SP0304, , 129th Maine State Legislature
JOINT RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR ERECTING A MONUMENT TO MAINE TROOPS WHO FOUGHT IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY IN VIRGINIA DURING THE CIVIL WAR

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JOINT RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR ERECTING A MONUMENT TO MAINE TROOPS WHO FOUGHT IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY IN VIRGINIA DURING THE CIVIL WAR
WHEREAS, during the Civil War, approximately 80,000 men from Maine served in the United States military as soldiers and sailors; and
WHEREAS,  Maine contributed a higher proportion of its citizens to the Union armies than any other state and supplied extensive equipment and stores; and
WHEREAS,  at the Third Battle of Winchester, which was fought on September 19, 1864 in Virginia, more than 2,000 Maine soldiers fought and more than 230 were casualties; and
WHEREAS,  in the 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign, 68 Maine soldiers were killed, 466 were wounded and 131 were reported missing; and
WHEREAS,  several hundred Maine soldiers are buried at the Winchester National Cemetery; and
WHEREAS,  there is currently no permanent monument to the sacrifice of these Maine heroes, either at Winchester or at any other battlefield in the Shenandoah Valley; and
WHEREAS,  there is a private effort in conjunction with the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation to raise the funds needed to purchase and install a stone memorial to Maine's contribution at the Third Battle of Winchester that would be dedicated to all Maine soldiers who fought in the Shenandoah Valley; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That We, the Members of the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Legislature now assembled in the First Regular Session, on behalf of the people we represent, take this opportunity to show our support for erecting a monument to those Maine troops who fought in the Shenandoah Valley; and be it further
RESOLVED: That suitable copies of this resolution, duly authenticated by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation.

SP0304, LR 2408, item 1, Session - 129th Maine Legislature, page