15th maine infantry regiment

endstream JAVASCRIPT IS DISABLED. At the end of that time the headquarters and six companies were sent to Fort Lewis, Colorado, and three companies to Fort Lyons, Colorado, one company remaining at Santa F, New Mexico. On the 3d of July the regiment joined in the pursuit of the enemy, participating in skirmishes with the Confederate rear guard at Marietta and Neil Dow Station, finally taking position in front of Atlanta on the 20th. endobj Photos by Derek Davis/Staff Photographer. <> On 27 November 1898, it sailed from Savannah, Georgia for Nuevitas, Cuba, for occupation duty. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, XIX Corps, Department of the Gulf, to December 1863. Civiques Ferry The 15th Maine Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The headquarters of the Fifteenth Infantry was established by this order at Wheeling, Virginia. wounded. Following the retrograde movements of the enemy the regiment participated almost constantly in skirmishing with the rear guard of the Confederate army, and during the latter part of the month of June, in preparing approaches to the enemy's position on Kenesaw Mountain. Ten men were killed and ninety-one men wounded and missing. The 15th Regiment, Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit, Monroe and Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 16, 1861, to March 13, 1862. This profile is in addition to your subscription and website login. The 15th fought in the Champlain Valley campaign in autumn 1814 at Plattsburgh, and participated in General Dearborn's offensive in Ontario in October, and took part in many smaller battles that same year. (E7f4^{=^DZ`YWdLnY,RGg^PwZi#DsZshB!g1N^w`kMzsI:KDB_O8UOgU"a>OX [0bGiXGu {>wr} EE Department of the Army Human Resources Command Permanent Orders #276-17 2 October 2008, Department of the Army Human Resources Command Permanent Orders#336-22 2 December 2010, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, List of United States Regular Army Civil War units, "Lineage And Honors Information- Infantry", Official Records of the American Civil War, "The Valley of Utoy Creek Historical Marker", "American-Divisions.com - Husky Operations Plan Sicily", "DVIDS - News - Selfless service: I will take a bullet for you", "First Lieutenant Donald K. Schwab | Valor 24 | Medal of Honor | The United States Army", "Medals of Honor to be presented Thursday to three US soldiers", "General William B. Rosson Added to List of Can Do 4-Star Generals", United States Army Center of Military History, 15th Infantry Regiment Association Regimental history, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=15th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=1158592956, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, This page was last edited on 5 June 2023, at 01:29. Correspondence is filed separately https://archives.maine.gov/staff/resources/11/edit#tree::archival_object_369109 Regiment moved to Martinsburg October 5, and duty there until January 7, 1865. [14]:10, Elements of the regiment began to move to the Far East in November 1911. After a brief delay at Manchester, it moved on towards Stevenson, Alabama, which place it reached on the 10th day of August. This theory found but little support in the experience of the new regular regiments. endobj A second 15th Infantry was activated in 1812 in New Jersey for service in Canada during the War of 1812. Organized in the Maine Volunteer Militia in August 1862, the 20th . The regiment was attached to Butler's New Orleans Expeditionary Corps January to March 1862. These gentlemen were all graduates of the Military Academy at West Point. Already have a commenting profile? The enlistments of 500 men had expired during 1908, and green recruits had filled the regiment at its home station in Utah and took part in a banquet given in their honor by the officers. Action at Fifteen Mile House, Fla., February 25, 1863, and at Arcadia March 6. "Out of justice to General McCook and his command," says General Grant in his Memoirs, "I must say that they left a point twenty-two miles east of Savannah on the morning of the 6th. ]. Left State for Boston, Mass., February 5, 1862, and there embarked February 6 on Steamer "North America" for Ship Island, Miss., arriving March 8. . Moved to Pensacola, Fla., September 8, and duty there until June 1863. On 24 December, Headquarters, the Band, and C and D Companies disembarked and took station at Legaspi. He was promoted major by brevet, for gallantry in the battle of Shiloh and in the following year further