1862 |
August 18 |
Organized at Camp King, Cape Elizabeth, and mustered in |
August 21 |
Left State for Washington, D.C.; Attached to Defenses of Washington |
August 23-
October 7 |
Garrison duty in the Defenses of Washington; Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
October 8-12 |
At Upton's Hill, Va. |
October 12-28 |
At Edwards Ferry |
October 28-
November 22 |
Advance to Warrenton, thence to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 13-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
From the monuments: "The Seventeenth Maine fought here in the Wheatfield 2 1/2 hours, and at this position from 4:10 to 5:45 p.m., July 2, 1863. On July 3, at the time of the enemy's assault, it reinforced the centre and supported artillery. Loss 132. Killed or mortally wounded 3 officers, 37 men. Wounded, 5 officers, 87 men."
"130 killed and wounded July 2, 1863. 357 engaged; Lt. Col. Chas. B. Merrill, commanding. Wheat-field July 2, 1863; Pickett's Repulse, July 3, 1863." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
July 23 |
Wapping Heights |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Kelly's Ford |
November 26-
December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 27 |
Payne's Farm |
November 28-30 |
Mine Run |
1864 |
February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-!2 |
Spotsylvania |
May 10 |
Po River |
May 12-21 |
Spotsylvania C. H. |
May 12 |
"Bloody Angle," Assault on the Salient |
May 19 |
Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road |
May 23-26 |
North Anna |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16-19 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom, north of the James |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of the James |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 7-11 |
Raid on Weldon Railroad |
1865 |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills |
March |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29 |
South Side Railroad |
March 30-31 |
Boydton Road and White Oak Ridge |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 5 |
Jettersville |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 6-7 |
High Bridge |
April 7 |
Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox C. H., Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 11-May 1 |
At Burkesville |
May 1-15 |
March to Washington, D. C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 4 |
Mustered out at Bailey's Cross Roads; Recruits transferred to 1st Maine Heavy Artillery |
June 10 |
Discharged at Portland, Me. |
