Norway, Maine Civil War Soldiers
| A Centennial Memorial To The Norway Soldiers Who Served Their Country During The Civil War Research and data by Donald L. McAllister Published in the Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Norway, Maine For The Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1964 |
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| When the Confederate States of America fired on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, Norway was a prosperous and growing Town of 1982 inhabitants. Norway sent down to the war more than a third of its adult male population. Maine furnished thirty-two regiments for the was and the commanding officer of three of them came from Norway. 5 Lieutenants 10 Captains 44 different commissions in all Norway had one Brigadier-Genereal, two brevet Brigadier Generals, one brevet Major General, three Colonels, one Chaplain, one Assistant Surgeon and one Regimental Quartermaster. No citizen of Norway enlisted either in the Cavalry or Light Artillery. All but two enlisted in the Infantry. The two mentioned enlisted in Heavy Artillery. One of the very first soldiers to give his life in the Civil War was Sumner Henry Needham. He was born in Norway, moved to Lowell, Massachusetts. He was a member of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment. He was killed by a mob as the regiment was passing through Baltimore. Forty-four gave their lives for the cause. Ten of them fell in battle and seven more died from wounds received in action. Twenty-seven died from disease incident to military life. Norway Civil War Roster Charles R. Atwood, Co B, 32nd Regt. (Killed at Petersburg, July 30, 1864) George L. Beal, Co G, 1st Regt. Colonel of Co G, in the 10th Maine Regt. Jonathan Blake, Co G, 1st Regt. Captain of Co G, in the 10th Maine Regt. Marcus Bartlett, Co G, 10th Regt. (Wounded at Antietam and died at Smoketown, Md.) Kenneth S. Bartlett, Co G, 10th Regt. (Wounded at Cedar Mt. Died at Culpeper Court House, Virginia) Caleb C. Buck, Co G, 1st Regt. David L. Butterfield, Co G, 1st Maine, Co H, 23rd Regt. Lucius I. Bartlett, Co G, 10th Regt. (Imprisoned at Libby Prison) Frank J. Bradbury, Co G, 10th Maine Isaiah M. Burnell, Co F, 14th Maine (Died in service) Ephraim H. Brown, Co F, 17th Maine Edward W. Bumpus, Co F, 17th Maine (Died in service) Uriah W. Briggs, 1st Lt., Co F, 17th Maine, promoted to Captain Granville M. Burnell, Co G, 29th Maine (Drowned on his way home to Norway) Fitzroy Bennett, Coast Guard Hezekiah E. Brown, Co B, 32nd Maine, Co B, 31st Maine (transfer) Frank L. Berry, Co G, 1st Maine, Co F, 17th Maine, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sumner W. Burnham, Co C, 17th Maine James Crocket II, Co G, 10th Maine, Co G, 29th Maine Horace Cole, Musician Co E, 5th Maine. Served in Navy as Engineer USSS Malvern Isaac C. Cross, Co I, 5th Maine Regt. Grosvenor Crockett, Co G, 1st Maine, Co G, 14th Maine Charles C. Cole, Sergeant Co F, 17th Maine. On Discharge served with Coast Guard Asa G. Charles, Corp. Co F, 17th Maine William C. Cole, Co G, 29th Maine William F. Cox, Co H, 23rd Maine, Co B, 32nd Maine. Taken prisoner. Discharged and later joined Co F, Maine Coast Guards. Alonzo B. Crockett, co G, 29th Maine Charles B. Callahan, Co G, 29th Maine Philo S. Cherry, Co G, First Maine Joseph Crockett, Co G, 5th Maine Jere Dempsey, Co G, First Maine, Co G, 10th Maine Charles W. Dinsmore, Co G, 10th Maine, transferred to 10th Maine Battalion, then to Co D, 29th Maine. Taken prisoner. Alvin Davis, Co G, 14th Maine (Died in New Orleans) James Danforth, Co H, 23rd Maine Horation B. Downer, Co D, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery. (Killed at Petersburg) Claudius M. Favor, Sgt. in Co G, 1st Maine Co, 29th Maine. Later served as 2nd Lt in Captain Cobb's Company at Fort McClary. John F. Fitz, Corp. Co G, 1st Maine, Sgt. Co G, 10th Maine Co, 29th Maine Wallace Foster, Co G, 1st Maine, co G, 14th Maine, Co