distinguished by the brevet of lieutenant colonel for gallant conduct at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. Indeed the beef was so poor that the soldiers were in the habit of saying with a faint facetiousness, that they were living on half rations of hard bread and dried beef on the hoof.". Men hastened in bodies to join the volunteer forces, but they came individually to join the regulars. They mustered out June 5, 1865,with Non-Veterans mustered out January 15, 1865. These units maintained their "battle skills" by several deployments to Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training centers as well as several REFORGER exercises. They then moved to Darien June 910. General Orders No. endobj Assaults were made on May 27 and June 14 with the surrender of Port Hudson July 8. The transport continued to Tobacco, Albay, where B Company disembarked. 221 0 obj Duty in trenches at Bermuda Hundred until July 28. 16th Regiment, Maine Infantry FamilySearch 17 0 obj The 2nd Battalion was inactivated in 1996. Companies C and D, Second Battalion, reached the command about the last of the month and were attached to the First Battalion. The Fourth Brigade, as now constituted, consisted of the First Ohio; Fifth Kentucky (Louisville Legion); Sixth Indiana; First Battalion, Fifteenth Infantry; First Battalion, Sixteenth Infantry; First Battalion, Nineteenth Infantry, and Battery H, Fifth Artillery. 15th Regiment, Maine Infantry FamilySearch * * * During much of the time my men had neither shelter, food nor fire. 15th Maine Regiment Infantry . In the Fifteenth Infantry four men were killed and four officers,Captains Keteltas, Peterson, Curtis and Wikoffand fifty-five men were wounded. *** The enemy made four efforts to take the works, but were each time repulsed with terrible slaughter, the ground in front being, literally strewn with their dead and wounded. Regiment moved to Martinsburg October 5, and duty there until January 7, 1865. Chickamauga, First and Second Battalions, September 19, 20 and 21, 1862. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. 257 0 obj * * * The Brigade of United States Infantry, Lieut-Col. O. L. Shepherd commanding, was on the extreme right. About 1 September, Companies A, B, and D were assigned the duty of escorting junks carrying supplies up the Pei Ho River to Peking. The 1st Battalion deployed to Iraq for the third time in March 2007. 6 0 obj The first 15th Infantry in the U.S. Army was organized on 16 July 1798 for the "Quasi-War" with France. The road it had followed on the previous day was found so difficult for the wagon train by reason of mud and broken ground that the battalion became separated from it while en route. The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was recruited in the spring of 1863 by Governor John Andrew, who had secured the reluctant permission of the War Department to create a regiment of African-American soldiers. It was engaged in the battle of the second day and did as good service as its position allowed. [1] For more information on the history of this unit, see: The Civil War Archive section, 15th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 30 May 2012). The 15th Regiment, Maine Infantry was organized at Augusta,and mustered in January 20, 1862. Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army. Moved to Portland February 25, and there embarked for Ship Island, Miss., March 6. ~SbG#fsu!,sJ'H!aPI,m6=f!i)roQA n5. endobj The regiment was disbanded in May, 1815, in conformity with an act of Congress reducing the army to 10,000 men. Following garrison duty in Mexico City and Cuernavaca, the regiment returned to the United States for inactivation in August 1848. }vhVy'slaH,e/7>{~g[zRk{+38B:[eG}\hZLT@^59Rp8Fhs*a) iWE,X9~1N>%5A "otPPU^ v{oL*,k\|*gdK p>iXFUdkW TTXE-;JZf?~E}[DTN0/GMRU]~;&3Z=d7Q 21st Maine Regiment Infantry . Action at Fifteen Mile House, Fla., February 25, 1863, and at Arcadia March 6. At the time of his death Captain Harker was in command of the Third Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Army Corps, with the rank of colonel of volunteers. In carrying out the provisions of the law an order was issued from the Adjutant-General's office, on. [7]. A little after six o'clock McCook marched to the front with Rousseau's Brigade and formed on Crittenden's right facing towards Shiloh Church, and about seven o'clock engaged the enemy in his front consisting of portions of Polk's and Breckinridge's Corps. Lieutenant Bailey had gone on ahead a short time before and fortunately escaped capture. ceeded directly to Nashville, where it remained until the 26th of December. On the evening of the 29th day of September, 1869, the regiment appeared in line at Fort Selden, New Mexico, for the last time previous to a long separation of its companies. