3rd Maine Infantry Regiment (Civil War)

Regimental History of the 3rd Maine Infantry

Muster In: June 4, 1861

Muster Out: June 28, 1864

Length of Service: Three Years

Militia Companies

• Company A - Bath City Grays

Engagements

• First Bull Run, Virginia - July 21, 1861
• Bailey's Cross Roads, Virginia - August 28, 1861
• Yorktown, Virginia - April 5 - May 4, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
• Williamsburg, Virginia - May 4, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
• Seven Pines, Virginia - May 31, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
• White Oak Swamp, Virginia - June 30, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
• Malvern Hill, Virginia - July 1, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
• Second Bull Run, Virginia - August 29-30, 1862
• Chantilly, Virginia - September 1, 1862 (Second Bull Run Campaign)
• Fredericksburg, Virginia - December 13, 1862
• Chancellorsville, Virginia - May 1-4, 1863
• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - July 1-3, 1863
• Wapping Heights, Virginia - July 21-23, 1863 (Bristoe Campaign)
• Catlett's Station, Virginia - October 14, 1863 (Bristoe Campaign)
• Kelly's Ford, Virginia - November 7, 1863 (Bristoe Campaign)
• Orange Grove, Virginia - November 26, 1863 (Bristoe Campaign)
• Mine run, Virginia - November 30, 1863
• Wilderness, Virginia - May 5-7, 1864
• Spottsylvania, Virginia - May 7-20, 1864
• North Anna, Virginia - May 23-27, 1864
• Totopotomy, Virginia - May 26-30, 1864
• Cold Harbor, Virginia - May 31-June 12, 1864

Casualties:

1,586 Enrollment

134 Killed of Died of Wounds

140 Died of Disease

33 in Confederate Prisons

Source: Maine State Archives, Civil War

For more information on the 3rd Maine, see the Third Maine website. The Bath Greys made up all of Company A and most of Company D.