Maine at GettysburgLakeside Press, 1898 - 602 páginas "It will be found to contain principally an account of the monuments erected by the State of Maine on the Gettysburg Battlefield ... ; a full description of each monument, accompanied with half-tone pictures; the exercises attending their dedication; a statement of the part taken by each of the fifteen regiments, battalions, batteries, or other commands of Maine troops, illustrated with maps and diagrams; a list of participants in each command, with casualties in the same; a list of Maine generals, and staff and other officers additional to Maine organizations; a historical sketch of each command; and a brief summary of the work of the committee"--Preface. |
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Adjutant advance Albert Andrew army artillery attack Augusta Bangor battalion battle of Gettysburg Belfast Biddeford brevet brig brigade camp Captain captured cavalry Cemetery Hill charge Charles H Colonel command Confederate CORPORALS crossed Culp's Hill DETACHED SERVICE died division DUTY OR DETACHED Edward Emmitsburg Emmitsburg road enemy enemy's engaged field Fifth Maine fighting fire flank Fourth Maine front Gardiner George F George W guns h'dqrs Henry infantry Isaac James John Joseph June killed Lewiston Lieut line of battle Little Round Top loss Maine Battery Maine regiment Major marched miles monument morning moved mustered night o'clock officers ordered picket Portland position Potomac prisoner PRIVATES rear rebel regiment Rockland Saco Samuel Second corps Second Lieutenant Sergeant Seventeenth Seventh Sharpshooters Sixth corps Sixth Maine skirmishers Skowhegan SPECIAL DUTY Stevens Surgeon Thomas Thomaston troops Union Vassalboro Vols Waldoboro Waterville William H woods wounded
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