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=15th_Maine_Infantry_Regiment&oldid=1146548213, This page was last edited on 25 March 2023, at 15:20. Nearly all the officers assigned to the Fifteenth Infantry in 1861 were set at work recruiting for the regiment immediately upon reporting for duty, and were sent for this purpose to Cincinnati and other cities, and to the towns and villages within a radius of one hundred and fifty miles or more about Newport. My company was in the centre and we hardly knew what direction to take. The first regiment of the regular establishment in the United States Army designated the "Fifteenth Infantry," was organized pursuant to an act of Congress approved by the President on the 11th day of January, 1812, and consisted of ten companies. It rained continuously for seventeen days; the roads becoming as broad as the fields, were a series of quagmires, and indeed it was difficult to bring enough supplies forward from Kingston to meet the needs of the army.". Non-Veterans left front for muster out December 22. Nor was it believed that the duties which ordinarily devolved upon these garrisons could be safely en-. New Hope Church, First and Second Battalions and Companies A and B Third Battalion, May 2, and June 5, 1864. Over one-third of the command fell, killed or wounded; but it stood up to the work and bravely breasted the storm, and though Major King, commanding the Fifteenth, and Major Slemmer ("Old Pickens"), commanding the Sixteenth, fell severely wounded, and Major Carpenter, commanding the Nineteenth, fell dead in the last charge, together with many other brave officers and men, the brigade did not falter for a moment. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! That same year, World War I broke out in Europe, and most of the European nations withdrew their troops from China. "The movement was a siege from the start to the close," says General Grant, "The National armies were thoroughly intrenched all the way from the Tennessee River to Corinth.". Duty at Ship Island, Miss., until May 1862, and at Camp Parapet and Carrollton May 19-September 8. 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry Overview: 15th Infantry Regiment was organized in August, 1861, at Fort Mitchell, Alabama, with eleven companies. The 15th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized in Augusta in December 1861 and consisted mostly of soldiers from Aroostook County. The 1st Battalion went to the Philippines in August 1921, where eight years later, it was deactivated. Winchester Expedition to Aransas November 1421. The regiment was eliminated in the Army reorganization of 1815. Company B remained at Tobacco until 30 July 1901, conducting patrols throughout that period. At the Battle of Shiloh on 7 April 1862, the 15th Infantry was the first new infantry regiment to engage in battle in the Civil War. The first battalion continued as the 15th Infantry and was expanded from 8 to 10 companies. The regiment spent 1862-1864 in the Department of the Gulf and finished the war with the Army of the Shenandoah. General of Maine, and a United States . 15th Infantry Regiment Association. Moved to Portland February 25, and there embarked for Ship Island, Miss., March 6. General Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame, was in command at Louisville at the time and with a meagre force under his orders found it necessary to call upon Colonel Sanderson for assistance. It cost Nancy Meshko nearly $3,000 to have the flag crated and shipped to South Portland. As soon as possible we gathered our prisoners together and sent them to the rear.". On tile following day it established its camp near the summit of Lookout Mountain, where it remained until the close of the war. On the 24th day of August it broke up its temporary camp at Cowan Station, Tennessee, on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, and leaving behind its camp equipage, marched through Pelham and Altamonte, down the Cumberland Mountains to Hubbard's Cave, on through Murfreesborough, Nashville and Bowling Green, reaching Louisville, Kentucky, on the 26th of September, 1862, having marched almost continuously about four hundred miles, "without our camp equipage," says Major King, "the whole time without the ordinary allowance of rations, and some days totally without any.". Torn and tattered by 19th-century action in Louisiana and Texas, the flag has been donated to the Maine Military Museum in South Portland. 