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"Company Descriptive Book" with pages recording: List of commissioned and non-commissioned officers for Co. G. of 28th Maine Inft.; Register of men transferred; Register of men discharged; and Descriptive roll of Company G. The descriptive roll contains names, physical descriptions, county of birth and enlistment, and remarks about 86 men in Company G. The majority of the book is blank.

"Company Descriptive Book" with pages recording: List of commissioned and non-commissioned officers; Register of men transferred; Register of deaths; Register of men discharged; and Descriptive roll of unidentified company. The descriptive roll contains names, physical descriptions, county of birth and enlistment, and remarks about 84 men in an unidentified company. The majority of the book is blank. The spine's binding is loose.

"Regimental Descriptive Book" with pages recording: List of commissioned and non-commissioned officers for 28th Maine Inft.; Register of men transferred; Register of men discharged; and Descriptive roll of the regiment's soldiers. The descriptive roll contains names, physical descriptions, county of birth and enlistment, and remarks. The lists appear to be grouped by company but are not labeled in that way. The majority of the book is blank.

Volume consists of general and special orders issued to and by commanders of the 28th Maine Volunteers. Includes rules and regulations for camp; travel orders for the Regiment (directing them from Augusta, Maine, to New York Harbor and later to Pensacola, Florida, and Louisiana); countersigns; courts-martial for various soldiers; and other topics. Orders are recorded in both manuscript and are pasted in as printed pages. Officers issuing orders include: Major General Banks, Col. E. W. Woodman, George L. Andrews, George M. Atwood, Brig. Gen. Harvey Brown, William Hadlock, and others. The latter half of the volume is blank.