10th Regiment, Maine Infantry

Brief History
The 10th Regiment, Maine Infantry was organized at August and mustered in September 22, 1861. They mustered out July 13, 1865. Men from the 1st Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry were added to the 10th Regiment.

For more information on the history of this unit, see:


 * The Civil War Archive section, 10th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 30 May 2012).
 * The Wikipedia article, 10th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, (accessed 6 July 2012).

It organized at Portland and mustered in October 4, 1861. Left State for Baltimore, Md., October 6. Attached to Dix's Division to November, 1861. Railroad Brigade, Army Potomac, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, Williams' Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863. Headquarters 12th Army Corps, Armies of the Potomac and Cumberland, to November, 1863.

10th Regiment, Maine Infantry timeline from organization to discharge.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A

Company B

Company C

Company D

Company E

Company F

Company G

Company H

Company I

Company K

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,684 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

Other Sources

 * 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).


 * National Park Service, 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.


 * 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.


 * 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.


 * Gould, John M. and Leonard G. Jordan. History of the First-Tenth-Twenty-nineth Maine regiment: in service of the United States from May 3, 1861, to June 21, 1866, (Portland, Maine : Stephen Berry, 1871). Google Books. ; Internet Archive and Joseph K. F. Mansfield, Brigadier General of the U.S. Army : a narrative of events connected with his mortal wounding at Antietam, Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991),.