82 0 obj The band bore an excellent reputation in 1862-63, and its friends claimed first place for it in the Army of the Cumberland. <> A clause was finally attached to the army appropriation bill, reducing the number of infantry regiments to twenty-five. As a result the men scattered along the way and the wagons assigned for their use were often delayed, waiting for those who had fallen behind to come up. The four acorns represent the four major engagements. In 1869 the 35th Infantry Regiment was consolidated with the 15th Infantry. In June the battalion proceeded to Huntsville, Alabama, by the way of Iuka, Tuscumbia, Florence and Athens. The Belgian Contingent that served alongside the 15th Infantry at the "Iron Triangle", borrowed its motto ("Can Do"), changing it to "Belgians Can Do Too!" The 15th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. 15th Regiment, Maine Infantry FamilySearch application/pdf * * * The roads were almost impassable to infantry, and artillery was perfectly useless. Civil War -- 1861-1865 | Maine State Archives - ArchivesSpace The coat of arms was approved on 30 April 1923. }yk87euR)q}%wV&06-lRO'w0yZ9tO}.Pe}[WSdnKc`? %% 9x:um NU I procured corn, which they parched and ate, and some of them ate horse steaks, cut and broiled, from horses upon the battle-field. The result is not known, but it is believed that the instruments were never recovered. 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment - The Battle of Gettysburg By the end of the war in Europe, the 15th Infantry had 16 Medal of Honor recipients including Audie Murphy, the most decorated combat soldier of World War II. 19th Regiment, Maine Infantry FamilySearch 215 0 obj The campaign up to this time had been extremely laborious, and the regiment, in common with all other troops in the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of the Tennessee, had suffered severely from numerous privations and the incessant labor attending the ceaseless operations of the Federal forces. eNs\4NP+,$b, ;zH6v[K0CGEE5lHjE b4dak]=BUdZ!7F;,y>n+G 5eq)(P]U/Jv5UB5G8Fz Huntley is the great-granddaughter of Whitmore and is regarded as the Meshko family historian based on her genealogical research. ", "I telegraphed Thomas from Washington," says General Grant, "that he must hold Chattanooga at all hazards. There was an expedition to Ponchatoula March 2124, which led to its capture on March 24 by Company E. The regiment made expeditions to the Amite River March 2430 and May 719 and then on to Civiques Ferry on May 10 and Baton Rouge. Colonel R. E. A. Crofton, at present in command of the regiment, was promoted colonel on the 19th day of October, 1886, and has served continuously with the regiment since November 20th of that year. The 16th Regiment, Maine Infantry was organized in Augusta, and mustered in: August 14, 1862. Continuing his report of the operations of the 20th, Captain Dod says, "I was then ordered to relieve the Eighteenth in the outer breastworks which were only a few logs raised about a foot and a half above the ground. F. rederick. 15th Maine Regiment, 1861-04-01 - 1867-08-28 Box Box 018: Series US-MeSA-15-1500 [Barcode: 43440] Identifier: US-MeSA-15-1500-1979-1841-18 2020-04-28T07:20:17-07:00 Francis B. Heitman. On the 13th day of September the command reached the Rio Grande River about three miles below Fort Quitman, and continuing its march up the river arrived at Fort Selden, New Mexico, on the 27th day of the same month. 15 0 obj Fort Esperanza November 2527. In August, 1865, the Regular Brigade was broken up and the regiments composing it were sent to various parts of the country. "State of Maine Civil War Records Website", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=14th_Maine_Infantry_Regiment&oldid=1146548321, Units and formations of the Union Army from Maine, Military units and formations established in 1861, Military units and formations disestablished in 1865, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the National Park Service, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, Maine U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865, This page was last edited on 25 March 2023, at 15:20. of the Gulf, Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Corps, Dept. Recruiting stations were established at these places and every possible means taken to hasten enlistments. The dragon on the regimental crest and the pidgin English motto "Can Do" symbolize its China service. 