G, 29th Maine Archelaus Fuller, Corp. Co G, 14th Maine. Transferred to 14th Maine Battalion Joseph Faulkner, Co B, 5th Maine. (Dropped from rolls General Order 162) George Foster, Co G, 14th Maine (Reported missing) George W. Frost, Co G, 14th Maine (Died in New Orleans) David Flood Jr., Co G, 14th Maine. Transferred to 14th Maine Battalion John C. Frost, Co G, 14th Maine Weston Frost, Co G, 14th maine Mark F. Frost, Co H, 23rd Maine (Died in Service) Gilbert L. Fisk, Co H, 23rd Maine; Co B, 32nd Maine (Killed at Petersburg) William E. Frost, Co H, 23rd Maine Nathan Foster, Co H, 23rd Maine Co B, 29th Maine. Died in service Levi C. Fogg, Co H, 23rd Maine; Co B, 32nd Maine. Died in service William H. Foster, Co H, 23rd Maine; Co G, 29th Maine. (served as wagoner) David F. Frost, Co B, 29th Maine. (Died in service) Edward Flood Jr., Co B, 32nd Maine Eliab R. Frost, Co I, 32nd Maine. (Died from wounds) Lucius D. Fisher, Co B, 30th Maine (1st Lt.) Nathaniel G. Frost, Co G, 32nd Maine Albert C. Gammon, Co G, 10th Maine Atwood Gammon, Co A, 29th Maine Andrew P. Greenleaf, Captain Cobb's Company at Fort McClary; Co A, 29th Maine (Killed at Cedar Creek) Solomon Greenleaf, Co G, 10th Maine; transferred to Co B, 10th Maine; transferred to Co E, 29th Maine Wellington Hobbs, Musician, Co G, 1st Maine; Co F, 17th Maine; Co H, 17th Maine, Captain (Killed at Petersburg) William F. Hale, 1st Maine; 10th Maine William F. Hill, Co G, 1st Maine J. Frank Hobbs, Co G, 1st Maine; Co G, 14th Maine. Discharged as Captain. Charles Hall, Co G, 10th Maine John G. Hayes, Corp, Co G, 14th Maine (Died in New Orleans) Chandler Hutchinson, Co G, 14th Maine (Died in service) Albion L. Hutchinson, Co G, 14th Maine David L. Holden, Co G, 14th Maine Daniel Holt II, Co G, 14th Maine Harrison B. Holden, Co G, 14th Maine (Died in New Orleans) Austin C. Hayes, Co G, 14th Maine (Killed at Baton Rouge) Henry Herrick, Co G, 14th Maine Calvin Holt, Co F, 17th Maine (Died in service) Henry A. Hutchinson, Musician, Co H, 23rd Maine George Whitehouse, Co H, 23rd Maine Charles L. Hathaway, Co H, 23rd Maine Nathaniel P. Hall, Co B, 32nd Maine Lorenzo D. Hobbs, Wagoner, Co B, 32nd Maine Benjamin G. Holt, Co B, 32nd Maine Joseph H. Herrick, Co G, 32nd Maine; transferred to Co G, 31st Maine (Taken prisoner) Francis W. Hill, Co F, 17th Maine Granville P. Jordan, Co G, 1st Maine Asa D. Jordan, Co I, 5th Maine Timothy Jordan, Co G, 1st Maine Porter G. Jordan, Co F, 17th Maine Isaac H. Jordan, Co F, 23rd Maine William P. Johnson, Co G, 29th Maine Amos C. Judkins, Co F, Coast Guards Henry M. Judkins, Co B, 32nd Maine Josiah P. Lovejoy, Co. G, 14th Maine John H. Lovejoy, Co D, 16th Maine; Co G, 29th Maine (Killed at Cedar Creek) Lewis Lovejoy, Co H, 23rd Maine; Co I, 32nd Maine Samuel Lord, Co I, 32nd Maine Joseph E. Long, Co G, 29th Maine Henry R. Millett, Co G, 1st Maine; 2nd Lt, Co G, 10th Maine; 1st Lt, Co G, 29th Maine, Captain, Co E, 29th Maine Frederick R. Merriam, Co G, 1st Maine James L. Merrill, Co G, 10th Maine Charles Matthews, Co G, 10 Maine Ezra A. Merrill, Co G, 14th Maine (Died of wounds received at Cedar Creek) David A. Morse, Co G, 14th Maine (Died at New Orleans) William D. Merrill, Co F, 17th Maine; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Edward F. Morse, Co F, 17th Maine Fessenden Mills, Co C, 17th Maine, wounded at Gettysburg and died of wounds Charles F. Millett, Co G, 10th Maine; Co F, Maine Coast Guards Franklin B. Morse, Co G, 29th Maine Charles H. McIntire, Co K, 30th Maine (Taken prisoner) James Merrill, Co M, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery (Killed at Petersburg) William F. Merrill, Co F, Maine coast Guards Willard H. Mallett, Co C, 32nd Maine; transferred Co B, 31st Maine Andrew M. Merriam, Co G, 14th Maine Benjamin F. Morse, Co E, 10th Maine Harrison Noble, Musician, Co G, 10th Maine, Co G, 29th Maine Amos F. Noyes, 1st Lt., Co G, 14th Maine; Capt., Co H, 14th Maine; Capt., Co B, 32nd Maine. During