Here the Reaper was the Angel of Death: The First Maine Heavy Artillery During the Overland Campaign.
by Andrew J. MacIsaac
A Thesis in the Field of History for the Degree of Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies, Harvard University, May 2001
(http://www.cwoodcock.com/firstmaine/A_MacIsaac.pdf)
June 22, 1864 at Jerusalem Plank Road
The fact that the First Maine Heavy Artillery had run away in face of the enemy was not unique as virtually the entire Union Army Second Corps ran that day; however, the regiment did leave a stand of colors in the hands of the enemy. While the men obeyed their Lt. Colonel no one viewed him as a man of great military bearing or respected him the way they did Colonel Chaplin. It was this perception that caused Major Shepherd to write to Adjuntant General Hodson only seven days after Colonel Chaplin had died to state that, although well educated, Lt. Colonel Talbot was not an effective solider and should not be put in charge of the regiment. [200]
[200] Russell B. Shepherd, Letter to Governor Samuel Cony, August 27, 1864. ms. Correspondence of the First Maine Heavy Artillery
Anyone know which colors were left behind?
Ed