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breastworks on June 18, 1864, ordered by Chaplin, resulted in the greatest single loss of life in a Union regiment to occur in the war, with 7 officers and 108 men killed, and another 25 officers and 464 men wounded. These casualties constituted 67% of the strength of the 900-man force. Chaplin
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All in all, the 1st Maine sustained one of the highest casualty rates in the war, with 423 killed, and another 260 died of disease. A monument to the 1st Maine stands on the former battlefield at Petersburg.
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The First Maine Heavy Artillery, 1861-1865: a history of its part and place in the war for the union, with an outline of causes of war and its results to our country (1903)
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than any Union regiment lost in a single day of combat throughout the war. It was also the Union regiment with the highest number of officers killed (23).
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The regiment's name was changed in 1863 to the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, and it served in the defenses of
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U.S. National Park Service, Petersburg National Battlefield, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Monument
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survived the action but was later killed by a sharpshooter. The regiment was commanded by
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Valley (the area around Bangor and points east). It was commanded by Col.
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18th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment

United States
Union
Artillery
Regiment
American Civil War
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Siege of Petersburg
Second Battle of Petersburg
17th Maine Infantry Regiment
19th Maine Infantry Regiment
1st Maine Light Artillery Battery
regiment
Union Army
American Civil War
Second Battle of Petersburg
Bangor, Maine
Penobscot River
Daniel Chaplin
Charles Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin
Maj. Gen.
Hiram G. Berry
Washington, D.C.
Army of the Potomac
Overland Campaign
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Second Battle of Petersburg
Confederate

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