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Third Brigade, Third Division

Colonel H G Berry, 4th Maine Infantry

Colonel H G Berry, 4th Maine Infantry

Fourth Maine Infantry

Mustered in United States service for three years 15 June, 1861. Arrived at Washington, D. C., 20 June, 1861

COLONEL H G BERRY
H G Berry was appointed colonel, 4th Maine Infantry, at Atlantic Hall, on the southeast coner of Main and Sea Streets, Rockland, Knox County, Maine, on 8 May, 1861, and was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL T H MARSHALL
Captain T H Marshall, 4th Maine Infantry, Company K, was appointed lieutenant colonel, 4th Maine Infantry, at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, on 11 June, 1861, and was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel T H Marshall, 4th Maine Infantry, was appointed colonel, 7th Maine Infantry, on 9 September, 1861.

MAJOR F S NICKERSON
Captain F S Nickerson, 4th Maine Infantry, Company I, was appointed major, 4th Maine Infantry, at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, on 11 June, 1861, and was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861.

Company A Belfast Artillery: CAPT. H W CUNNINGHAM
The company was accepted in state service for three years at Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, on 25 April, 1861, and was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861. Captain H W Cunningham, 4th Maine Infantry, Company A, resigned on 16 December, 1861.
Company B Rockland City Guards: CAPT. E WALKER
The company was accepted in state service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, on 25 April, 1861, and was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861.
Company C: CAPT. O J CONANT
The company was accepted in state service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, on 25 April, 1861, and was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861. Captain O J Conant, 4th Maine Infantry, Company C, resigned due to a lung complaint on 9 September, 1861.
Company D: CAPT. L D CARVER
The company was accepted in state service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, on 27 April, 1861, and was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861. A detachment (17) of the 4th maine Infantry, Company D, was assigned to the 38th New York Infantry on 22 September, 1861 (See the 38th New York Infantry).
Company E Damariscotta Granite Rifles: CAPT. S C WHITEHOUSE
The company was accepted in state service for three years at Damariscotta, Lincoln County, Maine, on 25 April, 1861, and was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861. Captain S C Whitehouse, 4th Maine Infantry, Company E, resigned on 30 October, 1861.
Company F (1st): CAPT. O Crowell
The company was accepted in state service for three years at Winterport, Waldo County, Maine, on 25 April, 1861, and was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861. The company declined muster in United States service for three years and was disbanded on 27 May, 1861.
Company F (2nd) Brooks Light Infantry: CAPT. A D BEANE
The company was accepted in state service for three years at Brooks, Waldo County, Maine, on 8 May, 1861, and was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861.
Company G : CAPT. E M SMITH
The company was accepted in state service for three years at Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine, on 3 May, 1861, was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861.
Company H (1st): CAPT. J G BURNS
The company was accepted in state service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, on 25 April, 1861, and was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861. A detachment of the 4th Maine Infantry (62), Company H (1st), was assigned to the 4th Maine Infantry, Companies D and K, and the 38th New York Infantry on 21 September, 186, and Captain J G Burns, 4th Maine Infantry, Company H (1st), was dishonourably discharged on 4 October, 1861 (See the 38th New York Infantry).
Company H (2nd): CAPT. W L PITCHER
W L Pitcher was appointed captain, 4th Maine Infantry, Company H (2nd), at Bangor, Penobscot County, and Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, on 5 November, 1861, and the company was mustered in United States service for three years on 9 November, 1861.
Company I: CAPT. E WHITCOMB
The company was accepted in state service for three years at Searsport, Lincoln County, Maine, on 25 April, 1861, and Captain F S Nickerson, 4th Maine Infantry, Company I, was appointed major, 4th Maine Infantry, at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, on 11 June, 1861. The company was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861.
Company K Belfast City Greys: CAPT. S M FULLER
The company was accepted in state service for three years at Belfast, Waldo County, Maine, on 25 April, 1861, and Captain T H Marshall, 4th Maine Infantry, Company K, was appointed lieutenant colonel, 4th Maine Infantry, at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, on 11 June,1861. The company was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861.
Drum Corps: Drum Maj. I Prince
Fife Corps: Fife Maj. H Burkmar
Rockland Brass Band: Band Leader Prof. J Wight
The Rockland Brass Band (23) was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 and 16 June, 1861.

