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Doc. 17.-Fourth Maine regiment.

The regiment numbers one thousand and sixty-six men; most of them enlisted on the coast, and composed principally of shipbuilders and those engaged in the coasting trade. They have the Springfield musket of 1836, but they are provided with full camp equipage, including wagons and fifty-four horses. The regiment is accompanied by Major-General Titcomb and staff.

The following are the principal officers:--

H. G. Berry, Colonel; T. H. Marshall, Lieutenant-Colonel; F. S. Nickerson; Major, J. B. Greenhalgh, Adjutant; Isaac Abbott, Quartermaster; Wm. A. Banks, Surgeon; Elisha Hopkins, Assistant Surgeon; B. A. Chase, Chaplain; S. H. Chapman, Sergeant-Major; John H. Crowell, Quartermaster-Sergeant; Julius S. Clark, Commissary-Sergeant; Chas. S. McCobb, Hospital Steward.

Companies and Captains.

Co. A--(Belfast).--Captain, H. W. Cunningham. Co. B--(Rockland).--Captain, Elijah Walker. Co. C--(Rockland).--Captain, O. J. Conant. Co. D--(Rockland).--Captain, L. D. Carver. Co. E--(Damariscotta).--Captain, S. C. Whitehouse. Co. F--(Brooks).--Captain, A. B. Beane. Co. I--(Wiscasset).--Captain, Edwin M. Smith. Co. H--(Rockland).--Captain, J. G. Burns. Co. I--(Searsport).--Captain, Eben Whitcomb. Co. K--(Belfast City Greys).--Captain, S. M. Fuller. New York Evening Post, June 19.

Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.

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