United States Regiments & Batteries > Maine > 10th Maine Infantry Regiment
The 10th Maine Infantry Regiment lost 8 officers and 74 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 53 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
1861
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October 4 | Organized at Portland and mustered in for two years service under the command of Colonel George L. Beale, who had served as a captain in the 1st Maine Infantry, and Lieutenant Colonel James S. Fillebrown |
October 6 | The 10th Maine Infantry Regiment left Portland for Baltimore, Maryland. Attached to Dix’s Division at Baltimore. |
November 4 | At Relay House attached to the Railroad Brigade, Dix’s Division, Army of the Potomac. |
November 27 | At Baltimore |
1862 | |
February 27 | Guard duty by detachments along Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between Martinsburg and Charleston, W. Va. |
March 28 | Attached to Middle Department, Railroad Brigade. Company A at Opequan Bridge Comany B at Martinsburg Company C at Van Obeiseville Companies D & F at Harper’s Ferry Company E at Halitown Companies G & I at Charleston Company H at Duffield’s Company K at Kearneysville |
April, 1862 | Attached to 1st Brigade, Williams’ 1st Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah |
May 9 | Companies D, E, F, G and I moved to Winchester |
May 24 | Companies A, B, C, H and K moved to Winchester |
May 15-June 17 | Operations in Shenandoah Valley |
May 24 | Middletown |
May 25 | Winchester |
May 25-27 | Retreat to Williamsport |
May 28 | Reconnaissance toward Martinsburg |
June | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia. |
June 29-30 | Reconnaissance to Luray Court House |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain |
August 16 – September 2 |
Pope’s Campaign in Northern VirginiaGuarded trains during Bull Run Battles |
September | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamColonel Beale was wounded in both legs. His mortally wounded horse kicked Lieutenant Colonel Fillebrown in the stomach so hard he was disabled for three days. With Major Walker absent due to illness the regiment was without its field officers for most of the battle. But it performed well, charging the 20th Georgia Infantry Regiment and capturing a number of its officers and men. After the regiment expended its ammunition General Greene ordered it to retire. From the War Department marker to Crawford’s Brigade on the Antietam battlefield:Crawford’s Brigade advanced from Line’s farm at daybreak, on the right of Williams’ Division. The 124th Pennsylvania was detached and supported Magilton’s Brigade of Meade’s Division in its engagement on the north edge of the Cornfield. In its deployment the Brigade moved to the left in support of Ricketts’ Division, a part of which it relieved at this point, and occupied the northeast corner of the Cornfield and a part of the East Woods, where it was heavily engaged. Upon the turning of the Confederate flank by Greene’s Division, the 125th Pennsylvania advanced across the fields north of the Smoketown Road and penetrated the woods around the Dunkard Church. The Brigade supported Sedgwick’s Division in its advance and, later in the day, formed in support of the Sixth Corps. |
October 3 – December 10 |
Duty at Berlin, Md. |
December 10-14 | March to Fairfax Station and duty there |
1863
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January 19-23 | March to Stafford Court House and duty there |
April 27 | Ordered to rear for muster out |
May 8 | Old members mustered out. |
April 26 | Three-years service men were formed into a Battalion of three Companies and assigned to duty at 12th Corps Headquarters. |
April 27 – May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 13-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgCommanded at Gettysburg by Captain John D. Beardsley. The battalion was assigned to provost guard duty and had no casualties among its 170 men. |
August 1 – September 24 |
Along the Rapidan |
September 24 – October 2 |
Moved to Nashville, Tenn. |
October 5 | To Murfreesboro, Tenn. then to Shelbyville and Wartrace |
October 26-29 | Reopening Tennessee River |
November 1 | Transferred to the 29th Maine Infantry Regiment, which was being recruited by Colonel Beale. |