Organisation of 4th Maine Infantry at the first battle of Bull Run, 21 July, 1861: Colonel H G Berry, Lieutenant Colonel T H Marshall, Major F S Nickerson; Company A, Belfast Artillery, Captain H W Cunningham; Company B, Rockland City Guards, Captain E Walker; Company C, Captain O J Conant; Company D, Captain L D Carver; Company E, Damariscotta Granite Rifles, Captain S C Whitehouse; Company F (2nd), Brooks Light Infantry, Captain A D Deane; Company G, Captain E M Smith; Company H (1st), Captain J G Burns; Company I, Captain E Whitcomb; Company K, Belfast City Greys, Captain S M Fuller

Sources

"The officers of the companies composing the Fourth Regiment met at Rockland on Wednesday afternoon, and made the choice o the following officers: Colonel - Hiram G. Berry, Rockland; Lieut. Col. - Adelbert Ames, do.; Major - Thomas H. Marshall, Belfast."

Republican Journal (Belfast, Waldo County, Maine), 10 May, 1861 - Organisation of the Fourth Regiment

"On Monday morning the Greys and Capt. Cunningham's company of volunteers left by the Daniel Webster, for Rockland, where they will go into camp for a week or more, with the whole regiment, preparatory to active service."

Republican Journal (Belfast, Waldo County, Maine), 24 May, 1861 - Departure of soldiers

"Capt. Andrew D. Bean received orders on Sunday to report himself and company at Rockland on Monday to form part of the fourth Regiment, in place of the Winterport company, which is disbanded. They left per steamer M. Sanford on Monday afternoon, with sixty-four men in the ranks."

Republican Journal (Belfast, Waldo County, Maine), 31 May, 1861

"The principal event of today has been the election, necessary to make the compliment of staff officers. This was made necessary by the resignation, or declination, of Adelbert Ames to respond to his election as Lieutenant Colonel."

Republican Journal (Belfast, Waldo County, Maine), 14 June, 1861 - Camp Knox, Rockland, 11 June, 1861

"The regiment numbers one thousand and sixty-six men; most of them enlisted on the coast, and composed principally of shipbuilders and those engaged in the coasting trade. They have Springfield musket of 1836, but they are provided with full camp equipage, including wagons and fifty-four horses. The regiment is accompanied by Major-General Titcomb and staff."

New York Tribune (New York City, New York County, New York), 19 June, 1861 - Fourth Maine Regiment

"The fourth Maine regiment, 1,065 men strong, arrived here in the cars at nine o'clock last night. The regiment is accompanied by the Rockland brass band, Prof. James Wright leader, with twenty-three pieces, and also a drum and fife corps of twenty pieces."

National Republican (Washington, D. C.), 21 June, 1861 - Arrival of the Fourth Maine Regiment

"Their uniforms are of durable grey cloth, and are well made. They bring with them the Rockland brass band, twenty-three pieces, led by Prof. Jas. White, and ten drummers and fifers."

Evening Star (Washington, D. C.), 21 June, 1861 - Arrival of the Fourth Maine, New York Eighteenth, and New York Thirty-eighth Regiments

"The fourth Maine regiment left their camp, on Meridian Hill, on Monday night, and proceeded by steamboat to Alexandria, when they were marched into Virginia. The fifth Maine regiment took the same route yesterday morning, for the 'Old Dominion'."

National Republican (Washington, D. C.), 10 July, 1861- Gone into Virginia

"This evening, while on my way home from the city, we met the Maine 4th regiment, 1150 strong, on their march. They had 85 baggage wagons, and marched in platoons, singing a regimental song, the burden of which was, that they were bound to the land of cotton."

Buffalo Morning Express (Buffalo, Erie County, New York), 13 July, 1861- Camp Kalorama, Washigton, 8 July, 1861

"When I last wrote we were in Alexandria. We came back to Bush Hill, (that is, the 3d brigade, under Col. Howard, including the Vt. 2d,) our old camping ground, 5 miles West of Alexandria, on the 25th of July, where we still remain, the picket guard of this division of the army."

