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Maine 6th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:15 July 1861
  • Muster Out Date:15 Aug 1864
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Calvin E. Pratt
    • Brigadier General David A. Russell
    • Brigadier General Horatio G. Wright
    • Brigadier General William F. Smith
    • Brigadier General Winfield S. Hancock
    • Captain Clermont L. Best
    • Captain Freeman McGilvery
    • Colonel Amasa Cobb
    • Colonel Hiram Burnham
    • Colonel Oliver Edwards
    • Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Harris
    • Major George Fuller
    • Major General William F. Smith
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Brandy Station9 June 18639 June 1863< 1 dayCulpeper County, Virginia
Malvern Hill1 July 18621 July 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Gettysburg1 July 18633 July 18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Siege of Yorktown (1862)5 Apr 18624 May 186229 day(s)York County, Virginia; Newport News, Virginia
Antietam17 Sept 186217 Sept 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Seven Pines31 May 18621 June 18621 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31 May 186412 June 186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Fort Stevens11 July 186412 July 18641 day(s)District of Columbia, DC
White Oak Swamp30 June 186230 June 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8 May 186421 May 186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Wilderness5 May 18647 May 18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Savage's Station29 June 186229 June 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Garnett's & Golding's Farm27 June 186228 June 18621 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Williamsburg5 May 18625 May 1862< 1 dayYork County, Virginia; James City County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia
Gaines' Mill27 June 186227 June 1862< 1 dayHanover County, Virginia
Chancellorsville30 Apr 18636 May 18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
South Mountain14 Sept 186214 Sept 1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
Second Rappahannock Station7 Nov 18637 Nov 1863< 1 dayCulpeper County, Virginia; Fauquier County, Virginia
Second Fredericksburg3 May 18633 May 1863< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia

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