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On the plain below, the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery enacted one of the tragic dramas of the Civil War. At 4:30 p.m. on June 18, 1864, this regiment of former garrison troops charged across the field toward the Confederate lines near Colquitt’s Salient. As they moved, their supports—veteran regiments who knew the folly of attacking entrenched positions—huddled under cover, leaving the 1st Maine to attack alone. Confederate musketry and artillery devastated the regiment. In the next ten minutes, the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery lost 632 men killed and wounded out of almost 900 engaged, more than any other regiment in any other single battle of the war, while the Confederates, behind earthworks, lost just 25.
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