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Charge of the First Maine at Petersburg 1864
The article recounts the June 18 1864 assault by the First Maine heavy artillery at Colquitt's salient Hare hill Petersburg. It details the desperate forlorn hope led by Maj Low and Maj Mott, the heavy losses 682 killed or wounded of about 832 engaged, and Col Chaplin's farewell sword tribute as his regiment lay decimated.
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First Maine
Petersburg
Hancock
Grant
the Wilderness
Spottsylvania
Cold Harbor
Colquitt
Beauregard
Shomi
Birney
Mott
Maine
Green Woods
Penobscot
First
Fred C. Low
McAllister
Low
W. A. Nasson
Nasson
Maj. Low
Chaplin
Col. Chaplin
Wisconsin
Balaklava