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Here is a bibliography on the regiment. This is a listing from the US Military History Institute. If you post your ancestor's name, someone on the list might have information about him. 16th Maine Infantry
Bolton, Horace W. Personal Reminiscences of the Late War. Chicago: H. W. Bolton, 1892.
219 p. E601B69.
Dalton, Cyndi. Sixteenth Maine Regiment; The Blanket Brigade: The Soldier’s Story of the 16th
Maine Infantry in the War Between the States. Union, ME: Union Pub Co, 1995. 298 p. E511.5.16thS59.1994v2. Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH:
Morningside, 1979. Ref.
See p. 1225 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service. Maine. AGO. Annual Report...for the Years 1864 and 1865. Augusta, ME: Steven’s & Skyward,
1866. UA43M2.1864-1865.AppD.
See pp. 522 55 (17 photocopied pages) for a roster of the regiment. Although regimental rosters appear in earlier Annual Reports, that found in this edition is the most complete for the unit's wartime service. . Gettysburg Comm. Maine at Gettysburg.... Portland, ME: Lakeside, 1898. E475.53M3.
See pp. 37 79 (24 photocopied pages) for addresses delivered at the dedication of the regimental monument at Gettysburg National Military Park. . 16th Inf Regt. Report of Annual Reunion, 1899. Portland, ME: Thurston Print, 1900. 39 p. (19 photocopied pages). E5ll.5.l6th.M3.1899. Popchock, Barry. "16th Maine at Gettysburg." CW 10 (May/Jun 1992): pp. 15 17 & 50 52
(6 photocopied pages). Per. Sauers, Richard A. "The 16th Maine Volunteer Infantry at Gettysburg." Gettysburg Mag
13 (Jul 1995): pp. 33-42 (10 photocopied pages). E475.53G482no13. Small, Abner R. "Personal Observations and Experiences in Rebel Prisons." In War Papers
(MOLLUS, ME, Vol. 1). Portland, ME: Thurston, 1898. pp. 295 317 (12 photocopied pages). E464M5.1991v16. . The Sixteenth Regiment in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Portland, ME: B. Thurston,
1886. 323 p. E5ll.5.l6th.S63. . The Road to Richmond: The Civil War Memoirs of Major...of the Sixteenth Maine Volunteers
Together with the Diary Which he Kept When he was a Prisoner of War. [Ed by Earl J. Hess]
NY: Fordham, 2000 reprint of 1939 ed. 314 p. E60lS595.
Whitman, William W.S. Maine in the War for the Union: A History of the Part Borne by Maine
Troops.... Lexington, ME: Nelson Dingley, 1865. E511W61.
See pp. 428 45 (9 photocopied pages) for a brief history of the regiment.
The Institute's Photographic Archive includes images of the unit.
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:
Alden, Seth CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's letters, Jul 5-Oct 5, 1864)
Baker, John T. LeighColl Bk 4: 13 (Enlisted man's letter, Dec 13, 1864)
Brown, Orrel CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's diary, Jul 23, 1862-Jun 26, 1865; Letters,
May 28, 1862-Feb 28, 1866; Genealogy, 1600s-1980)
Garcelon, Charles A. CWMiscColl (Enlisted mans' diary, 1863; Papers, 1864-71)
Gilmore, Pascal CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's letters, Dec 1-7, 1861; Feb 25, 1862;
Apr 6, 1864-May 5, 1865)
Gould Family WalkerColl (Letter referring to Sgt Thomas J. Gould, Apr 4, 1955)
Kingsbury, Marcus D. LeighColl Bk 4: l6, 32, 37 (Enlisted man's letters, Oct 1864-
Feb 12, 1865)
Pratt, James & Charlotte PrattColl (Lt Isaac H. Thompson's letter, Jun 21, 1864; Newspaper
clipping about regt's 45th reunion, Aug 14, 1907)
Spear, Joseph F. SpAmWarSurvey CivilWarColl (Pvt's discharge, Aug 7, 1863; "Song of
the 16th Maine Vols," 50th anniversary)
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Posted By: Andrea Solarz on: 06/01/2003 00:10:40 EDT