Barnard

Damaiiscotta

Plymouth

Ft. Fairfield.

Parknian

Orneville —

Sebec

Lincoln

Norridgew'k,
Springfield. . .

Atkinson

Bangor

Orneville

Portland

Houlton
Lincoln.
Corinna.

Orneville
Portland .

19 Monticello . . ,
21 Ft. Fairfield.

20 Ft. Fairfield.
29 Carmel

Rrownville.

Brooks

Belfast

Anson

Chester

Portland...

Parknian

Hallowell. . .

China

Portland
Portland. . . .
Portland. ...
Portland. ...
Portland. . . .
Mt, Vernon.
Portland. . . .

Augusta. .

Sebec

Augusta .
Corinna. .
Clinton . .
LlsboD . . .
Byron ... .

Starks

Portland.
Canaan . .
Temple . .

Mustered
into the U.

S. Service.

REMARKS.

Aug. 5, '63 Conscript.

Aue;. 10, '63 Con.; paroled prisoner.

Aug. 4, '63 Conscript.

Sept. 18, '63 Con.; pris. May 21, '64.

Sept. 18, '63 Conscript.

Aug. 27, '03 Conscript; wounded.

Aug. 29, '63 Con. disc, by onl. June5,'65.

Aug. 7, '63jCon.; disc, by special order
| 108, April, '64.

Sept. 15, '63 Conscript.

Aug. 7, '63 Con.; wd. Feb. 7, '65.

Aug. 13, '63 1 Conscript.

Aug. 15, '63iConscript.

Aug. 28, '63 Conscript.

Aug. 14, '63 1 Conscript.

Aug. 14, '63 Con. ; promoted Corporal.

Sept. 2, '63 Con. ; disc. Aug. 26, '64.

July 29. '63 Conscript.

Sept. 3, '63] Conscript.

Sept. 5, '63 .Conscript,

Sept. 5, '63 .Conscript.

Aug. 14, '63 Con.; disc. byord.June 2,'65.

Aug. 8, '63 Con.; disc, by order Apr. 19,
'64, to enter Navy.

Aug. 15, '63 Conscript.

Aug. 14, '63 Conscript.

Aug. 12, '63 Con.; wounded May 8, '64;
discharged March 1, '65.

Sept. 5, '63 Con. ; paroled prisoner.

Sept. 5, '63 Conscript; disc, for disabil-
ity Dec. 22, '63.

Aug. 15, '63 Conscript.

Aug. 15, '63 Conscript.

Sept. 5, '63 Conscript.

Aug. 13, '63:Cou.; miss, in action June 5,
I '64; disc. Sept. 4, '65.

Aug. 14, '63{Con.; wounded in action.

Aug. 10, '63 Conscript.

Aug. 31, '03 Con. ; promoted Corporal.

Aug. 25, '63 1 Conscript; prisoner.

Aug. 13, '03|Conscript.

Aug. 7, '63iCon.; disc. April 19, '64, to
enter Navy.

Aug. 21, '63 Con.; paroled prisoner.

Ang. 5, '63jConscript.

July 22, '63 Conscript.

July 1, '63 Conscript.

Aug. 3, '63 Con.; disc. Apr. 19, '64.

Aug. 5, '63 Con.; disc. May 18, '65.

July 28, '63 Con.; paroled prisoner.

Aug. 5, '63 Con. ; disc, for dis. Jan. 7, '64.

Aug. 1, '63 Conscript.

Aug. 3, '63 Con. ; discharged for disabil-
ity, Nov. 12, '63.

July 25, '63 Con.; dise.fordis.Dec.12,'63.

Sept. 2, '63 Conscript.

July 25, '63 Conscript,

Aug. 31, '63 Con.; wd. May 21, '64.

Aug. 3, '63 Con.; wd. Aug. 18, '64.

July 30, '63 Conscript.

July 28, '63 Conscript.

July 30, '63 Con.; deserted Oct, 4, '64.

Aug. 3, '63 Con. ; deserted Sept. 9, '63.

Aug. 4, '63JConscript.

July 28, '63iConscript.

284

HISTORY OF THE
COMPANY G.— Continued.

NAMES.

"Webber, George L

West, Allen

"Witliee, Amos P

"Winslow, John

Joined Company sine

AMen, Adelbert

Ball, Franklin

Buzzell, Hannibal D. ..

Beckwith, Joel

Biekford, Stephen D. . .

Barnes, William B

Bailey, Albion

Brackett, Hiram R

RESIDENCE.

off 1

25 Winslow

32 Waltliam

_'3 Skowhegan . .
21 Biddeford.. ..
e Dec. 1, '63.

24 Drew PI

23 Mapleton PI..

33 Castle Hill PI

24 Maysville. . .

27 l'ittstield

38 Hartland

18 Hiirmouy

21 i Detroit

Carville, Benjamin 36

Dolan, Patrick H 30

Davis, Nathan 41 ;

Dver, William 1 3 1

Faulkner, James E 27 1

Furbush, Jairus H. . . . 36
Gifford, LaForost F.. . . 1 18

Gould, Benjamin F 31

23
22
21
:;ii
21

N. Portland.
Portland. . . .
No. 2, R. 2...
No. 2, R. 3...

Weston

N. Portland.

Bangor

Belfast

Gorman, James.

Gould, Edmund

Goodwin, Lyman O. . .

Goodridge, Noah

Hughes, James

Holmes, Wallace L . .
Hendrix, Martin K..

Ketch, Richard

Levenseller, John... .

Leavitt, Rodney

Lyons, Thomas G . . . .

Larry, Peter

Libby, James

Lawrence, Henry B.
Linton, Robert

Leavitt, Zachary.
Lougee, David B.
Lang, Patrick —
Mack, George —

Levant

Forestv'le PI

18

42

27

26; Sebec...

32 Drew PI

McBrien, William.. .
Mehegan, William. .
Matchett, Edward J.
McGlauflin, James. .

Orr, John

Perham, William . . .
Richards, Lewis G. .

Palmyra . ..,
Sarsfield PI.

Hartland —

Ft. Fairfield
Sebec

Plymouth .

Wells..

Oldtown ....

Sebec

Madison

35 Mapleton PI.
44 J Buchanan PI

35 Sebec

26 Limerick —

Stevens, John 20 Portland

Thorn, John H 27 1 Island F'ls pi

Treat, Albert 1 18 Bradford

Whitcomb. Tilson T 27 Concord

Wiggin, Frank 27 ( Limestone PI.

Whitney, Isaac R 22! Windham —

Williams, John

Wright, James

Whittemore, Samuel H.

Mustered
into the U.
S. Service.

18|Bridgton.
34 Sebago...
20 Sebec

M

Aug. 4, '63
Aug. 10, '63 Returned to 1st Me. Cav.
Aug. 4, '63 Paroled prisoner.
Aug. 10, '63 Wd. June 18, '64; disc.

REMARKS.

Oct.

Oct.

o t.

Oct.

Nov.

Sept.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Aug.

Sept,

Oct.

Oct.

Aug.

Aug.

Sept.

Sept.

Dec.

Aug.

Oct.

Nov.

Sept.
Oct.

Sept.

Dec.

Oct.

Oct.

Dec.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.

Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.

Aug.

Sept.

Sept.

Oct.

Oct.

Dec.

Aug.

Nov.
Oct.
Dec.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

Nov.
Nov.
Dec.

Trans, from Co. A; sub.

'64 Conscript.

'64 Conscript.

'64 Con. ; disc, by ord. June 6,'65.

'64 Conscript.

'64 Substitute.

'64 Conscript.

'62 Tr. from Co. A; prom. corp.

'62 Corp. from Co. A; disc, by

order May 24, '65.
'62 Transferred from Co. A.
'63 Transferred from Co. A.
'64
'64
'64 1

'62 Transferred from Co. A.
'62 Transferred from Co. A.
'63 Con. ; disc, by ord. June 6,'65.
'63 Sub.; trans, from Co. A.
'63

'62|Transferred from Co. A.
'64
'64 Wd. April 1, '65; Disc. June

21, '65.
'64
'64
'64
'63
64

'64 Disc, by order June 6, '65.
'63

'64 Substitute.
'i;4 Substitute.
'64 Sub.; wd. at Gravelly Run,

March 31, '65.

6, '64 ' Substitute.
s. '64 Substitute.

7. '64 Substitute.

0, '64 Sub.; par. pris.; discharged

| June 19, '65.
31, '64 Substitute.

21, '64 Substitute.
3. '64 Substitute.

13, '64 Conscript.

13, '64Discharged July 21, '65.

22, '63

14, '62 Joined as 1st Lieut, from Co.

H: muster revoked; disc.
Feb. 4, '65.

14, '64

13, '<!4 Conscript.

15, '63jPar. pris.; disc. July 22, '65.

14. '62 Trans, from Co. A; prisoner.
14, '62JJoinedaslst Lt. from Co. H.
14, '62 Joined as 2d Lt. from Co. F ;

not mustered.

2, '64

3, '64
22, '63

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

285

COMPANY H.

N \MI>

SERGEANTS.

John l). Conley. . .
John McDonald. . .

Joel S. Stevens.

George K. Shaddock..

1 >:wi. i Dresser

Lew is < r. Richards. . . .

RESIDENCE.

m -

Bangor
Calais. .

Frankfort.

Limerick. .
Princeton.

Limerick..

Frank Wiggin

George 11. Fisher 2G

William I'ennellv 23

Thomas 1). Wltherly. . 20

Dudlej B. Beau 20

David "Phillips 24

Samuel C. Adams 19

CORPORALS.

Thomas D. Witherly. .. 20

Nelson He wey 24

Lewis G. Richards 26

Enoch A. Rogers jr 27

George H. Fisher 26

Charles J. Hayes 27

William C. Atwater . . . . |36

FredL. Ladd 20

Charles L. Favour 20

Limestone PI

Winterport...
Mt. Desert. .

Bangor

Pa-sadumk'g
Pittsfleld. . . .
Mayfield

Bangor

Veazie

Limerick —
Pittsfleld....

Winterport.
Limerick

Winterport..
Kenduskeag.
Limerick —

Isaac C. Dow 24 Tremout ..

Stephen Hiues 22 Bangor —

Charles R. Atkins 21 Pittsfleld. .

William E. Aimis 24 Herman...

George F. Dearborn. . . 21 Monson. . .

Arnasa Gregory 22 \lontville .

Albert Hoyt... 18 Bangor...

James Maloney i 18 Bangor . . .

David Phillips; 24 Pittsfleld..

Thomas Potts 1 19 Biddeford.

Bradford Winn 28 Portland. .

George W. Varuey [18 Pittsfleld

Samuel C. Adams.

Dudley B. Bean. . .

MUSIC] INS.

Samuel R. Garey. .
Stephen (lark

PRIVATES.

Atkins. Charles R 21 1 Pittsfleld

Banks. Ezekiel M 28 1 Kenduskeag

Bean, Dudley B 20 Passadumk'g

Beau. Watson D 40' Passadumk'g

Chick. WinlieldS 18 Thorndike.

Christophers, Christ'r.. 24 Washburn
Clement. Samuel H — 19 Winterport

Cobb, Daniel 32 Pittsfleld

Curtis. Frederick A.... 20. Winterport.

1 toy, < alvin 26 Cornish.

I 'ay. 1 tariOB 124; Cornish.

Mustered
into the U.
S. Service.

REMARKS.

S. Aug. 14, '62Proni. to 2d Lieut, and Capt.
S. Aug. 14, '62 Red. to ranks; discharged

by order June 2, '65.
Aug. 14, '62 Red. to ranks; dicharged

for dis. Jan. 13, 66.
M. Aug. 14, '62 Deserted Nov. 8, '62.
M. Aug. 14, '62 Discharged for disability.
M. Aug. 14, '62 Prom. 1st Sergt., prom. 2d

Lieut.; not mm,; pris. ;
prom. 1st Lieut. Co. (i.

Aug. 14, '62 Red. to ranks to join band;
prom. 1st Lieut. Co. G.
'62 Prom. 1st Sergt.; par. pris.

19 Maylield
20;Passadumk'g

31 1 Limerick —
25 Winterport..

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

'62 1'ar. pris.; disc. June 30, '65.

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 18,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 21,
Aug. 17,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Sept. 15,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Paroled prisoner.

Promoted Sergeant.
Disc, for dis. July 14, '03.
Promoted to Sergeant.
Discharged June 16, '63.
Promoted to Sergeant.
Reduced to ranks; missing

since battle of Gettysburg.
Red. to ranks and disc, for

disability June 15, '63.
Red. to ranks. Disc. Nov.

16, '62 for disability.
Wd. Dec. 13, '62 and* July 1,

'63; disc. Nov. 12, '63.
Disc, for dis Mar. 13, '63.
Disc, for dis. June 13, '63.

Discharged March 23, '65.
Discharged May 21, '65.

Promoted Sergeant.

Promoted Sergeant.
Promoted Sergeant.

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62 Disc, for dis. Dec. 13, '62.

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

62! Par. Pris.; Prom. Corp.

'62

r,ii

•62

'62

'62 1

'62 1 Miss, in battle Gettysburgh.

'62 1

■62:

[Promoted Corporal.
Disc, for dis. Aug. '63.
Wounded July 1, '63.

M. Aug. 14,
S. Aug. 14.

Missing in battle Fred. Dec.

13, '62.
Wounded July 1, '63.

286

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY H— Continued.

#21
S yi

Mustered

NAMES.

RESIDENCE.

S<5

into the U.

REMARKS.

50
<

21

y?

S. Service.

Dearborn, George F....

Monson

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Corporal.

Dearborn, George J.. . .

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Deuplisea, Charles H...

18 Princeton —

s.

Aug. 14, '62

s.

Aug. 18, '62

19,Veazie

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Dyer, George F

lSBiddeford....

s.

Aug. 14, '62

21,Kenduskeag..

s.

Aug. 14, '62

20Topsfield ....

s.

Aug. 14, '62 M:

'64; disc. Julv 31, '65.

20 Limerick

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Corporal.

Feimelly, William

23 Mt. Desert. . .

s.

Aug. 18, '62

21 Tremont

41] Winterport. .
35| Pitts field

s.

M.

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62

Foster, John M

M.

Aug. 14, '62 Disc, for dis. Jan. 12, '63.

George, Timothy A —

32]Holden

s.

Aug. 14, '62 Disc, for dis. July 31, '65.

29 Cornish

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Gowell, John B

23 Calais

M.

Aug. 14, '621

Gregory, Amasa

22 Montville....

s.

Aug. !4, '62 Promoted Corporal.

20 1 Bangor

s.

Aug. 14, '62 Disc, for dis. in April, '63.

32 Calais

32|Mapleton PI.

8.
M.

Aug. 14, '62

An-. 14, '62

24 Rockland

S.

Aug. 14, '62

19 Veazie

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Hines, Stephen

22 Bangor

8.

Aug. 14, '62

Hodsdon, Clarence L...

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Holmes, Robert

22 .Ellsworth....

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Howes, Charles E

31; Washburn....

ML.

Aug. 14, '62 Dropped as des. Nov. 15, '62.

20'Sanford

S.

An-. 14, '62 Wd. Dec. 13, '62; disc.

Kenniston, Leonard E.

25 Kenduskeag. .

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Kenniston, Thomas E..

24 Kenduskeag..

S.

Aug. 14, '62

30|Maysville

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Lang, Charles A

20; Pittstield

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Discharged Aug. 25, '63.

32, Winterport...
22 Winterport..
26 Mapleton PL.

s.
s.
s.

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62

Disc. Mar. 16, '63 for dis.

Libby Otis J

Wd.& diac.Mar.27,'63for dig

Lovely, Danf orth

Prisonei Aug. 19, '64.

s.

