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Company A mustered out October 18, 1864 (having departed from the field in the Shenandoah Valley October 5, 1864) at the expiration of its original enlistment, and was replaced by the one-year men of the 1st Unassigned Company of Maine Infantry as "new" Company A, which reported for duty October 6,
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was formed with a majority of its soldiers being veterans of the 1st Maine. In 1863 the bulk of the 10th Maine was mustered out except for three companies of soldiers who had enlisted for three, rather than two, years and the unit was known as the 10th Maine Battalion. The soldiers of the 10th
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May 23–24. Moved to Savannah, Ga., June 1–5, then to Georgetown, S.C., June 14–15. Duty at various points in South Carolina, with headquarters at Darlington, until March 1866. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., March 27, and duty there until June 21. (A detachment at Helena and Seabrook Islands.)
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Maine Battalion were absorbed into the 29th Maine (formed in December 1863) in May 1864. Many soldiers who had served in the 10th Maine Regiment re-enlisted in the 29th Maine. This was the basis of the claim that the 1st, 10th and 29th Maine Regiments were, effectively, the same unit.
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was originally formed in state service in 1854 as the 1st Regiment of Light Infantry of the Maine Volunteer Militia, and thus was older than any other Maine regimental organization. (The 1st Light Infantry was, in turn, descendant from the Cumberland County Regiment formed in 1760.)
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until November 9. At Newton until December 30, and at Stevenson's Depot until April 1865. Moved to Washington, D.C., and duty there April 22 to June 1. While transferring by rail from the Shenandoah Valley to Washington, D.C., shortly after changing tracks at the
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unit, has concluded that numerous subsequent Volunteer Maine Militia and Maine National Guard units, including the 29th Maine, inherited the lineage of the 1st Maine via the Portland Light Infantry company. From 1924 through 1944 this lineage was carried by the
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Company A and Company D were transferred in from the 10th Maine Infantry Battalion (which was disbanded at this time) on May 30, 1864. The 10th Maine Battalion was composed of three-year men from the 10th Maine Infantry.
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The regiment lost a total of 237 men during service; 2 officers and 40 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 191 enlisted men due to disease.
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Charles S. Emerson was the acting commander of the regiment until he was sent back to Maine on account of illness on August 27, 1864. Command then devolved on
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while Major Nye was elected by a vote of the regiment's officers to become the regimental commander and was promoted to colonel, both on November 30, 1864.
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May 16. Duty at Morganza until July 2. Absorbed 10th Maine Battalion May 30. Moved to New Orleans, then to Washington, D.C., July 2–13.
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and mustered in on December 17, 1863, for three years' service. The regiment was composed primarily of re-enlisted veterans of the
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History of the First - Tenth - Twenty-Ninth Maine Regiment: In Service of the United States from May 3, 1861, to June 21, 1866
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Emerson (acting commander) – April 19, 1864 – August 27, 1864 (relieved due to illness)
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George H. Nye was then promoted to major on October 18, 1864, and assumed command of the regiment.
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Major William Knowlton – August 27, 1864 – September 20, 1864 (died of wounds received at Opequon)
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The 1st Maine Infantry was mustered into Federal service in May 1861, served in the defense of
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Colonel George H. Nye – September 20, 1864 – June 29, 1866 (mustered out with the regiment)
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1864. The remainder of the 29th Maine Infantry mustered out of service June 21, 1866.
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240th Regional Training Institute at the Maine Army National Guard website
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The 29th Maine is also one of the "ancestor" units, along with the famed
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Directory of the First - Tenth - Twenty-ninth Maine regiment Association
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Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine, 31 Dec 1861
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Major (a dog), killed in action at Sabine Cross Roads April 8, 1864
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March 10-May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14–26.
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United States Army, Harbor Defenses of Portland, pp. 42, 98
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and was mustered out in August 1861. That same month, the
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The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division,
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United States Army, Harbor Defenses of Portland, p. 56
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William Knowlton, who died of wounds received at the
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1866
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The Civil War Journals of John Mead Gould, 1861-1866
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Index

29th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
United States
Union
Infantry
Regiment
Red River Campaign
Battle of Sabine Crossroads
Sheridan's Valley Campaign
Battle of Opequon
Battle of Fisher's Hill
Battle of Cedar Creek
Colonel
George Lafayette Beal
Colonel
28th Maine Infantry Regiment
30th Maine Infantry Regiment
infantry
regiment
Union Army
American Civil War
Augusta
Maine
10th Maine Infantry
Colonel
George Lafayette Beal
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Battle of Opequon
Captain
brigadier general

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