United States Regiments & Batteries > Maine
The 4th Maine Infantry Regiment lost 14 officers and 156 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 135 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument and a marker at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| Organized at Rockland, Maine for three months service | |
| May 8 | The regiment elected Hiram Berry as colonel, Adelbert Ames (who had just graduated from West Point) as lieutenant colonel, and Frank Nickerson as major. But Ames was not allowed to accept the volunteer commission by the War Deartment, so Nickerson was advanced to lieutenant colonel and Thomas Marshall became major. |
| Late May | The regiment was ordered to change its enlstment to three years service. A number of men from company F declined to do so and the company was disbanded, with some men willing to serve the three years being placed in other companies. A company from Brooks took the place of the original Company F |
| June 15 | Mustered in for three years service by Captain Thomas Hight, U.S.A. |
| June 16 | Knapsacks were packed and one days rations were cooked. |
| June 17 | Left State for Washington, D.C. The regiment marched through town accompanied by the Rockland Band, and halted while militia Major-General Titcomb presented Colonel Berry with a state flag. They then marched to the wharf and boarded the steamship Daniel Webster, which proceeded to Portland. At Portland the regiment debarked and was lodged in the City Hall. |
| June 18 | Early in the morning the regiment marched to the train station. The regiment suffered its first casualty here – a private Roland slipped on the march to the train, breaking his leg. The rest of the regiment boarded their twenty car train for Boston, arriving in early afternoon. Crowds met the train all along the route. At Boston they spent the day on the Common, then in early evening boarded another train for Fall River, where they boarded the steamship Bay State. |
| June 19 | Arrived in New York at mid-day. The regiment marched to City Hall, where the Reverend Dr. Hitchcock presented them with a set of national and state colors. The men then retired to their barracks in the park and the officers to the Astor House. untl evening, when they took a train for Philadelphia. They arrived late at night but were treated to a feast of sandwiches and baked beans attended by a host of “pretty waiting maids.” |
| June 21 | Arrived in Washington |
| June | Camp on Meridian Hill, Defenses of Washington. Attached to Howard’s Brigade, Heintzelman’s Division, McDowell’s Army of Northeastern Virginia |
| July 8 | Crossed the Potomac and camped at Bush Hill |
| July 16-21 | Advance on Manassas, Va. |
| July 21 |
Battle of Bull RunThe regiment lost 23 men killed, 3 officers and 24 men wounded, and 3 officers and 38 men missing. |
| August | Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. assigned to Howard’s Brigade, Division of the Potomac |
| September | The regiment mutinied when a number of men who had signed up for 30 days service were now being forced to serve for three years. One hundred men were transferred, and Company H was disbanded. |
| October | Assigned to Sedgwick’s Brigade, Heintzelman’s Division, Army of the Potomac |
| November | Company H was reconstituted with new recruits |
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1862
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| March | Assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| March 10-15 | Advance on Manassas, Va. |
| March 17 | Moved to the Peninsula |
| March 25 | Colonel Berry was promoted to brigadier general and Colonel Elijah Walker asumed command |
| April to August | Peninsula Campaign |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
| May 5 | Battle of Williamsburg |
| May 31-June 1 | Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks |
| June 18 | Near Richmond |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond |
| June 25 | Oak Grove |
| June 30 | Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
| July 1 |
Malvern HillHeld the front line, and were the last infantry to leave the field. |
| July – August | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 16-27 | Retreat from the Peninsula and movement to Centreville |
| August 27- September 2 |
Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 29 | Battle of Groveton |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull RunThe regiment lost 14 killed, 85 wounded and 15 missing. |
| September 1 |
ChantillyThe regiment lost 10 men killed, 2 officers and 34 men wounded and 8 men missing |
| Saptember | Guard fords from Monocacy River to Conrad’s Ferry |
| October 11- November 23 |
March to Leesburg, thence to Falmouth, Va. |
| October 12 | Mouth of Monocacy, White’s Ford |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of FredericksburgThe regiment llost 3 officers and 19 men killed, 7 officers and 59 men wounded and 32 missing, including Major Pitcher, who was killed |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| February-April | At Falmouth |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of ChancellorsvilleThe regiment llost 1 officer and 2 men killed, 3 officers and 15 men wounded and 7 men missing |
| June 11 |
Gettysburg CampaignMarched from camp to Bealton Station, then to Catlett’s Station, Manassas junction and Blackburn’s Ford |
| June 17 | Arrived in Centreville |
| June 19 | Bivouacked at Gum Springs |
| June 25 | Moved to and bivouacked at the mouth of the Monocacy. |
| June 26 | To Point of Rocks, Md. |
| June 27 | To Middletown |
| June 29 | To Taneytown |
| June 30 | To near Emmitsburg |
| July 1 | To Emmitsburg. Arrived at Gettysburg around 7 p.m. |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded by Colonel Elijah Walker. It lost 11 killed, 59 wounded, and 74 missing out of 332 men engaged, including Colonel Walker, who was wounded, and Major Whitcomb, who was mortally wounded. Captain Edwin Libby took command after July 2. In partnership with the 1st U.S. Sharpshooters, the 3rd attacked Longstreet’s gathering attack on the afternoon of the 2nd, then rejoined its brigade and took part in a severe fight at the Devil’s Den. |
| July 5-23 | Pursuit of Lee. Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps. |
| July 23 | Wapping Heights, Va. |
| October 9-22 |
Bristoe CampaignColonel Walker rejoined the regiment |
| 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 |
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1864
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| February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
| March | Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps |
| May 3-June 15 | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River. Assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the WildernessOn May 5 the regiment lost 4 officers and 17 men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 104 enlisted men wounded, and 3 missing. On May 6th it lost 1 officer and 4 men killed, 26 men wounded and 6 missing, and on the 7th 4 men wounded and 1 missing. These included Major Grey and Captains Amos Wooster and Edwin Libby and Lieutenants C. C. Grey, Henry O. Ripley, and J. R. Conant, who were killed or mortally wounded. |
| May 8 | Laurel Hill |
| May 8-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 10 | Po River |
| May 12 | “Bloody Angle,” Assault on the Salient |
| May 19 |
Harris Farm (Fredericksburg Road) |
| May 23-26 |
North Anna RiverThe regiment lost 5 killed and 19 wounded, including Colonel Walker, who was again wounded |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 | Cold Harbor |
| June 15 | First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 15 | Ordered to the rear. |
| July 19 | Thirteen officers and 113 enlisted men mustered out. Two hundred seventeen Veterans and recruits were transferred to 19th Maine Infantry. |