Aug. 14, '62

McAnulty, James

32 Calais

M.

Aug. 18, '62

Disc, for dis. Dec. 18, '62.

23 Ellsworth

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Disc. March 5, '64.

38Biddeford. ...

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Mlddleton, Thomas

26 Ellsworth....

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Prisoner.

23, Princeton

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Cattle guard.

24' Kenduskeag..

S.
S.

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, 'f2

Ace. Wd.; disc. April 21,'63.

Supposed disc. Jan. 6, '63.

30,Waite Plan...
19 Tremont

s.
s.

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62

Miss, in action July 1, 63.

O'Conners, Patrick —

Discharged March 18, '64.

22!Pittsfleld

s.

Aug. 14, '62

28! Pittstield

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Phillips, David

24 Pittstield

M

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Corporal.

R.

Aug. 14, '62

Missing in action May 8, '64.

19 Biddeford....

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Corporal.

Pugsley, Francis

M.

Aug. 14, '> 2

Rhoades, William F

40;Whitetield. ..

ML.

Aug. 14, '62

Disc, for dis. Nov. 15, '62.

IS Calais

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Pris. since July 1, '63.

s.

Aug. 18, '62

Wd. Dec. 13, '62; disc, in
Sept., '63.

Rich, Tyler F

19 'Tremont

s.

Rideout, Eben

28 Mars Hill....

S.

Aug. 14, '62

23 l'assadumk'g.

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Sally, Hiram S

25 Pittstield

21 Pittstield

ML.

s.

Aug. 14. '62
Aug. 14, '62

Disc, for dis. Nov. 15, '62.

31 Passadumk'g

s.

Aug. 14, '62

32 Corinth

8.

Aug. 14, '62

, Cattle guard.

Sims, Joseph E

21 1 Washington..

s.

Aug. 14, '62

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

287

COMPANY H.— Continued.

NAMES.

Smith, George

Smith, George W

Smith, Lyman

Smith, William H

Stetson, Ephraim H...
Thompson, James H . .

Whitten, Martin L

Wiggin, Frank

Wilson, George W. . . .
Varney, George W. . .

RESIDENCE.

Yeaton , James P

Joined Company sine
Annis, William E. . .
Bodge, Bradford S..
Chandler, Henry A.
Crampton, < Iharles. .
Chandler. Josiah H.

Chase, Wilbur F

Clark, John

Carey, Michael

Dure, Charles B

Dugan, Martin W. ..

Engels, Louis

Felker, George W...
Fogg, Abel

Limerick

Princeton —

Mt. Desert. . .

Portland

Embden

Princeton —

Etna

Limestone PI
Parsonsfleld. ,
Flttsfield

Mustered
into the U,
S. Service.

21 Waite Plan.,
e Dec. 1, 1862.

24 Hernion ....
20J Augusta

20 Augusta

31 Portland

25 Mapleton PI.

21 Chester

23 Lewiston

37JBangor

21 j Hernion

20j Bangor

35 Belfast

23 Bangor

32 Belfast

Farley, John

Freeze, Retire Jr.
Fisher, Charles. . .
Garrow, Solomon .

Giles, Charles 32

Gammon, Ralph 20

Galvin, John 21

Graham, John R 22

Gray, Joseph A 28

Gilbert, Lewis 22

Garland, Albert 23

Gardner, Grimlal 18

Gould, Charles H

Haley, John 25

Hartnett, William 30

Henderson, James A. . . 21

38 Bangor . .
24' Lagrange.
21 Lewiston.
20 Portland.

Hart, Michael 23|

Hovt, Lemuel T 24;

Hoyt, Albert 18,

Heal, Henrv A 20

Hamilton, lvlwln W. . . 19

Harriman, Frank S 27|

Hatch, Charles E 24

Jenkins, Dennis A 33

Jones, Frank 28

Johnson, George 21

Knapp, Walter 20

Kingsbury, James J. ... 30

Kaehner, August 27

Linsiconib, William J.. 28

Marston, John J 19

Maloney, James IS

Nason, William H |27

Nash, Jasper H IS

Augusta...
Portland. .
Augusta. . .
Portland. .
Plymouth.
Portland. .
Bangor . . .
Belfast. . . .
Portland . .
Portland. .
Portland. ■
Augusta.. .

Augusta

Portland. ..

Bangor

Bangor ....
Bangor ....
Manchester.
Bangor ....
Woodville. .
Portland. . .
Portland. . .
1'ortl uid. . .

Holden

Augusta.. .
Lewiston.. .
Bangor
Bangor
Portland. . .
Bangor

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. II,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14.
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

REMARKS.

Disc, by order June 2, '65.

Wounded Dee. 13, '62.
Paroled prisoner.

Wounded May 1, '64.
Paroled prisoner.
Promoted Sergeant.
Andersonville prison.
Wd. Dec. 13, '62 on duty;
promoted Corporal.
Aug. 14, '62!Disc. for dis. in July, '63.

Aug. 13,
Aug. 3,
July 31.
July 31,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 13,
Sept, 11,
Sept. 8,
Aug. 13,
Sept. 9,
Aug. 20,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 13,

Sept. 9,
Aug. 31,
Sept. 15,
July 31,

July 14,
Aug. 10,
July 29,
July 10,
July 25,
July 30,
Aug. 13,
Sept. 17,
Sept. 15,
July 29,
July 31,
July 30,

July 29,
July 14,
Aug. 21,
Aug. 28.
Sept. 8,
July 15
Sept. 9
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
A ug.
Sept.

Wd. Feb. 6, '65.
Paroled pris.

Sept. 18
Aug. 17
Aug. 5
Aug. 2

'63 Con.; par. pris.; pro. corp.
'63|Conscript.
'63 Conscript. Prisoner.
"63 Con. Pris. Aug. 18, '64.
'63 Conscript.
'63 j Conscript,
'63 Conscript.
'63 Conscript.
'63 Conscript.
'63 Conscript.
'63 Conscript. Prisoner.
■63 Con. Disc. May 20, '65.
'63|Con. Wd. April 1, '65; disc.
May 18, '65.

'63 Conscript. Paroled pris.

'63 Conscript.

'63 Con. Des. Oct. 21, '63.

'63 Conscript. Deserted Nov.
| 27, '63. In arr.

'63|Con. Deserted Dec. 18, '64.

'63jConscript.

'63 Conscript.

'63 Conscript.

'63 Con. Des. Nov. 23, '63.

'63 Conscript. Paroled pris.

'63, Conscript.

'63Con. Disc. Feb. 20, '65.

'63 < lonscript.

'63 Conscript.

'63 Conscript.

'63 Con. hissing in action May
10, '64.

'63 Conscript.

'63 Con. Paroled prisoner.

'63 Con. Promoted Corporal.

'63 Con. Paroled prisoner.

'63 Conscript.

'63 Conscript.

'63 Con. Paroled prisoner.
, '63 Con. Paroled prisoner.
, '63 Conscript.
, '63 Conscript.
, '63 Con. Des. Jan. 1, '65.
, '63 Conscript.
, '63;Con. Paroled prisoner.
, '63 Con. Des. Oct. 21, '63.
, '63 Con. Pris. in Riehmond,Va.
, '63 Con. Promoted Corporal.
, 'f„; Conscript.
, '63lConscript.

288

HISTORY OF THE
COMPANY H.— Continued.

NAMES.

Page, PriDce B

Robbius, John

Tobin, John

Thayer, James H

Winn, Bradford

Joined Company sine

Adams, Samuel

Adams, Philip C

Boyce, Daniel

Brackett, Freeman

Bailey, Isaiah

Berry, Kendrick

Bradbury, John C

Blackloc'k, Archibald. .

Colson, Anisley

Connelly, John

Campbell, William

Donaghe, Andrew

Dufour, Francis

Dill, Albert E

Damon, Joshua

Despres. John

Fisher, William P

Freeze, Fred W

Frazier, James

Gould, George H

Goodwiu, Charles 2d...

Hall, Simeon W

Harrington, Edwin W.

Irish, Simeon

Leslie, James W

Lagin, Hugh

Leighton, George W. . .

Martin, Alvin C

Martin, John

Mahar, Simon

McElroy, David

Nelson, Frank E

Philpot, Samuel D.

Randall, Charles

Smith, Frank

Sutter, Earnest

True, Edward W

Whittaker, Isaac

21 Belfast...

22 Augusta..
22 Portland.

1^ Bangor .
28"

RESIDENCE.

Portland. . . .
Dec. 1,1 863.
.Mayfield. . . .
Solon

Bradford

Alexander...
Troy

22 No. Limerick.

39 Milltown

37 Waltham

23 Brunswick. . .
18 E. Machias...

33 Belfast

33 Bridgton

18 Matawamk'g.
3l[Presque Isle..

25JSebec

26 Bangor

18 Otis

26 Bremen

lSL-^wiston

23 Digby, N. S. .

18 Clinton

18 Charles'n,Ms.

22

28 Portland

25 Calais

21ICornish

43
25
20
2'J
2.".
34
38

Waltham

Macwahec PI

Harrington...

Bangor

Winslow

No. Limerick

Wade Plan...
26 Reed Plan...
22jKennebunk't
27) Belfast, Ac.Gt
25iPresque Isle

Mlustered

into the U.
S. Service.

Aug. 17,
July 28.
July 29,
Sept. 9,
Sept. 15,

Aug. 14,
Autf. 14,

Nov. 19,
Aug. 14,
Oct. 5,
Sept. 10,

Oct. 12,

Aug. 8,

Nov. 3,

Aue. 26,

Oct: 12,

Sept. 3,

Nov. 11,

Sept. 6,

Oct. 13,

Nov. 16,

Aug. 31,

Sept. 2,

Aug. 26,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 2,

Aug. 2,

Aug. 6,

Oct. 13,

Nov. 22,

Aug. 6,

Aug. 14,

Oct. 21,

Oct. 13,

Oct. 21.

Nov. 21,

July 30,

Oct. 13,

( >ct. 13.

Oct. 20,

Oct. 12,

Oct. 14,

Oct. 13,

REMARKS.

'65.

'63 Con. Deserted Jan. 1,
'63 Conscript.

'63 Conscript.
'63 Conscript.
'63 Con. Promoted Corporal.

'62 Tr. from Co. A; pro. corp.

'62 Trans, from Co. A; disc.

by order May 22, '65.

Con. Disc. May 29, '65.

Con. Tr. from Co. A; pris.

Conscript.

Sub. Trans, from Co. A;
des. Dec. 10, '64.

Conscript.

Transferred from Co. A.
64Discharged April 26, '65.
'64 Substitute.
'64 Substitute.
"64 Substitute.
'64 Substitute.
'64! Substitute.
'64 Conscript.
'64|Conscript.
'64 Substitute.
'64 Sub. Disc. May 17, '65.
•64 Sub. Disc. May 25, '65.
'62 Transferred from Co. A.
'64 Substitute.
'64 Substitute.
'64! Substitute.
'64 Conscript.

•64 Discharged Jan. 25, '65.
'64 Substitute.
'62 Deserted Aug. 20, '62.
'64 Conscript.
'64 Conscript.
'64 Substitute.
'64 Discharged June 17, '65.
'63 Con. Trans, from Co. A.
'64 Conscript.
'64lConscript.
'64 Conscript.
'64 1 Substitute.
'64 Conscript.
'64 Conscript. Disc, by order

I June 6, '65.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

289

COMPANY I.

V 1

.Mustered

NAMES.

RESIDENCE.

a 7.

into the U.

REMARKS.

:(

S. Service.

-

^ o

SERGEANTS.

Edwin E. Ball

M)

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Disc. Dec. 1, '62.

E. Freeman lliggins. ..

1-1

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Albert \. Potter

16

Webster

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Reduced to ranks and dis-
charged June 2, '65.

13

S.

Aug. 14, '62

l'r iiii isi Sergeant: pris-

oner in Richmond, Ya.

Charles 0. Small

23

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Transferred to Co. C.

C'ntr'b'yN.H.

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Red. to ranks tor phv. dis.

Wilbur F. Slower

20

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted 2d Lieutenant.

Jabez P. Parker

18

u reene

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Pro. 1st Sergt. and 2d Lieut.,

and 1st Lieut. Co. K; wd.
May, '64.

Geo. B. Haskell

25

Webster

s.

Alio-. 14, '62

Disc, by order June 5, '65.

Geo. l>. Marston

28

iM.

Aug. 14, '62

Disc. June 19, '65.

Thomas w. Foley

24

Corinth

M.

Aug. 14, '62

21

Lisbon

S.

An-. 14, '62

Leonard 1'. Martin

L'S

Bangor

S.

Jan. 5, '64

Disc, by order May 23, '65.

21

Auburn

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Sergeant-Major.

CORPORALS.

21

Auburn

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Prom. Sergt.; missing since
battle of Gettysburg!!.

L'S

Auburn

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Prom. Sergt.; missing since
battle of Get t ysbu rgh .

20

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Sergeant.

36

Lisbon

Al.

Aug. 14, '62

26

Webster

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Incapable of duty.

25

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Sergeant.

18

Greene

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Sergeant.

Lowell Butterfield

18

Augusta

s.

July 31, '63

Wounded Feb. 6, '65.

38

Lisbon

J\l.

Aug. 14, '62

.Missing battle of Fredericks-
burgh, Dec. 13, '62.

21

Greene

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Prisoner at Salisbury, N. C.

■>8

IM

Aug. 14, '62

Wounded July 1, '63; pris-
oner Aug. 19, '64.

"1

IM.

July 31, '63

24

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Sergeant.

Thomas J. Gould

21

Lisbon

8.

Aug. 14. '62

Promoted Sergeant.

Ephraim L. Jordan —

21

Webster

s.

Aug. 14, '62

3s

Canton

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Par. oris.; disc. June 26, '65.

Albert N. Potter

36

M.

Aug. 14, '62 Disc, by order June 2, '65.

Daniel Small

"::

S

Aug. 14. '62

■,'i

Augusta

M

Aug. 14, '62

Prisoner in Richmond, Va.

Mi 3I0IANS.

II

IM

Aug. 14, '62

Discharged April 8, '63.

John K. Humps

32

Al.

Aug. 18, '62

WAGONER.

25

Buckfield —

M.

Aug. 14, '62

PRIVATES.

'J 7

Livermore

M.

Aug. 20, '62

Discharged Dec. 30, '63.

;;c

M.

Aug. 20, '62

'M

S.

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62

Discharged Dec. 18, '63.

Allen, William

"1

Presque Isle..

s

Anderson, Charles R. . .

21

s.

Aug. 14, "62

Not mustered.

Anderson, George \V...

25

Byron

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Missing in battle of Gettys
burgh. .Inly 1. '63.

Batchelder. Win. H....

26

Wilton

M.

Aug. 14, '62

HOSP. att.: wd. July 1, '63.

Beale, .lames P

is

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Discharged Feb. 4, '63.

L'S

M.

A ug. 20, '62

Promoted 1st Lieutenant.

Blake, Isaae A

21

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Missing in action Dec. 13, '62.

L'l

S.

Aug. 14, '6L

Promoted Corporal.

39

Augusta

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Prom. Corp.; pris. al Gettys-
| burgh, July, '63.

21

290

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY I— Continued.

NAMES.

Bumps, John K

Campbell, Alonzo

Churchill, Charles C.
Cloudman, « (etavius. .

Cotton, Andrew J

Cotton, Blanchard —
Crockett, Benjamin B.
Cushman, Stephen L. .

