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14th Maine Infantry

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Muster In: Organized at Augusta and mustered in December 31, 1861.1
Muster Out: Mustered out August 28, 1865.2

Commander(s):
Colonel Thomas W. Porter (?)
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Commander 2
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle:

Second Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.5

Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XIX Corps | Union Army (July 21-31, 1864) 6,7

  • Commander: Colonel Thomas W. Porter (July 4, 1864)(but was Colonel Porter present at the Siege of Petersburg in late July?)8
  • Unit Strength: ~421 officers and men PFD (July 22, 1864)9
  • Weapons:
  • Note: Departed Algiers on July 13 onan unnamed steamer and Tillie, arriving at Bemuda Hundred on July 21-22. Marched to Deep Bottom July 28, joining Hancock on Strawberry Plain. July 30th marched back to Bermuda Hundred line of fortifications, July 31 went to Bermuda Hundred and embarked for Washington.10

Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.11

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.14

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.15

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.16

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.17

Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles18:

  • Moved to Algiers, thence to Fort Monroe and Bermuda Hundred, Va., July 3-22.
  • Part of the regiment departed Algiers on July 13 on Tillie.19
  • Arrived at Bermuda Hundred on July 21-22 on an unnamed steamer and Tillie.20,21
  • In trenches at Bermuda Hundred until July 28.
  • Marched to Deep Bottom July 28, joining Hancock on Strawberry Plain.22
  • Demonstration north of James River July 28-29.
  • Deep Bottom July 28-30.
  • Marched back to Bermuda Hundred line of fortifications on July 30.23
  • Went to Bermuda Hundred and embarked for Washington on July 31.24
  • Moved to Washington, D.C., July 31, thence to Tennallytown, Md., August 2.

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

      Sources:

      1. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      3. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      4. Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 14th Maine Entry, Page 77; 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. ↩
      5. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      6. 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 267 ↩
      7. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), pp. 378, 401 ↩
      8. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLI, Part 2 (Serial Number 84), pp. 66-67 ↩
      9. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), pp. 378, 401:A detachment of the 14th Maine arrived before 3:15 pm at Bermuda Hundred on July 21, 1864 with 65 men and 6 officers PFD. The rest of the regiment, 350 officers and men, arrived on July 22. ↩
      10. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      11. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      12. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      13. Volume 15 (Ordnance Returns for the Third Quarter, July-September, 1864); 14th Maine Entry, Page 71; 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. ↩
      14. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      15. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      16. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      17. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      18. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      19. Whitman, William E. S. & True, Charles H. Maine in the War for the Union: A History of the Part Borne by Maine troops in the Suppression of the American Rebellion, pages 328-329 ↩
      20. Whitman, William E. S. & True, Charles H. Maine in the War for the Union: A History of the Part Borne by Maine troops in the Suppression of the American Rebellion, pages 328-329 ↩
      21. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), pp. 378, 401 ↩
      22. Whitman, William E. S. & True, Charles H. Maine in the War for the Union: A History of the Part Borne by Maine troops in the Suppression of the American Rebellion, pages 328-329 ↩
      23. Whitman, William E. S. & True, Charles H. Maine in the War for the Union: A History of the Part Borne by Maine troops in the Suppression of the American Rebellion, pages 328-329 ↩
      24. Whitman, William E. S. & True, Charles H. Maine in the War for the Union: A History of the Part Borne by Maine troops in the Suppression of the American Rebellion, pages 328-329 ↩

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