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Muster In: August 25, 18621
Muster Out: May 31, 18652

Commander(s):

Colonel Isaac W. Starbird
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Lieutenant Colonel Joseph W. Spaulding
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Captain Charles E. Nash
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army6

  • Commander: Captain Charles E. Nash?7
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)8
  • Note: 75 men from the 4th Maine, which was leaving the front to muster out, were added to the 19th Maine on June 15, 1864.9

Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army10

  • Commander: Captain Joseph W. Spaulding11,12
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)13

Third Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Captain Joseph W. Spaulding14
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Captain Joseph W. Spaulding15,16,17
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Captain Joseph W. Spaulding (until Spetember 7, 1864)18,19
  • Unit Strength:
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Major Isaac W. Starbird (assumed command October 24, 1864)20,21
  • Unit Strength:
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  • Note: The Fifth Independent Compnay, Maine Infantry was assigned to the 19th Maine on October 22, 1864.22

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Colonel Isaac W. Starbird23
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Colonel Isaac W. Starbird24
  • Unit Strength:
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Commander: Colonel Isaac W. Starbird (wounded April 7, 1865)25
  • Unit Strength: 350-375 officers and men (throughout early April 1865)26
  • Weapons:

Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles27:

  • Before Petersburg June 16-19.
  • Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
  • Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864.
  • Deep Bottom, north of the James, July 27-28.
  • Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve).
  • Demonstration north of the James August 13-20.
  • Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
  • Ream’s Station August 25.
  • Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28.
  • Dabney’s Mills February 5-7, 1865.
  • Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
  • Boydton Road March 30-31.
  • Fall of Petersburg April 2.
  • Sailor’s Creek April 6.
  • High Bridge April 6-7.
  • Farmville April 7.
  • Appomattox C. H. April 9.

Bibliography:

Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

Sources:

  1. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
  2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
  3. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). after p. 306. ↩
  4. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). after p. 310. ↩
  5. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). after p. 238. ↩
  6. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pages 219-221 ↩
  7. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). pp. 200.: Captain Nash was in command on June 12, 1864, and the regiment saw no fighting between then and the Battle of Petersburg on June 15-18, 1864.  No direct mention of the commander is made for that time period, so it is assumed but cannot be proven that Nash was in command during the First Offensive.  More research is needed. ↩
  8. Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 19th Maine Entry, Page 78; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
  9. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). pp. 200-201. ↩
  10. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pages 219-221 ↩
  11. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). pp. 209.: According to Smith’s book, Spaulding had returned to the regiment two days earlier, or June 20, 1864.  This lends credence to the assumption of Captain Nash being in command on June 15-18, 1864, as Spaulding had not yet returned. ↩
  12. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). pp. 209,213 ↩
  13. Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 19th Maine Entry, Page 78; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
  14. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). p. 221-222.: Spaulding was detailed for court-martial duty on July 9, 1864, and remained on that duty until at least July 11.  It appears that Spaulding was again in command by the First Battle of Deep Bottom from July 27-29, 1864. ↩
  15. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 372 ↩
  16. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), pages 304-306 ↩
  17. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). p. 226, 234, 235. ↩
  18. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), pages 304-306 ↩
  19. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). p. 259. ↩
  20. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), pages 306-307 ↩
  21. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). p. 244. ↩
  22. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). p. 244.: The company contained three officers and 64 men.  In November this eleventh company was borken up and distributed among the veteran companies of the regiment. ↩
  23. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). p. 254. ↩
  24. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). p. 264-265. ↩
  25. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). p. 293,295.: Lt. Colonel Spaulding wrote the official report of this last campaign because Starbird was wounded on April 7, 1865 and was absent when it came time to write the report. ↩
  26. Smith, John D. The History of the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Great Western Printing Company, 1909). p. 295. ↩
  27. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩

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