5th Maine Regiment Company A   (Gorham Company)

Captains:
Josiah Heald, Gorham,  June 24, 1861 - Aug. 9, 1861 resigned
William Merrill, Gorham,  June 24, 1861 – Dec. 10, 1861 res.
John S. Merrill, Gorham,  June 24, 1861 - Sept. 2, 1861 prom.

Sergeants:
Henry R. Millett  June 24, 1861 - July 27, 1864
John O. Winship  June 24, 1861 – July 28, 1861
Charles H. Patrick,  June 24, 1861 – June 1864 d. in hosp.
George D. Beck,  June 24, 1861 – July 5, 1861
 John L. Haskell,  June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864

Corporals:
Noah Ladd  June 24, 1861 – May 23, 1864
John C. Summersides June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864
William B. McAllister June 24, 1861 – July 30, 1861
Frank W. Smith  June 24, 1861 – Sept. 6, 1861
George W. Munson June 24, 1861 – Aug. 18, 1861
Edward S. Gilman  June 24, 1861 – July 26, 1861
Joseph Wight  June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864
Osgood W. Rogers  June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864

Musicians:
William H. Boyd of Gorham June 24, 1861 – Dec. 28, 1863 re-enlisted
David Smith of Gorham June 24, 1861 – Aug 2, 1862

Wagoner:
Charles H. Stuart Standish  June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864

Bangs, Leeman J.       Farmington        June 24, 1861 – April 8, 1864
Berry, Robert            Carthage            June 24, 1861 – Feb.17, 1862
Brackett, Richard O. Westbrook         June 24, 1861 – August 1862 * re-enlisted
Bradeen, Marquis      Limington           June 24, 1861 – Dec. 28, 1863
Buck, Theodore E.    Gorham             June 24, 1861 – Aug. 1, 1861
Bumpus, Morris         Hebron             June 24, 1861 – Dec. 28, 1863  re-enlisted
Burnell, James B.       Gorham            June 24, 1861 – Oct. 3, 1861
Chadbourne, Albra    Waterboro        June 24, 1861 – July 29, 1861
Cilley, Oliver              Gorham            June 24, 1861 - July 27, 1864
Clark, Sergeant          Limington         June 24, 1861 – August 1862 *
Coolbroth, George     Scarboro          June 24, 1861 – Nov. 29, 1863  wnded Antietam
Crockett, David S.    Westbrook        June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864
Darling, George L.     Gorham            June 24, 1861 – Dec. 28, 1863
Doughty, Joseph M.  Windham          June 24, 1861 – Aug. 7, 1862  trans. to band
Duffy, Peter               Gorham            June 24, 1861 - Dec. 28, 1863  Re-enlisted
Edwards, Charles M  Gorham            June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864
Edwards, Richmond  Gorham             June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864  prom. Srgt.
Elder, Alonzo S.        Gorham             June 24, 1861 – Nov. 8, 1863  wnded Rappahannock Station
Elwell, Charles E.      Gorham             June 24, 1861 – Sept. 29, 1861
Foss, Alonzo E.         Limington          June 24, 1861 – Aug. 1862 *
Farwell, Walter H.     Gorham            June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864
Frink, Isaac N.          Gorham            June 24, 1861 – Sept 1, 1862
Gilman, Samuel T.     Denmark           June 24, 1861 – Aug 18, 1862  wnded Gaines Hill
Gilbert, Albert           Gorham             June 24,1861 – Dec.28,1863 pris. Gaines Hill / exch / reenl
Hall, Levi                  Gorham             June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864
Hanley, Francis E.    Westbrook         June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864
Harmon, James F.     Gorham             June 24, 1861 – Dec. 28, 1863  reenlisted
Harmon, Joseph D.   Gorham             June 24, 1861 – June 28, 1862  wnded Gaines Hill
Hatch, Christopher C. Cape Eliz         June 24, 1861 – Jan. 27, 1862
Hill, Frederic             Saco                 June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864  det. to US 2nd Artillery
Hooper, Clinton B.   Windham           June 24, 1861 – March 9, 1862
Hyde, John L.           Limington          June 24, 1861 – Mar. 28, 1863
Libby, Cyrus H.        Gorham            June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864
Libby, Henry            Standish            June 24, 1861 – Feb 9, 1863
Linscott, Isaac N.     Cornish             June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864 Detailed in Hospital
Lord, Frank              Gorham            June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864 w. May, 1863 to Vet. Res. Corps
Lowell, Alfred O.      Portland           June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864
Martin, Marshall        Gorham            June 24, 1861 – Jan. 22, 1863
Merritt, George H.    Gorham            June 24, 1861 – March 12, 1864 Enlisted in Navy
McPhee, Francis       Gorham            June 24, 1861 – Jan 19, 1863
McKenney, James     Sebago            June 24, 1861 – July 21, 1863
McClintock, A.B.      Limington         June 24, 1861 – ? Detailed to gunboat
Newell, Henry H.      Gorham            June 24, 1861 – Nov. 28, 1861 Died
Newcomb, Oliver      Limington         June 24, 1861 – July 9, 1862 Disability
Palmer, Nathan         Hollis                June 24, 1861 – Jan 24, 1862
Libby, Henry             Standish           June 24, 1861-Feb. 9, 1863
Plummer, Robert       Gorham            June 24, 1861 – Oct 3, 1861
Phinney, Edward N.  Gorham            June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864 Re enlisted
Plaisted, Byron G.     Limington         June 24, 1861 – July 27, 1864
Phinney, W.C.          Westbrook       June 24, 1861 – Dec 28, 1864 Reenlisted
Quint, Ira A.              Brownfield       June 24, 1861 – Sept. 6, 1861
Reed, George S.       Gorham            June 24, 1861 - August 1862  Dropped from roles.
Rogers, John             Windham          June 24, 1861 – July 3, 1862 Prisoner Bull Run
Rolfe, Emery             Gorham            June 24, 1861 - August 1862  Dropped from roles.
John W. Sanborn      Standish            June 24, 1861 - Dec. 2, 1861
Shackford, Theodore Gorham           June 24, 1861 - July 27, 1864
Shaw, Almon            Windham          June 24, 1861 - March 17, 1863
Shaw, C.C.               Gorham            June 24, 1861 - July 27, 1864  Term expired.
Sias, Horace             Gorham            June 24, 1861 - Sept. 17, 1862.
Smith, Silas M.          Gorham            June 24, 1861 - Feb. 20, 1862
Stackpole, Augustus   Gorham           June 24, 1861 - July 27, 1864  Term expired.
Stackpole, Edwin N.  Yarmouth        June 24, 1861 - July 6, 1861
Staples, Moses  M.   Baldwin            June 24, 1861 - July 27, 1864. Term expired
Strout, Augustus J.    Standish            June 24, 1861 - August 19, 1861.
Thompson, Nathan N.  Waterboro    June 24, 1861 - Aug. 1, 1861
Tufts, Alvin V.          Cornish             June 24, 1861 - July 27, 1864  Term expired.
Tufts, James B.         Limington          June 24, 1861 - Oct. 3, 1861 Wounded at Bull Run
 
 

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Information from the History of the Fifth Maine Regiment by George Bicknell.

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