3rd Maine Infantry Regiment

3rd Maine Infantry Regiment
3rd Maine Infantry Regiment
Active	June 4, 1861, to June 28, 1864
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	United States Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	American Civil War First Battle of Bull Run; Peninsula Campaign; Battle of 2nd Bull Run; Battle of Fredericksburg; Battle of Chancellorsville; Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of the Wilderness; Battle of Cold Harbor;
Commanders
Colonel	Oliver O. Howard
Insignia
1st Division, III Corps

The 3rd Maine Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Augusta, Maine, for three years' service on June 4, 1861, and were mustered out on June 28, 1864. Veterans who had re-enlisted and those recruits still liable to serve were transferred to 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.