Davis. Robert

I >avis. William

Doble, Ahleii

Dyer, Edward P

Ellis, Albert A

Estes, Jeremiah

Farris, Freeman H —
Farrar, Benjamin F —

Flugil, George B

Foley, Thomas W

Frost, George W

Calvin, John

Garcelon, Benjamin E\

Gilbert, Roscoe

Gordon, James R

Gould, Thomas J

Gould, Silas C

Hackett, Henry

Hackett, Orison W

Hayes, Edward

Holmes, Stewart

Howard, Elias

Howland, Enoch

Hutchins, George A —

Jewett, Warren

Johnson, William

Jones, Orlando A

KI'.SIUKNCK.

Knox

Manchester

Bu.kn.-ld...

Webster....

Lisbon

Lisbon

Webster....

Canton

MIGaxdiner. ..
-'8 Durham. ...
44 Hartland...

21 1 Greene

18 Hartford.

18

37

22

18

24

is

11

24

27

in

2]

20

II

32

24

21

:;:,

31

21

18

Jordan, Ephraim L —

Lane, Newman B

Leavens, George G

Lewis, John F

Littlefleld, Thomas C. . ,

Loring, Hiram W

Marshall, David

McCausland, Alonzo D,
McKinney, Francis A. .
Michaels, William H...

Mower, Eugene S

Murphy, Jeremiah

Murphy-, Thomas

Nason, Edwin H

Nevins, Amos

Niles, Adon A

O'Neil, Patrick

Parmenter, Joseph W.

Peabody, Samuel

Perry, Daniel

Piper, George T

Powers, Roderick

Richards, Moses

Roberts, Mathew

Roberts, Thomas L.
Sinclair, Charles W. ..
Small, Daniel

Durham

Turner

Lisbon ....
Monmouth.
Corinth

Greene

Lewiston . . .
Webster . . .

Greene

Augusta. . . .

Lisbon

Lisbon

Durham.. . .

Greene

Lewiston . . .
Turner

.Manchester;

Topsham

Canton

Clinton

Greene

Turner

Webster

Augusta

Durham

Auburn

Hallow-ell....

Lewiston

Yarmouth —
Farmingdale.

Webster

18 Greene .

Greene

Augusta ....

Augusta

Greene

Lewiston

Webster

Lewiston. . . .
Lewiston. . . .

Canton

Minot

Turner

Presque Isle.

Augusta

Lewiston. . . .

Turner

Manchester .
Lisbon

Mastered
into the r.
S. Service.

14

Aug.
Aug.
A ug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug. ..
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

REMARKS.

I discharged Jan. 13, '63.
Discharged Mar. 13, '63.

Discharged in '63.
Wd. at (iettys., July, '63.
Wd. at Gettys., July, '63.
Discharged Mar. 14, '63.
Deserted Jan. 20, '63.
Discharged Mar. 1, '63.
Prisoner at Gettysburgh, '63.
Wounded at Gettysburgh.

Deserted from 7th Regt.
Promoted Corporal.

Pris. at (iettys., July 1, '63.
Deserted before muster.
Rep. deserter Sept. 21 , '62.
Promoted Corporal.
Missing in action Dec.13,'62.
Disc, by order June 2, '65.
Discharged June 19, '63.
Wd. at F'd'k'g, Dec. 13, '62.
Miss, since bat. Cettysb'gh.

Wd. in action Feb. 6, '65.
Disc, for dis. Dec. 23, '64.
Discharged Jan. 6, '63.

Missing in battle of Fred-

ericksburgh, Dec. 13, '62.
Promoted Corporal.

Discharged Feb. 18, '63.
Discharged Dec. 14, '63.
Not in Company.
Discharged Jan. 6, '63.

Discharged Dec. 15, '62.
Discharged Dec. 11, '62.

Wd. at F'k'b'g, Dec. 13, '62.

Discharged Jan. 19. '63.
Discharged Jan. 18, '63.
Discharged Feb. 23. '63.

Discharged Dec. 23, '63.
Promoted Corporal; pris.

Missing at ( !ett\ sburgh.

Discharged April 15, '63.
Discharged Mar. 9, '63.
Promoted Corporal .

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

291

COMPANY I.— Continued.

NAMES.

Smith, .Tallies 18

Sparrow, John R 34

Staples, William B 42

Stover, Oliver J41

Sullivan. Dennis 43

Sliurtlili, William ])..
V"0Se, Sebastian S

Wade, Nelson

Waterman, Rinaldo N.

Weseott, Charles

Whitney, William L...

Young, Charles II

Patten, Lora S

Joined Company since
Boyd, John

Harrows. Allien C. . ..

Butterfleld, Lowell

Born, William

Blagden, William D.

Banks, Jeremiah

Braini, l'eter B

Booker, Wesley

Booker, Asa

Bryer, Andrew J

Barnes, Ira

Can-, George

Clark, William, Jr...

Cleveland, John s. .

Clifford, Herman 21

Corson, Joseph 20

Crosby, Thomas 43

Curtis, John 21

Chandler, Roscoe 20

Colby, Benjamin F.
Campbell, Thomas.

Corlis, John S 25

Cleaves. Win. II. H.... 25

RESIDENCE

Gardiner.

Knox

Turner. . .
Webster..

I'mt land.

Portland

Lew istclll

Lisbon

Webster

Lisbon

C'lltrb'y.N.U

Peru

Greene

Dec. l, 1862.

Lewiston

Augusta

Augusta

Leu iston

Hudson . . .
Woodville.
Bangor. .
Dover.
Exeter —

Bangor

Lee

Portland .
Portland .

Cornish, Josiah

Collins. Josiah

Chase, Wesley C

Cumniings, Charles L.
Clark, George

Dilling, James T 23

I MilI'Mi. James W 31

Dunn, John 21

French, Stephen L 18

Frasier, William, Jr. .

Hart. James

Lincoln, Augustus C. .

McGowan, Charles. . . .

Pentland, James

Sentien, James 21

Servus, Frank 30.

Spencer, Moses 28

Tarbox. Moses, Jr 31

Troop, Andrew 23

Thompson, Charles 11.. 19

Augusta

Portland

Portland

Jay

Augusta

Lewiston

Augusta

1 Portland ....
Fort Fairfield
Presque Isle..
Medway PI...

Fort Fairfield

Bangor

Bangor

Bangor

Woodville.
Portland ...
Augusta
Herman ..

Belfast

Bangor

Lewiston . . .
Burlington .
Burlington.

Belfast

Corinna

Bangor

Portland . . .
Lewiston . . .

II
S.
,M.
\l.
M.
M

Mustered
into the 0".
s. Service.

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14. '62
Aug. 14. '62
Aug. 14. '62
Aug. 11. '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 20, '62

Aug. 14. '62

REMARKS.

Aug. 4,
Aug-. 1,
July 31,
Aug. 4,

Aug. 13,
Aug. 13,
Sept. 2,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 10,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 4,
Aug. 4,

July 30,
Aug. 3,
July 28,
July 15,
Aug. 1,
July 16,
Aug. 3.
July 31,
Aug. 15,
Aug. 15,
Aug. 13.
Aug. 13,
Aug. 15,
Sept. l.
Sept. 10,

Sept. 8,

Aug. 13,
July 31,
July 31,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 7,
Aug. 22.
Aug. 4,
Sept. 7,

Sept. S,
Aug. 25,
Aug. 15,
Sept. is,
Sept. 15,
Sept. 19,

Discharged June 26, '65.
Disc, for dis. Dee. 23. '111.
Discharged April 2, '63.
Pris. at Getty 8.; missing.
< tattle guard; wd. Alar. 31,

'65, at Gravelly Bun,

disc. June 10, '65.
Noi in ( lompany.

Discharged in Mar., .'63.
Disc, for dis. May 25, '63.
Transferred from Co. C;

acting Orderly Sergt.

Missing at Getty sburgh.

Con. Deserted Nov. 27, '63.
Con. Disc. Aug. 2, '63.
Con. Promoted Corporal.
Con. Missing in action at

Mine Run, Va.
Con. Disc, by ord.May3l,'65.
Con. Prisoner.
Con.

Con. ; miss.in act. Aug. 10, '64.
Con.
Con.
Con.

Con. Deserted Nov. 25, '63.
Con. Miss, in action, May

4, '64; disc. Aug. 23, '65. '
Con.

Con. Wd. May 8, '64.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.

Paroled prisoner.

Pris.at Richmond, Va.

Pris. Belle Isle, Va.

Pris. Aug. 10, '64.

Prisoner.

Wd. May 23. '(il.

Paroled prisoner.

Des. from hospital.
Wounded May 6, '64;
leserted from hospital.
Con. Prisoner.
Prisoner.
Promoted Corporal.

Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.

Disc.byord.May29,'65.

"Wd. May 8, '64.

Prisoner.

Des. Nov. 27, '63.

Deserted.

Deserted Oct. 20, '63.
Wd. Feb. 7, '65.

Deserted Oct, 20. '63.
Prisoner.

292

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY I.— Continued.

NAMES.

Varney, Alfred w

Walker, George H

West, Fred W

Winship, Andrew J

Went worth, John B

Whittier, Rue] M

Wyman, Rxlph

Worcester, John W

Young, Lewis P

Joined Company since

Butts, Isaac H

Bovard, John

Brown, Hiram R

Barry, James

Cleaves, Samuel B

Corrigan, Thomas

Clark, Henry R

Carville, Benjamin

Chamberlain, Stephen .

Clements, Thomas U

Conway, Hugh

Cleaves, James R

Delancy, Thomas

Farm-lough, Joshua.. . ,

Ford, Timothy

Gorman, Frank

Hammond, Lowell F. .

Hanley, John

Kelley, Patrick

Lvsliom, Albert

Lee, George

McDonald, John

McPheters, Gorham. . .
.Miller, Charles

RESIDENCE.

McPheters, John S.
McNeal, Daniel....
Miles, Barnard

Martin, Leonard P. . . .

Metcalf , John

Murphy, John

McLaughlin, William.

Xoland, Mathew

Nasoii, Dexter

Parker, William B. ...

Purrington, Leonard H

Patterson, John

Parshley, Frank B

Bobbins, William W. ..

Spearin, Jeremiah

Tierney, Michael

Thompson, Isaac H

Thompson, James

Tripp, Simeon

Williams, Thomas

Warren, Augustus W.
Walter, Thomas G. ...
Young, John

Belfast

Portland

Lewiston

Swanville ....
Orrington ....

Herman

Bangor

Bangor

No. 5, R. 3. . .
Dec, 1863.
New Portland

Boston

Harmony —
London, Eng.
Presqne Isle..

Milford

Solon

Xew Portland
Mayfleld . .

Monson

St,.Iohns,N.B,
Presqne Isle..

Cork, Ire

England

Belfast

Cork, Ire

Paris

St.Johns.N.B
Eaton Grant..

Oldtown

Ireland

Liverpool

Orono

Orono

Bangor

Massachusetts

Bangor

New Vineyard
Boston

Montville . . .
Sangerville. .
Bloomtield . .

Farmington .
Milltown

RYh'st'r,N.H.
Patten —

Halifax
Anson . .

England.
Embden.
England.

Boston . .

New Portland

Sept. 1(1, '63
Aug. 10, '63
Sept. 5, '63
Aug. 14, '63
Aug. 12, '63
Aug. 13, '63
Aug. 13, '63
Aug. 10, '63
Aug. 14, '63

Mustered
into the U.
S. Service.

Aug. 14,
Aug. 4,
Aug. 14,
Oct. 4,
Oct. 13,
Sept. 7,
Aug. 14,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,

Sept. 15,
Sept. 8,
Oct. 13,
Oct. 4,
Oct. 6,
Sept. 1,
Oct. 6,
Sept. 7,
Oct. 5,
Oct. 15,
Sept. 30,
Oct. 8,
Oct. 4,
Sept. 30,
Nov. 15,

Nov. 15,
Nov. 7,
Nov. 8,

REMARKS.

Conscript.
( Jonscript.

Conscript.

Con. Miss, in act. May 8, '64

Con. Disc. April 22. '64.

Conscript.

Conscript.

Conscript.

Con. Disc. Dec, '63.

'62 Transferred from Co. A.

63 Transferred from Co. A.
'62 Transferred from Co. A.

64 Deserted Dec. 8, '64.
'64 Conscript.

'64 Sub. ; wd. Feb. 7, '65.

'62 Trans, from Co. A; disc, by

order, May 23, '65.
'62 Transferred from Co. A.
'62 Trans, from Co. A; disc, by

order, May 29, '65.
'63 Sub. ; trans, from Co. A; disc.
'63 Sub.; Trans, from Co. A.
'64 Conscript.
'64 Conscript.
'64 Substitute.

'63 Sub.; disc.byord.June22,'65.
;64 Sub. ; disc. July 12, '65.
'64 Substitute.

'64|Con. Deserted Dec. 13, '64.
'64 Conscript.
'63 Conscript.
'63 "
'63
•64
'til

Jan. 5,

Sept. 7,

Sept. 7,

Oct. 4,

Oct. 4,

Oct.
Oct.

Sept. 2,

Sept. 2,

Sept. 6,

Sept. 3,

Oct. 3,

Oct. 4,

Aug. 14,

Aug. 1,
Aug. 14,
( )ct. 6,
Sept. 2,
Oct. 13,
Aug. 14,

Sub.; deserted Jan. 28, '65.

Conscript.

Con. Discharged by order.

.May 24, '65.
Conscript.

Substitute; paroled pris.
Substitute; discharged May

18, '65: order W.'D.
Promoted 1st Sergeant.
Sub.; discbyord.May23,'65.
Substitute.
Conscript.

Deserted Dec. 13, '64.
Con.; wd. Feb. 7, '65.
Sub.; wd. Mar. 31, '65; disc.

June 12, '65.
Sub.; disc, by ord.May23,'65.
Substitute.

Con. Discbyord.May23,'65.
from

Joined as 1st Lieut,
2d Lieut. Co. G.
'64 Substitute.
62 Trans, from Co. A; pris.
64 Substitute.
64 Substitute.
64 Substitute.
62 'Transferred fromr. Co. A

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

293

COMPANY K.

871

Mustered

NAMES.

Ri:siI)KNCB.

•? =

into the U.

REMARKS.

bl

<

S. Service.

SEItCKANI'S.

Joseph ( ). Lord

;;i

Biddef ord

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted 1st Lieutenant.

.Marcus M. L. llusso\ . . .

j'j

Newcastle. , . .

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Disc, for difl. Feb. 19, '63.

Freeman K. Mclntire. .

34

Sedgwick

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Disc tor dis. Feb. 5, '63.

2,

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted 2d Lieutenant.

1!»

Bristol

Aug. 14, '62

Dec. 1, '63.

Wilmot II. Chapman...

IS

Nobleboro.. . .

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Pro. 1st Serg. Pro. 2d Lieut.

Walter Dunbar

211

Nobleboro

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Wounded May 10, '64; pro-

ted 1st Sergt.

Disc, by order June 5, '65.

•21

Kluehill

s.

A ug. 14, '62

Joseph B. Varnuin

:;t;

M.

Aug. 14, '62

2i

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Charles P. Allen

18

Brooklin

M.

Aug. 14, '62

:;u

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Wd. in action Feb. 6, '65.

Joseph Peacock

IS

Bluehill

S.

Aug. 14, '62

CORPORALS.

24

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Wd. Fredk'g. Dec. 13, '62.

Deer Isle

M.

Aug. 14, '62

— Xreorge W. Houdlctt . .

26

Newcastle. .. .

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Disc, tor dis. Feb. 14, '63.

Jolinson H. Lufkin. . . .

B9

Deer Isle. . . .

s.

Aug. 14, '62

2i i

Brooklin

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Wilmot H. Chapman.. .

is

Nobleboro

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Sergeant.

Samuel Hooper

18

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Disc, for dis. Feb. 5, '63.

