Maine at Gettysburg [electronic resource] . 1862; Lieut. J. Savage, Aug. 19, 1862;Lieut. F. Elliot, Aug. 19, 1862; Adjt. C. C. Drew, Mar. 29, 1864. 158 MAINE AT GETTYSBRUG. MONUMENT OF FOURTH MAINE REGIMENT. The monument is placed in the gorge of Devils Den, where the regi-ment suffered its heaviest loss. With one of the huge bowlders of that wildplace for its foundation, it is a conspicuous memorial of Maine valor. It isa five-sided shaft of Maine granite and bears on each face the red diamondof the First division of the Third corps. Admeasurements: Base, six feet from angle to angle by two f
Maine at Gettysburg [electronic resource] . 1862; Lieut. J. Savage, Aug. 19, 1862;Lieut. F. Elliot, Aug. 19, 1862; Adjt. C. C. Drew, Mar. 29, 1864. 158 MAINE AT GETTYSBRUG. MONUMENT OF FOURTH MAINE REGIMENT. The monument is placed in the gorge of Devils Den, where the regi-ment suffered its heaviest loss. With one of the huge bowlders of that wildplace for its foundation, it is a conspicuous memorial of Maine valor. It isa five-sided shaft of Maine granite and bears on each face the red diamondof the First division of the Third corps. Admeasurements: Base, six feet from angle to angle by two feet fourinches; plinth, three feet six inches between the angles by two feet; shaft,two feet nine inches between angles by twelve feet in height. Total height,sixteen feet four inches. On the several sides are the following inscriptions: 4th Maine Infantry Colonel Elijah Walker. Third Corps, First Division,Second Brigade. 22 Killed and Wounded. 56 by theState oe Maine. in remembrance oe our casualties July 2d. FOUKTH MAINE EEGIMENT, SECOND BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION, THIRD ARMY CORPS, AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. THE Fourth Maine regiment was involved in the desperatebattle upon the advanced line projected by General Sickles,and belonged to Wards brigade. Like the Third Maine,it was one of the truest veteran regiments in the army of thePotomac. It left Maine June 17, 1861, bearing upon its ban-ner the inscription From the Home of Knox, indicating theportion of the state in which it had been recruited. Major-General Hiram G. Berry, who had but recently met a gloriousdeath at Chancellorsville, was its first colonel. It was led toGettysburg by Colonel Elijah Walker, who had won an honor-able reputation for bravery in the campaigns of Virginia. The Fourth Maine arrived on the field with Sickles corpsabout 7 oclock in the evening of July 1st, the first day ofthe battle, having moved up with the corps from Taneytownby the way of Emmitsburg. The regiment br
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