Re: ME Civil War Records Lookup's
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Re: ME Civil War Records Lookup's
Fred Allen 5/20/01
Albion Allen:
FIRST SOURCE:
AlbionAllen
Claimed Residence in Hope
14 October 1862Corpl 26
Promoted to Full Sergt
Served MaineEnlisted G Co. 21st Inf Reg. ME Mustered Out at Augusta, ME on 25 August 1863 Application Date: 15 March 1879
Relationship: Self
Number: 272574
Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine
Abbreviation: MERoster
Published by Stevens & Sayward on 1861-1866
2nd SOURCE
Albion Allen
Residence Hope ME; 26 years old.
Enlisted on 10/14/1862 as a Corporal.
On 10/14/1862 he mustered into "G" Co. ME 21st Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 8/25/1863 at Augusta, ME
Promotions:
* Sergt
Federal Pension Information:
He applied for a pension on 3/15/1879
application # 272,574
REGIMENTAL HISTORY
MAINE
TWENTY-FIRST INFANTRY
(Nine Months)
Twenty-first Infantry.--Col., Elijah D. Johnson; Lieut.-
Col., Nathan Stanley; Maj., Benjamin G. Merry.This regiment,
like the seven succeeding ones, was raised under the call of
Aug. 4, 1862, for 300,000 militia for nine months' service.It
was mustered into the U. S. service at Bangor, Oct. 14, 1862,
and started for Washington, D. C., on the 21st.While en route
it was ordered to report to Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks, commanding
the Department of the Gulf, at New York city, then organizing
his expedition for the opening of the Mississippi.It remained
quartered at East New York for two months and then proceeded to
New Orleans, where it arrived early in Feb., 1863.It went at
once to Baton Rouge and was assigned to the 1st brigade, 1st
division, 19th corps.The men suffered from disease contracted
in the low southern country, despite the utmost precautions
taken.Baton Rouge was now an important Union "base," and the
regiment was occupied in doing picket duty and protecting the
city from guerrilla attacks.On March 14th, it advanced with
the corps against Port Hudson, while Adm. Farragut's fleet was
engaged in passing the enemy's works there on that memorable
night.The army, however, made no attack in force at that
time, but on May 21 it engaged the enemy at Plains Store.The
regiment took part in the siege of Port Hudson and participated
in the assaults on May 27 and June 14, losing in the two
engagements 88 men killed and wounded.Though its term of
service had expired during the siege, the regiment volunteered
to remain until the capture of Port Hudson, which occurred on
July 9, 1863.Preparations were then at once made to transport
home those regiments that had already remained beyond their
term of service.The 20th was assigned to the 2nd brigade of
the post forces, and July 25 embarked for Maine.With other
regiments, it was the first to pass up the Mississippi river
and received a continuous ovation.It arrived in Augusta, Aug.
7, where the men were mustered out on Aug. 25th, by Lieut. F.
E. Crossman of the 17th U. S. infantry.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 1
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FREDERICK ALLEN:
Fred K. Allen
Residence Hope ME; 18 years old.
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
On 2/19/1864 he transferred into "A" Co. ME 1st Cavalry
He died a POW on 2/13/1865
He was listed as:
* POW 9/16/1864 (place not stated)
He also had service in:
DC Cavalry
REGIMENTAL HISTORY
MAINE
1ST CAVALRY
(THREE YEARS)
First Cavalry.-Cols., John Goddard, Samuel H. Allen,
Calvin S. Douty, Charles H. Smith; Lieut.-Cols., Thomas Hight,
Calvin S. Douty, Charles H. Smith, Stephen Boothby, Jonathan
P. Cilley; Majs., Samuel H. Allen, David P. Stowell, Calvin S.
Douty, Warren L. Whitney, Jonathan P. Cilley, Charles H.
Smith, Stephen Boothby, George M. Brown, Sidney W. Thaxter,
Constantine Taylor, Benjamin F. Tucker, Paul Chadbourne,
Daniel S. Curtis, Joel W. Cloudman.This regiment was raised
at large, consisted of twelve companies, and was mustered in
at Augusta, Nov. 5, 1861, for three years.It was the equal
of any in the service in the character of its men and the
quality of its horses.It remained encamped at Augusta until
the following spring.Companies A, D, E and F left the state
for Washington on March 14, under command of Col. Allen,
arriving there on the 19th.Companies B, I, H and M, under
Maj. Douty, arrived on the 24th and C, G, K and L, under Maj.
Stowell, on the 28th.A, B, E, H and M under Lieut.-Col.
Douty, joined Gen. Banks, corps at Strasburg, Va., on May 11,
and were attached to Gen. Hatch's cavalry brigade.The other
seven companies were first assigned to Gen. Abercrombie's
brigade, and soon afterwards to Gen. Ord's division at
Fredericksburg.The men participated in their first severe
engagement on May 23, when Lieut.-Col. Douty with his command
and two companies of the 1st Vt. cavalry, charged the enemy at
Middletown, Va., covering Banks, retreat to Williamsport.
The loss was 176 horses and equipments.The regiment was reunited
at Warrenton, Va., on July 10, and attached to Bayard's
brigade, with which it took part in the battle of Cedar
mountain.It participated in the retreat of Gen. Pope's
forces to Fairfax Court House, where it arrived on Sept. 3,
and reported to Gen. Reno, having engaged the enemy at Brandy
Station on Aug. 20, and been present at the second battle of
Bull Run on the 30th, under Brig.-Gen. Elliott of Pope's
staff.Arriving in Washington on Sept. 4, it was attached to
Burnside's corps and engaged the enemy at Frederick, Md., on
the 12th. Co. G, acting as Gen. Reno's body-guard, took part
in the battle of South mountain, Cos. M and H, under Gen.
