Charles Edward BARKER
Civil War

Barker, Charles E.

REGIMENT NAME:22nd Regiment, Maine Infantry
SIDE:Union:
COMPANY:E
SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private
ALTERNATE NAME:
FILM NUMBER:M543 roll 1
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OVERVIEW: Organized at Bangor and mustered in for nine months' service October 10, 1862. Left State for D. C., October 21. Duty at Arlington Heights, Va., till November 3. Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., November 3, thence to Ship Island, Miss., New Orleans, La., December 2-15. Attached to Grover's Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, Army Gulf, to July, 1862.

SERVICE:Moved to Baton Rouge, La., January 16, 1863. Duty there till March. Operations against Port Hudson, La., March 7-20. Moved to Donaldsonville March 26, thence to Brashear City. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Porter's and McWilliams' Plantations at Indian Bend April 13. Irish Bend April 14. Moved to Franklin April 15. Bayou Vermillion April 17. Moved to New Iberia April 25; to Washington May 6, thence to Brashear City May 11-27. Moved to Port Hudson May 28. Siege of Port Hudson June 1-July 8. Assault at Port Hudson June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 8. Ordered home July 24. Mustered out August 14, 1863, expiration of term.

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 169 Enlisted men by disease. Total 180.


Enlisted from Crystal Plantation, Maine on September 8, 1862.
Charles E. Barker, age 19

Maine, State Archive Collections, 1790-1966 Maine Military Records-Civil War 22nd Infantry, enlistment...es D E F G page 5444-5461 Image 10 of 36
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Mustered in as a private on September 11, 1862, age 19, from Crystal Plantation. Enrolled by General Hodson for 9 months.
Maine, State Archive Collections, 1790-1966 Maine Military Records-Civil War 22nd Infantry and muster-in rolls page 5489-5499
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Mustered out as a private on August 14, 1863, age 19.
First joined on September 11, 1862 in Bangor, Maine. Enrolled by General Hodsdon for 9 mos.
Mustered into service October 11, 1862 by Captain Dana.

Maine, State Archive Collections, 1790-1966 Maine Military Records-Civil War 22nd Infantry and muster-out rolls page 5500-5513
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