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Fourth Maine Infantry.
Ward's Brigade,
Birney's Division, Third Corps.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | 17 |
| Company | A | | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 130 |
| | B | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 12 | 12 | 133 |
| | C | 1 | 27 | 28 | | 13 | 13 | 140 |
| | D | 1 | 19 | 20 | | 14 | 14 | 169 |
| | E | 1 | 24 | 25 | | 14 | 14 | 126 |
| | F | 1 | 11 | 12 | | 15 | 15 | 138 |
| | G | 1 | 16 | 17 | | 14 | 14 | 149 |
| | H | 2 | 10 | 12 | | 15 | 15 | 138 |
| | I | 1 | 14 | 15 | | 13 | 13 | 150 |
| | K | 2 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 150 |
| Totals | 14 | 156 | 170 | 2 | 135 | 137 | 1,440 |
170 killed == 11.8 per cent.
Of the 1,002 originally enrolled, 141 were killed; or, 14.0 per cent. Total of killed and wounded, 613.
Died of disease in Confederate prisons, 40.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| First Bull Run, Va. | 21 | Fredericksburg, Va. | 33 |
| Yorktown, Va. | 1 | Chancellorsville, Va. | 3 |
| Williamsburg, Va. | 1 | Gettysburg, Pa. | 27 |
| Fair Oaks, Va. | 2 | Wilderness, Va. | 46 |
| Picket, Va., June, 1862 | 2 | Po River, Va. | 1 |
| Malvern Hill, Va. | 1 | Spotsylvania, Va. | 1 |
| Manassas, Va. | 10 | North Anna, Va. | 7 |
| Chantilly, Va. | 12 | Gunboat Service, Miss. | 2 |
Present, also, at
Oak Grove;
Glendale;
Mine Run;
Totopotomoy; Cold Harbor.
Organized at
Rockland, Me., May 8, 1861.
Leaving the
State on June 20th, it went into action, a month later, at
First Bull Run.
In September, 186, a mutiny occurred in the regiment, which resulted in the transfer of about 100 men to another command.
The men mutinied because they had enlisted for three months, or supposed the regiment was a three-months one, and so objected to being held for three years. Similar irregularities on the part of recruiting and mustering — in officers had become a frequent cause for complaint throughout the Army.
In this case Company H was disbanded, and its place filed, in November by a new company of recruits.
The regiment entered upon the
Peninsular campaign in
Birney's Brigade of
Kearny's Division, Third Corps.
It fought in this command, also, during
Pope's campaign, its losses at
Manassas — including
Chantilly — amounting to 14 killed, 85 wounded, and 15 missing. At
Fredericksburg, it lost 22 killed, 66 wounded, and 32 missing; at
Gettysburg, 11 killed, 59 wounded, and 74 missing. In 1864, the division was transferred to the Second Corps.
In the
battle of the Wilderness the regiment was badly cut up; 32 were killed, 136 wounded, and 3 missing. The Fourth Maine lost three
Majors killed in action:
Major Pitcher was killed at
Fredericksburg;
Major Whitcomb fell, mortally wounded, at
Gettysburg, and
Major Grey was killed at the
Wilderness.
The term of service of the regiment expired on the 15th of June, 1864, when it was ordered home for muster-out, and the recruits remaining in the field were transferred to the Nineteenth Maine.