18th Regiment, Maine Infantry FamilySearch 17th Regiment, Maine Infantry FamilySearch Duty at Pass Cavallo Matagorda Island, until February 28, 1864. I appreciated the force of this despatch later when I witnessed the condition of affairs which prompted it. officer kindly addressed Major King by letter, entrusting his communication for delivery to a member of the band, announcing that he had paroled the men, and offering to return the instruments if their value in money was sent to his command under flag of truce. 15th Maine Infantry, 1861 - 1865, US-MeSA-15-1500-1979-1842. Sidell was a graduate of the Military Academy at West Point and entered the service originally as brevet second lieutenant in the First Artillery on the 1st of July, 1833. The regimental headquarters, band, and First Battalion arrived in San Francisco on 16 July 1900. When the officer in command of the Confederate troops became aware of the character of his capture he at once set the men at liberty after exacting the usual parole. The Regiment moved to Baton Rouge on May 5 and remained on duty there until June 1. Nearly all the officers assigned to the Fifteenth Infantry in 1861 were set at work recruiting for the regiment immediately upon reporting for duty, and were sent for this purpose to Cincinnati and other cities, and to the towns and villages within a radius of one hundred and fifty miles or more about Newport. Eventually, that daughter presented George Meshko with the flag, which he cared for until his death five years ago, Huntley said. Post war he was Adj. endobj The 2nd Battalion, which had remained in New York, did not appear in the Philippines until February 1902, just in time to turn around and return with its outfit in September to the United States. 2nd Separate Brigade, District of South Carolina, Department of the South, to July 1866. Battle Unit Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) The military establishment at this time consisted of ten regiments of infantry, five regiments of mounted troops, and four regiments of artillery, aggregating about sixteen thousand officers and men. The 1st Battalion colors were returned from Germany in 1996. The 15th Maine Infantry was organized in Augusta, Maine December 631, 1861 and mustered in January 23, 1862, for a three-year enlistment. The move on Port Hudson began May 2022 with the siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 8. They mustered out: June 5, 1865, with recruits transferred to 20th Maine Infantry [1] The Civil War Archive section, 16th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 30 May 2012). Please enable JavaScript on your browser to best view this site. In the meantime large details of officers and men were daily employed in the erection of fortifications and the building of bridges and roads, while other large details were constantly employed in watching the enemy. endobj 222 0 obj Moved to Franklin, La., March 15. The command of the Fifteenth devolved upon Captain Fulmer after Major King was wounded. 14th Maine Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia Moved to Savannah, Ga., May 31-June 4, then to Georgetown, S.C., June 1314. The wagon-roads over which supplies were obtained soon became almost impassable and sufficient food for the army was with difficulty procured. After this was fully accomplished its duties were quite strictly confined to drills and guards and the other monotonous routine labors of camp life in time of peace. endobj The 15th Regiment, Maine Infantry was organized at Augusta,and mustered in January 20, 1862. qjmHn|fOB]f%=kT xd4\mu;fF%_C_f-Jo9 The 13th Maine Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration. ( Hancock Avenue Part 3 tour map) About the monument to the 19th Maine The monument is a granite square capped by a pyramid, with a total height of 12 7. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 1426, then to Natchitoches March 26-April 2. The First Battalion arrived at Nagasaki on 10 August. On 7 November, A Company moved to Bulan, Sorsogon and remained there until 28 December. Previous to the war many influential persons, both in the army and out of it, had advocated the maintenance of skeleton company or regimental organizations, with the view of their enlargement in case of necessity. On the evening of the second day of the battle, the wagon transportation of the Regular Brigade was directed to proceed to Nashville. The 15th Infantry Regiment's casualties during World War II included 1,633 killed, 5,812 wounded, and 419 missing in action. After some time guarding trains at Martinsburg, West Virginia, they moved to Camp Russell on December 1, and remained on duty there until December 22. Maine's Civil War Sesquicentennial The nine Americans blocked the road while Tuttle proceeded alone toward the Chinese and ordered them to make a detour, which they did. (F), to Huntsville; Curtis', (H), to Jefferson and Shorkley's, (B), Brown's (G), Coleman's, (I), and Gillette's, (K) remained at Marshall. 