20th Maine Regiment

The 20th Maine Regiment was mustered in at Augusta, Maine, for three years' service on August 29, 1862, and were mustered out on July 16, 1865. Of the 1,621 men enrolled in the regiment, 147 were killed or died of wounds, 146 died of disease, and 15 were in Confederate prisons.

They served in the following engagements:

Antietam, MD - September 17, 1862
Shepherdstown Ford, VA - September 19 - 20, 1862
Fredericksburg, VA - December 13, 1862
Chancellorsville, VA - May 1 - 4, 1863
Middleburg, VA - June 17, 1863
Gettysburg, PA - July 1 - 3, 1863
Sharpsburg Pike, MD - July 1863
Rappahannock Station, VA - November 7, 1863
Mine Run, VA - November 26 - December 1, 1863
Wilderness, VA - May 5 - 7, 1864
Spotsylvania, VA - May 7 - 20, 1864
North Anna, VA - May 23 - 27, 1864
Totopotomy, VA - May 26, - 30, 1864
Bethesda Church, VA - May 30 - June 1, 1864
Cold Harbor, VA - May 31 - June 12, 1864
Petersburg, VA - June 1864
Jerusalem Plank Road, VA - June 22 - 23, 1864
Weldon Railroad, VA - August 18 - 21, 1864
Peebles Farm, VA - September 30 - October 2, 1864
Hatchers Run, VA - December 8 - 9, 1864
Quaker Road, VA - March 29, 1865
Gravelly Run, VA - March 29, 1865
Five Forks, VA - March 30 - April 1, 1865
Appomattox, VA - March 29 - April 9, 1865

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914), is best known for his heroic participation in the Battle of Gettysburg. Lieutenant Colonel Chamberlain led his 20th Maine Infantry in a desperate bayonet charge down Little Round Top on July 2, 1863. Fearing Chamberlain to be near death from wounds at Petersburg in 1864, General Ulysses Grant gave him a field promotion to Brigadier General. Surviving against all odds, Chamberlain received the Confederate surrender at Appomatox Court House, Virginia, in April 1865. Chamberlain served four terms as Maine's governor and later as president of Bowdoin College.

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1863-11-06 Colonel Gilmore writes Adjutant General Hodsdon, praising Lieutenant Colonel E.B. Knox of the 44th NY Volunteers

Charles D. Gilmore
1863-11-11 Charles Gilmore recommends promotions

Charles D. Gilmore
1863-11-11 Joseph Fitch recommends the promotion of John Lynes

Joseph Fitch and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
1863-11-12 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Gilmore recommends Corporal John Lynde, Jr. to Samuel Dale, Mayor of Bangor

Charles D. Gilmore
1863-11-16 Charles Gilmore acknowledges receipt of commission for Abner O. Shaw as surgeon

Charles D. Gilmore
1863-11-16 Wade Chase requests a discharge on behalf of his brother John

Wade Chase
1863-11-19 Seth Paine recommends promotion for John Lynde, Jr. of Company D.

Seth Paine
1863-11-30 Adjutant General Hodsdon certifies enlistment of Samuel H. Glidden and others

John L. Hodsdon
1863-12-01 John H. Rice recommends Isaac Haskell, Nelson Libby, Edward [Fifield ?] for cavalry positions

John H. Rice
1863-12-05 Special Order 540 appointing Charles Gilmore as member of General Court Martial

War Department
1863-12-09 Captain Prentiss Fogler sends regimental report to General Hodsdon

Prentiss M. Fogler
1863-12-09 Josiah Carr certifies Captain F. W. Whiting's fitness for duty

Josiah Carr
1863-12-11 Frank L. Grindle and Ezra B. Harden inquire about re-enlistment and furlough

Frank L. Grindle and Ezra B. Harden
1863-12-11 Major Ellis Spear sends annual regimental returns

Ellis Spear
1863-12-12 Lieutenant Melcher inquires about re-enlistments and furloughs