the summer of 1864 he commanded the 32nd Regt. Francis M. Noble, Co G, 14th Maine William H. Noble, Co G, 14th Maine; Co H, 23rd Maine; Co B, 32nd Maine; transferred to 31st Maine Charles M. Pressey, Co G, 10th Maine (Killed at Antietam) Charles D. Noble, Co F, 17th Maine William O. Needham, Co G, 32nd Maine George E. Needham, Co G, 14th Maine (Died at Ship Island) Joseph L. Oliver, Co F, Maine Coast Guards Darius F. Pike, Co G, 10th Maine Daniel Pike, Co G, 14th Maine (Died in prison) Rufus C. Penley, Co I, 5th Maine Charles Pike, Musician, Co B, 29th Maine Albert E. Pike, Co F, Maine Coast Guards Henry Rust, Jr., 1st Lt., Co G, 1st Maine; Capt., Co G, 10th Maine; Lt Colonel of 13th Maine Regt., promoted to Colonel of 13th. Discharged as Brigadier-General Francis H. Reed, Co H, 23rd Maine Leonard D. Randall, Co H, 23rd Maine; Co B, 32nd Maine; transferred to 31st Maine Calvin Richardson, Co H, 23rd Maine Jason F. Rowe, Co F, Maine Coast Guards Charles S. Robbins, Co C, 10th Maine George W. Sholes, Co G, 1st Maine William H. Smith, Co F, 9th Maine (wounded) Josiah H. Smith, Co G, 14th Maine (Died in service) Freeman H. Shackley, Co H, 23rd Maine; Co B, 32nd Maine; wounded at Petersburg and died shortly after his return to Norway Henry S. Shattuck, Co H, 23rd Maine Luther L. Sampson, Co H, 23rd Maine Charles Thompson, Co G, 1st Maine, 10th Maine Regimental Commissary Sergeant promoted to Quartermaster. Quartermaster of 29th Maine Regt. Henry Tucker, Co G, 14th Maine William W. Twombly, Co F, Maine Coast Guards Osmond Towne, Co B, 32nd Maine (Died in service) Cyrus S. Tucker, Co F., 17th Maine, detached as Brigade Saddler William W. Virgin, Colonel of 23rd Regt. George W. Verrill, Co C, 17th Maine, promoted to 1st Lt., later to Captain of Co E, 17th Maine William W. Whitmarsh, Co G, 1st Maine; 2nd Lt., Co G, 10th Maine; Capt., Co G, 29th Maine Hannibal S. Warren, Co G, 1st Maine; Co F, 17th Maine Benjamin F. Whitcomb, Co F, 14th Maine (Died in service) Orrington Wilkins, Co G, 14th Maine Levi A. Whitcomb, Co F, 17th Maine (enlisted on quota for Paris). Reported missing following the battle of Chancellorsville Samuel S. Yates, Co G, 10th Maine. Served as wagoner Charles A. Young, Co H, 23rd Maine Captian Cobb's company of Volunteer Militia The company was enlisted for sixty days, it was mustered April 27th, 1864 and discharged 9 July 1864. Sylvanus Cobb Jr., Claudius M. Favor, Henry Tucker, James M. Favor, Arthur E. Denison, George A. Cole, Wallace Foster, Benjamin G. Barrows, James G. B. Bradbury, Charles B. Cummings, James C. Drew, William D. Earle Charles J. Edgecomb, William E. Frost, Edwin Fisher, Atwood Gammon, Abram Green, Andrew P. Greenleaf, Joseph F. Herrick, George F. Howe, Frank H. Hamlin, Levi E. Holden, George F. Leonard, William F. Merrill, William A. Merrill, Hiram Merrill Charles F. Millett, Charles M. Mallett, Benjamin H. Noble, Edwin J. Newhall, Charles S. Penley, Isaiah V. Penley, Scott Partridge, Frank H. Reed, Oliver Shackley, Edward F. Stevens, Clarence M. Smith, John Tucker, and Rodolphus Young. Norway Men In Service Out Of State E. Wright Bisbee was promoted to Capt. of his company in a Massachusetts regiment. Aaron W. Brown served in a Massachusetts regiment and died at Falmouth, Virginia. William A. Evans of the 28th Massachusetts was killed at Spottsylvania. Stidman Bennett, Wagoner in 1st Massachusetts Regt., died at Mt Pleasant Hospital. James L. Merrill, Sergeant in the U. S. Signal Corps. Died at Norfolk, Virginia. Other Norway men who served in Massachusetts regiments were Henry O. Beal, Henry T. Merrill, James Merrill, Joseph H. Newhall, Charles E. Newhall, and Charles A. Smith Stephen C. Yeaton served in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. Daniel S. Morse enlisted in the regular army and Daniel Latham, George F. Latham, and J. C. Davis served in the United States Navy. Service History of Maine Volunteers First Maine Regiment of Volunteers Company G: