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The 15th Volunteers Maine Regiment, Company K, was recruited from Washington County, Maine over the weeks from December 16, 1861 - January 7th, 1862. These family members enlisted:
- Nathaniel
- James
- Aaron
- Catherine's husband, Zadock Washburn
- Hannah's husband, Andrew Jackson Joy
- Louisa Wakefield's husband George Cleaves (Company A, Maine 9th Infantry Regiment)
15th Regiment History
15th Regiment History
Organized at Augusta December 6-31, 1861, and mustered in January 23, 1862. Moved to Portland February 25, and there embarked for Ship Island, Miss., March 6. Attached to Butler's New Orleans Expeditionary Corps January to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf, to September, 1862. District of West Florida, Dept. Gulf, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. Gulf, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Corps, Dept. Gulf, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Corps, Dept. Gulf, to February, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps, Dept. Gulf, to July, 1864, and Army Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1865. 2nd Separate Brigade, District of South Carolina, Dept. of the South, to July, 1866.
SERVICE.-Duty at Ship Island, Miss., till May, 1862, and at Camp Parapet and Carrollton May 19-September 8. Moved to Pensacola, Fla., September 8, and duty there till June, 1863. Action at Fifteen Mile House, Fla., February 25, 1863, and at Arcadia March 6. Ordered to New Orleans June 21, thence to La Fourche Landing. Expedition to Thibodeaux June 23-25. At Camp Parapet till August, and provost duty in New Orleans till October. Expedition to the Rio Grande, Texas, October 27-December 2. Advance on Brownsville November 3-6. Occupation of Brownsville November 6. Expedition to Aransas November 14-21. Aransas Pass and capture of Mustang Island November 17. Fort Esperanza November 25-27. Cedar Bayou November 23 (Detachment). Duty at Pass Cavallo, Matagorda Island till February 28, 1864. Moved to Franklin, La., March 1-5. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26, thence to Natchitoches March 26-April 2. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9. Cane River Crossing April 23. At Alexandria April 26-May 13. Retreat to Morganza May 13-22. Mansura May 16. Duty at Morganza till July. Moved to Fort Monroe, thence to Bermuda Hundred, Va., July 1-17 (6 Cos.). Duty in trenches at Bermuda Hundred till July 28. Deep Bottom July 28-30. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Monocacy, Md. (4 Cos., under Murray and Drew, moved from Morganza to Washington, D. C., July 1-12. Pursuit of Early July 14-24. Rejoin Regiment at Monocacy, Md., August 4.) Veterans on Furlough August 5-October 1. Non-Veterans temporarily attached to 13th Maine Infantry, and duty at Harper's Ferry till October 5. Regiment moved to Martinsburg October 5, and duty there till January 7, 1865. Moved to Stevenson's Depot, and operations in the Shenandoah Valley till April. Moved to Washington, D. C., April 19-23, and duty there till May 31. On provost duty during Grand Review May 23-24. Moved to Savannah, Ga., May 31-June 4, thence to Georgetown, S. C., June 13-14. Duty at Georgetown, Darlington, Cheraw, Chesterfield C. H., Bennettsville, Columbia and in Districts of Chester, Lancaster, York, Spartanburg and Union till July, 1866. Mustered out July 5, 1866. Non-Veterans mustered out January 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 340 Enlisted men by disease. Total 348.
Updated June 24, 2020 by Matt Wakefield
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