Excerpt from The Story of One Regimen: The Eleventh Maine Infantry Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion The desirability of taking steps to the end that a history of the Eleventh Maine Regiment of Infantry Volunteers be compiled was a subject of conversation for many years among the regi ment's surviving members. All agreed that such a compilation should be made, in order that the exact story of the part their regiment took in the suppression of the great rebellion should be made known. But it was not until 1891, at the reunion held at Camp Benson, that action was taken. On that occasion, at the business meeting, after an exchange of views on the subject, it was voted that the acting president of the Regimental Association appoint a committee of five to gather material for such a regi mental history as it should be found desirable to publish. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.