Lamoille Newsdealer (Hyde Park, Lamoille County, Vermont), 16 August, 1861 - Headquarters, 2d Vt, Regt., Camp Bush Hill, Co. F, 4 Aug, 1861

Books/ Manuscripts

Major-general Hiram G. Berry: His career as a contractor, bank president, politician, and major-general of volunteers in the Civil War, together with his war correspondence, embracing the period from Bull Run to Chancellorsville, by Edward K Gould

"Appendix D" of the Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the year ending 31 December, 1861. It being the portion of the Report which comprises a Return of the several Regiments and Corps which have entered United States service from this State, with their organisation when they left the State, and all subsequent changes to December 1, 1861, published agreeably to a Resolve approved 16 March, 1855

Maine in the war for the Union: A history of the part borne by Maine troops in the suppression of the American Rebellion, by William Edward S Whitman and Charles Henry True

The Union Army: A history of military affairs in the loyal states 1861-65, records of the regiments in the Union Army, cyclopedia of battles, memoirs of commanders and soldiers, Volume 1, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware

Notes

The 4th Maine Infantry was authorised by a proclamation calling for 42,034 volunteers to serve three years, unless sooner discharged, by General Orders No.15, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., on 4 May, 1861, dated 3 May, 1861, and was accepted in state service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, on 8 May, 1861.

Note: The 4th Maine Infantry ordered to rendezvous at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, on 16 May, 1861, and Companies B, C, D, and H (1st), arrived at Camp Knox, on Tillson's Hill, northeast Rockland, Knox County, Maine, in the morning on 16 May, 1861; Company E on 17 May, 1861; Company G on 19 May, 1861; Companies A, F (1st), I, and K on 20 May, 1861; and Company F (2nd) on 27 May, 1861.

Camp Knox, on Tillson's Hill, northeast Rockland, Knox County, Maine, Companies B, C, D, & H (1st), 16 May, 1861: The Rockland City Guards, Conant's company, Carver's company, and J G Burns' company were stationed at Camp Knox, on Tillson's Hill, northeast Rockland, Knox County, Maine, in the morning on 16 May, 1861.

Damariscotta, Lincoln County, to Rockland, Knox County, Maine, Company E, 17 May, 1861: The Damariscotta Granite Rifles arrived by the steamer Daniel Webster on West Pensobscot Bay at Camp Knox, on Tillson's Hill, northeast Rockland, Knox County, Maine, at 5.15 PM on 17 May, 1861.

Wiscasset, Lincoln County, to Rockland, Knox County, Maine, Company G, 19 May, 1861: Smith's company arrived at Camp Knox, on Tillson's Hill, northeast Rockland, Knox County, Maine, at 6 PM on 19 May, 1861.

Belfast, Waldo County, to Rockland, Knox County, Maine, Companies A & K, 20 May, 1861: The Belfast Artillery and the Belfast City Greys arrived by the steamer Daniel Webster on West Pensobscot Bay at Camp Knox, on Tillson's Hill, northeast Rockland, Knox County, Maine, in the morning on 20 May, 1861.

Winterport, Waldo County, & Searsport, Lincoln County, to Rockland, Knox County, Maine, Companies F (1st) & I, 20 May, 1861: Crowell's company and Nickerson's company arrived by the steamer M Sanford on West Pensobscot Bay at Camp Knox, on Tillson's Hill, northeast Rockland, Knox County, Maine, in the afternoon on 20 May, 1861.

Brooks, Waldo County, to Rockland, Knox County, Maine, Company F (2nd), 27 May, 1861: The Brooks Light Infantry was ordered to proceed by the steamer M Sanford on Belfast Bay to Rockland, Knox County, Maine, in the afternoon on 27 May, 1861, dated 25 May, 1861.

Mustered for three years, Rockland, Knox County, Maine, 15 June, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry was mustered in United States service for three years at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, 2nd United States Dragoons, Company B, on 15 June, 1861 (See the United States Battalion Cavalry).

Note: Second Lieutenant A Ames, 2nd United States Artillery, Light Company G, was appointed lieutenant colonel, 4th Maine Infantry, at Rockland, Maine, Knox County, on 8 May, 1861, but declined or resigned and was appointed first lieutenant, 5th United States Artillery, by General Orders No.65, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., on 23 August, 1861, dated 14 May, 1861 (See the 5th United States Artillery, Light Company D).