David K. Lane

21

Jefferson

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Disc, tor dis. Jan. 16, '63.

John J. Blodgett

21

s.

Aug. 14, '62

( 'harles T. Choate

is

Bluehill

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Wounded June 13; disc.
Jan. 23, '65.

Frank Devereux

21

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Charles A. Devereux . .

is

Penobscot

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Albert C. Stevens

2U

Bluehill

s.

Aug. 14, '62

20

Fayette

s

July 28, '63

Conscript.

Charles P. Allen

IS

Brooklin

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Sergeant.

30

-M.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Sergeant.

Silas C. Doble

18

s

Sept. 3, '63
Sept. 1, '63
July 18, '63

IS)

s

Daniel Emerson

34

Boothbay —

M.

is

S

Sept. 5, '63
Aug. 14, '62

23

M.

21

8.

Aug. 14, '62

Wounded Feb. 7, '65.

Francis M. Willing

21

Bluehill

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Freeman T. Knowles.. .

is

Skowhegan. . .

8.

Aug. 14, '62

MUSICIAN.

21

Harmony

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Disc. Jan. 21, '65.

PRIVATES.

Allen, Charles P

IS

Brooklin

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Corporal.

19

Brooklin

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Disc, for dis. Apr. 25, '63.

21

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Disc, for dis. Oct. 16, '63.

37

s

Aue,-. 14, '62

Bickford, Elisha F

18

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Biekford, Isaac B

27

Pittstield . ,

M.

Aug. 18, '62

Prisoner Julyl, '63; wounded
May 10, '64.

Blodgett, John J

Bowden, Christopher. .

21

Castine

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Promoted Corporal.

21)

Brooklin

M..

Aug. 14, '62

IK

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Wounded Julyl, '63.

Bowden, Lorenzo D —

21

M.

Aug. 14, '62

is

Newcastle

s.

Aug. 14, '62

Butler. Henry B

;;n

M.

Aug. 14, '62

l'ris. July 1, '63; prom. corp.

;i;

Seil- wick ....

\l

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62

20

s.

Miss. Fredk'g. Dec. 13, '62.

2il

Newcastle. . . .

M.

Aug. 14, '62

Disc, for dis. Mar. 10, '63.

Chase, Seth K

■>i;

Bluehill

M

Aug. 14, '62

Choate, Charles T

IS

Bluehill

S.

Aug. 14, '62

Pro. corp.; Pris. July 1, 63.

294

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY K.— Continued.

NAMES.

Clark, Benjamin F. ...

Coligan, Daniel

Cousins, Timothy I). . .
Cunningham, Edward.

Curtis, Daniel M

-Davis, Alvah M

Devereux, Charles A.

Devereux, Frank

Dodge, Frank

Dow. Reuben A

Dunbar. Walter

Fox, .lames E

Gregory, John

Grey, judson

( i ri in lie, Daniel E

Grindle, James W

Hatch, Mark E

Hiscock, William S....

Jarvis, Andrew J

Jenkins, Robert

Junes, John K

Jones, Medbury

Jordan, Hollis J

Joyce. Moses S

Lambert. ( Iregory

Lane, David R

Lane, John T

Leach, Henry

Macomber, Otis

Marks, Calvin B

Marks, James B

Mayo, Francis C

■ BtcNear, Alfred

Morgrage, Andrew J..
Osgood, Kodolphus W. .

Page, Ira

Parlin, Charles H

Peacock, Joseph

Pearson, Charles

Pierce, John H

Peters, Charles F

Powers, Harlon P

Reaves, Isaac < I

Sanborn, Alonzo B

Sargent, Benj. \V. .

Savage, Hiram

Sherman, Samuel. .
Spaulding, Daniel..
Stevens, Albert C. .
Varnuni, Joseph B.
Veazie, James A. . .
Webber, Cyrus K . .
Wescott, Henry B..

Willens, Francis M .
Widens, Walter J...

Wilson, Isaac M

Wilson, Thomas J...

Joined Company sine
Abbott, Orson

KK.SIDKNCK.

Damariscotta,
Washington . .
Sedgwick

Jefferson

Deer Isle

Jefferson

Penobscot

Castine

Newcastle.. ..

Brooklin

Nobleboro

Washington..

Bluehill

Sedgwick
Bluehill

Bluehill

Castine

Damariscotta,

Castine

Rockland ....
Damariscotta
Washington. .

Trenton

1 )eer Isle

Bluehill

Jefferson

Deer Isle

Penobscot, . . .

Bluehill

Bluehill

Sedgwick —

Bluehill

Newcastle

Castine

Bluehill

Sedgwick —
Skowhegan . .

Bluehill

Bluehill

Bath

Bluehill

Deer Isle

Jefferson

Brooklin

Sedgwick . .
Washington

Newcastle..
I'ittstield. ..
Bluehill....

Castine

Penobscot. .
Limerick. . .
Castine

Bluehill....
Bluehill....
Sedgwick. .
Sedgwick. .
Dec. 1, 1862.
Bucksport..

Mustered
into the U,
S. Service.

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 18
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Aug. 14

Au-. 14

Aug. 14

REMARKS.

Prisoner July 1, '63.

Disc, for dis. Nov. 10, '62.
Prom. Corp.; wd. July 1, '63.
Promoted Corporal.

Wd. Gettysburgli July, '63.
Promoted Sergeant.
Transferred to Co. A.

Discharged April 22, '64.
Wounded Fred. Dec. 13, '62;
disc. Aug. 13, '64.

Disc. April 22, '64.

Disc, for dis. Dec. 15, "62.
Disc, for dis. Dec. 27, '62.
Miss. Fred. Dec. 13, '62. — '
Wounded Dec. 13, '62.
Disc, for dis. Mar. 9, '63.
Disc, for dis. Sept. 21, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Prisoner.

Prisoner July 1, '63.
Pro. Sergt.; pris. July 1, '63.
Disc, for dis. Dec. 2, '62.
Prisoner July 1, '63.
Disc, for dis. Jan. 4, '64.
Wd.; disc. May 10, '65.
Prom. Conunissary Sergt.
Promoted Sergeant.

Miss. Fred. Dee. 13, '62.
Wounded Fredericksburgh.
Miss. Fred. Dec. 13, '62.
Disc, for dis. April 1, '64.
Wd. Gettysburgh July 1, '63;
Promoted Corporal.

Prisoner Gettysburgh.
Hospital attendant.
Wounded in action.
Prom. Corp. ; wd. July 1, '63.
Pro. Sergt.; pris. July 1, '63.
Miss. Fred. Dec. 13, '62.

Pris. July 1, '63; exch.; pro.

Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.
Wd. Fred. Dee. 13, '62.
Pris. July 1, '63; exeh.

S. Sept. 10,' 63|Con. Wd. May 8, '64.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

295

COMPANY K.— Continued.

NAMES.

Bisbee, Robert. . . .

Brown, Walter M.
Brown, Hezekiah .
Berry, William .
Barnby, John B. . .

Bell, Daniel

Bell, Joseph, jr...

Carney, . lames

Cloyes, John F

Doble, Silas C

Doble, Roseoe

Drew, Isaac

Emery, Joseph F. .

Emerson, Charles.
Emerson, Daniel..
Fowler, Timothy..
Foster, Samuel A.
Fisher, George W

Gray, Levi R

Gliddon, Lewis

Green, Benjamin P....

Grover, George R

Ham, Berber! J

Hopkinson, Henry M.
Hamlin, James 1 1

Haney, Thomas . . .
Jordan, Charles A.

McMahan, Bernhard.

Moffatt, Hudson...
Nason, John T

< Hseamp. Joseph. . .

Palmer, Charles F .

Pazzie, George

Peterson, Hans

Fooler, Frank

Hines, Augustus 3

Joseph, Angel 28

Logan, John 30

Lyons, Eli C

McGuire, James.
McGutre, James.

Poole, Benjamin F 18

Phillips, John :si

21
29
25
27
33
H
26
19

RESIDENCE.

Quirk, .lolin.

Rankins, Albert

Ranker, .Joseph. . . .

Simons, Gilbert

Stevens, David H . .
St. John, William..
Shaw, Hazen M —
Shuman, James M.

( lalaia

Lee

Lee

Saco

Orono

Orono

Orono

Portland. . .
Bangor

Lincoln

Lincoln.. ..

Lincoln. . . .
Clinton

Orono

Boothbay . .

Canaan

Hampden . .
Brewer

Oldtown

Freedom. . .

Barnard

Lewiston. . .
Foxcroft. . .
New Sharon

Castine

Etna

Houlton

Gardiner. . .

Portland
Portland

Bangor

Biddeford. . .

Portland

Augusta

Portland. . . .

Bradley

Portland. . . .

Fayette

Portland. . . .
Portland. . . .
Bangor

Mt. Vernon.

Kittery

Portland. . . .
Portland. ..
Portland. ...

Bangor

Lewiston. .. ,
Portland. . . .

Orono

Belfast

Mustered
into the U.
S. Service.

Aug. 10, '63

Sept. 18,
Sept. 11,

Sept. n;,

Aug. 22,
Sept. 8,
Aug. 22,

Aug. 1,
Aug. 16,
Sept. 3,
Sept. 1,

Aug. 14,
Aug. 15,

Sept. 1,
July 18,
Aug. 15,
Sept. 4,
Sept. 4,

Sept. 4, '63

REMARKS.

Aug.

i:;

Sept.

7,

Aug.

II.

Sept.

5,

Aug.

L5

Sept.

7,

Aug.

21

Aug.

II

Aug.

27

Aug.

3

July

31

Sept. 5,
Sept. 16,
July 28,

Aug. 1, '63

July 29,
Aug. 12,
July 29,
July 28,
Aug. 3,
Aug. 5,
July 23,

July 31,

Sept. 16,
July 28,
July 30,
Aug. 30,
Aug. 5,
Sept. 18,
Aug. 10,
Sept. 1,
Aug. 27,

Con. Missing in action;

discharged Aug. 8, '65.
Con.
Con.

Con. Wd. in action.
Con.

Con. Disc, lor dis. Jan. 7, '64.
Cnn. Disc. Jan. 14, '04; Arm

amputated.
Con. Des. Sept. 17, '63.
Con.

Con. Promoted Corporal.
Con. Wd. May 10, '04.

Promoted Corporal.
Con.
Con. Wounded Feb. 7, '65.

Disc, by order Maj 20, '65
Con. Disc, by ord.May20,'65.
Con. Prom. Corporal.
Wd. in action.
Prisoner of war.
Disc, for dis. May 24,

Con.
Con.
Con.
'65
Con.

Miss, in action, June

5, '64; disc. June 26, '65.
Con.

Con. Disc, for dis.Jan.19,'64.
Con. Disc, by ord.June 2,05.
Con. Des. June 12, '65.
Con.

Con. Disc. April 22, '64.
Con. Wd. and absent on

furlough Oct. 22, '64.
Con. Wounded Feb. 7, '65.
Con. Par. pris.; Discharged

by order May 29, '65.
Con. Deserted May 4, '64.
Con. Discharged for dis.

May 10, '65.
Con. Prom. Corporal.
Con. Disc. April 22, '64.
Con. Disc. April 21, '65 for

disability.
Con. Miss, in action, June

5, '64.
Con. Disc. April 22, '64.

Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.
Con.

Paroled prisoner.
Promoted Corporal.
Deserted Oct. 25, '63.
Disc. Apr. 22, '64.
Discharged for disa-
bility Dec. 9, '63.
Con. Wd. in action.

Disc. April 22, '64.
Paroled prisoner.
Des. Dec. 6, '63.
Disc, for dis. Ap.1,'64,
Disc. Apr. 22, '64.
Disc, for dis.Jan.4,'64.

Con.

Con.

Con.

Con.

Con.

Con.

Con.

Con. Dis.byorder May 29,'65

Conscript.

296

HISTORY OF THE

COMPANY K.— Continued.

NAMES.

True, William A.
Thing, Everard . .

Tarr, Hiram M . . .

Winslow, Hiram

Joined Company sine

Brady, James

Burr, George C

Bennett, Edwin A

Conden, Alfred

Cole, George L

Curran, John

Dunham, Hosea A

Dakin, James T

Foster, Stephen H

Gilbert, William

Greene, William

Graham, Henry

Greenleaf , Daniel

Heath, Calvin AV

Hill, George F

Howard, Augustus A.

Haley, Ebenezer

Hopkins, Daniel

Howard, Anson H. ...
Hurd, Joel B

Henderson, William...

Holbrook, Abel C

Holmes, John

Johnson, Martin A

Johnson, Charles

Knowles, Freeman T.

Knowles, William H..
Moulton, Daniel W...

Mortimer, Richard

Maulley, Frank

Page, John L —
Parker, Jabez P.

Page, Ruins E

Place, Benjamin H.
Robinson, Fred. C.
Russell, Joshua —

Redding, Ebenezer.
Spearin, Daniel A . .

Stinchfleld, Thomas F.

Smith, William

Tripp, Simeon

Twist, John A

Webster, George W

Wilson, John

RESIDENCE. £ JJ

If 3 Mustered
££ into the U.
,2 . S. Service.

3

Freeman

Mt. Vernon.

Salem .

Portland

Dec. 1, 1863.
Bridgton. . .

Bangor

No. 2 R 3 . .
Brooksville.

Bangor

Bangui-

Madrid

Amity

Danforth. . .

Bangor

Etoekport . .
Brighton. . .
Washburn.

Bangor

Bangor

Brownsville.

Belfast

Belfast

Brown ville. .
Harmony. . . .

Brownfield. . .

Embdeu

N. Yarmouth
Limington . . .
Kenneb'kp't .
Skowhegan . .

Lexington . . .

Madrid

Kenneb'kp't
Auburn

Sedgwick. ...

Greene .

is Sedgwick.

40!.

18 Bangor...

41 Danforth.

Calais

Skowhegan .

Clinton Gore
Washburn...
New Portland
Bridge water
-to Kenneb'kp't
25|Mayfield

Sept. 7, '63
Aug. 3, '63

Aug. 13, '63

Aug. 3, '63

Oct. 21,
Sept. 6,
Oct. 13,
Jan. 3,
Sept. 7,
Sept. 12,
Oct. 26,
Oct. 12,
Oct. 3,
Sept. 9,
Sept. 2,
Nov. 4,
Oct. 13,
Sept. 5,
Sept. 8,

Feb. 18,
Sept. 8,
Sept. 6,
Feb. 1,
Aug. 14,

Nov. 2,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 7,
Nov. 2,
Nov. 14,
Aug. 14,

A.ug. 7,
Oct. 26,
Oct. 26,
Sept. 5,

REMARKS.

Dec. 28, '64
Aug. 14, '62

Jan. 4,
Oct. 31,
Sept. 1,
Oct. 3,

Oct. 25,
Aug. 14,

Oct. 24,
Oct. 13,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 24,
Nov. 1,
Oct. 24,

Con. Wounded Feb. 7, '65.
Con . Wd . ; arm amputated ;

disc. Mar. 22, "66.
Con. Wd. in action; disc.
- Dec. 10, '64.
Con.

Substitute.
Substitute.
Con.

Discharged June 12, '65.
Substitute.
Conscript.
Conscript.
Conscript.

Sub. Wounded in action.
Substitute.
Substitute.
Conscript.
Substitute.

Sub. Wd. Feb. 7, '65. Disc,
by order May 19, '65.

Substitute.

Sub. Wounded in action.

Trans, from Co. A. Disc.
July 19, '65.

Transferred from Co. A.

Substitute.

Conscript.

Sub. Wounded April 1, '65.

Tr. from Co. A. Promoted

Corp. Paroled prisoner.
Substitute. Prisoner.
Conscript.

Sub. Wounded April 1, 'C5.
Sub. Trans, from Co. A.

