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16th Maine Infantry

Muster In: August 14, 1862
Muster Out: June 5, 1865
Length of Service: Three Years

Engagements

  • South Mountain, MD - September 14, 1862 (Antietam Campaign)*

  • Antietam, MD - September 17, 1862 (Antietam Campaign)*

  • Fredericksburg, VA - December 13, 1862

  • Chancellorsville, VA - May 1 - 4, 1863

  • Gettysburg, PA - July 1 - 3, 1863 (Gettysburg Campaign)

  • Mine Run, VA - November 26 - December 1, 1863

  • Wilderness, VA - May 5 - 7, 1864

  • Spottsylvania, VA - May 7 - 20, 1864

  • North Anna, VA - May 23 - 27, 1864

  • Totopotomy, VA - May 26, - 30, 1864

  • Bethesda Church, VA - May 30 - June 1, 1864

  • Petersburg, VA - June 9, 1864

  • Weldon Railroad, VA - August 18 - 21, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign)

  • New Market Heights, VA - September 28 - 30, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign)

  • Hatchers Run, VA - December 8 - 9, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign)

  • Gravelly Run, VA - March 29 - 30, 1865 (Petersburg Campaign)

  • Five Forks, VA - March 30 -April 1, 1865 (Appomattox Campaign)

  • Appomattox, VA - April 9, 1865

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    Casualties

    1,907 Enrollment
    181 killed or died of wounds
    578 wounded
    259 died of disease
    76 in Confederate Prisons

    Civil War Records Common To All Regiments

  • Civil War Correspondence

  • Civil War Index for Soldiers and Sailors

  • Civil War Muster Rolls

  • Civil War Obituaries

  • Civil War Photos (Mostly Officers)

  • Cemetery Index

  • General Law Pension

  • Graves Registration Cards

    Civil War Records Unique to the Sixteenth Maine Infantry

  • Recruits, 1863-64 (Box 52)

  • Deserters, 1862 (Box 161)

  • Muster In and Descriptive Rolls, 1863, 64, 65 (Box 161)

  • Rejected Men, 1862 (Box 161)

  • Clothing Books - 4 Volumes, 1862-1865

  • Consolidated Morning Report, 1862-65 (2 Volumes)

  • Hospital Returns, September 1863

  • Post War Post Office Addresses

  • Regimental Returns - 16th, 17th, 18th - 1862

  • Regimental Returns - 16th, 17th, 18th - 1863

  • Regimental Returns - 16th, 17th, 18th - 1864

  • Single Muster Out Rolls, List of men

  • Single Muster Roll, February 1865 to April 1865, Gift of Lynda Sudlow.

  • Copy of brief history written by H.F. Andrews in 1906, Gift of Tom MacDonald.

  • Record of Sergt. Luther Bradford, Co. E, donated by Lt. Aubrey Leavitt, 1895, 1 page.

  • Record of Lt. Aubrey Leavitt, Co. E, donated by Lt. Aubrey Leavitt, 1895, 1 page.

  • Report of the 19th Reunion of the 16th Maine Regimental Association, 16 pages, donated by A.R. Small, 1895.

  • Newspaper clippings "In the Libby" by Major A.R. Small, donated by him, 1895.

* The 16th did not actually participate in the battles at South Mountain and Antietam, but they were ordered to march there, and did arrive at South Mountain just after the fighting stopped. They were present, but held in reserve during the subsequent battle at Atnietam. Their regimental histories and memoirs always indicate that they considered themselves as having been part of this campaign; and we did not feel that we should eliminate them because they were slow getting up to South Mountain or because General McClellan held them in reserve at Antietam.

Page updated December 15, 2005