Used to defend Washington, D.C. during the First Battle of Bull Run. Fifth Maine Regiment of Volunteers Company G (This was one of the regiments in The Army of the Potomac). Mustered into service 4 June 1861. First Battle of Bull Run, Peninsular Campaign, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, North Anna River. Ninth Maine Regiment of Volunteers Mustered into service 21 September 1861. Service was mostly given in the south. South Carolina, Battle of Cold Harbor, Petersburg. Thirteenth Maine Regiment of Volunteers One Norway officer, colonel Henry Rust Jr. was the commanding officer. Tenth Maine Regiment of Volunteers Most of the men whose duty terminated in the First Maine enlisted to serve in this new regiment. Sent to guard and inspect railroad cars and lines on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Reconnaissance duties Luray Court House, Sandy Hook, Flint Hill, Warrenton, Battle of Cedar Mountain, Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Guard duty at Maryland Heights. Mustered out of service 8 May 1863. Fourteenth Maine Regiment of Volunteers Company G. Mustered into service in December 1861 for three years. Battle of Baton Rouge, Siege of Port Hudson. Returned to Washington D. C. to join Sheridan and his and his troops on the famous "excursions" into the Shenandoah Valley to meet General William T. Sherman. Battles: Opequan and Cedar Creek Mustered out of service 28 August 1865 Seventeenth Maine Regiment of Maine Volunteers Companies F and C. Mustered into service 18 August 1862. Battle of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (Second days Battle), Wapping Heights (in pursuit of General Robert E. Lee), Locust Grove, Mene Run These battles and campaigns were carried on in connection with the Third Army Corps. The Third and Second Army corps were then consolidated, to be known as the Second Army corps. Wilderness, North Anna River, Petersburg, Spottsylvania Court House, cold Harbor, Richmond. The Seventeenth Maine then returned to Washington, D.C. for the Grand Review at the end of the war. Eighteenth Maine Regiment of Volunteers (Became the First Maine Heavy Artillery) Defense of Washington Spottsylvania Court House After Spottsylvania Court House the Regiment became part of the Second Army Corps. Twenty-Third Maine Regiment of Volunteers, William A. Virgin, commanding Officer Company H. Mustered into service 29 September 1862 Duty: Guard the crossings of the Potomac. Engaged in mo major skirmishes. Missed involvment in Battle of Gettysburg, because their enlistments were up on the 27th of June. Twenty-ninth Maine Regiment of Volunteers Company G. The commanding officer of the 29th Regiment was General George L. Beal. Sabine Cross Roads, Battle of Fisher's Hill, Battle of Cedar Creek, Battle of Opequan Regiment took part in the final Grand Review. Later ordered to the south to assist in administration of military government and Freedmans Bereau. General Beal was military governor of the South Carolina Military District. Thirtieth Maine Regiment of Maine Volunteers Red River Campaign Regiment served mostly in the south. After the war the Thirtieth Maine was on duty in Georgia until 20 august 1865 when it was ordered home to be mustered out of service. Most of the men re-enlisted from the 13th Maine Regiment of Maine Volunteers Thirty-second Maine Regiment of Maine Volunteers Mustered into service in February 1864. This was the last regiment raised for service in Maine. Most Norway men served in Company B. The regiment was held in reserve during the Battle of the Wilderness and Cold Harbor. Because of the large numbers of casualties suffered at Fort Hell (Battle of Petersburg) the Thirty-seconds was consolidated with the Thirty-first Maine Regiment. Company B, Thirty-first Regiment took part in the capture of Petersburg and took pursuit of the Rebel Army. Mustered out of service 15 July 1865. |
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