Kammala wannan jumla: Fiye da maza biyu daga Maine sun yi aiki a rundunar Union a matsayin janar, kuma da dama daga cikin Mainers sun jagoranci brigades a wani lokaci ko wani a matsayin masu mulki. Babban jami'in da ya fi girma shi ne Maj. Janar Oliver O. Howard na Leeds, wanda ya umurci XI Corps a wasu manyan fadace-fadace, ciki har da Chancellorsville da Gettysburg. Ya rasa hannu a
Yaƙin Bakwai Bakwai a lokacin yakin 1862. A cikin kaka na 1863, Howard da rundunarsa sun koma yankin Yammacin Yamma don shiga rundunar sojojin Cumberland a Tennessee. A cikin yakin Chattanooga, rundunar Howard ta taimaka wajen kama Missionary Ridge da kuma tilasta janye Janar Braxton Bragg. A watan Yulin 1864, Howard ya zama kwamandan sojojin Tennessee kuma ya yi yaƙi a yakin Atlanta. Ya jagoranci hannun dama na Maj. Janar William T. Sherman a cikin shahararren Maris zuwa Tekun da kuma Kamfen na Carolinas na gaba.