Rockland to Washington, 17-20 June, 1861

The 4th Maine Infantry (1,065) was ordered to proceed by the steamer Daniel Webster to Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, at 11 AM on 17 June, 1861, and arrived at City Hall, on the corner of Congress and Mrtyle Streets, at Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, at 4 PM the same day. The regiment was ordered to proceed by the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, at 6/7 AM on 18 June, 1861, and arrived at South Berwick, York County, Maine, at 9 AM the same day. The 4th Maine Infantry arrived by the Eastern (Massachusetts) Railroad at Boston, Suffolk County, via Portsmouth, Rockingham County, County, New Hampshire, and Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, at 1/1.30 PM on 18 June, 1861, and was ordered to proceed by the Old Colony & Fall River Railroad to Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, at 6 PM the same day. The regiment arrived by the steamer Bay State on the North/ Hudson River at Pier No.3, southwest of Morris Street, on West Street, New York City, New York County, New York, at 11 AM on 19 June, 1861.

Note: The 4th Maine Infantry was stationed at City Hall Park barracks, on Chambers Street, southwest corner of Broadway and Park Row, New York City, New York County, New York, to Washington, D. C., on 19 June, 1861.

New York City, New York County, New York, to Washington, D. C., 19-20 June, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry was ordered to proceed by the steamer John Potter on the North/ Hudson River at Pier No.1, corner of Battery Square and West Street, New York City, New York County, New York, to South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, at 4 PM on 19 June, 1861, and by the Camden & Amboy Railroad to Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, in the afternoon the same day. The regiment arrived by the South Camden Ferry on the Delaware River at Washington Street Wharf, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, at 11 PM on 19 June, 1861, and was ordered to proceed by the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad to Baltimore City, Maryland, in the morning on 20 June, 1861. The 4th Maine Infantry arrived at President Street Station, corner of President Street and Canton Avenue, Baltimore City, Maryland, at 2.30 PM the same day and by the Washington Branch, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at Washington, D. C., via Annapolis Junction, Howard County, Maryland, at 9 PM on 20 June, 1861.

Note: The 4th Maine Infantry arrived by the steamer John Potter on Raritan Bay at the Camden & Amboy Station Wharf, South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the afternoon on 19 June, 1861, and was stationed at Broad Street Station, corner of Broad Street and Washington Avenue/ Prime Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, in the morning on 20 June, 1861.

Department of Washington, 20 June-8 July, 1861

The 4th Maine Infantry was stationed at W Woodwood's building, corner of West Eleventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, and Franklin Hall, corner of North D and Ninth Streets, Washington, D. C., on 20 June, 1861.

Woodwood's building, corner of Eleventh Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, & Franklin Hall, corner of North D & Ninth Streets, Washington, to Columbia College, on Meridian Hill, west of Fourteenth Street Road, D. C., 21 June, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry was ordered to Columbia College, on Meridian Hill, west of Fourteenth Street Road, D. C., in the morning on 21 June, 1861.

Note: The 4th Maine Infantry was stationed in the vicinity of Columbia College, on Meridian Hill, west of Fourteenth Street Road, D. C., during 21 June and 8 July, 1861.

Department of Northeastern virginia, 8 July-17 August, 1861

The 4th Maine Infantry (1,105) was ordered to Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, at 5/7 PM on 8 July, 1861, and was ordered to proceed by steamers on the Potomac River at Sixth Street wharf, Washington, D. C., at 9 PM the same day. The regiment arrived at King Street wharf, Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, at 10 PM on 8 July, 1861.

Alexandria to Cameron Run, R F Robert's farm, two miles west of Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, 9 July, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry was ordered to Cameron Run, R F Robert's farm, two miles west of Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, at 4/5 AM on 9 July, 1861, and was stationed at Camp Knox, on Cameron Run, R F Robert's farm, two miles west of Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, between 9 and 11 July, 1861.

Note: The 4th Maine Infantry, Companies B and D, under the command of Major F S Nickerson, were ordered to proceed by the Old Fairfax Road on a reconnaissance to Accotink Creek, one and a half miles south of Springfield Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the afternoon on 9 July, 1861.

General Orders No.13, Headquarters, Department of Northeastern Virginia, Arlington, Alexandria County, Virginia, 8 July, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry was assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Division, McDowell's Army, under the command of Colonel O O Howard, 3rd Maine Infantry, by General Orders No.13, Headquarters, Department of Northeastern Virginia, Arlington, Alexandria County, Virginia, on 8 July, 1861.

Note: Colonel O O Howard, 3rd Maine Infantry, was assigned to command the 3rd Maine Infantry, the 4th Maine Infantry, the 5th Maine Infantry, and the 2nd Vermont Infantry, on 7 July, 1861.

