Casualties and Total Strength
The 3rd Maine enrolled 1,586 men during its existence. It lost 10 officers and 124 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds received in battle and an additional 1 officer and 148 enlisted men died of disease. 33 men died in Confederate prisons. Total fatalities for the regiment were 316.
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