H. Melcher
1863-12-12 William H. Ward, Jr. inquires about veteran troops re-enlistment

William H. Ward
1863-12-14 Major Ellis Spear requests correction to the commission of John M. Sherwood

Ellis Spear
1863-12-16 William Ludwig, Benjamin French and Edward Cassidy request furloughs

William Ludwig, Benjamin French, and Edward Cassidy
1863-12-19 Captain Prentiss M. Fogler inquires about men re-enlisting in the 2nd Maine Cavalry or 7th Maine Battery

Prentiss M. Fogler
1863-12-25 Alonzo Herrick requests a furlough for Addison Chadbourn

Alonzo Herrick
1863-12-30 Captain E.A. Nash verifies condition of company commanded by Lieutenant James Nichols

E. A. Nash
1863-12-31 Captain Joseph Fitch writes in favor of the promotion of Weston H. Keene

Joseph B. Fitch
1864-01-04 Lieutenant William W. Morrell requests a copy of the annual report be sent to Paschal Morrell

William W. Morrell
1864-01-09 Captain Atherton W. Clark recommends Lieutenant M.C. Sanborn of Company D for promotion

Atherton W. Clark
1864-01-09 Captain Prentiss Fogler, Recruiting Officer, writes regarding re-enlistments, furloughs, and state bounties

Prentiss M. Fogler

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20th Maine Regiment

1863-11-06 Colonel Gilmore writes Adjutant General Hodsdon, praising Lieutenant Colonel E.B. Knox of the 44th NY Volunteers

1863-11-11 Charles Gilmore recommends promotions

1863-11-11 Joseph Fitch recommends the promotion of John Lynes

1863-11-12 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Gilmore recommends Corporal John Lynde, Jr. to Samuel Dale, Mayor of Bangor

1863-11-16 Charles Gilmore acknowledges receipt of commission for Abner O. Shaw as surgeon

1863-11-16 Wade Chase requests a discharge on behalf of his brother John

1863-11-19 Seth Paine recommends promotion for John Lynde, Jr. of Company D.

1863-11-30 Adjutant General Hodsdon certifies enlistment of Samuel H. Glidden and others

1863-12-01 John H. Rice recommends Isaac Haskell, Nelson Libby, Edward [Fifield ?] for cavalry positions

1863-12-05 Special Order 540 appointing Charles Gilmore as member of General Court Martial

1863-12-09 Captain Prentiss Fogler sends regimental report to General Hodsdon

1863-12-09 Josiah Carr certifies Captain F. W. Whiting's fitness for duty

1863-12-11 Frank L. Grindle and Ezra B. Harden inquire about re-enlistment and furlough

1863-12-11 Major Ellis Spear sends annual regimental returns

1863-12-12 Lieutenant Melcher inquires about re-enlistments and furloughs

1863-12-12 William H. Ward, Jr. inquires about veteran troops re-enlistment

1863-12-14 Major Ellis Spear requests correction to the commission of John M. Sherwood

1863-12-16 William Ludwig, Benjamin French and Edward Cassidy request furloughs

1863-12-19 Captain Prentiss M. Fogler inquires about men re-enlisting in the 2nd Maine Cavalry or 7th Maine Battery

1863-12-25 Alonzo Herrick requests a furlough for Addison Chadbourn

1863-12-30 Captain E.A. Nash verifies condition of company commanded by Lieutenant James Nichols

1863-12-31 Captain Joseph Fitch writes in favor of the promotion of Weston H. Keene

1864-01-04 Lieutenant William W. Morrell requests a copy of the annual report be sent to Paschal Morrell

1864-01-09 Captain Atherton W. Clark recommends Lieutenant M.C. Sanborn of Company D for promotion

1864-01-09 Captain Prentiss Fogler, Recruiting Officer, writes regarding re-enlistments, furloughs, and state bounties

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