On July 15, 1863, Billy Laird, a private in the 17th Maine Regiment, was executed by firing squad at Fort Preble after being charged with desertion.

Major Sylvanus Bangs Bean served with the 11th Maine Regiment along with his son, Daniel A. Bean.

The 32nd Maine Regiment was organized at Augusta, Maine between March 3 and May 6, 1864.

When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted as a private in Company F of the Second Maine Regiment, which was raised in Bangor.

He was a soldier in the 27 Maine Regiment known for its controversial, and later revoked, Medals of Honor.

After being ordered to the rear for muster out, over 300 men of the 27 Maine Regiment agreed to remain beyond their service time in the defenses of Washington DC during the Gettysburg Campaign.

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a 35-year-old Bowdoin professor who commanded the 20th Maine Regiment, became a hero that day and is still treated as one.

The 31st Maine Regiment was organized at Augusta, Maine in March and April 1864 and mustered into service on April 17, 1864 for a three year enlistment.

The 31st Maine absorbed the 32nd Maine Regiment on December 12, 1864, adding 15 officers and 470 enlisted men to its ranks.

Offered the colonelcy of the 20th Maine Regiment, he declined, according to his biographer, John J. Pullen, preferring to "start a little lower and learn the business first."