The 1st Maine Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry

Infantry

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 regiment

Regiment

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 that served in the Union Army

Union Army

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 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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Service

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

5th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 5th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The regiment, organized in May 1861, was mustered in at Portland, Maine on 24 June 1861 for three years' service...

, 6th Maine Infantry

6th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 6th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th Maine Infantry was organized in Portland, Maine and mustered in for a three year enlistment on July 15, 1861....

, and 7th Maine Infantry

7th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 7th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It participated in most of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater.-Service:...

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

Army of the Potomac

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, to June 1865.

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

Washington, D.C.

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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

• Corporal George H. Littlefield
  George H. Littlefield
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  , Company G - Medal of Honor
  Medal of Honor
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   recipient for action at Fort Fisher, Virginia, March 25, 1865

See also

• List of Maine Civil War units
• Maine in the American Civil War
  Maine in the American Civil War
  During the American Civil War, the state of Maine was a source of military manpower, supplies, ships, arms, and political support for the Union Army...