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Eighth Maine Infantry.
White's Brigade —
Ames's Division--Tenth 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 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Company | A | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 18 | 18 | 154 |
| | B | | 13 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 162 |
| | C | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 151 |
| | D | | 10 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 146 |
| | E | | 15 | 15 | | 32 | 32 | 149 |
| | F | | 10 | 10 | | 33 | 33 | 157 |
| | G | | 16 | 16 | | 36 | 36 | 173 |
| | H | 2 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 27 | 149 |
| | I | 2 | 14 | 16 | | 20 | 20 | 166 |
| | K | | 14 | 14 | | 20 | 20 | 156 |
| Totals | 6 | 128 | 134 | 4 | 243 | 247 | 1,586 |
Total loss in killed and wounded, 489.
Died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 35.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Jacksonville, Fla. | 2 | Petersburg, Va. (assault) | 27 |
| Drewry's Bluff, Va. | 14 | Petersburg, Va. (trenches) | 21 |
| Gill's Farm, Va. | 4 | Chaffin's Farm, Va. | 2 |
| Ware Bottom Church, Va. | 19 | Fair Oaks, Va., Oct. 27, 1864 | 7 |
| Cold Harbor, Va. (assault) | 22 | Spring Hill, Va., Dec. 10, 1864 | 5 |
| Cold Harbor, Va. (trenches) | 4 | Fall of Petersburg, Va. | 4 |
| Picket, July 4, 1862 | 1 | Rice's Station, Va. | 2 |
Present, also, at
Fort Pulaski; Arrowfield Church;
Chester Station;
Petersburg Mine;
Appomattox.
notes.--The regiment left the
State Sept. 10, 1861, and in the following month sailed from
Annapolis with
General T. W. Sherman's expedition to
Port Royal, S. C. Landing at
Hilton Head, Nov. 8, 1861, it remained on duty in that Military Department over two years. During its stay there it took part in the reduction of
Fort Pulaski, the occupation of
Jacksonville, Fla., and was present at the bombardment.of
Fort Sumter.
Most of the time, however, was passed in garrison duty at
Hilton Head, and
Beaufort, S. C. In the meantime, the regiment received about 300 recruits and 200 conscripts, which kept its ranks up to the maximum, although the loss by disease had been very large.
In March, 1864, the proposal for reenlistment was accepted by 16 officers and 330 men, who returned to
Maine on the thirty days furlough granted in such cases.
On April 26, 1864, the regiment joined
Butler's Army, then on the
James River, Va., and entered upon the campaign against
Richmond, having been assigned to
White's (3d) Brigade,
Ames's (3d) Division, Tenth Corps.
It was actively engaged at
Drewry's Bluff, where it lost 3 killed, 64 wounded, and 29 missing.
Colonel Boynton, who was in command, was severely wounded, and
Major McArthur succeeded to the command.
Four days later it was engaged at Ware Bottom Church, with a loss of 83, out of the 190 present in action.
At Cold Harbor, the regiment was in
Stedman's Brigade, 2d Division, Eighteenth Corps, and sustained there a loss of 12 killed, 87 wounded, and 2 missing. In December, it was assigned to
Fairchild's (4th) Brigade,
Foster's (1st) Division, Twenty-fourth Corps, in which command it fought in the final battles of the war.
