19th Maine Infantry Regiment

 

The 19th lost 3 officers and 189 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 182 enlisted men to disease. Total 376. The regiment is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

 

Timeline of the 19th Maine Infantry

August 25, 1862

Organized at Bath and mustered in

August 27

Left State for Washington, D.C.; Attached to Defenses of Washington

September 30- October 4

Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

October

1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

October 30 -
November 9

Advance to Warrenton, Va.

November 15-17

March to Falmouth

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

January 20-24, 1863

"Mud March"

January - April

At Falmouth

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 3

Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg

May 4

Salem Heights, Banks Ford

June 13

Gettysburg Campaign

June 25

Haymarket

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded by Colonel Francis E. Heath, who was wounded on July 3rd. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Whitman then took over.

 

From the monument: "In the evening of July 2 this regiment at a position on the left of Batty. G 5th U.S. helped to repel the enemy that had driven in Humphrey's Division, taking one battle flag and re-capturing four guns. On July 3, after engaging the enemy's advance from this position, moved to the right tot he support of the 2d Brigade and joined in the final charge and repulse of Pickett's command. Effective strength July 2d, 405; killed & mortally wounded, 55; wounded not fatally, 137; missing 4."

July 5-24

Pursuit of Lee

October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign

October 14

Bristoe Station

November 7-8

Advance to line of the Rappahannock

November 26 -
December 2

Mine Run Campaign

February 6-7, 1864

Demonstration on the Rapidan

February 6-7

Morton's Ford

May 3 - June 15

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James

May 5-7

Battle of the Wilderness

May 8

Laurel Hill

May 8-12

Spotsylvania

May 9-10

Po River

May 12-21

Spotsylvania C. H.

May 12

"Bloody Angle," Assault on the Salient

May 23-26

North Anna River

May 26-28

Line of the Pamunkey

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 16-19

Before Petersburg

June 16

Siege of Petersburg

June 22-23

Jerusalem Plank Road

July 27-28

Deep Bottom, north of the James

July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)

August 13-20

Demonstration north of the James

August 14-18

Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom

August 25

Ream's Station

October 27-28

Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run

February 5-7, 1865

Dabney's Mills

March 28

Appomattox Campaign

March 30-31

Boydton Road

April 2

Fall of Petersburg

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 2

At Burkesville

May 2-15

March to Washington, D.C.

May 23

Grand Review

May 31

Mustered out. Recruits transferred to 1st Maine Heavy Artillery

June 7, 1865

discharged