1st Maine Infantry Battalion

1st Maine Infantry Battalion February 1865 to April 5, 1866 United States Union Infantry Maine U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 1st Maine Veteran Infantry Regiment 1st Maine Sharpshooters Battalion thumb|right|First Sergeant Frederick A. Sawyer of Co. C, 1st Maine Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress The 1st Maine Infantry Battalion was an infantry battalion that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 1st Maine Infantry Battalion was organized in Augusta and Portland, Maine February through March 1865 from the 21st, 24th, 25th, and 26th companies of unassigned infantry.Dyer 1908 1219 The battalion was ordered to Summit Point, Virginia and attached to 2nd Brigade, Dwight's Division, Army of the Shenandoah to May 1865. 2nd Brigade, Dwight's Division, Department of Washington, to June 1865. Dwight's Division, Department of the South, to July 1865. 4th Sub-District, District of South Carolina, Department of the South, to August 1865. 3rd Sub-District, Department of the South, to April 1866.Dyer 1908 1219 The battalion moved from the Shenandoah Valley to Washington, D.C., May 1, 1865, and served duty there until June 1. Moved to Savannah, Ga., June 1, then to Georgetown, S.C., June 15. To Florence, S.C., July 6-9. Served duty in eastern South Carolina until August 19. At Charleston until August 29, and in 3rd Sub-District, Western South Carolina, until April 1866.Dyer 1908 1219 The 1st Maine Infantry Battalion mustered out of service April 5, 1866.Dyer 1908 1219 Casualties The regiment lost a total of 40 men during service, all due to disease. See also American Civil War List of Maine Civil War units Maine in the American Civil War References Citations Sources 50em Dyer Frederick H. Frederick H. Dyer A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015026937642?urlappend=%3Bseq=1019%3Bownerid=13510798899657173-1257 Dyer Publishing Company Des Moines, IA 1908 1219 2027/mdp.39015026937642?urlappend=%3Bseq=1386%3Bownerid=13510798899657173-1257 1403309 09005239 en pdf October 25, 2024 Category:Military units and formations established in 1865 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1866 1st Maine Volunteer Infantry Battalion Category:1865 establishments in Maine Category:1866 disestablishments in Maine