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Maine Civil War Units

You may search to the right by the Unit (Regiment Number) or for an Engagement these units were involved in.

Summary Unit Histories & Related Materials
Unit Muster In Muster Out Length of Service
First Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry May 3, 1861 August 5, 1861 3 Months
Third Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry June 4, 1861 June 28, 1864 3 Years
Fourth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry June 15, 1861 July 19, 1864 3 Years
Fifth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry June 24, 1861 July 27, 1864 3 Years
Sixth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry July 15, 1861 August 15, 1864 3 Years
Seventh Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry August 21, 1861 September 5, 1864 3 Years
First Maine Cavalry October 31, 1861 August 1, 1865 3 Years
Eighth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry September 7, 1861 January 18, 1866 3 Years
Ninth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry September 22, 1861 July 13, 1865 3 Years
Tenth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry October 4, 1861 May 8, 1863 2 Years
Eleventh Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry November 12, 1861 February 2, 1866 3 Years
Twelfth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry November 20, 1861 December 7, 1864 3 Years
Thirteenth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry December 31, 1861 January 6, 1865 3 Years
Fourteenth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry December 31, 1861 January 13, 1865 3 Years
Fifteenth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry January 20, 1862 July 5, 1866 3 Years
Second Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry May 28, 1861 June 9, 1863 2 Years
Sixteenth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry August 14, 1862 June 5, 1865 3 Years
Seventeenth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry August 18, 1862 June 4, 1865 3 Years
Eighteenth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry August 21, 1862 December 1862 Reorganized 4 Months
Nineteenth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry August 25, 1862 May 31, 1865 3 Years
Twentieth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry August 29, 1862 July 16, 1865 3 Years
Twenty-First Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry October 13, 1862 August 25, 1863 9 Months
Twenty-Second Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry October 18, 1862 August 14, 1863 9 Months
Twenty-Third Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry September 29, 1862 July 15, 1863 9 Months
Twenty-Fourth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry October 16, 1862 August 25, 1863 9 Months (Department of the Gulf)
Twenty-Fifth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry September 29, 1862 July 10, 1863 9 Months
Twenty-Sixth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry October 18, 1862 August 17, 1863 9 Months (Department of the Gulf - 19th Corps)
Twenty-Seventh Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry September 30, 1862 July 17, 1863 9 Months
Twenty-Eighth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry October 18, 1862 August 31, 1863 9 Months
Twenty-Ninth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry December 17, 1863 June 21, 1866 3 Years (Department of the Gulf - 19th Corps; Army of the Shenandoah)
Thirtieth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry January 11, 1864 August 20, 1865 3 Years
Thirty-First Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry April 17, 1864 August 20, 1865 3 Years
Thirty-Second Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry March 3, 1864 August 20, 1865 3 Years
First Regiment, Maine Veteran Volunteers
First Regiment, Maine Sharpshooters
Second Regiment, U.S. Sharpshooters, Co. D November 2, 1861 February 18, 1865 3 Years 3 Months
Second Maine Cavalry January 12, 1864 December 6, 1865 23 Months
First D.C. Cavalry October 23, 1863 Company D August 27, 1864 Remainder of Regiment transferred to 1st Maine Cavalry 10 Months
First Maine Heavy Artillery August 21, 1862 (18th Maine Regiment) Reorganized December, 1862 as First Maine Heavy Artillery September 11, 1865 3 Years - Army of the Potomac
First Battery, First Maine Light Artillery December 18, 1861 at Portland July 15, 1865 at Portland 3 Years, 7 Months
Second Battery, First Maine Light Artillery November 30, 1861 at Augusta June 16, 1865 at Augusta 3 Years, 7 Months
Third Battery, First Maine Light Artillery December 11, 1861 at Augusta June 17, 1865 at Augusta 3 Years, 6 months (Assigned as Company M, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery - March 28, 1863)
Fourth Battery, First Maine Light Artillery December 21, 1861 at Augusta June 17, 1865 at Augusta 3 Years, 6 Months
Fifth Battery, First Maine Light Artillery December 4, 1861 at Augusta July 6, 1865 at Augusta 3 Years, 7 Months
Sixth Battery, First Maine Light Artillery February 7, 1862 at Augusta June 17, 1865 at Augusta 3 Years, 4 Months
Seventh Battery, First Maine Light Artillery December 30, 1863 at Augusta June 21, 1865 1 Year, 6 Months
Coast Guards Battalion (Company A - Company G)
State Guards
U.S. Colored Troops and Various Regiments
Veteran Reserve (Invalid) Corps

Civil War Records Common to all Regiments

The Cemetery Index and Graves Registration (Cards)
The result of a WPA Project conducted during the 1930's to locate and plot each veteran's grave. Cards are filed alphabetically by each soldier's name. Records are incomplete and many inaccuracies have been noted.
Muster Rolls
Muster-In Rolls, Descriptive Rolls, Monthly Returns and Muster-Out Rolls of each Regiment. Bound and encapsulated in such a way that they cannot be photocopied. Related to them is the Soldiers' Index, a 3x5 card file for each soldier, on which all information from the Regimental Rolls has been abstracted. The Adjutant General's Office also tried to maintain a separate index for seamen, but it is very incomplete. The "obituaries" are a file of newspaper clippings or other memorials regarding the death of Maine veterans; it is very incomplete as are the General Law Pension records.

Civil War Records Unique to Each Regiment

The clothing books are simply a register of each item of clothing issued to a recruit. The Post Office Addresses are the result of a late 19th century-early 20th century effort by the Adjutant General's Office to keep track of all surviving veterans. It seems to have been maintained until about 1920, and is very incomplete. Also included in this category are gift items.

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