The Civil War in the East

1st Maine Infantry Battalion

The battalion lost 40 men to disease during the Civil War.

 

1865

February and March

Organized at Augusta and Portland from 21st, 24th, 25th and 26th Unassigned Companies of Infantry and Ordered to Summit Point, Va. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Dwight's Division, Army of the Shenandoah

May 1, 1865

Moved from the Shenandoah Valley to Washington, D.C. and attached to 2nd Brigade, Dwight's Division, Dept. of Washington

June 1

Moved to Savannah, Ga. and attached to Dwight's Division, Dept. of the South

June 15

To Georgetown, S.C.

July 6-9

To Florence, S.C. Duty in Eastern South Carolina attached to 4th Sub-District, District of South Carolina, Dept. of the South

August 19

At Charleston

August 29

In 3rd Sub-District, Western South Carolina, Dept. of the South

1866

April 5

Mustered out