Eight companies of the First D.C. Cavalry were recruited in Maine and later incorporated with the First Maine Cavalry.

"It will be found to contain principally an account of the monuments erected by the State of Maine on the Gettysburg Battlefield ... ; a full description of each monument, accompanied with half-tone pictures; the exercises attending their dedication; a statement of the part taken by each of the fifteen regiments, battalions, batteries, or other commands of Maine troops, illustrated with maps and diagrams; a list of participants in each command, with casualties in the same; a list of Maine generals, and staff and other officers additional to Maine organizations; a historical sketch of each command; and a brief summary of the work of the committee"--Preface.

Hardcover reprint of the original 1887 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Tobie, Edward P. (Edward Parsons) . History Of The First Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Tobie, Edward P. (Edward Parsons) . History Of The First Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865, . Boston, Press Of Emery & Hughes, 1887. Subject: United States. Army. Maine Cavalry Regiment, 1st 1861865