United States Regiments & Batteries > Maine > 6th Maine Infantry Regiment
The 6th Maine Infantry Regiment lost 12 officers and 141 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 100 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
1861
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July 15 | Organized at Portland and mustered in under the command of Colonel Abner Knowles and Lieutenant Colonel Hiram Burnham. |
July 17 | Left State for Washington, D.C. and duty in the Defenses of Washington |
August | Attached to W. F. Smith’s Brigade, Division of the Potomac |
October | Attached to the 2nd Brigade, Smith’s Division, Army of the Potomac |
December 11 | Colonel Knowles resigned after a Board of Examination found him “incompetent to command a regiment.” |
October | Lieutenant Colonel Burnham was promoted to colonel. |
1862
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March 10-15 | Advance on Manassas, Va. |
March 16 |
Peninsula CampaignOrdered to the Peninsula and attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Corps, Army Potomac |
April 4-5 | Advance toward Yorktown |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
April 6 | Reconnaissance toward Yorktown |
April 28 | Reconnaissance toward Lee’s Mills |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
May 6 – May 17 | Duty at White House. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps |
May 18 | Duty near Richmond |
June 6 | Picket on the Chickahominy |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Gaines’ Mill |
June 27 |
Gold-Inn’s Farm |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp Bridge |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July 2 | Duty at Harrison’s Landing |
August 15-27 | Retreat from the Peninsula and movement to Centreville |
August 27-31 | In works at Centreville |
August 30 | Assisted in checking Pope’s rout at Bull Run |
September 1 | Covered retreat to Fairfax C. H. |
September-October |
Maryland Campaign |
September 11-12 | Sugar Loaf Mountain, Md. |
September 14 |
Battle of South MountainThe regiment was engaged at Crampton’s Gap. |
September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamFrom the War Department marker for Smith’s Division on the Antietam battlefield: Smith’s Division left camp between Crampton’s Pass and Rohrersville in Pleasant Valley at 5:30 A.M. of the 17th, crossed the Antietam at Pry’s Ford and arrived at the front about noon. Hancock’s Brigade was put in position on the left of Sedgwick’s Division of the Second Corps, its right near the Poffenberger Lane, its left extending in front of and parallel to the East Woods, Irwin’s Brigade advancing took cover behind the ridge south of the Smoketown Road and in front of the Church… The Division remained in position with some slight changes until the morning of the 19th, when it advanced and ascertained that the Confederates had recrossed the Potomac. |
September 20 | Duty in Maryland |
October 29- November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863
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January 20-24 |
“Mud March” |
January 25 | At Falmouth |
January 26 | Attached to the Light Division, 6th Army Corps |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 | Operations at Franklin’s Crossing |
May | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps |
May 3 |
Maryes Heights, Second Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem Church |
May 4 |
Banks’ Ford |
June 5-13 | Operations about Franklin’s Crossing or Deep Run Ravine |
June 9 |
Battle of Brandy StationCommanded by Colonel Hiram Burnham, the regiment was temporarily attached to a composite brigade of infantry supporting the left wing of the Cavalry Corps. |
July 2-4 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded by Colonel Hiram Burnham. It brought 439 men to the field and suffered no casualties, being held in reserve with Howe’s brigade in the rear of the Round Tops along Taneytown Road. From the monument at Gettysburg: Held this position July 3, 1863. In afternoon moved to support of centre, then to Big Round Top. |
July 10-13 | Near Funkstown, Md. |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26 – December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 28-30 |
Mine Run |
1864
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April 1 | Colonel Burnham was promoted to brigadier general |
May 3 to June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
“Bloody Angle,” assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna |
May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 17-July 10 |
First Assault on Petersburg |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
June 30 |
Destruction of Weldon Railroad |
July 10 | Ordered to rear for muster out |
July 12-13 | Volunteered for 30 days’ service in defense of Washington. Repulsed Early’s attack on Washington |
August 15 | The 6th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment mustered out at the expiration of its term. Veterans and Recruits were transferred to the 7th Maine Infantry Regiment. |