Missing in action.
Vet. Disc, by order May

29, '65.
Prom. 1st Lieut, from 2d

Lieut. Co. I.

Discharged June 12, '65
Substitute.

Con. Disc, by order June
6, '65.

1st Sergt. from Co. A. Pro-
moted 2d Lieut. Co. F.

Tr. fr. Co. A. Pris. of war.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

297

OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN ON DETACHED SERVICE.

NAMES.

COLONEL

Charles W. Tilden..

LIEUT.-COLONEL

Aug. B. Farnkam.. .

SURGEON

Charles Alexander.

ASST. SURGEON.

Joseph B. Baxter. . .

ADJUTANT

Ahner R. Small

QUARTERMASTER

George \V. Brown...

CAPTAIN

Lincoln K. Plurainer

FIRST LIEUTENANT

Aubrey Leavitt

CAPTAIN

Joseph H. Malbon

LIEUTENANT

Charles A. Garcelon . .

PRIVATES

John Kealigher

James Leavitt

John 11. McKeen

Charles P. Brann

Charles F. Davis

George \V. Gardiner. .

Arno Little

John McDonley

William K. Savage . . .

Nahnm Spear

Henry Turner

John W. Waterhouse.

Melvin Adams

John W. lieed

Enoch P. Gray

Smith Hilton

Charles Smith

Rollin F. Jennings. ..
Charles E. McGrath..
Osborne Richardson . .

Lorenzo 1). Allen

Newman B. Lane

Jeremiah Murphy. . . .

Mat hew Roberts

William Brown

Frank Dodge

Amos Baker

Christ' er Christophers

John B. Goweu

Charles Hathorn. . .

John Kingdon

John McCollum

John McGinley

John L. Sawyer

22

CO.

Dl IV.

Com. 3d Brig., 3d Div., 5th A.C

Inspector Gen. and Chief of Staff
2d Div. 5th A. C •

Surg. -in-Chief 1st Brig. 3d Div.
5th A. C

In charge 2d Div. Hospital

A.D.C.lst Brig. 2d Div. 1st A.C.
A.A.A.G.lstBri.2dDiv.lst AC.

A.A.Q.M.2d Bri.3d Div. 5th A.C.

A.D.C. 2d Brig. 3d Div. 5th A.C.

A.D.C. 2d Brig. 3d Div. 5th A.C.
A.D.C. lstBng.2d Div.5th A.C.

Com. 2d Div. 1st A.C.Amb. Corps

Com. 1st Brig. 2d Div. 1st A. C.
Amb. Corps

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Second Maine Battery

Fifth Maine Battery

Fifth Maine Battery

Fifth Maine Battery

Fifth Maine Battery

Fifth Maine Battery

Fifth Maine Battery

Fifth Maine Battery

Fifth Maine Battery

i • A I E.

1864

May 8, '64

July 16, '64

Aug., 1863

Dec. 13,'62
July 1, '63

Feb., 1865

Dec, 1864

Dec, 1864
Apr.12,'64

1863
1863

Dec.

18(12

Dec.

1862

Dec.

, 1862

Dec.

1862

Dec,

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1S62

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

L862

Dec.

1862

Dec.

1862

298

HISTORY OF THE

OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN ON DETACHED SERVICE.—
Continued.

NAME.

Rank. Co.

Allen, Charles W Priv.

Bartlett, Nathan jr Priv

Beals, Calvin Priv

Brann, Robert C Sergt.

Burnham, John M. Priv.

Cross, Aaron Priv.

Coligau, Daniel Priv.

Chase, Setb K Priv.

Curtis, Daniel M Priv.

Dorset, Thomas J Priv.

Downing, George A Priv.

Follett, Ephraim B Priv.

Folger, Edward C Priv.

Floyd, Ephraim H Corp.

Farrar, Benton Priv.

Goodrich, Ira H | Priv.

Green, William F Priv.

Gray, Judsou Priv.

Hackett, Henry | Priv.

Hayes, Edward E I Priv.

Hayes, Erastus i Priv.

King, Alburn C ' Pi iv.

Lovell, Israel F Priv.

Littleheld, Asel A Priv.

Lowd, William R Priv.

Libbey, Lorenzo D ! Priv.

Macomber, Otis j Priv.

Moore, William L Priv.

Marston, William W Priv.

Merrill, Hiram A I Priv!

>iorcross, Albert H Priv.

Nelson, Chester | Priv.

Quinby, Daniel R , Priv.

Richardson, Joseph \V...\ Priv.

Robie, John G I Priv.

Priv.'
Priv.
Priv.
Priv.

Riggs, Jerry W
Richmond, Granville

Rowell, Haniff

Simpson, Joseph ....

Sullivan, Dennis Piiv

Stone, George H j p r iv.

Soule, Charles F I Priv.

Soule, Daniel A.

Stickney, John H

Tyler, Abram

Townsend, Roscoe B..
Tibbetts.Slieldrou H. .

Watson, John W

Willens, Francis M

Willeus, Walter J

Weutworlh, George M.

Worth, Francis.

Young, Charles H.

Priv.
Priv.
Priv.
Priv.
Priv.
Priv.
Priv.
Priv.
Priv.
Priv.
Priv.

Toung, Johu. ! Prb

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Duty.

Brig. Com. Dept

Ambulance Corps....

Cattle Guard

Pioneer Corps

Cattle Guard

Guard Brig. Hd. Qrts.

Brig. Teamster

Guard Brig. Hd. Qrts.

Ambulance

Div. Teamster

Ambulauce Corps
Ambulance Corps

In Maine

Guard Corps Hd. Qrts

Div. Teamster

Div. Teamster

Ambulance Corps....
Ambulance Corps

Div. Teamster

Div. Teamster

Cattle Guard

Ambulance Corps....
Ambulance Corps....
Ambulance Corps....

Div. Teamster

Ambulance Corps....

Cattle Guard

Div. Teamster

....1862
....1863

....1862
,...1863
...1803

,...1802
...1863

...1863
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...1868
...1862
...1863

....1863
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...1862

Pioneer Corps

Cook in Div. Hospital

Pioneer Corps

Ambulance Corps....

Pioneer Corps

Brig. Com. Dept

.1863
.1863
.1862
.1862

.1862

.1863
.1864

.1863

Cattle Guard

Cattle Guard

Ambulance Corps.

.1862

.1863
.1863

.1863

Brig. Com. Dept

Cattle Guard

Res. Brig. Battery. . ,

Div. Teamster

Div. Teamster

In Maine | 1863

Cattle Guard I \SijS

Guard Corps Hd. Qrts

1 1864

Ambulance Corps 1S63

Guard Corps Hd. Qrts

Div. Teamster | 1863

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

299

Enlisted Men, whose term of service had not expired at muster-out
of Sixteenth regiment, June 5, 1865, transferred to Twentieth
Maine Volunteer Infantry.

NAME.

Gerald, Ezekiel

Kenniston, Wilbert W.
McLaughlin, Timothy

McNeill, Daniel

McGilvery, John

Eldridge, Albert

Strout, Levi N

Blair, John

Beal,Se\vell G

Brown, Byron B

Foster, Benjamin G...

Lord, Elijah

Mansfield, Henry

Monroe, William B...

Miller. Frank B

Peaslee, Charles L. . . .

Smith, Oliver P

Smith, Hiram R

Twist, George W

Turner, Ald'en

Tasker, Horace P

Trimble, Richard

West, Joseph A

Woodbury, Sewell G. .

Webb, Daniel M

Wolff, Thomas

Brown, Jeremiah

Brown, Daniel B

Bowers, William

Bull, Peter

Clougb, Llewellyn. . . .

Chase, Charles B

Cockland, John

Emery, Cyrus

Hubbard, Frank

Jackson, Jeremiah H.

Kelley, John

Kelley, William D. Jr.
Lancaster, Willard. . . .
Porter, Richard D. . . .

Powers, Nelson A

Reed, Charles G

Alley, Alexander

Allen, Jonathan

Anderson, John

Allen, Seth

Avery, James P

Acherson, Martin

Rank.

Corporal.

A

Private.

A

Private.

A

Private.

A

Private.

A

Private.

A

Private.

A

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Corporal.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Corporal.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Corporal.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Corporal.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

C

Private.

C

Private.

c

Private.

c

Private.

C

Private.

c

Co.

Disc. July 21, 1865.
Disc. July 31, 1865.

Disc. June 30, 1365,

Disc. July 22, 1865.

300

HISTORY OF THE

Enlisted Men, whose term of service had not expired at muster-out
of Sixteenth Regiment, June 5, 1865, transferred to Twentieth
Maine Volunteek Infantry.— Continued.

NAME.

Rank.

Co.

Averill, Eben G

Brackett, James H...

Brown, Albert C

Brawn, Reuben W. . .

Brawn, Franklin

Billington, Enoch N.

Bishop, Alfred

Brown, William

Bishop, Frederick. . .

Cyr, Joseph

Cook, Edward C

Downes, Charles N..

Duffee, James

Driscoll, John

Debleux, Louis

Davis, Lendell C

Dillingham, John W.
Freeman, Thomas O.
English, William J..
Franquire, Andrew..
Ferguson, Francis...

Grant, William D

Graves, John D

Gilmau, Charles H...

Grant, Simon T

Glidden, Calvin A

Grant, John

Hanning, Frank

Harmon, Martin

Hinkley, John C. Jr..

Huntley, Isaac S

Murray, Charles

Rowe, William T....

Seavey, John

Sweeno, Israel.

Taylor, Francis F

Tracy, William A

Varney, Charles T. . .

"Warren, George

Brown, George

Bryan, George

Bell, George W

Blake, William

Belongey, Morris

Briggs, Edward

Darby, Isaac H

Farris, Daniel, Jr

Grant, Benjamin F. . .

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

C
C
C
C
C

c
c

c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
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Disc. June 6, 1865.

Disc. June 30, 1S65.
Disc. July 18, 1865.

Disc. June 6, 1865.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

301

Enlisted Men, whose term of service had not expired at muster-out
of Sixteenth Regiment, June 5, 1865, transferred to Twentieth
Maine Volunteer Infantry. — Continued.

NAME.

Houlahan, James H.. ..

Holt, Samuel

Jones, William G

Kneeland. Charles H. ..
Kingsbury, Marcus D .

Linniken, Kufus

Lee, Israel

Leaker, George

McKenney, Nicholas. . .

McPherson, James

Moody, Frank

Martin, Richard H

Moody. David, Jr

Marshall, Charles

Mahoney, John

Mahoney, Dennis

Mylne, Alexander F...

Monk. Allied K

Newcomb, Alonzo

Pray, George H

Pollard. Andrew J

Parsons, Almond

Potter, Gabriel

Robertson. Stephen S. .

Seavey, Ezra S

Summers, Alger

Soule, Richard

Achorn, Orlando R. . ..

Arnold, Isaac

Arnold, Joseph T

Baston, Franklin N . . . .
Bickmore, Daniel ()....
Burnham, William O...

Berry, John

Cooley, Elisha

Cookson, Christopher C
Crocker, Elbridge P.. ..

Dorr, Henry A

Davis, Alvah M

Davis, Daniel, 2d

Davis, George T

Davis, Henry L

Downs, Ezekiel C

Fairbrother, Isaac H. . .
Greenlow, George W. . .

Getchell, Andrew

Gardiner, Enoch R

Hayden, John

Rank.

Co.

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private.

D

Private

D

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Corporal.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

E

Disc. June 20, 1S65.

Disc. June 26, 1865.
Disc. June 26, 1S65.

Disc. June 20, 1865.
Disc. June 20, 1865.
Disc. June 30, 1S65.

302

HISTORY OF THE

Enlisted Men, whose term of service head not expired at muster-out
of Sixteenth Regiment, June 5, 1865, transferred to Twentieth
Maine Volunteer Infantry.— Continued.

NAME.

Hatch, George W Private.

Howard, James, Jr Private.

Jewell, Benjamin F Private.

Kelley. Hugh Private.

Kay, John M Private.

Kelley, James Private.

McKillop, Donald Private.

Manson, Frederick Private.

Montague, Frederick Private.

O'Brien, Dennis Private.

Rowe, Charles A Private.

Runnels. Andrew J Private.

Staples, Thomas D Corporal.

Sedeau, Paul Private.

Waite, John P Private.

Arkit, John Corporal.

Chadbourne, John W Private.

Crossman, Alfred M Private.

Douglass, Ashbell S Private.

Evans. Hiram F Private.

Fenderson, Joseph P Private.

Haley, Dennis Private.

Hammond, Edwin G Private.

Mark, Andrew Private.

Oban, Henry Private.

Page, Thomas D Corporal.

Pierce, Samuel IPrivate.

Pickering, Albert Private.

' Ploude, Joseph j Private.

Sullivan, James IPrivate.

Spaulding, Chauncey I Private.

Rank.

Soule, Charles C.

Stewart, Thomas

Tibbetts, Joel

Veancour, Desira S. .
Woodward, Solomon.

Wilson, Charles

Alden, Adelbert

Beckwith, Joel

Bickford. Stephen D.

Coharn, Timothy

Doyle, Michael

Dolan, Patrick H

Dyer, William

Faulkner, James E. . .

Gorman, James

Goodi idge, Noah

Hughes, James

Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.

Co.

Disc. July 6, 1S65.

Died in Prison.
Disc. June 21, 1S65.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

303

Enlisted Men - , whose term of service had not expired at muster-out
of Sixteenth Regiment, June 5, 18i>5, transferred to Twentieth
Maine Volunteer Infantry. — Continued.

NAME

Hall, Joseph A

Hewett, Philo

Jones, Frank

Low, Sylvan us

Levanseller, John

Leavitt, Rodney

Libbey, James

Linton, Robert

Leavitt, Zachary

McGinley, John

Mehegan, William

McGautlin, James

Nelson. Chester

Orr, John

Perham, William

Porter, Lewis N

Rogers, John L

Rogers, William S. B...

Ryder, Eugene M

Stevens. John

Scott, David S

Saunders, Francis E

Seneque, Charles

Shaw, Erastus M

Shaft Charles P

Smith, James

Smith, Joshua B

Stone, Edwin F

Stubbs. Zoeth E

Sutherland. Augustus A

Thorne, John H

Treat. Albert

Williams. John

Wright, James

Withee, Amos P

Annis, William E

Bailey, Isaiah

Bradbury, John C

Blacklock, Archibald
Cramp ton, Charles.. .
Chandler, Josiah IT
Chase, Wilbur F. . . ,
Carey, Michael.

Connelly, John

Campbell, William
Donaghe, Andrew
Dufour. Francis...
Dill, Albert E

July 3, 1865.

July 21, 1865.
June 10, 1S65.
July 10, 1865.

July 6, 1805.
July 20, 1865.

June 8, 1805.
July 22, 1865.

304

HISTORY OF THE

Enlisted Men, whose term of service had not expired at muster-out
of Sixteenth Regiment, June 5, 1S65, transferred to Twentieth
Maine Volunteer Infantry. — Continued.

NAME.

Damon, Joshua

Despres, John

Dore, Charles B

Fisher, William P

Farley, John

Garron, Solomon

Gammon, Ralph H. . . .

Galvin, John

Graham, John R

Gilbert, Lewis

Gould, Charles H

Goodwin, Charles, 2d..
Harrington, Edwin W

Haley, John

Hartnett, William

Hart, Michael

Heal, Henry A

Hatch, Charles E

Irish, Simeon

Jenkins, Dennis A. . . .

Jones, Frank

Kaehner, Augustus...

Lagin, Hugh

Martin, Alvin C

Martin, John

Maloney, James

Nason, William H

Nash, Jasper H

Mahar, Simon

McElroy. David

Nelson, Frank E

Philpot, Samuel D. . . .

