1st Maine Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment

1st Maine Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Active August 21, 1864 to June 28, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Battle of Opequan
Battle of Fisher's Hill
Battle of Cedar Creek
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Sayler's Creek
Battle of Appomattox Court House

The 1st Maine Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 1st Maine Veteran Infantry was organized in Charleston, Virginia August 21, 1864 by consolidation of the 5th Maine Infantry, 6th Maine Infantry, and 7th Maine Infantry.

The regiment was attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, VI Corps, Army of the Shenandoah and Army of the Potomac, to June 1865.

The 1st Maine Veteran Infantry mustered out of service June 28, 1865 in Washington, D.C..

Detailed service

Skirmishes near Charleston, Va., August 21-22, 1864. Demonstration on Gilbert's Ford, Opequart, September 13. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Kernstown and vicinity until December. March to Washington, D.C., December 9, then moved to Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg December 12, 1864 to April 2, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25-27, 1865. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Sayler's Creek April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville, Va., and provost duty there until June. Moved to Washington, D.C.. Corps Review June 9.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 86 men during service; 6 officers and 40 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 40 enlisted men died of disease.

Notable members

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