7qojUGb,/1j9"73+Fn`R`{ @_kTal>:6$C P&hg@@[eE_\ endobj [18] 1st and 2nd Battle Groups, 15th Infantry (bearing the lineages of the former Companies A and B) were assigned to Bamberg, West Germany as part of the 3d Infantry Division. L(L3P$tKCqXBN u95 Tn/1Twc1JW 15th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry 16th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry 17th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry 18th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry 19th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry 20 th Maine Volunteers 21st Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry In this retreat, no member of the 15th was captured, despite taking heavy casualties. The transportation, however, and the instruments of the band, together with the personal effects of the men, were appropriated by the captors and carried away. Here a distribution of the companies was made for "reconstruction duty" in the eastern portion of the State. Volunteer regiments were frequently raised in a day, but it took months to fill up the ranks of the regular regiments. The regiment fought in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, as well as smaller engagements before storming the walls of Chapultepec in Mexico City. The brigade consisted of the First Battalion, Fifteenth Infantrysix companies only being present with it at this time, B and D having been left behind on some detached dutyand Company E, Second Battalion, under command of Captain A. Moved to Portland February 25, and there embarked for Ship Island, Miss., March 6. 33. 22nd Maine Regiment Infantry . Records kept by the various Maine regiments during the Civil War, as well as records about these regiments. uuid:877e1cee-ae41-11b2-0a00-9046dc000000 McCook, however, held it in place till Kirk's Brigade arrived, when Rousseau moved forward across a ravine to a rising ground a few hundred yards in advance. They moved to Carrollton on August 20, and remained on duty there until December 13, 1862. The bill as thus amended passed the House and subsequently the Senate, and on the 3d day of March received the approval of the President. [1] The Civil War Archive section, 18th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 30 May 2012). 71 0 obj 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XIX Corps, Department of the Gulf, to July 1864, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to April 1865. { They moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 7. Banks campaign failed and he was forced to retreat in May 1864. When the 15th returned to the U.S. in 1907, it was assigned to Fort Douglas, Utah. Examples are rare and this one has a story all its own. Attached to Butler's New Orleans Expeditionary Corps January to March, 1862. of Washington, Mustered in under the command of Colonel John McCluskey, Moved to Portland and attached to Butlers New Orleans Expeditionary Corps, Duty at Ship Island, Miss. Advance on Brownsville November 36. With the outbreak of the SpanishAmerican War in 1898, the regiment moved to Huntsville, Alabama,[13] on 12 October for intensive training. Jonesborough, First and Second Battalions, and Companies A, B, C and D, Third Battalion, September 1, 1864. In 1994 the 3rd Battalion deployed one company to Haiti to support Operation Uphold Democracy. * * * All supplies for Rosecrans had to be brought from Nashville * * * and hauled by a circuitous route north of the river over a mountainous country. <> Flag carried into Civil War battles by Maine regiment comes home, Portland asks Mills to house asylum seekers at college campus in Unity or call in National Guard, Porter woman punches black bear; bear bites back, Maine Voices: Portland forfeits revenue amid budget crisis to offer free downtown parking, They envision the worlds tallest flagpole in this Maine town. Charge! Non-Veterans temporarily attached to, Moved to Stevensons Depot, and operations in the Shenandoah Valley, Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to, Moved to Savannah, Ga. and attached to 2nd Separate Brigade, District of South Carolina, Dept.