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Organized at Rockland and mustered in June 15, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., June 20. Attached to Howard's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia, to August, 1861. Heintzelman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Sedgwick's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1864<ref>The Civil War Archives-Union Regimental Histories [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmeinf1.htm#4thinf]</ref>. | Organized at Rockland and mustered in June 15, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., June 20. Attached to Howard's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia, to August, 1861. Heintzelman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Sedgwick's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1864<ref>The Civil War Archives-Union Regimental Histories [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmeinf1.htm#4thinf]</ref>. | ||
4th Regiment, Maine Infantry [http://www.civilwarintheeast.com/USA/ME/4ME.php timeline ]from organization to discharge. | 4th Regiment, Maine Infantry [http://www.civilwarintheeast.com/USA/ME/4ME.php timeline ]from organization to discharge. | ||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
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The regiment was primarily from Lincoln, Knox and Waldo counties<ref>mainemilitia.com [http://mainemilitia.com/reenact_contact/4thmaine]</ref>. | The regiment was primarily from Lincoln, Knox and Waldo counties<ref>mainemilitia.com [http://mainemilitia.com/reenact_contact/4thmaine]</ref>. | ||
The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 2,051 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UME0004RI Roster]. | The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 2,051 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UME0004RI Roster]. <br> | ||
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=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||
*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Maine in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).<br> | |||
* | *National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. <br> | ||
* | *[[Maine in the Civil War|Maine in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Maine, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | ||
*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | |||
* | *''History of the Fourth Maine Battery, Light Artillery, in the Civil War, 1861-1865''. (Augusta, Maine: Burleigh and Flint, 1905). [http://books.google.com/books?id=JoYvAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+the+Fourth+Maine+Battery,+light+artillery,+in+the+Civil+War,+1861-65&source=bl&ots=ML2TKSlNUd&sig=AayGOsT3k62K7SWg0JvF4sEr_AQ&hl=en&ei=aKuaTNfENs2gnAfuhfX-Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books] - Contains a brief account of its services compiled from diaries of its members and other sources. Also personal sketches of many of its members and an account of its reunions from 1882 to 1905. | ||
* | *Stanley, Ruel H,. ''Eastern Maine and the Rebellion : being an account of the principal local events in eastern Maine during the war and brief histories of eastern Maine regiments.'' (Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books, c2002), {{FHL|1110149|item|disp=FHL book 974.1 H2srh}} | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
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[[Category:Maine_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | [[Category:Maine_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] | ||