17th Maine Infantry volunteers, 1864
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Description
The 17th Maine Infantry is pictured on May 3, 1864, with some of the men identified.
May 3 was the beginning of the Battle of the Wilderness. Two days later many of these soldiers were killed.
George Warren West, whose homestead in Portland is now the Children's Museum of Portland, sustained a number of serious injuries from this important battle.
Other Information
- Title: 17th Maine Infantry volunteers, 1864
- Creation Date: 1864-05-03
- Subject Date: 1864-05-03
- County: Spotsylvania
- State: VA
- Media: Black and white photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 21 x 29
- Local Code: Photographs--OS--Box 1
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Seventeenth Maine Infantry Volunteers
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs
Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental Histories
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 17th (1862-1865)
17th Maine Infantry Volunteers
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns--Wilderness, Battle of the, 1864
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental Histories--Photographs
Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864
People
Rigel Baird C. R. Todd G. A. Whidden Wellington Hobbs J. A. Perry J. M. Hall H. L. Bartels S. S. Richards Benjamin Doe F. C. Adams G. F. Sparrow J. S. Roberts R. H. Mathes W. H. Sturgis F. A. Sawyer L. C. Cole W. H. Green G. C. Pratt N. A. Hersom J. F. Lovering J. C. Perry George W. Verrill N. B. Coleman George Warren West
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