Camp Knox, on Cameron Run, R F Robert's farm, two miles west of Alexandria, Alexandria County, to F Forrest's farm, Clermont, on Bush Hill, one mile southeast of Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, Virginia, 11 July, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry arrived at Camp Knox, F Forrest's farm, Clermont, on Bush Hill, one mile southeast of Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, Virginia, at 11 AM on 11 July, 1861.

Note: The 2nd Vermont Infantry arrived at Camp Bush Hill/ Clermont, 440 yards south of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, F Forrest's farm, Clermont, on Bush Hill, one mile southeast of Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the evening on 10 July, 1861 (See the 2nd Vermont Infantry).

Reconnaissance to Accotink Creek, two miles west of Springfield Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, 12 July, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry, Companies B and C, were ordered to proceed by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad on a reconnaissance to Accotink Creek, two miles west of Springfield Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, at 5 AM on 12 July, 1861.

Disposition of Third Brigade, Third Division, McDowell's Army, 15 July, 1861: Colonel O O Howard, 3rd Maine Infantry, Headquarters, Camp Washburn, F Forrest's farm, Clermont, on Bush Hill, one mile southeast of Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, Virginia; 2nd Vermont Infantry, Colonel H Whiting, Camp Bush Hill/ Clermont, 440 yards south of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, F Forrest's farm, Clermont, on Bush Hill, one mile southeast of Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, Virginia; 3rd Maine Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel I N Tucker, Camp Washburn, F Forrest's farm, Clermont, on Bush Hill, one mile southeast of Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, Virginia; 4th Maine Infantry, Colonel H G Berry, Camp Knox, F Forrest's farm, Clermont, on Bush Hill, one mile southeast of Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, Virginia; 5th Maine Infantry, Colonel M H Dunnell, F Forrest's farm, Clermont, on Bush Hill, one mile southeast of Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, Virginia

Advance to Centreville, 16-18 July, 1861

The 4th Maine Infantry was ordered to proceed by the Old Fairfax Road to Bone Mill, on the west side of Accotink Creek, Fairfax County, Virginia, at 3 PM on 16 July, 1861, and arrived at the east side of Pohick Run, two miles west of Bone Mill, on the west side of Accotink Creek, Fairfax County, Virginia, at 11 PM the same day.

Note: The 4th Maine Infantry, Companies D and F (2nd), were assigned to drag a 30 pounder Parrott rifle, Long Tom, of the 1st United States Artillery, Light Company G, to Sangster's/ W Elzey's Crossroads, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the morning on 17 July, 1861 (See the 1st United States Artillery, Light Company G).

Pohick Run, two miles west of Bone Mill, on the west side of Accontik Creek, to Sangster's Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, 17 July, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry was ordered to Sangster's/ W Elzey's Crossroads, two miles south of Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, at 5 AM on 17 July, 1861, and arrived by the Pohick Road at 12 PM the same day. The regiment arrived at Sangster's Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, at 3 PM on 17 July, 1861.

Note: The Third Brigade, Third Division, McDowell's Army, was stationed as a reserve at Sangster's/ W Elzey's Crossroads, two miles south of Fairfax Station, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the afternoon on 17 July, 1861.

Sangster' Station to Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, 18 July, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry was ordered to Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, at 5 PM on 18 July, 1861, and arrived at the old Braddock Road, one and a half miles southeast of Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, at 9 PM the same day.

First battle of Bull Run, 21 July, 1861

The 4th Maine Infantry was stationed at the old Braddock Road, one and a half miles southeast of Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the morning on 21 July, 1861.

Advance to Sudley Ford, on the Bull Run River, 21 July, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry was ordered to Sudley Ford, on the Bull Run River, at 5.30 AM on 21 July, 1861.

Note: The 4th Maine Infantry was stationed north of the Warrenton Turnpike, two miles west of Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, at 12 PM on 21 July, 1861, and arrived at Sudley Ford, on the Bull Run River, at 2 PM the same day.

Advance to Chinn Ridge, half a mile southeast of Groveton, Prince William County, Virginia, 21 July, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry was ordered across Sudley Spring's Ford, on Catharpin Run, to Chinn Ridge, half a mile southeast of Groveton, Prince William County, Virginia, at 2.15 PM on 21 July, 1861.

Withdrawal to Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, 21 July, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry was ordered to the old Braddock Road, one and a half miles southeast of Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, at 4 PM on 21 July, 1861.

Retreat to Washington, 21-22 July, 1861

The 4th Maine Infantry was ordered to Fairfax Courthouse, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the evening on 21 July, 1861, and was ordered to Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, in the morning on 22 July, 1861.

