25th Maine Infantry Regiment

25th Maine Infantry Regiment
ActiveSeptember 29, 1862, to July 10, 1863
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Maine U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
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The 25th Maine Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 25th Maine Infantry was organized in Portland, Maine and mustered on September 29, 1862, for nine months' service under the command of Colonel Francis Fessenden.[1]

The regiment left Maine for Washington, D.C., October 16. Attached to Casey's Division, Defenses of Washington, to February 1863. 1st Brigade, Casey's Division, XXII Corps, to April 1863. 1st Brigade, Abercrombie's Division, XXII Corps, to July 1863. Served garrison duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., October 18, 1862, to March 24, 1863. Moved to Chantilly, Virginia, March 24, and on picket duty there until June 26. (Temporarily attached to XII Corps, Army of the Potomac.) Moved to Arlington Heights June 26, then ordered home June 30.[2]

The 25th Maine Infantry mustered out of service July 10, 1863. Some of its members later joined the 30th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.[2]

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 20 enlisted men during service, all due to disease. One casualty was Charles H. Hill, who died Dec. 28, 1862 buried at Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick, ME (same cemetery as Joshua Chamberlain).

Commanders

  • Colonel Francis Fessenden

Notable members

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ Dyer (1908), p. 1227; Federal Publishing Company (1908), pp. 56.
  2. ^ a b Dyer (1908), p. 1227.

Sources

  • Dyer, Frederick Henry (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (PDF). Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co. pp. 24, !53, 379, 407, 410, 553, 1227. ASIN B01BUFJ76Q. Retrieved August 8, 2015.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Federal Publishing Company (1908). Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, And Delaware (PDF). The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. Vol. I. Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company. p. 58. OCLC 694018100.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.