149 years ago today, late afternoon, a gallant charge

Casualties in the Seventh Me. Regiment in the Battle of Antietam Company A Lieut. J.G. Butler - missing Private James Lewin, Houlton - killed Private Roger B. Haines, Houlton - wounded Private Charles H. Wolhampter, Monticello - wounded knee, severe Private Richard Keating, Houlton - wounded and missing Corporal Augustus L. Merritt, Maysville - foot, severe Company B Captain James P. Jones - wounded slightly Lieut. William L. Haskell, Acting Adj't, Poland - wounded both legs, severe 1st Serg't J. C. McKenney, Phippsburg - missing Private Thomas Crawford, Bath - killed Private Calvin Elders, Bath - hip, slightly Private John Skolfield, Bath - foot, slightly Corporal Crossman Timmings, color corps, Bath - knee, slight Private E. M. Tobey, Bath - missing Private M. M. Hatch, Lewiston - leg, severe Private Addison Grant, Frankfort - side, severely Private William York, Skowhegan - thigh, mortal Private Timothy Merro, Vassalboro - arm, slight Private Charles B. Hawes, Union - missing Private William H. Holbrook, Emden - missing Private C.B. Thoits, Pownal - missing Company C Lieut. A. M. Benson - hip,slight Serg't Eli McLaughlin, Oldtown - missing Corporal W. A. McPheaters - hip, severe Corporal A.S. Harmon, Lincoln - leg Private George E. Bragg, Detroit - leg, severe Private William C. Stickney, Springfield - arm *Private Moses W. McKay, Oldtown - wounded Company D Lieut. Charles A. Goodwin, Dresden - killed Color Serg't Harry Campbell - killed 1st Serg't A. K. Burroughs, Houlton - leg, flesh wound Serg't Flavell H. Goodwin, Biddeford - killed Corporal George D. Saunders, Minot - both legs, severe Private Horace Ross, Bowdoin - leg, severe Private Charles P. Penbrook, Bath - leg, severe Private Jacob Page - shoulder, severe Private Joseph E. Babb, Bowdoin - leg, slight Private Thomas A. Richards, Dresden - missing Company E Lieut. A. F. Emery, Kendall's Mills - abdomen, slightly Private Rufus Preble, Winslow - killed Private Thomas Hennabry, Hartland - killed Corporal N.S. Burrill, Hartland - hand Corporal S. R. Tuttle, Fairfield - hand, slight Private Abram Batchelder, Pittsfield - arm, severe Private E. H. Hammond, Pittsfield - foot, severe Private Thomas Dolan, Portland - arm, slight Company F Lieut. L. M. Shorey- foot, severe Private Fred C. Tibbets, Athens - killed Private C. B. Chase, Canaan - shoulder, ankle and leg Corporal W. H. Benson, Athens - hip, slight Private Hiram Wixon, Albion - hand Private Israel A. Foster, Portland - leg, severe Private Patrick O'Brian, Portland - leg, mortal Private E. Townsend, Portland - hand, severe Private H.D. Philbrick, Skowhegan - hand, slight Private B.C. Studley, China - missing Company G Serg't William H. Motly, Portland - face, severe Serg't James H. Armstrong, Portland - shoulder, severe Corporal Robert H. Jackson, Naples - foot, severe Private Charles H. Waterhouse, Portland - thigh Color Corporal William P. Nason, Portland - leg, slight Private John R. Begg, Portland - arm, severe Private J.H. Norton, Bath - missing Private Dennis Coffer, Bath - face, severe Private Edward Murphy - elbow, severe Private James H. Johnson - leg, mortal Private J. H. Cobb, Saccarappa - foot, severe Private Alvah J. Sprague, Bath - taken prisoner Private Charles J. B. Smith, Portland - missing Private James W. Lent, Richmond - missing Private T. J. Waterhouse, Scarboro - missing Company H Lt. Henry Warren, Bangor - missing Private J.F. Commey, Oldtown - killed Private G.W. Hodgkins, Stetson - missing Private G. R. Boyer, Bangor - hip Private C. H. Eddy, Clifton - hand, slight Private O. J. Rowe, Clifton - leg, severe Private E. Debeck - foot, slight Company I Captain John B. Cook - leg, severe Lt. Harlow P. Brown, Bethel - killed Corporal Enoch B. Turney - leg, severe Private W.T. Jordan, Strong - side, severe Private Lewis E. Hardy, Hampden - leg Private D. Hartford - foot Private A. B. Whittier - leg Company K Captain G.P. Cochran - ankle, severe Corporal E. Collins, Lewiston - leg, slight Color Corporal J.G. Carver, Lewiston - side, severe Private H. Baker, Bowdinham - killed Private G.W. McKenney - hip, severe Private J.A. Wilcox - leg, severe Private E. S. Fargo - hand, slight Private P. McHannan, Lewiston - missing Private G. H. Putney - missing Private G. B. Hall - wounded and missing N. C. Staff Serg't Major John B. Parsons, Houlton - killed Those reported missing may some have been taken by the enemy, some killed, and their bodies not identified, and some have found their way to some remote hospital. Thos. W. Hyde Major Commanding 7th Maine Vols. Lewiston Falls Journal Lewiston, Maine October 2, 1862 *From Maine Adjutant Generals Report Vol. II page 173