Camp Knox, F Forrest's farm, Clermont, on Bush Hill, one mile southeast of Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, to Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, 22 July, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry arrived at Camp Knox, F Forrest's farm, Clermont, on Bush Hill, one mile southeast of Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the morning on 22 July, 1861, and by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad at Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, at 11 AM the same day.

List of killed, etc, 4th Maine Infantry, at the battle of Bull Run, 21 July, 1861: Company A, c 3, t 3; Company B, k 3, c 1, t 4; Company C, k 5, c 2, t 7; Company D, k 4, w 3, w/c 1, c 9, t 17; Company E, k 2, w 2, c 6, t 10; Company F, w 1, w/c 3, c 2, t 6; Company G, k 1, w 2, w/c 1, c 4, t 8; Company H, k 3, w/c 1, c 3, t 7; Company K, w 1, w/c 2, c 1, m 2, t 6; Killed 18, wounded 9, wounded/captured 4, captured 31, missing 2, total 64

Note: Sergeant Major S H Chapman, 4th Maine Infantry; First Lieutenant W H Clark, 4th Maine Infantry, Company G; and Second Lieutenant C H Burd, 4th Maine Infantry, Company F (2nd), were killed and Captain A D Beane and First Lieutenant J S Huxford, 4th Maine Infantry, Company F (2nd), were wounded in the afternoon on 21 July, 1861.

Return of casualties in the 4th Maine Infantry, Third Brigade, Third Division, Army of Northeastern Virginia, at the battle of Bull Run, 21 July, 1861: Killed 16, wounded 36, captured/missing 36, total 88

Rendezvous at Centre Market House, on North B Street, between Seventh & Ninth Streets, Washington, D. C., 24 July, 1861: The 2nd Vermont Infantry, the 3rd Maine Infantry, the 4th Maine Infantry, and the 5th Maine Infantry were ordered to rendezvous at Centre Market House, on North B Street, between Seventh and Ninth Streets, Washington, D. C., at 12 PM on 24 July, 1861.

Alexandria, Alexandria County, to F Forrest's farm, Clermont, on Bush Hill, one mile southeast of Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, Virginia, 25 July, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry was ordered arrived by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad at Camp Knox, F Forrest's farm, Clermont, on Bush Hill, one mile southeast of Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, Virginia, in the evening on 25 July, 1861.

Note: The 4th Maine Infantry was stationed at Camp Knox, F Forrest's farm, Clermont, on Bush Hill, one mile southeast of Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, Virginia, on 27 July, 1861.

Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, & half a mile northeast of Fort Ellsworth, on Shuter's Hill, one mile west of Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, 10 & 13 August, 1861: The 4th Maine Infantry was stationed at Cloud's Mill, Fairfax County, Virginia, on 10 August, 1861, and half a mile northeast of Fort Ellsworth, on Shuter's Hill, one mile west of Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, on 13 August, 1861.

Organisation of Acting Brigadier General & Colonel J Sedgwick's brigade, Division of the Potomac, 15 August, 1861: Acting Brigadier General & Colonel J Sedgwick, 4th United States Cavalry; 38th New York Infantry, Colonel J H H Ward; 3rd Maine Infantry, Colonel O O Howard; 4th Maine Infantry, Colonel H G Berry; 40th New York Infantry, Colonel E J Riley

Note: The 4th Maine Infantry was assigned to Sedgwick's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, under the command of Acting Brigadier General & Colonel J Sedgwick, 4th United States Cavalry, on 15 August, 1861.

Mustered out, Rockland, Knox County, Maine, 28 June, 1864: The 4th Maine Infantry was mustered out at Rockland, Knox County, Maine, by Captain T C J Bailey, 17th United States Infantry, on 19 July, 1864.

Colonel O O Howard, 3rd Maine Infantry, Third Brigade, Third, Division, McDowell's Army, 28 May, 1861: First Lieutenant O O Howard, United States Ordnance Department, was appointed colonel, 3rd Maine Infantry, on 28 May, 1861, and was mustered in United States service for three years at Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, by Captain T Hight, United States Dragoons, Company I, on 4 June, 1861. Colonel O O Howard, 3rd Maine Infantry, was assigned to command the 3rd Maine Infantry, the 4th Maine Infantry, the 5th Maine Infantry, and the 2nd Vermont Infantry, on 7 July, 1861, and was appointed brigadier general, United States Volunteers, by General Orders No.106, Paragraph IV, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., on 5 December, 1861, on 3 September, 1861.

