3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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4th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Flag of Maine
Active June 4, 1861 to May 8, 1863
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Battles/wars First Battle of Bull Run
Peninsula Campaign
Battle of 2nd Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Cold Harbor

The 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Augusta, Maine for three year's service on June 4, 1861 and were mustered out in June, 1864. Veterans who had re-enlisted and those recruits still liable to serve were transferred to 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.


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[edit] Colonels

Colonel Moses B. Lakeman

[edit] Casualties and Total Strength

The 3rd Maine enrolled 1,586 men during its existence. It lost 10 officers and 124 enlistedmen killed in action or died of wounds received in battle and an additional one officer and 148 enlistedmen died of disease.[1] 33 men died in Confederate prisons. Total fatalities for the regiment were 316.[2]

[edit] See Also

Maine Units in the Civil War

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