Randall, Charles

Smith, Frank

Sutter, Earnest

True, Edward W

Bovard, John

Butterfield, Lowell...

Bryer, Andrew J

Barnes, Ira

Cleaves, Samuel B. . . .

Conway, Hugh

Cleaves, James R

Cleveland, John S

Clifford, Herman

Corson, Joseph

Crosby, Thomas

Coi'liss, Johu S

Rank.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Corporal.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Corporal.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Co.

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II
II
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II
II
II
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II
II
II
11
II
H
II
II
II
II
II
11
11
II
II
H

Disc. June 12, 1S65.

Disc. June 19, 1865.
Disc. June 21, 1865.

Disc. June IT, 1S65.

Disc. June 26, 1865.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

305

Enli-i i:h Men, whose term of service had not expired at muster-out
of Sixteenth Regiment, June 5, 18(55, transferred to Twentieth
Maine Volunteer Infantry. — Continued.

NAME.

Cleaves, William H. H

Cornish, Josiah

Collins, Josiah

Delancy. Thomas ....

Dunn, John

French, Stephen L. . . .
Farnclough, Joshua.. .

Gorman. Frank

Hart, James

Kelley, Patrick

McDonald. John

McLaughlin, William .

Parker, William B

Patterson, John

Parshley, Frank B. . . .

Tiernay, Michael

Thompson, James. . . .

Williams, Thomas

Walter, Thomas G. . . .

Abbott. Orson

Berry, William

Barnby, John B

Brady, James

Bennett, Edwin A

Condon, Alfred

Curran, John

Cloyes, John F

Doble, Silas C

Doble, Koscoe

Dunham, Rosea A. . . .

Dakin, James T

Emerson, Daniel

Fowler, Timothy

Foster, Stephen H. . . .

Graham, tlenry

Greenlief, Daniel

Gliddon, Lewis

Ham. Herbert J

Hopkinson, Henry M.

Haney, Thomas

IIow r ard, Augustus A.

Haley, Ebenezer

Hopkins, Daniel

Howard, Anson H

Henderson, William...

Holmes, John

Johnson. Charles

Lyons. Eli C

Panic.

Private.

Piivate.

Private.

Private.

Corporal.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Piivate.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Corporal.

Corporal.

Private.

Private.

Corporal.

Private.

Piivate.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Corporal.

Co.

K

K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K
K

Disc. July 12, 1865.

Disc. June 12, 1865.

Disc. June 21,1865.
Disc. June 12, 1865.

Disc. June 12, 1865.
Disc. June 28, 1865.

Disc. June 28, 1865.

306

HISTORY OF THE

Enlisted Men, whose term of service had uot expired at muster-out
of Sixteenth Regiment, June 5, 1865, transferred to Twentieth
Maine Voi/unteek Infantky.— Continued.

NAME.

Molton, Daniel VV

Mortimer, Richard. . . .

Nason, John T

Olscamp, Joseph B...

Poole, Benjamin F

Page, Rufus E

Quirk, John

Robinson. Fred C

Redding. Ebenezer

Stinchfleld, Thomas F

Smith, William

St. John, William

Shuman. James M. . . .

True, William A

Twist, John A

Webster, George W. . .
Wilson, John

Rank.

Co.

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Disc. June 29, 1865.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT. 307

Transferred to the Invalid Corps from Sixteenth Maine Regiment.

NAME.

Blake, Willard L

Benson, James S

Bickford, Warren C

Butters, James M

Bumps. John K ,

Buck. Franklin

Bowden, Lorenzo I)...,

Bryant, Francis A

Bailey, Albion

Bettel, Robert

Blodgett, John J

Cotton, Andrew J

Churchill, Charles C...
Clement, Charles W...
Crockett, Benjamin B .

Davis, Norman A

Dorritt, George H

Drury, George F

Everett, Jonas H

Fox, James E

Farrar, Benjamin F

Grindall, Robert

Galvin, John

Gleason, Sumner A

Glidden, Samuel S

Hussey, B

Harris, Chauncy A. . . .,

Hamlin, Edward L

Hodsden. Clarence L...

Hooker, George H

Jewett, Isaac F

Lane, John T

Lancaster. Bradford F.

Lufkin, Johnson H

Locke. Edward A

Livingstone, L. D

McDonley, John

McFarlaiid, Albert

Mace, J. W

Plummer, William S. . .

Phelps, Lewis G

Pike. F

Prince, Edward M

Pratt, Henry L

Pratt, Sarson C

Russell, Ceylon

Sibley, John F

Smith, Lyman

Stackpole, Aaron

Sargent, Benjamin W. .
Smith, James O

Rank.

Co.

No. of
Order.

Date of order.

Private.

G

2<i2 July 1, '63

Private.

B

L'2l

July 16, '63

Private.

F

283

\ug. 11, '63

Private.

D

302

Sept. 7, '63

Private.

I

319 !

Sept. 25, '63

Private.

D

320

Sept. 26, '63

Private.

K

358

Nov. 6, '63

Private.

C

358

Nov. 6, '63

Private.

A

394

Dec. 12, '63

Private.

K

394

Dec. 12, '63

Corporal.

K

324

Dec. 12, '63

Private.

I

202

Inly 1, '63

Private.

I

358

Nov. 6, '63

Private.

A

394

Dec. 12, '63

Private.

I

394 j

Dec. 12, '63

Private.

I

202

July 1, '63

Private.

K

202

July 1, '63

Private.

C

2'. 6

Sept. 3, '63

Private.

H

202

July 1, '63

Private.

A

302

Sept. 7, '63

Corporal.

I

320

Sept. 26, '63

Private.

C

202

Sept. 7, '63

Private.

I

365

Nov. 13, '63

Private.

G

370

Nov. 18, '63

Private.

B

370

Nov. 18, '63

Corporal.

A

289

Aug. 19, '63

Private.

C

296

Sept. 3, '63

Private.

D

302

Sept. 7, '63

Private.

H

302

Sept. 7, '63

Corporal.

B

394

Dec. 12, '63

Corporal.

D

307

Sept. 12. '63

Private.

K

221

July 16, '63

Private.

F

302

Sept. 7, '63

Corporal.

K

302

Sept. 7, '63

Private.

F

312

Sept. 16, '63

Private.

F

365

Nov. 13, '63

Private.

B

302

Sept. 7, '63

Private.

B

302

Sept, 7, '63

Private.

G

358

Nov. 6, '63

Corporal.

A

221

July 16, '63

Private.

G

235

July 27. '63

Private.

F

235

'July 27, '63

Private.

A

296

Sept. 3, '63

Private.

A

302

,Sept. 7, '63

Private.

E

302

;Sept. 7, '63

Private.

D

358

|Nov. 6, '63

Private.

A

271

Aug. 5, '63

Private.

H

302

Sept. 7, '63

Private.

B

302

Sept. 7, '63

Private.

G

312

Sept. 16, '63

Private.

I

394

Dec. 12, '63

308

HISTORY OF THE

Transferred to the Invalid Corps from Sixteenth Maine Regiment.
— Continued.

NAME.

Simms, Joseph

Turner. John C

Wade. Nelson H. . . .
Winship, Enoch L. .
Whitney, William L
Yeaton, James A...
Young, E. M

Rank.

Co.

No. of

Order.

Private.

H

394

Corporal.

A

394

Private.

I

302

Private.

C

370

Sergeant.

I

394

Private.

D

307

Sergeant.

A

358

Date of order.

Dec.
Dec.

Sept.
Nov.
Dec.

12, '63
12, '63
7, '63
18, '63
12, '63

Sept. 12, '63
Nov. 6, '63

Enlisted Men, transferred from Sixteenth Maine Regiment to U. S.
Navy, April 22, 1864.

NAME.

Achorn, Jacob B

Barrett. William

Downey, John

Fletcher, Benjamin F

Hill, Charles A

Reed. Benjamin F. . ..

Riley, James

Smith, William S....

Silver, William S

Minnack. William ...
Norcross, Albert H. . .

Minnick, John

Doherty, William

Hamilton. George....
McGowell, William...

Dane, Francis S

Lewis. Benjamin

Mullin, John

Sanders, Richard ....

Sidney, John

Johnson, George

Tobin, John

Wentworth, John B..

Grey, Judson

Hatch. Mark E

Hamlin, James H....

McGuire, James

Moffit, Hudson

Peterson, Hans

Phillips, John

Simons, Gilbert

Rank.

Company

Private.

A

Private.

A

Private.

A

Private.

A

Private.

A

Private.

A

Private.

A

Private.

A

Private.

A

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

B

Private.

C

Private.

C

Private.

C

Private.

E

Private.

E

Private.

G

Private.

G

Private.

G

Private.

H

Private.

H

Private.

I

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

Private.

K

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

309

Enlisted Men, transferred from Sixteenth Maine Regiment to the
Veteran Reserve Corps.

NAME.

Allen, Charles W

Allen, Benjamin F....

Allen, William

Bryant, Francis A

Brann, Emery M

Black, Moses B

Balentine, William —

Blodgett. John J

Bethel, Robert

Bowden, Lorenzo D..

Crowed, John H

Choate, Charles E

Collins, George

Churchill, Charles C.

Cotton, Andrew J

Crockett, Benjamin B.

Davis, Robert

Devereaux, Charles A

Dow, Reuben A

Farnham, George H..
Farrar, Benjamin F. . .

Griffin. Roscoe T

Gliddon, Samuel S

Gross, Leonard

Galvin, John

Hooker, George H....
Holbrook. Israel W ...
Hopkins, Thomas S. .

Heath, John

Hodgkins. Jacob T...
Holmes, Wallace L. . .

Holmes, Robert

Howard, Elias

Johnson, Benjamin W

Lyon, Charles C

Lombard, William F..

Lane, John T

Maloon, Stephen

Mulayhan, Thomas . . .

Merritt, Samuel

Pollard, Lyman B

Pettengill, Samuel W.

Pratt, Sarson C

Powers. Roderick

Pierson, Charles

Reed, Elias

Ricker, Joseph A

Smith, Robert M

Shadduek. George H.
Salley. Hiram S

Rank. Co

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Sergeant.

Corporal.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Corporal.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Corporal.

Private.

Corporal.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Corporal.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Musician.

Private.

>ergeant.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Private.

Sergeant.

Private.

Private.

Private.

I

F
I
C
B
C
E
K
K
K
B
E
G
I
I
1
I
K
K
C
I

II
B
C
I
B
B
C
E
G
G
11
I

E
E
U
K
B
D
G
G
E
E
I
K
C
G
C
II
II

Date.

February

March

August

16, 1865.
l:,, 1864.
29, 1864.

September 21, 1863.

January
December

March

November

J uly

December

January

February

February

September

September

May

May
March
November
March

April

September

February

March

July

March

August
December
September
May

July
November

1, 1865.
15, 1863.

15, 1865.

15, L863.

1, 1863.

15, 1863.

15, 1864.

15, 1864.

11, 1863.

30, 1864.

4, 1863.

15, 1863.

31, 1864.

16, lb64.

28, 1864.

18, 1864.

23, 1864.

30, 1864.

15, 1865.

28, 1865.

1, 1863.

15, 1865.

24, 1863.

L5, 1864.

28, 1864.

1, 1865.

11, 1864.

26, 1864.

310

HISTORY OF THE

Enlisted Men, transferred from Sixteenth Maine Regiment to the
Veteran Reserve Corps. — Continued.

NAME.

Rank.

Co.

Private.

H

Corporal.

K

Private.

K

Private.

E

Private.

C

Private.

F

Private.

G

Private.

I

Sergeant.

K

Private.

C

Private.

E

Pr ivate.

E

Private.

I

Private.

K

Date.

Simms, Joseph E
Stevens, Albert C . . . .
Sargent, Benjamin W
Tebbetts, William A.

Tuttle, John

Tibbetts, Sheldron H,

Tibbetts, Isaac F

Varney, Alfred W

Yarnum, Joseph B...

Witham, Sidney ,

Ward, Sylvanus H

Withered. Daniel

Wade, Nelson H ,

Webber, Cyrus K

March

March

June

January

15, 1864.

19, 1864.

15, 1864.

22, 1864.

May 1, 1865.

December 30, 1864.

January 1, 1865.

April 20, 1863.

September 29, 1863.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

311

BURIAL PLACE OF THE MARTYRED DEAD.
NATIONAL CEMETERIES AT WASHINGTON, D. C.

The I'. S. M. Asylum Cemetery is situated about two miles northeast of the city.
The Harmony Cemetery is about one mile and a half from city on Bladensburg road.
The Arlington Cemetery is on the Lee 10st:ite, in Virginia, three miles from city.

NAMES.

Burgess, A

Brown, diaries

Babcock, L. J

Clark, M. V. B

Cobb, Daniel

Chase. M. O

Cole, L. II

Cousins, T. D

Dow, J. E

Davis, A. C

Eaton, .J

Farrar. Edwin C

Furbush, William.. . .

Good rid go, Noah

Garland, A

Green, W. H

Getchell, C)

Hutchinson, F

Hart, G

Hendrix, M. K

Johnson. William

James, Charles E ,

Jones, M

Kingsbury, J. J ,

Luce, Thomas ,

Lurvey, J. H

Love, William

Leavitt, Arch. D

Lawrence, H. B

Mann, A. A

Norton, Benjamin

Palmer, Corp. Chas. F

Pierce, C. R

Reed, John W

Ramsdell, H

Smith, James

Soper, Joel

Scott, William A

Sweatt. John

Spaulding, D

Taylor, II. W

Warren, II. S

Worth, Francis

Wentwoith, F

Whitaker, Z. P

Young, L. P

Co.

E
D
E
C
II
C
E
K
F
C
G
D
G
G
11
G
C
A
E
G
I
E
K
H
C
B
G
Maj,
G
A
G
K
F
C
C
A
C
K
A
K
G
A
E
A
B
I

Died.

Dec. 26, '62

May 2. '64

Nov. '64

Dec. 30, '62

f eb. 6, '63

Dec. 22. '63

Mar. 29, '(i4

Sept. 5, '62

April 26, "(14

An»'. 6, '04

July S, 'Ol

Dec. 26, '62

.Ian. 13, '63

Feb. 14, '63

Feb. 6, '64

Feb. 4, '64

Aug. 30, '64

Dec. 24, '64

May 5, '65

May 14, '05

Oct. 23, '62

Jan. 3, '63

Jan. 16, '63

May 10, '64

Nov. 17, '62

Mar. 19, '64

May 2li, '04

May 31, '04

Dec. 6, '64

April 23, '65

Uct. 21, '02

Mav 22, '64

June 14. '04

Jan. 6, '63

Jan. 10, '63

Dec. 14, '62

Dec. 20, '62

Jan. 5. '63

Jan. 22. '03

May 20, '04

Oct. 27, '63

Oct. 26, '63

Jan. 14, '04

Jan. 6. '65

Feb. 24, '05

Dec. 28, '63

Place >>i- Bi bi \i..

U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
National, Ail i ne ton
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
Harmony.
National, Arlington
National, Arlington
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asvlum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
National, Arlington
National,Arlington
National, Arlington
National, A rlingtou
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
National, Arlington
National, A rlington
National, Arlington
National, Arlington
IT. S. M. Asylum.
National, Arlington
National, Arlington
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asvlum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
National. Arlington
U. b. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
U. S. M. Asylum.
National, Arlington
National, A rlington
U. S. M. Asylum.

Wounds.

Wounds.

Wounds.

Wounds.

312

HISTORY OF THE

NATIONAL CEMETERY, ALEXANDRIA, VA.

