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6th Maine Infantry

Muster In: July 15, 1861
Muster Out: August 15, 1864
Length of Service: Three Years

Engagements

  • Yorktown, VA - April 5 - May 4, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
  • Williamsburg, VA - May 4, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
  • Savage Station, VA - June 29, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
  • White Oak Swamp, VA - June 30, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
  • Cramptons Gap, MD -September 14, 1862 (Antietam Campaign)
  • Antietam. MD - September 17, 1862
  • Fredericksburg, VA - December 13, 1862
  • Gettysburg, PA - July 1-3, 1863
  • Funkstown, MD - July 10, 1863
  • Rappahannock Station, VA - November 7, 1863 (Bristoe Campaign)
  • Locust Grove, VA - November 27, 1863 (Mine run Campaign)
  • Wilderness, VA - May 5-7, 1864
  • Spottsylvania, VA - May 7-20, 1864
  • Cold Harbor, VA - May 31-June 12, 1864

    Casualties

    1213 Enrollment
    153 Killed or Died of Wounds
    366 Wounded
    102 Died of Disease

    Civil War Records Common To All Regiments

  • Civil War Correspondence
  • Civil War Index for Soldiers and Sailors
  • Civil War Muster Rolls
  • Civl War Obituaries
  • Civil War Photos (Mostly Officers)
  • Cemetery Index
  • General Law Pension
  • Graves Registration Cards

    Civil War Records Unique to the Sixth Maine Infantry

  • Vouchers, commissioned and non commissioned staff, band and hospital rolls - 1861-1862-1863 (Box 154)

  • Absent Men - 1862 (Box 155)
  • Enlistment Papers - 1862 (Box 155)
  • Muster-In and Descriptive Rolls - 1861-1862-1863-1864 (Box 155)
  • Recruits - 1863-1864 (Box 155)

  • Hospital Returns - September 1863
  • Medical Examinations - 1861
  • Post War Post Office Addresses
  • Regimental Returns -6th, 7th - 1861
  • Regimental Returns -6th, 7th, 8th 9th - 1862
  • Regimental Returns - 6th, 7th, 8th - 1863
  • Diary of Frederic Morang (Co.A) copy - 1864-1865
  • Headquarters Papers - Gift - includes correspondence, Deceased Soldiers Quarterly Returns, Final Statements & Inventory of Effects of Deceased Soldiers, General and Special Orders, reports on Meritorious Soldiers, Casualty Lists, Lists of Deserters, Monthly Returns, reports on regimental movements and engagements, as well as reports on the actions at Garnetts Farm (June 17, 1862) and White Oak Church (May 2-6, 1863).

    To Return To The Regimental Historical Records Page.

    Updated January 22, 2009