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Albert Maxfield
b. 1836
Best known for preserving the history of the 11th Maine Infantry, this Civil War veteran helped turn soldiers’ records and memories into a detailed book that still serves readers today. His surviving work is practical, firsthand, and closely tied to the experiences of the regiment he served in.
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About the author
Albert Maxfield, born in 1836 or 1837, is credited as co-author of Roster and Statistical Record of Company D, of the Eleventh Regiment Maine Infantry Volunteers, With a Sketch of Its Services in the War of the Rebellion. Library and archive records consistently identify him with that book, which was published in the late 19th century and focuses on the men, service record, and wartime history of Company D.
Contemporary and later records also connect him directly to the 11th Maine Infantry. He served in the regiment during the American Civil War and was remembered as Captain Albert Maxfield, a detail that fits the strongly firsthand character of the book. Rather than writing a broad military history, he helped preserve names, dates, and service details that might otherwise have been lost.
Because reliable biographical information about his personal life is limited in the sources available here, the clearest picture of him comes through that documentary work: a veteran compiling the record of his fellow soldiers with care and detail. For readers interested in Civil War history, his contribution is valuable not just as authorship, but as an act of remembrance.