32nd Maine Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:32nd Maine Infantry Regiment
Dates:March 3, 1864, to December 12, 1864
Country:United States
Allegiance:Union
Branch:Infantry
Battles:Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of the Crater

Service

The 32nd Maine Infantry Regiment was organized at Augusta, Maine, between March 3 and May 6, 1864. Six companies left Maine for Washington, D.C., April 20, 1864. The remaining four companies left Maine for Washington on May 11, 1864, and Joined the rest of the regiment at North Anna River, Va, on May 26, 1864. At the point they were attached to the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac until the regiment was amalgamated with the 31st Maine Infantry Regiment on December 12, 1864.

Battles and Campaigns

Total Strength and Casualties

The Regiment lost a total of 202 men during service, 4 Officers and 81 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded, 3 Officers and 114 Enlisted men by disease.https://web.archive.org/web/20060913193224/http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/archives/military/civilwar/32meinf.htm

Commanders

See also

References

Sources

Houston,Henry C The Thirty-Second Maine Regiment of Infantry Volunteers, Press of Southworth Brothers, Portland,Maine, 1903

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