John M. Gould. History of the First-Tenth-Twenty-ninth Maine Regiment. Portland, Maine: Stephen Berry, 1871.

8vo. Frontispiece portrait, plates, maps. Original red cloth. FIRST EDITION. Nevins I, p. 96.

The title reflects the many iterations of the regiment throughout the war. Originally, the regiment was the 1st Regiment of Maine Militia, organized as early as the late 1840s. When Lincoln called for volunteers, Maine reorganized ten existing companies of the state militia as the 1st Maine Infantry. After their initial three months of service in Washington D.C., most of the soldiers remained in the service and joined the 10th Maine Infantry. They participated in the Valley Campaign and the Battle of Antietam. The regiment was mustered out in May 1863, but three companies (A, B & D) formed the 10th Maine Infantry Battalion, which also fought at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. In December 1863, the 29th Maine Infantry was organized and was composed almost entirely of re-enlisted veterans of the 10th, including transfers from the 10th Battalion. They moved to the Department of the Gulf and joined the Red River Campaign before later joining Sheridan's Valley Campaign. 

Nevins describes it as "the best regimental study of Maine troops; relied on a full diary to recount the experiences of a multi-named unit that campaigned from the Red River to the Shenandoah Valley."

A desirable Maine regimental history. 

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