General Orders No.64, Paragraph IV, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., 22 August, 1861, dated 7 June, 1861: The resignation of First Lieutenant O O Howard, United States Ordnance Department, was accepted by General Orders No.64, Paragraph IV, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., on 22 August, 1861, dated 7 June, 1861, and arrived at Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, on 29 May, 1861.

Note: Cadets D H Buel and A Mordecai, Jr., United States Military Academy, were ordered to Washington, D. C., on 30 June, 1861, and arrived in the morning on 3 July, 1861. Cadet D H Buel, United States Military Academy, was appointed brevet second lieutenant, 1st United States Dragoons, and Cadet A Mordecai, Jr., United States Military Academy, brevet second lieutenant, United States Corps Topograhical Engineers, by General Orders No.41, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., on 3 July, 1861, dated 24 June, 1861, and were assigned to special duty as a drill instructor at Washington, D. C., in the afternoon on 3 July, 1861. Brevet Second Lieutenants D H Buel, 1st United States Dragoons, and A Mordecai, Jr., United States Corps Topograhical Engineers, were appointed aide de camps to Colonel O O Howard, 3rd Maine Infantry, at the first battle of Bull Run on 21 July, 1861.

Colonel S P Heintzelman, 17th United States Infantry, Third Division, McDowell's Army, 18 June, 1861, dated 14 May, 1861: Major S P Heintzelman, 1st United States Infantry, was ordered to Washington, D. C., by General Orders No.12, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., on 27 April, 1861, and to proceed by the New Jersey Railroad in the morning on 3 May, 1861. He arrived by the Washington Branch, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, in the morning on 4 May, 1861, and was appointed acting inspector general, Department of Washington, by Special Orders No.20, Headquarters, Department of Washington, Washington, D. C., on 8 May, 1861. Acting Inspector General & Major S P Heintzelman, United States Army, was assigned to command the the 8th New York State Militia, the 12th New York State Militia, and the 25th New York State Militia by General Orders No.1, Paragraph III, Headquarters, Department of Northeastern Virginia, Alexandria, Alexandria County, Virginia, on 28 May, 1861, and was appointed colonel, 17th United States Infantry, by General Orders No.33, Paragraph I, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., on 18 June, 1861, dated 14 May, 1861. Colonel S P Heintzelman, 17th United States Infantry, was appointed brigadier general, United States Volunteers, by General Orders No.62, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., on 20 August, 1861, dated 17 May, 1861.

Note: The 1st United States Infantry, Company A, was stationed at Camp Verde, on the San Antonio & El Paso Road, Kerr County, Texas, under the command of Major S P Heintzelman, 1st United States Infantry, on 1 January, 1861, and the 4th Maine Infantry was assigned to Colonel J Sedgwick's brigade, Division of the Potomac, on 12 August, 1861.Note: Cadet F U Farquhar, United States Military Academy, was ordered to Washington, D. C., on 30 June, 1861, and arrived in the morning on 3 July, 1861. He was appointed brevet second lieutenant, United States Corps Engineers, by General Orders No.41, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., on 3 July, 1861, dated 24 June, 1861, and was assigned to special duty as a drill instructor at Washington, D. C., in the afternoon on 3 July, 1861. Brevet Second Lieutenant F U Farquhar, United States Corps Engineers, was appointed acting aide de camp to Colonel S P Heintzelman, 17th United States Infantry, at the first battle of Bull Run on 21 July, 1861.Report

OFFICIAL REPORT NO.53: Series I, Volume 2 (Serial No.2), Chapter IX, pp420-421
Colonel H G Berry, Fourth Maine Infantry, dated Bush Hill or Scott's farm, half a mile north of Clermont, Fairfax County, Virginia, 26 July, 1861

OFFICIAL REPORT NO.51: Series I, Volume 2 (Serial No.2), Chapter IX, p417-419
Colonel O O Howard, Third Maine Infantry, Third Brigade, Third Division, McDowell's Army, dated Bush Hill/ Scott's farm, Fairfax County, Virginia, 26 July, 1861

OFFICIAL REPORT NO.43: Series I, Volume 2 (Serial No.2), Chapter IX, p402-404
Colonel S P Heintzleman, Seventeenth United States Infantry, Third Division, McDowell's Army, dated Washington, D. C., 31 July, 1861