Contains 3,601 graves. Situated in the southwestern suburbs of the city; has been
laid off into blocks and ranges similar to the National Cemetery in Washington. Well
kept gravel walks traverse the grounds. The graves have been sodded, and white tab-
lets lettered in black are placed at the head of each, giving name, rank, regiment, and
date of death.

No. of
Grave.

619

1049
642
643

3201
633
655

1767
699

1074
657

Bigelow, W. H

Chase, Wesley C. . . .
Cole, Benjamin W...
Coston, Samuel L. C

Day, Alson L

Dyer, Israel F

Jewett, Warren

Kyle, James S

Luce, Augustus

Perry, Clark E

Towers, William H..

Co.

G
I
K
A
B
G
I
A
C
F
G

Dec. 24,
Nov. 11,
Dec. 9,
De». 30,
June 24,
Dec. 21,
Jan. 2,
Apr. 21,
Jan. 24,
Nov. 30,
J an . 3,

Place of Burial.

National,
National,
621 National,
'62 National,
'65lNational,
'62 National,
'63 National,
'64'National,
'63 National,
'63iNational,
'63 National,

Alexan'a.
Alexan'a.
Alexan'a.
Alexan'a.
Alexan'a.
Alexan'a.
Alexan'a.
Alexan'a.
Alexan'a.
Alexan'a.
Alexan'a.

BURIED FROM LIBBY AND CAMP LAWTON PRISONS,

AT CITY POINT, AND IN THE FIELD BEFORE PETERSBURG!! AND RICHMOND, VA.

Belle Isle: This cemetery has been fenced in by the U. S. C. C, but the head-boards
remain as when the city was occupied, the names being carved in, not painted.

NAME.

Place of Burial.

Bartlette. Nathaniel.

Brown, W*

Cobb, A

Crane, F. A

Frost, G. W

Gilbert, William

Huff, C. H

Howland, E

Libby, Richard.
Shender, Bt . . . .
Warren, C. A. .
Allen, J. O

Belle Isle.

Depot Field Hosp., City Point.
Depot Field Hosp., City Point.
Depot Field Hosp., City Point.
Depot Field Hosp., City Point.
In Mrs. Cummings' lot, Gar-
diner, Maine.
Depot Field Hosp., City Point.
Depot Field Hosp., City Point.
Near Aiken's House.
Belle Isle.

Camp Lawton, Millen.Georgia.
Hampton, Virginia.

* John S. of Company I (?).

t Oliver Stover, Company I, Dec. 9, 18f>4 (?).

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.
NATIONAL CEMETERY, GETTYSBURG!!.

313

This cemetery occupies seventeen acres on Cemetery Hill. In laying out the grounds
a semi-circular form was adopted: the head of each body pointing toward a common
center, tin' National Monument. The work of disinterring and reiinterring the Union
dead waa begun October 7th, 1863, and completed in about five months. Many of the
bodies then in unmarked graves we Identified by means of papers, letters, photographs,
etc., and marks found on their clothing. The cemetery was dedicated Nov. 19th, 1863.

No. of
Grave.

NAME.

Sec. A, J Corp. Frank Devereux.

Sec. A, 17 Frank Fairbrother

Sec. A, 8 George D. Marston. . . .

Sec. A, 4 Unknown

Sec. D, 8 Win. H. Huntingdon..

Sec. D, 9 Harrison Pullen

Sec. G, Albion B. Mills

Co.

1)1

i : i ► .

July

1,

'63

July

9,

'63

July

'.»,

'63

July

9,

'63

July

'•»,

'63

July

18,

'63

Oct.

7,

'63

Place of Burial.

National Cemetery.
National Cemetery.
National Cemetery.
National Cemetery.
National Cemetery.
National Cemetery.
National Cemetery.

NATIONAL CEMETERY, ANDERSONVILLE, GEORGIA.

Contains the graves of the " martyred dead " at Andersonville, Georgia, and is about
three hundred yards distant from the Stockade, where our soldiers were held as pris-
oners. The graves cover a space of nine acres.

No. of
Grave.

12,055
11,980
6,950
8,625
12,367
8,145
7,073
7,391
5,355
7,967
709
2,131
7,979
8,441
3,639
2,095

NAME.

Boren,* W

Bryant, C. F

Condon, William H.

Curtis, John

Cutts, O. M ,

Foster, E. R

Foster, Samuel A...

Grant, B. Frank

Ingalls, Lt ,

Lincoln, A

Malcom, H. MJ

O'Brien, W§

Parsons, James W . ,

Pulverman, G||

Wilson, G W

Wyman, Wl

Co.

I
E
G
I
D
C
K
F
11
I
A
A
1)
1)
II
A

Died.

Nov. 13,
Nov. 18,
Aug. 26,
Sept. 13,
Jan. 1,
Sept. 8,
Aug. 28,
A.ug. 30,
Aug. 11,
Sept. 6,
April 24,
June 18,
Sept. 6,
•Sept. 11,
July 20,
June 17,

Place of Burial.

'64 National
'64 National
'64 'National
' 64 ! National
'65' National
'64 National
'64| National
'64lNational
'64! National
'64'National
'64 National
'64 National
'64 National
'64 National
'64 National
'64 National

Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.
Cemetery.

* Probably Borne.

t Does not appear on rolls.

+ Probably W. A. Malcomb, Company D.

§ Probably James O'Brien.

|| Does not appear on rolls.

IT Probably James R. Wyman, Company D.

23

314 HISTORY OF THE

BURIED IN MAINE, NEW YORK, AND MARYLAND.

No. of
Grave.

NAME.

Co.

Died.

Place of Burial.

2

Booker, Asa

I

B
E
H
I
G
C
B
F
H

May 23, '64
May 4, '65
Oct. 12, '63
Feb. 3, '63
March 3, '64
July 29, '63
Mar. 14, '64
Sept. 17, '63
Oct. 10, '63
April 7, '63

16

471

661

1,145

507

1,336

1,511

1,605

430

Fales, Curtis V

Patten, Lora S

Tabor, C. H

Augusta, Maine.
Annapolis, Maryland.
Annapolis, Maryland.
Annapolis, Maryland.
Dept. of the East.
Annapolis, Maryland.
Annapolis, Maryland.
Annapolis, Maryland.
Camp Parole, Annap.

Ward, W. W

Whitten, M. L

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

315

LIST OF DECEASED SINCE MUSTER-IN.

List of members of Sixteenth Maine Regiment deceased from date of
organization to date of muster-out, June 5, 1865.

NAMES.

Co.

I>\ i E.

( V.USE.

MAJOR.

Arch. D. Leavitt

CAPTAINS.

Charles A. Williams..
Charles K. Hutchins. -
Moses W. Raud

Oliver 11. Lowell

William A. Stevens. .

May 31, '04

Jolm Ayer.

Stephen C. Whitchouse

FIRST LIEUTENANTS.

Nathaniel W. Cosron...

( i-eorge W. Edwards.. . .

SECOND LIEUTENANT.

Henry 1'. tlerriek

SEKG EANT-M .VJOK.
Edwin C. Stevens

PRIVATES.

Atkinson, Alonzo P. . . .

Allen. J. O

Adams. Melvin

Adams, Hazen

Adkins, Charles A

Andrews, James M

Andrews. Abram S

Banks, Ezekiel H

Banks, Jeremiah

Babcock, Luther .1

Bailey, Stillman W

Barrows, Silas M

Barnes, Darius

Bartlett, Nathan jr

Barker, Levi D

Bates, William T

B itchelder, William H..

Bean, Shepard B

Bell, James

Benson, Orau

Berry, Charles R

Berry, George II

liickford, Eh.sha F

Bigelow, William H....
Blanehard, Charles M. .
Blake, Frederick W. C.
Blackwell, William T...
Blodgett, Lorenzo D . . .

Blodgett, Hamlin L

Bodson, Wdliam

A
B

D
D
E

II

K

A

11

Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
July

June

Feb.

July

May
May

Dec.

Aug.

Nov.

Apr.

Dee.

Nov.

Dee.

Dec.

Nov.

Dec.

Dec.

Nov.

Dec.

Dec.

Jan.

Dec.

Dec.

July

Sept.

Dec.

Apr.

May

Dec.

Dec.

July

Dec.

May

Feb.

>lay

Nov.

May

Jan.

10, '62

13, '02

8, '(52

l,'03

17, '64

22, '6:5

1,'63

27, '64
27, '63

13, '62

18, 'I

Wounds.

Disease.
Killed.
I disease.
Killed.

Killed.

Wounds.

Killed.

Wounds.
Wounds.

Killed.

Killed.

Disease.

Killed.
Wounds.

Killed.

Disease.

Wounds.

Wounds.

Wounds.

Killed.

Wounds.

Killed.

Hospital, Wash'n.

Rhorersville, Md.
Fredericksb'h, Va.

Gettysburgh, Pa.
Front of Peters-
burgh, Virginia.

Libby Prison, Rich-
mond. Virginia.
Gettysburgh, Pa.

Richmond, Va.
Fredericksb'h, Va.
Weldon Railroad.

Hampton, Va.

Prisoner.
Falmouth, Va.
Prisoner.

Prisoner.
Prisoner.

Disease.
Disease.
Disease.

316

HISTORY OF THE

List of members of Sixteenth Maine Regiment deceased from date of
organization to date of muster-out, June 5, I860. — Continued.

NAMES.

Bodge, Bradford S

Booker, Asa

Bowden, Christopher..

Bowden, Frank M

Boyd, John

Boyle, Bainey

Brackett, Fj unman. . . .

Brann, Peter B

Bnggs, Araunab

Biocklebank, Nathan..

Brown, Wilson

Brown, Charles

Browu, John IS

Brown, Walter M

Brown, Hezekiah

Born, William

Bryant, Charles F

Bumps, John K

Buigess, Ambrose

Burrows, Silas M

Butterfield, Heniy J...

Butterfield, Martin

Butters, Timothy

Butler, Henry J3

Campbell, Thomas. ...
Canwell, William.

Chase, Wesley C

Chandler, Henry A. . . .

Chandler, Koscoe

Chaney, Farwell.

Chase, Miles O

Clark, Benjamin F

Clark, Martin V. B. ...

Clark, John

Coston, Samuel L

Cousins, T. L)

Cleveland, Joseph L.. .

Coakley, John

Cobb, Daniel

Cobb, Amasa

Cole, Benjamin W

Cole, Lemuel N

Cole, Fzekiel L

Condon, William H...
Corbett, Charles P. . . .

Crane, Francis A

Crabb, William H

Cunningham, Owen . . .
Cunningham, Daniel C
Cunningham, Edward,

Co.

H

May

fe

'64

1

Apr.

23,

'64

K

D c.

24,

'62

K

1 uly

20

'63

B

,)ec.

17,

V,|

G

Vpr.

1,

'65

11

.Nov.

22,

'65

I

Dec.

1,

'63

I

Feb.

18,

'65

F

July

30.

'63

G

Dec.

13,

'62

D

May

2,

'64

I

Nov.

'63

K

Dec.

5,

'68

K

Oct.

18,

'64

T

18(14

E

Nov.

13,

'64

1

1S64

F,

Dec.

26,

'62

Dec.

13,

'62

c

July

1,

'63

Nov.

22,

'64

D

Nov.

20,

'64

K

Mar.

2,

'65

T

Jan.

4,

'65

F

July

1,

V,:;

T

Nov.

10,

'63

H

Mar.

1,

'05

I

Apr.

7,

'64

Mar.

1(1,

v, 1

c

Dec.

22,

'63

K

Mar.

22,

V,:;

C

Dec.

30,

'62

H

Jan.

7,

'64

A

Dec.

30.

'62

K

Sept.

5,

'62

G

1863

A

June

3,

'64

H

Feb.

6,

V,;;

E

July

25,

'64

K

Dec.

27,

'62

E

Mar.

2i>,

'64

C

Feb.

18,

'65

G

Aug.

26,

'64

G

Oct.

24,

'62

Jan.

13,

'65

E

Jan.

21,

'64

A

Dec.

13,

'62

A

Feb.

5,

V,:;

K

Dec.

15,

V,:)

Cause.

Wounds.

Wounds.
Wounds.
Disease.
Disease.

Disease.
Wounds.

Disease.
Disease.

Killed.
Killed.
Disease.

Wounds.
Killed." '

Disease.
Disease.
Wounds.
Disease.

Killed.

Wounds.

Disease.
Wounds.

Disease.

Killed.

Disease.

Disease.

Salisbury, N*. C.

Washington.
Richmond, Va.

Mine Run.

Washington.

Belle Isle, Va.

Washington.

Washington.

City Point, Va.

Smoketown.
In Camp.

Richmond, Va.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

317

List of members of Sixteenth Maine Regiment deceased from date of
organization to date of muster-out, Juue 5, I860. — Continued.

NAMES.

i:>.

Curtis, John

Curtis, Sylvanus

Cushman, Phyletus F.

Cutts, Oliver W

Damon, Edward

Daniels. Lorrain A. ...

Davis, Josiah B

Davis, Stillmau P.. ..

Davis, Ambrose C

Davis, James ,

Day, Darius

Dearborn, George J. . .

Dee, Nicholas ,

Deuplisea, Charles II.

Devereux, Frank

Dilling, James T

Dillingham, Andrew J

Day, Alson L

Doe, Lewis B

Downey, John ,

Dow, John E

Drew, Isaac

Dugan, Martin W....

Dunn, Rufus K

Durgin, John M

Dutton, James \V . . .

Dyer, Israel F

Eastman, Sylvester

Eaton, John

Emery, Solomon G

Engels, Louis

Erskine, Thomas G..

Estes, Jeremiah

Elter, William B

Evans, Charles E

Fairbrother, Frank. . .

Fales, Curtis V

Farrar, Edwin

Farrington, Reuben. .

Farrar, William

Fife, Nathan J

Fifield, Samuel II....

Fish, Lorenzo S

Fiske, Henry D

Fogg, Simon

Fossett. Robert M. . . .

Foster, Cyrus J

Foster, Edwin R

Foss. James C

I
C
E
D
G
E
F
B

C
C

II
II
I)
II
K
I
C
B
E
1)
F
K
II
C
II
1

G
1)
G
A
IL
C
I

D
II
G
E

Date.

Sept.

Dec.

Dec.

Jan.

Dec.

Mar.

June

Jan.

Aug.

May

Mar.

Mar.

Feb.

Dec.

July

Jan.

May

June

Jan.

July

Mar.

Jan.

Jan.

July

Mar.

Dec.

Dec.

Dec.

July

Dec.

Aug.

June

Nov.

Jan.

< \i -1 .

13, '64

13, '62 Killed.
13, '62 Killed.

l,'65i

13, '62 Killed.

(i, v,:;

'6:1

4, '65 Suicide

25, '04
8, '64

3, '63
1,'63

21, '64
13, '62

1, '<;:;

19, '65
10, '64
24, '60

4, V,: 1 ,
1,'03

26, '64
8, '64

15, '64;
21, '64!
ID, '6:;

16, '64
21, '62
13, 'Ii2

8, '64

3, '63

11, '64

26, '64

'64

23, '63

Wounds.
Killed.

Killed.
Killed.

Killed.

Accident.
Killed.

Disease.

July
Oct.

D Dec.

B

C

II

c

D
C

C
E
C
C

II

9, '63
12, '63
26, '62

Wounds.
Killed.

Wounds.
Wounds.

Wounds.

Wounds.
Disease.

Jan.
Jan.
Dec.
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Oct.

Sept.
Mav

29, '65

9, V,:;

29, '62

13, '62
21, '65

15, '65

25, ••12

1863

S, '64

12, '64

Killed.
Disease.

Wounds,
kilied.' '

Richmond, Va.

Cony Hospital, Au-
gusta, Alaine.

Richmond, Va.

Washington.
Washington.

