Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ihe karịrị ndị ikom iri abụọ si Maine jere ozi n'usuu ndị agha nke Union dị ka ndị ọchịagha, ọtụtụ ndị Mainers ndị ọzọ duziri ndị agha n'otu oge ma ọ bụ ọzọ dị ka ndị ọchịagha. Onye isi ndị agha kachasị elu bụ Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard nke Leeds, onye duziri XI Corps n'ọtụtụ nnukwu agha, gụnyere Chancellorsville na Gettysburg. O tufuru ogwe aka ya n'ọgbọ agha.
Agha nke Seven Pines n'oge 1862 Peninsula Campaign. N'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ nke 1863, a kpọfere Howard na ndị agha ya na Western Theater iji sonyere ndị agha nke Cumberland na Tennessee. N'agha nke Chattanooga, ndị agha Howard nyere aka ijide Missionary Ridge ma mee ka General Braxton Bragg laa azụ. N'ọnwa Julaị afọ 1864, Howard ghọrọ ọchịagha ndị agha Tennessee ma lụọ ọgụ na Atlanta. Ọ duru ndị agha aka nri nke Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman n'agha a ma ama na March to the Sea na nke na-esote Carolinas Campaign.