8th Maine Infantry Regiment

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The 8th Maine Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 128 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 officers and 243 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1861
Organized at Augusta
September 7 The 8th Maine Infantry Regiment mustered In 770 enlisted men for three years service.
September 10 Left Maine by ship for Hempstead, New York, then moved to Fortress Monroe.
October 6 Moved to Annapolis, Md. and attached to Viele’s 1st Brigade, Sherman’s South Carolina Expeditionary Corps
October 21-
November 7

Expedition to Port Royal, S.C.
October 29 Sailed for South Carolina
November 7 Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor.
November 8-9 Landed at Hilton Head
November – April Duty at Hilton Head building fortifications
1862
February 14 Five companies ordered to Dafuskie Island, S.C.
February Siege operations against Fort Pulaski
April 10-11 Bombardment and capture of Fort Pulaski
April Duty at Hilton Head Beaufort, S.C. assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South
November Attached to District of Beaufort, S, C., 10th Corps, Dept. South. Three hundred new recruits joined the regiment.
1863
March 18-23 Expedition to Jacksonville, Fla.
March 23-31 Operations near Jacksonville
March 25 Reconnaissance toward Baldwin and Skirmish near Jacksonville
March 31 –
April 1		 Moved to Beaufort, S.C. and attached to District of Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. South
April 3-12 Expedition against Charleston
April 16 Moved to Hilton Head, S.C.
November 14 Moved to Beaufort, S.C. and attached to District of Beaufort, S.C., 10th Corps. Two hundred drafted men joined the regiment from Maine.

1864
March and April Sixteen officers and 330 enlisted men reenlisted, were given Veteran status, and went on 35 day furlough in Maine.
April 14 Transferred to the Department of Virginia and North Carolina and moved to Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James.
May 4-28
Butler’s operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond

Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps
May 5
Occupation of City Point and Bermuda Hundred
May 6-7 Port Walthall
May 9-10 Swift Creek
May 10 Arrow field Church, Chester Station
May 12-16 Operations against Fort Darling
May 14-16

Drury’s Bluff

The regiment lost 96 casualties.
May 17-28 Bermuda Hundred front
May 28-June 1 Moved to White House Landing
June 1-15

Rapidan Campaign

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps
June 1-12

Battle of Cold Harbor

The regiment lost 79 casualties.
June 15-19

First Assault on Petersburg

The regiment lost 50 casualties.
June 16

Siege of Petersburg and Richmond begins
July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)
September 4 Non-Veterans left the front
September 15 Sixty non-Veterans mustered out
September 28-30

Chaffin’s Farm
October 27-28

Battle of Fair Oaks
November-March Duty in trenches north of James River before Richmond
December Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps
1865
March 27-28 Moved to Hatcher’s Run
March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign
March 30-31 White Oak Road
April 2

Assault and capture of Forts Gregg and Baldwin and Fall of Petersburg
April 3-9 Pursuit of Lee
April 6 Rice’s Station
April 9

Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army.
April Duty at Richmond, Va.
May Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Corps, then 2nd Brigade. 1st Division, 24th Corps
August At Manchester, attached to Dept. of Virginia
November At Fortress Monroe
1866
January 18 The 8th Maine Infantry Regiment mustered out