Porter, in that of Antietam.The regiment (except Cos. G, M
and H) remained at Frederick from Sept. 12, to Nov. 2, up to
which period it had lost in action and worn out in service
nearly 700 horses.The severity of the service to which the
men of this regiment were subjected may be inferred from a
bare recital of the battles in which they were subsequently
engaged and from data showing some of their heaviest losses.
The list of battles includes, in addition to those above
mentioned: Fredericksburg, Rappahannock Station, Brandy
Station, Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville, Gettysburg,
Shepherdstown, Sulphur Springs, Mine Run, about Richmond, Old
Church, Todd's tavern, Ground Squirrel Church, Hawes' shop,
Cold Harbor, Trevilian Station, St. Mary's Church, Deep
Bottom, Reams' Station, Wyatt's farm, Boydton road and
Bellefield.Col. Douty was killed at Aldie, Va, while leading
a gallant charge, on June 17, 1863, as was Capt. Summatt while
rallying his men under a murderous fire of grape and canister.
Three hundred selected men from the regiment participated in
the daring raid of Gen. Kilpatrick to the vicinity of
Richmond, Feb. 27 to March 12, 1864, the loss of the 1st in
this famous raid being 93 men killed, wounded or missing and
over 200 horses.It also moved with the cavalry corps on Gen.
Sheridan's first raid, May 9, 1864, until within 3 miles of
Richmond.In the engagement at Trevilian Station, June 24,
1864, its loss was 10 officers and 58 enlisted men.During
August of this year its loss in killed, wounded and missing
was 49 men and 75 horses, and the total casualties during 1864
amounted to 295 officers and enlisted men.In Aug., 1864,
seven companies of the 1st D. C. cavalry were transferred and
assigned to the several companies of this regiment by a
special order of the war department.The original members of
the regiment whose term of service expired Nov. 4, 1864, were
mustered out at Augusta, Me., on the 25th, while the regiment,
now composed of veterans recruits and members of the 1st D. C.
cavalry whose term had not expired, participated in the
closing battles of the war; was mustered out of the U. S.
service at Petersburg, Va., Aug., 1, 1865, and arrived in
Augusta, Me., on the 9th.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 1
JOHN ALLEN
John Allen
Residence Hope ME; 20 years old.
Enlisted on 9/7/1861 as a Corporal.
On 9/7/1861 he mustered into "H" Co. ME 8th Infantry
He died on 1/6/1862 at Hilton Head, SC
REGIMENTAL HISTORY
MAINE
EIGHTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)
Eighth Infantry.--Cols., Lee Strickland, John D. Rust,
Henry Boynton, William M. McArthur; Lieut.-Cols., John D. Rust,
Ephraim W. Woodman, Joseph F. Twitchell, John Hemingway, Henry
Boynton, William M. McArthur, Edward A. True; Majs., Joseph S.
Rice, Ephraim W. Woodman, Joseph F. Twitchell, John Hemingway,
Henry Boynton, William M. McArthur, Edward A. True.This
regiment made up of companies from different parts of the
state, and was organized at Augusta, Sept. 7, 1861, to serve
three years.It entered the service with 770 enlisted men, and
in bravery and efficiency was excelled by few, if any regiments
in the service.It left the state Sept. 10, for Hempstead,
Long Island, N. Y., and subsequently for Fortress Monroe, Va.,
where it formed a part of Gen. T. W. Sherman's expedition to
Port Royal, S. C., which sailed on Oct. 29, and landed at
Hilton Head Nov. 8, 1861.For several months the men were
engaged in throwing up breastworks and building fortifications.
On May 1, 1862, they moved to Tybee Island in the Savannah
river, and took a prominent part in the attack on and capture
of Fort Pulaski, one of the defenses of Savannah.From this
time until the spring of 1864, the regiment was employed for
the most part in doing guard duty at Hilton Head and Beaufort,
S. C., and at Jacksonville, Fla.It suffered much sickness as
the result of the exposures of the spring campaign in 1862, and
from diseases contracted in a southern climate.In Nov., 1862,
about 300 well drilled and disciplined recruits were sent to
the regiment from Maine.In Nov., 1863, while at Beaufort, S.
C., its ranks were again replenished by the addition of nearly
200 drafted men, who proved excellent soldiers.In March,
1864, 16 officers and 330 enlisted men, who had reenlisted for
a term of three years, received a furlough of 35 days and
returned to their homes.In April, 1864, the 8th was
transferred to the Department of Virginia, and on May 4, moved
to Bermuda Hundred, where it took part in all the active
operations of the Army of the James.Sixty veterans, whose
term of service had expired, returned to the state, and were
mustered out of service on Sept. 15, 1864.The regiment was
still large enough, however, to retain its organization as many
men had reenlisted and it had received 570 recruits.Until the
surrender of Lee at Appomattox, it was engaged in numerous
skirmishes and arduous picket and guard duties, and took part
in the following important engagements: Drewry's Bluff, losing
96 men, killed, wounded and prisoners; Cold Harbor, where it
lost 79 men; the operations before Petersburg, losing 50 men;
Chaffin's Farm; Fair Oaks, where it again lost heavily, Spring
Hill; capture of Forts Gregg and Baldwin, Rice's Station and
Appomattox Court House.After Lee's surrender, it was at
Richmond until Aug., 1865, at Manchester until the following
November, and at Fortress Monroe until Jan. 18, 1866, when the
men were mustered out and proceeded to Augusta, Me., where they
were paid and finally discharged.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 1
I didn't find Moses. but it's most likely a misspelling. Do you have any other info on him? He served Maine? or another state? ect.
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