Roster and Statistical Record of Company D, of the Eleventh Regiment Maine

Maxfield, Albert, 1837？-Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.3
Word count
276K words
Chapters
28

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English Originals World HistoryMilitary Regimental RosterCivil WarHistorical ReappraisalWar MemoryWar StatisticsMilitary CommandersHistorical SourcesDocumentary NarrativeCounty LoreSocial Observation

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Roster and Statistical Record of Company D, of the Eleventh Regiment MaineAuthor: Maxfield, Albert, 1837?-,Language: English, Class: E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865), Release Date: Apr 26, 2014

Editor's review

This is a roster and statistical record of a company in the Eleventh Maine Regiment from the American Civil War era—a typical primary-source document rather than a narrative history. Its value lies in presenting personnel lists and statistical information at company level, making it useful for researchers examining the composition and record-keeping of local units at the micro level. As a Project Gutenberg public-domain e-book, it lowers the barrier to accessing such local military archives and is suitable as supplementary material for genealogical verification, local history work, or research on Civil War military organization. Readers should note that roster-type texts are information-dense but low in narrative, lacking background framing and personal stories; reading straight through can be tiring, and the book is better suited to targeted lookup and cross-referencing. Readers expecting battle narratives or soldiers' memoirs will not find them here, but for anyone needing a searchable company personnel list, its practical value is quite clear.

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  1. Begin with the bibliographic information and classification notes to confirm it is a roster and statistical record, not a narrative history.
  2. Search for target entries by name or unit number, and cross-check against other historical sources.
  3. For genealogical verification, note the source and page of each entry for later citation.

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FAQ

Is this book a war memoir? No. According to the materials, it is a roster and statistical record of Company D, Eleventh Maine Regiment—an archival source that contains no battle narratives or personal recollections.
Can it be used for genealogy research? It can serve as one source of clues. The book provides company personnel rosters and statistical information, but genealogical verification usually requires cross-checking with census records, local archives, and other materials.
What background is needed to read this book? Basic English reading ability and familiarity with the format of roster-type historical sources. Knowledge of the Civil War background and military organization will make searching and understanding entries more efficient.

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About the author

Maxfield, Albert, 1837？- Author

Albert Maxfield (1837?–) has very limited publicly available biographical information; only his name and an approximate birth year are known, and the rest of his life cannot be reliably established. One work by him is held in the collection: Roster and Statistical Record of Company D, of the Eleventh Regiment Maine. Judging from its title, it is a roster and statistical record concerning Company D of the Eleventh Maine Regiment, a documentary work of the kind that preserves unit archives from the American Civil War era. Such works consist mainly of name lists, figures, and organizational information; their style is practical and concise, focused on preserving the composition of the ranks and company statistics rather than on narrative description. Their value lies chiefly in local military history and in research on regimental and family history, where they offer primary roster clues to researchers. Given the limited material, this note makes no inferences beyond the above.