The 19th Maine Infantry Regiment was an

infantry Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and marine i ...

regiment A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service and/or a specialisation. In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscripted ...

that served in the

Union Army During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union (American Civil War), Union of the collective U.S. st ...

during the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

Service

19th Maine was organized at

Bath Bath may refer to: * Bathing, immersion in a fluid ** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body ** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe * Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities Plac ...

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

and mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on August 25, 1862. The total loss of the 19th Maine in the two days of fighting

t Gettysburg T, or t, is the twentieth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''tee'' (pronounced ), plural ''tees''. It is deri ...

were 12 officers and 220 men, almost 53% of the 19th. The regiment took into battle on the second day of July 440 officers and men." The regiment absorbed the 5th Company of Unassigned Maine Infantry in November 1864. The regiment was discharged from service on May 31, 1865 following the Union victory.

Total strength and casualties

1,441 men served in the 19th Maine Infantry Regiment during its service. It lost 192 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds. 501 members of the regiment were wounded in action, 184 died of disease, and 47 died in Confederate prisons for a total of 376 fatalities from all causes.
State of Maine Civil War Website Page on the 19th Maine

Commanders

* Colonel (United States), Colonel

Seldon Connor Seldon Connor (January 25, 1839July 9, 1917) was an American soldier, banker, and politician who was the 35th Governor of the U.S. state of Maine. Biography Seldon Conner was born in Fairfield, Maine, and in 1859 graduated at Tufts College, as ...

* Colonel Francis Edward Heath * Colonel Isaac Warren Starbird

Notes

References

* Hadden, Robert Lee. 1995.
The Granite Glory: the 19th Maine at Gettysburg
" Gettysburg: historical articles of lasting interest, July 1, 1995, issue no. 13. Pages 50–63: maps, portraits. * Smith, John Day. 1909
The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865
Minneapolis: Great Western. 1909.
State of Maine Civil War Website Page on the 19th Maine

External links