19th Maine Infantry Regiment
The 19th lost 3 officers and 189 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 182 enlisted men to disease.
The regiment is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
1862
August 25: Organized at Bath, ME and mustered in
August 27: Left State for Washington, D.C.; Attached to Defenses of Washington
September 30- October 4: Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
October: Attached to the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
October 30 - November 9: Advance to Warrenton, Va.
November 15-17: March to Falmouth
December 12-15: Battle of Fredericksburg
1863
January 20-24: "Mud March"
January - April: At Falmouth
April 27-May 6: Chancellorsville Campaign
May 3: Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg
May 4: Salem Heights, Banks Ford
June 13: Gettysburg Campaign
June 25: Haymarket
Private Israel D. Jones was killed by an exploding shell in a skirmish with Stuart's cavalry and horse artillery, the first man of the regiment to be killed.
July 1-3: Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Colonel Francis E. Heath, who was wounded on July 3rd. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Whitman then took over.
From the monument:
"In the evening of July 2 this regiment at a position on the left of Batty. G 5th U.S. helped to repel the enemy that had driven in Humphrey's Division, taking one battle flag and re-capturing four guns. On July 3, after engaging the enemy's advance from this position, moved to the right tot he support of the 2d Brigade and joined in the final charge and repulse of Pickett's command. Effective strength July 2d, 405; killed & mortally wounded, 55; wounded not fatally, 137; missing 4."
July 5-24: Pursuit of Lee
October 9-22: Bristoe Campaign
October 14: Bristoe Station
November 7-8: Advance to line of the Rappahannock
November 26 -December 2: Mine Run Campaign
1864
February 6-7: Demonstration on the Rapidan
February 6-7: Morton's Ford
May 3 - June 15: Campaign from the Rapidan to the James
May 5-7: Battle of the Wilderness
May 8: Laurel Hill
May 8-12: Spotsylvania
May 9-10: Po River
May 12-21: Spotsylvania C. H.
May 12: "Bloody Angle," Assault on the Salient
May 23-26: North Anna River
May 26-28: Line of the Pamunkey
May 28-31: Totopotomoy
June 1-12: Cold Harbor
June 16-19: Before Petersburg
June 16: Siege of Petersburg
June 22-23: Jerusalem Plank Road
July 27-28: Deep Bottom, north of the James
July 30: Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)
August 13-20: Demonstration north of the James
August 14-18: Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom
August 25: Ream's Station
October 27-28: Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run
1865
February 5-7: Dabney's Mills
March 28: Appomattox Campaign
March 30-31: Boydton Road
April 2: Fall of Petersburg
April 6: Sailor's Creek
April 6-7: High Bridge
April 7: Farmville
April 9: Appomattox C. H.; Surrender of Lee and his army
April 11 - May 2: At Burkesville
May 2-15: March to Washington, D.C.
May 23: Grand Review
May 31: Mustered out. Recruits transferred to 1st Maine Heavy Artillery
June 7: Discharged
The 19th lost 3 officers and 189 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 182 enlisted men to disease.
The regiment is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
1862
August 25: Organized at Bath, ME and mustered in
August 27: Left State for Washington, D.C.; Attached to Defenses of Washington
September 30- October 4: Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
October: Attached to the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
October 30 - November 9: Advance to Warrenton, Va.
November 15-17: March to Falmouth
December 12-15: Battle of Fredericksburg
1863
January 20-24: "Mud March"
January - April: At Falmouth
April 27-May 6: Chancellorsville Campaign
May 3: Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg
May 4: Salem Heights, Banks Ford
June 13: Gettysburg Campaign
June 25: Haymarket
Private Israel D. Jones was killed by an exploding shell in a skirmish with Stuart's cavalry and horse artillery, the first man of the regiment to be killed.
July 1-3: Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Colonel Francis E. Heath, who was wounded on July 3rd. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Whitman then took over.
From the monument:
"In the evening of July 2 this regiment at a position on the left of Batty. G 5th U.S. helped to repel the enemy that had driven in Humphrey's Division, taking one battle flag and re-capturing four guns. On July 3, after engaging the enemy's advance from this position, moved to the right tot he support of the 2d Brigade and joined in the final charge and repulse of Pickett's command. Effective strength July 2d, 405; killed & mortally wounded, 55; wounded not fatally, 137; missing 4."
July 5-24: Pursuit of Lee
October 9-22: Bristoe Campaign
October 14: Bristoe Station
November 7-8: Advance to line of the Rappahannock
November 26 -December 2: Mine Run Campaign
1864
February 6-7: Demonstration on the Rapidan
February 6-7: Morton's Ford
May 3 - June 15: Campaign from the Rapidan to the James
May 5-7: Battle of the Wilderness
May 8: Laurel Hill
May 8-12: Spotsylvania
May 9-10: Po River
May 12-21: Spotsylvania C. H.
May 12: "Bloody Angle," Assault on the Salient
May 23-26: North Anna River
May 26-28: Line of the Pamunkey
May 28-31: Totopotomoy
June 1-12: Cold Harbor
June 16-19: Before Petersburg
June 16: Siege of Petersburg
June 22-23: Jerusalem Plank Road
July 27-28: Deep Bottom, north of the James
July 30: Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)
August 13-20: Demonstration north of the James
August 14-18: Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom
August 25: Ream's Station
October 27-28: Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run
1865
February 5-7: Dabney's Mills
March 28: Appomattox Campaign
March 30-31: Boydton Road
April 2: Fall of Petersburg
April 6: Sailor's Creek
April 6-7: High Bridge
April 7: Farmville
April 9: Appomattox C. H.; Surrender of Lee and his army
April 11 - May 2: At Burkesville
May 2-15: March to Washington, D.C.
May 23: Grand Review
May 31: Mustered out. Recruits transferred to 1st Maine Heavy Artillery
June 7: Discharged
