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Muster In: Organized at Augusta March 3 to May 6, 1864.1
Muster Out: Consolidated with 31st Maine Infantry December 12, 1864.2
Commander(s):
Captain Amos F. Noyes
3
Captain Joseph B. Hammond
4
Captain Josiah N. Jones
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Captain Seth E. Bryant
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Commander 4
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army5,6
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)7
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army8,9
- Commander: Captain Amos F. Noyes (June 30, 1864)10
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)11
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army12,13
- Commander: Captain Joseph B. Hammond (July 31, 1864)14
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- Weapons:
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army15,16
- Commander: Captain Josiah N. Jones (August 31, 1864)17
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army18,19
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (September 30, 1864)20
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army21,22
- Commander: Captain Seth E. Bryant (October 31, 1864)23
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army (November 1-December 12, 1864)24
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- Note: The 31st Maine and 32nd Maine were consolidated on December 12, 1864, and called the 31st Maine.25
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer an independent command.26
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer an independent command.27
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles28:
- Before Petersburg June 16-19.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to December 12, 1864.
- Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30.
- Weldon R. R. August 18-21.
- Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2.
- Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28.
- Consolidated with 31st Maine Infantry December 12, 1864.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 1864 Election Returns: 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac
- MOLLUS ME V2: In a Charge Near Fort Hell, Petersburg, April 2, 1865 by Thomas P. Beals
- NP: August 5, 1864 Vermont Phoenix: Our Army Correspondence, 17th Vermont at the Crater
- NP: June 25, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: A Union Field Hospital at the Siege of Petersburg, Late June 1864
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- Carte de Visite of Capt. Amos F. Noyes, Co.B 32nd Maine Infantry. Neg #943. Digital image. Maine State Documents. Maine State Library, Oct. 2013. Web. 2 Mar. 2015. ↩
- Carte de Visite of 1st Lt. Joseph B. Hammond, Co. C 32nd Maine Infantry. Neg #779. Digital image. Maine State Documents. Maine State Library, Oct. 2013. Web. 2 Mar. 2015. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 229 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 549 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 32nd Maine Entry, Page 79; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 229 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 549 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 549 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 32nd Maine Entry, Page 79; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 260 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 734 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 734 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 617: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 126: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (August 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 617: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1301. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 142: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (September-October 1864)” ↩
- Volume 15 (Ordnance Returns for the Third Quarter, July-September, 1864); 32nd Maine Entry, Page 73; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 463: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 158: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces…Boydton Plank Road, Va., October 27-28, 1864” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 463: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- Beals, Thomas P. “In a Charge Near Fort Hell, Petersburg, April 2, 1865.” War Papers Read Before the Commandery of the State of Maine, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Vol. 2, pp. 105–115 ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