30th Maine Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Augusta and mustered in January 8, 1864. Left State for New Orleans, La., January 31, 1864, arriving February 16. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864; and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December, 1864. Garrison of Winchester, Va., Army of the Shenandoah, to April, 1865. Dept. of Washington to June, 1865. District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Algiers, La., February 16-18, 1864. Moved to Franklin February 18, and duty there until March 15.
- March 15-May 22, 1864 -
The Red River Campaign
- March 14-26, 1864 -
Advance from Franklin, Louisiana to Alexandria, Louisiana
- to Natchitoches March 29-April 2.
- Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8.
- Pleasant Hill April 9.
- Cane River Crossing April 23.
- Construction of dam at Alexandria April 30-May 10.
- May 13-20, 1864 -
Retreat from Alexandria, Louisiana to Morganza, Louisiana
- March 14-26, 1864 -
Mansura May 16. At Morganza until July 2. Moved to New Orleans, thence to Fortress Monroe and Bermuda Hundred, Va., July 2-18. Duty at Deep Bottom until July 31. Moved to Washington, D.C.. thence to Harper's Ferry, W. Va. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. On detached duty, guarding trains, stores, etc., until October 26. Bunker Hill October 25. Duty near Middletown until November, and at Newtown until January, 1865. At Winchester and Stevenson's Depot until April, 1865. Moved to Washington, D.C., April 20, and duty there until June 30. Provost guard during Grand Review May 23-24. Moved to Savannah, Ga., June 30-July 7, and duty there until August. Mustered out August 20, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 31 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 254 Enlisted men by disease. Total 290.
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 750, 751, 753, 1227-1228)