The state of Maine organized seven companies of militia infantry for coast guard duties in the Union Army during the American Civil War . They primarily served to garrison coastal fortifications in Maine, with two companies sent to the Defenses of Washington , DC. Very little is known about the organization or command structure of these companies, beyond their commanding officers at the usual rank of captain . Over 800 men served in the seven companies. A New York Times article in 1864 stated that Vice President Hannibal Hamlin served at Fort McClary as a private in the Maine State Guard ; some subsequent citations erroneously confuse this with the Maine Coast Guard.
4-1399: Company A mustered in at Belfast, Maine , March 18, 1864. Stationed at Fort Washington, Maryland . Mustered out May 25, 1865. Captain Charles Baker. Company B mustered in at Augusta, Maine , April 27, 1864. Stationed at Fort Foote, Maryland . Mustered out June 24, 1865. Captain Oliver J. Conant. Company C mustered in at Eastport, Maine , May 16, 1864. Stationed at Fort Sullivan , Eastport, Maine . Mustered out September 6, 1865. Captain Thomas P. Hutchinson. Company D mustered in at Augusta, January 6, 1865. Stationed at Machiasport, Maine . Mustered out September 6, 1865. Captain Charles F. King. Company E mustered in at Augusta, January 7, 1865. Stationed at Rockland, Maine . Mustered out July 7, 1865. Captains Dumont Bunker and James L. Hunt. Company F mustered in at Augusta, January 6, 1865. Stationed at Belfast, Maine. Mustered out July 7, 1865. Captain Charles H. Conant. Company G mustered on March 1, 1865. Stationed at Calais, Maine . Mustered out July 6, 1865. Captain Winslow Roberts. Muster (military) In military organization ,
8-454: A military unit, often including their rank and the dates they joined or left. A roll call is the reading aloud of the names on the muster roll and the responses, to determine who is present. In Tudor England , musters were periodic assessments of the availability of local militia to act as a defence force. To some extent, the system was an outdated remnant of the feudal system where local lords had their own armies, which they provided for
12-605: The King as required. The British Armed Forces have a tradition of performing a muster for the reigning monarch during a jubilee year. For the first time all three service branches were present at the same time during the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Armed Forces Parade and Muster , held in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II . Within the United States Army National Guard and
16-476: The term muster is the process or event of accounting for members in a military unit. This practice of inspections led to the coining of the English idiom pass muster , meaning being sufficient. When a unit is created, it is "mustered in" and when it is disbanded, it is "mustered out". If a unit "musters" it is generally to take account of who is present and who is not. A muster roll is the list of members of
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