Maine at Gettysburg [electronic resource] . ons division, of Hills corps. (b) General Hancock in his official report, speaking of this period of the battle,says: In this last operation the Nineteenth Maine, Col. F. E. Heath, bore a con-spicuous part. He also says: Humphreys division participated in this advanceand in the recapture of its guns.—Rebellion Records, Vol. 27, part 1, page 371. (c) Foxs Regimental Losses in the Civil War is the authority. Fox speaks of theNineteenth as facing a, feu denfer on the afternoon of the 2d. Of Harrows brigade,the 1st Minn, only, had losses greater than tho
Maine at Gettysburg [electronic resource] . ons division, of Hills corps. (b) General Hancock in his official report, speaking of this period of the battle,says: In this last operation the Nineteenth Maine, Col. F. E. Heath, bore a con-spicuous part. He also says: Humphreys division participated in this advanceand in the recapture of its guns.—Rebellion Records, Vol. 27, part 1, page 371. (c) Foxs Regimental Losses in the Civil War is the authority. Fox speaks of theNineteenth as facing a, feu denfer on the afternoon of the 2d. Of Harrows brigade,the 1st Minn, only, had losses greater than those of the Nineteenth. The Nineteenthwas one of the three hundred fighting regiments, and lost at Gettysburg in killed andmortally wounded, during the two days, 68 out of 440, or fifteen per cent, accordingto Foxs work. This is the highest per centage of any of the Maine regiments in thisbattle. Foxs statement, as above, makes the regiment stronger by 35 than the state-ment of its officers, and the number of the killed three more. •<. %
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