The Civil War in the East

16th Maine Infantry Regiment

 

The 16th Maine Infantry Regiment lost 9 officers and 172 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 257 enlisted men by disease during the Civil War.

 

The regiment is honored by a moument at Gettysburg.

Monument to the 16th Maine Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg

1862

August 14

Organized at Augusta and mustered in

August 19

Left State for Washington, D.C. and camp at Arlington Heights

September 6

Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac

September 6-16

March into Maryland

September 13

The regiment was detached from the brigade as railroad guard and missed the Battle of Antietam.

September 18 -
October 28

Duty near Sharpsburg, Md.

October 28 -
November 7

Moved to Warrenton, Va.

November, 1862

1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps

November 11

Forced march to Rappahannock Station

November 19

At Brooks Station

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

February - April

At Falmouth and Belle Plains

April 27 - May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

April 29-30

Fitzhugh's Crossing

May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

June 13-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

Commanded by Colonel Charles W. Tilden, who was captured with most of the regiment on July 1st., after which Captain Daniel Marston took over command.

 

From the monument: "July 1st, 1863, fought here from 1 o'clock until 4 p.m. when the division was forced to retire, by command of General Robinson to Col. Tilden, the regiment was moved to the right near the Mummasburg Road, as indicated by a marker there, with orders 'to hold the position at any cost.' July 2d & 3d, in position with the division of Cemetery Hill.

"Casualties: Killed 2 officers 9 men; Wounded 9 officers 54 men; Captured 11 officers, 148 men. Strength of regiment, 25 officers, 250 men."

July 5-24

Pursuit of Lee

October 9-23

Bristoe Campaign

November 7-8

Advance to line of the Rappahannock

November 26

Mine Run Campaign

1864

February 6-7

Demonstration on the Rapidan

March

1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps

May 3

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James

May 5-7

Battles of the Wilderness

May 8

Laurel Hill

May 8-12

Spotsylvania

May 12-21

Spotsylvania C. H.

May 23-26

North Anna River

May 23

Jericho Ford

May 26-28

Line of the Pamunkey

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

June, 1864

1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 1-3

Bethesda Church

June 13

White Oak Swamp

June 16-19

Before Petersburg

June 16

Siege of Petersburg

June 22-23

Jerusalem Plank Road

July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)

August 18-21

Weldon Railroad

Colonel Tilden and over a hundred members of the regiment captured. Col. Tilden escapes and returns to the regiment on the 23rd.

September, 1864

2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps

September 15

Reconnaissance toward Dinwiddie C. H.

September - December

Garrison Fort Wadsworth

December 7-12

Warren's Hicksford Raid

1865

February 5-7

Dabney's Mills

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

March 29-30

White Oak Road

March 31

Gravelly Run

April 1

Five Forks

April 2

Fall of Petersburg

April 6

Sailor's Creek

April 9

Appomattox C. H.; Surrender of Lee and his army

April 21-May 1

At Black and White Station

May 1-12

Moved to Manchester, then marched to Washington, D.C.

May 23

Grand Review

May 24 - June 5

Duty at Ball's Cross Roads

June 5

Mustered out. Recruits transferred to 20th Maine Infantry