Annapolis, Md.

China, Maine.

318

HISTORY OF THE

List of members of Sixteenth Maine Regiment deceased from date of
organization to date of muster-out, June 5, 1SG5. — Continued.

NAMES.

Foster, Samuel A

Freese, Retire jr

Frost, George \V

Furbish, William A

Garland, Albeit

Garcelon, Benjamin F.

Getchell. Calvin

Getchell. Otis

Gibbs. Thomas A

Gilbert, William

Gould, William A

Gould, Edmund

Gray, Samuel jr

Grant, Benjamin F....
Gieaton, Harrison M.. .

Gregory, John

Green, William H

Guilford, Hiram

Guilford. Lester

Hackett, Orison W

Hackett, Alden

Hall, Abner E

Hamilton. Edwin W. . .

Hanks, Jason

Hanson, Charles W...

Harriman, Frank S

Hartwell, John

Hart, George

Harding, John F

Hatch, Horace J

Hathorn, Robert H. . . .

Heath, A Ivan M. C

Hendrix, Martin K. . , .
Higgins, Freeman E...

Hinds, David H

Hobart, Austin W

Hobbs, Dorillus

Hodsdon, Samuel L

Holbrook, Isaac

Houston, Hii am H ...
Houston, Lorenzo C. . .

Howlaud, Enoch

Hoyt, Lemuel T

Huff, Leonard

Huff, Charles H

Humphrey, Elias

Huntington, William H
Hussey, George G. jr..

Huston, James T

Hutchinson, Fred'k A.

Co.

K
H
I
G
H
I
A
C
G
K
D
G
D
F

K
G
F
A
I
B
B
H
A
C
H
E
E
F
H
C
B
G
I
C
D
C
E
G
E
G
I

H
C
A
C
B
E
D
A

Date.

A ug.
May
Nov.
.Ian.
Feb.
Nov.
Dec.
Aug.
Dec.
Feb.
May
May
July
Aug.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Dec.
Feb.

27.

10,

3,

13,

6,
24,
13,
30,

9.

7,
10.
10,

1,
31,
13,
12,

4,
13,

6,

Cause.

Killed.

Disease.

Wounds.

Killed.

Killed.
Killed.
Killed.

Killed.

Disease.

Killed.

Killed.

Dec.
Oct.
Feb.
Jan.
Dec.
Jan.

17, '64|Disease.
16, '64
9, '65
22, '63

5, '62
10, '64

Disease.
Disease.

Disease.

Killed.

May
Feb.
Feb.
June
Dec.
May
A pr.
Nov.
Dec.
Nov.
Mar.
Dec.
Jan.
Dec.
Feb.
Apr.

Jan.
Jan.
July
Oct.
Feb.
Dec.

5, '65
21, '65

3/63
20, '64
13, '62
14, '65
24, '64
24, '64
14, '64
19, '63

9, '64
17. '63

3, '63
13, '62
24, '65

1, '65
H>6 J ,

2, '64

9, '65

9, '63
28, '62

8, '63
24, '64

Killed.
Wounds.
Killed.
Killed.

Disease.
Disease.
Killed.
Wounds.

Prisoner.

Washington.
Prisoner.

Andersonville, Ga.

Steamer Gen. Lyon
Washington.

Richmond, Va.

Alexandria, Va.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

319

List of members of Sixteenth Maine Regiment deceased from date of
organization to date of muster-out, June 5, 18i>5. — Continued.

NAMES.

Hutchinson. Benj. F...

J a Mies, Charles E

Johnson, William

Johnson, Frank B

Johnson, Martin A....

Jones, Greenlief T

Jones. Medbury

Judkins, Henry F

Judkins, Alonzo

Kenniston, Leonard E.
Kenniston, Thomas E.

Ketch. Richard

Kingsbury, .lames J . . .
Kitchen, Charles A. . . .
Knowles, William H...

Kyle. James S

Lambert, Gregory

Lamb, Nathaniel

Lang, Patrick

Larry, Peter

Lattie. James

Lawrence, Gilman

Lawrence. Almond

Lawrence, Henry B...

Leach, Henry

Lenfist, Thomas H. B.

Libbey, Richard

Lincoln, Augustus C. .

Littlefield, Asel A

Locke, William P. . ..
Longfellow, Kendall...

Love, William

Luce, Augustus

Luce, Thomas W

Lufkin, Loren

Lurvey, Joseph H

Lyford, Charles F

Lynns. Isaiah

Maddox, John H

Macomber, Otis

Mallett, Howard

Malcomb. Simon L. ...

Mallett, Horace N

Malcomb, William A...

Mann, Alford A

Martin, Michael

Ma id in, Edwin

Maiston. John J

Marston. William W..

Marshall, David

Marks, Calvin B

Co.

Cause.

I'.
B
I
E
K
D
K
E
G
11
It

g

ii
c

K
A
K
C
G
G
A
B
C
G
K
G

i;
i

E
F
C
G
C
G

B
E

G

II

K
D
A
B
D
A
1)
G
II
I
I
K

Feb. 7, '65
Jan. 20, "ii:;
Oct. 23, '02
Dec. 26, '62
Feb. 6, 'i'm
Jan. 30, '63
Jan. 16, '63
.Jan. 5, '65
Dec. 14, '63
Jan. 1,'63
Jan. 23, '63
Feb. 20, '65
May 10, 'G4
Jan. 13, '04
Dec. 10, '0-4
Oct. 21, '02
Sept. 14, '03
Jan. 23, '04
Mar. 31, '05
Aug. 19, '04
1S04
Dec. 30, '03
June 0, '04
Dec. 0, '04
Dec. 13, '02
May S, '04
Jan. 29, '05
Sept. 0, '04
June 20, '64
Dec. 13, '02

Killed.
Wounds.

Wounds.
Disease.

Wounds.
Disease.

Disease.
Disease.

Wounds.

Killed.

Disease.

Killed.

Disease.

Killed.

Killed.

Disease.

May 26, '64
Jan. 21, '03
Nov. 17, '02
May 8, '04
Mar. 19, '04
Dec. 14, '02
Jan. 7. '64
Dec. 13, '62
Mar. 15, '03
Nov. 17, '03
June 24, '04
Dec. 29, '03
Apr. 24, '04
Apr. 22, '0.-)
May S, '04
Jan. 3, '64
Feb. '04
June 1. '64
Jan. 7, '04
Dec. 12, '64

Killed.
Killed.

Wounds
Wounds

Killed.

Disease.

Wounds.

Disease.

Killed.

Disease.

Killed.

Wounds

Killed.

Disease.

Disease.

Washington.

Prisoner.

Prisoner.

Prisoner.
Picket.

Prisoner.

Near Petersb., Va.
Prisoner.

Richmond.
Prisoner.

320

HISTORY OF THE

List of members of Sixteenth Maine Regiment deceased from date of
organization to date of muster-out, June 5, 1865. — Continued.

NAMES.

Marks, James B

March, John C

McCann, Charles M..

McPhee, John .

McKeen, Lyman R. . .

Merrill, George E

Men ill. Frank M

Michaels, William H..
Middleton, Thomas..

Mills, Albion B

Mitchell, Joseph

Mitchell, Peleg

Morrill. Winslow A. . .

Murray, Lewis A

Murch, Albert J

Murphy, Thomas

Newell, James N

Niles, Adon A

Norton, Benjamin. . . .

Oakes, Charles

Packard, Winslow E.

Palmer, John

Palmer, Charles F. . . .
Parsons, George R...
Parsons, Joseph A. ..

Parsons, James

Parsons, Joseph VV..

Patten, Lora S

Paul, Frank

Pelton, Leroy

Perry, Daniel

Perry, Clark E

Phillips, Charles M..
Pierce, Charles R....
Powers, William T. ..

Priest, Hiram S

Pullen, Harrison

Putnam, C. H

Putnam, Daniel G... .
Ramsdell, Hiram B..
Rankin, Charles H...
Redding, George F. . .
Redd, Henry J

Reed, John W

Reed, Jacob

Richards, Prentiss M.

Rich. Tyler F

Richard-on, Joseph..
Rideout, Eben

Co.

K
F
F
F
1)
F
E
I
II
E
C
1)
A

i;

E

I
E
I
G
C
E
B
K
B
1)
\)
1)
I
1-'
F
I
F
B
F
F
E
G
I)
1)
G
G
H
G

C
E

I)
II
F
II

Date.

Feb.
Mar.

Oct.

Dec. 5, '64
Dec. 13, '62

Mar. 18, '68
April 1, '65
Dec. 13, '62
Dec. 13, '62
Dec. 21, '6
18, '63
1, '65
7, '63
Oct. 6, '62
Dec. 19, '6°.
186:3
Dec. 13, '62
Jan. 6, '65
Dec. 13, '6-2
Feb. 6, '65
Dec. 26, '63
Oct. 21, '62
Oct. 7, '62
Jan. 9, '63
Feb. 6, '65
May 22, '64
Dec. 16, '62
Dec. 13, '62
Sept. 6. '64
Apr. 6, '65
Mar. 2, '64
May 10, '64
Feb. 15, '63
Mar. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Feb. 19, '64
June 14, '64
Jan. 13, '63
July 1,'63
July 18, '63,
Nov. 22, '63
Sept. 1 1 , '64
Jan. 11, '63
May 8, '64
Feb. 25, '65
April 13, '64

Jan. 6, '63
Dec. 16, '63
Dec. 11, '63
May 26, '64
Dec. 13, '62
April 4, '63

(' \l SE.

Killed.

Killed.
Killed.
Killed
Disease.

Wounds.

Wounds.
Killed.

Killed.
Killed.

Wounds.

Killed.

Wounds.

Wounds.

Wounds.

Killed.

Disease.

Killed.
Wounds.

Wounds.
Killed.

Disease.

Wounds.

Killed.
Killed.

Prisoner.

Prisoner.

Smoketown, Md.
Washington.

Supposed.

Smoketown, Md.

Supposed.
Prisoner.

Richmond, Va.

Prisoner, Richm'cL
Cony Hospital, Au-
gusta, Maine.

Division Hospital.

In camp.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

321

List of members of Sixteenth Maine Regiment deceased from date of
organization to date of muster-out, June 5, 1865. — Continued.

NAMES.

Co.

Date. 1 Cause.

Roberts. Albert W

D

G

G

G

F

B

F

I

C

F

G

G

C

D

C

C

C

E

H

A

G

H

F

B

C

K

F

B

A

D

H

D

I

G

A

F

K

B

B

B

G

H

B

I

G

G

E

E

E

I

Aug. 9, '64
Apr. 27, '04
Doc. 13, '62
Dec. 25, '63
Dec. 3, '63
Nov. 24, '03
June 7, '04
Sept. 7, '64
Dec. 13, '02
Doc. 13, '02
Dec. 18, '02
Dec. 2, '02
Mar. 10, '65
May 10, '04
Dec. 11, '04
Feb. 5, '05
Aug. 6, '63
Feb. 6, '65
Nov. 29, '63
Dec. 15, '62
Jan. 28, '63

Disease.

Prisoner.
Libby Prison.

Rappahannock

Hospital.
Brooks Station

Supposed.
Prisoner.

Warrenton, Va.
Annapolis, Md.

Prisoner.
Prisoner.
Prisoner.
Prisoner.

Roberts, Benjamin T...

Rogers. Erastua C

Rogers, Charles E

Killed.
Disease.

Rowe, Zelotes

Sawyor, Freeman C. . . .

Sharp, Henry A

Shorey, Appleton W...

Smith, William H

Killed.
Killed.
Killed.

Disease.
Killed.

Drowned.
Disease.

Va

Disease.

Smith, Llewellyn C

Dec. 13, '62
Feb. 6, '63
Nov. 29, '62
Dec. 26, '62

Killed.

Disease.

Va

Speed, William H

Stafford, John

May 20, '64
Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 13, '62
Dec. 13, '62
July 1, '63
May 26, '03
June 18, '63
Dec. 7, '04
Sept. 26, '64
Jan. 22, '03
Dec. 23, '03
Jan. 5, '63

1862
Sept. 17, '63
Oct. 8, '64
Oct. 26, '03
June 4, '64
Nov. 17, '63
Nov. 30, '64
Dec. 13, '62
Jan. 1, '63
Dec. 31, '02

1864
Sept.14, '04

1864

Wounds.

Killed.
Killed.
Killed.

Stevens, Charles H....

Stetson, Ephraim H

Stone, Walter E

Stover, Oliver

Disease.

Sullivan, Harriman A..

Wounds.
Disease.

Swett, Sidney E

Scott, William A

Tallow, Martin

Killed.

Taylor, Howard W

Thomas, Benjamin P. . .

Killed.

Thompson, Charles H. .

Titcomb. William H

Towers, William H

Killed.

Towle, Clark L

Wounds.

Towle, Mark

Wounds.

322

HISTORY OF THE

List of members of Sixteenth Maine Regiment deceased from date of
organization to date of muster-out, June 5, 1865.— Continued.

NAMES.

Tuck, Warren

Varney, Edward L

Wade, Gardner B

Walker, Eben J

Walker, George A., 2d. .

Ward, William W

Warren, Harrison S. . . .

Warren, Charles A

Webster, John M

Webber, Virgil H

Webber, George L

Weeks, Theodore

Weed, Alonzo S

Welch, Robert

Welch, John E

Welch, Warren E

Wentworth, Franklin. . .
Wentworth, Leonidas..

West, Fred W

Weymouth, Timothy. . .

Wheeler, John M

Whitney, Alouzo M

Whitraker, Zebulon

Whitcomb, Tilson T...
Whittemore, Samuel H

Whitten, Martin L

Whittier. Reuel M

Wight, William L

Wilson, John F

Wilson, George W

Wilson, Thomas J

Winslow, Hiram

Williams, George W. . . .

Wilson, Isaac M

Witherly, Thomas D. . .

Witham. James A

Worth, Francis

Wright, Charles W

Wyman, James R

Yeaton, William N

Young, Lewis P

Co.

c

Dec. 18,

'62

F

Nov. 2,

'6:1

G

May 12,

'64

F

Oct. IS,

'6:;

A

Mar. 1,

'65

F

Oct. 20,

>63

A

1863

F

Oct. 27,

'(54

D

July 11,

'64

E

July 1,

'63

G

Dec. 24.

'63

B

Jan. 7,

'64

E

Dec. 24,

'63

G

Sept. 29,

'63

G

May 10,

Y,4

B

Jan. 26,

'65

A

J an. 6,

'64

D

Nov. 6,

'62

I

Dec. 22,

'63

E

Jan. 11,

'63

G

Dec. 18,

'62

F

Dec. 13,

'62

B

Feb. 24,

'65

G

Jan.,

'65

G

May 10,

'64

H

April 6,

'65

I

Dec. 16,

'63

B

June 21,

'64

C

Feb. 24,

'65

H

July 20,

'64

K

Jan. 18,

'64

K

Feb. 23,

'65

E

Feb. 17,

'63

K

Jan. 7,

'63

H

Mar. 2(1,

'65

A

Sept. 30,

'62

E

Jan. 14,

•64

Nov. 15,

'(14

D

June 17

'64

C

July 1,

'63

I

Dec. 28,

'63

Cause.

Killed.
Wounds.

Wounds.
Disease.

Killed.
Disease.

Killed.
Disease.

Disease.

Wounds.

Killed.

Disease.

Disease.

Killed.
Disease.

Disease.

Disease.
Wounds.
Disease.
Disease.

Killed.

Washington.

Andersonville, Ga.

Richmond, Va.
Hospital.

Washington.
Warren ton, Va.

Skirmish line.
Andersonville, Ga.

Washington.

SIXTEENTH MAINE REGIMENT.

323

Jw

1939