United States Regiments & Batteries > Maine > 1st Maine Battery
The 1st Maine Battery lost 2 officers and 13 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, and 28 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| December 18 | Organized at Portland and mustered in |
| December 19 | Moved to Lowell, Mass. |
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1862
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| February 2 | Moved to Boston |
| February 8 | Embarked on Steamer Idaho for Ship Island, Miss. |
| March 10 | Arrived Ship Island, Mississippi and duty there |
| May 8-15 | Moved from Ship Island to New Orleans, Louisiana and provost duty there attached to 3rd Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf |
| September 1- October 24 |
Duty at Camp Parapet attached to Weitzel’s Reserve Brigade, Dept. Gulf, |
| October 24-November 6 | Operations in La Fourche District |
| October 27 | Action at Georgia Landing, Labadieville |
| November | At Thibodeauxville |
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1863
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| January | Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. Gulf |
| January 11-18 | Expedition up the Teche |
| January 14 | Action with Steamer Cotton on Bayou Teebe |
| January | At Camp Stevens, Brashear City and Bayou Boeuf |
| April 9-May 14 | Operations in Western Louisiana |
| April 11-20 |
Teche Campaign |
| April 12-13 | Fort Bisland, near Centreville |
| April 14 | Jeanerette |
| April 21 | Expedition from Opelousas to Barre Landing |
| May 23-July 8 |
Siege of Port Hudson |
| May 25 | Thompson’s Creek |
| May 27 |
Assault on Port Hudson |
| June 14 |
Second Assault on Port Hudson |
| July 8 | Surrender of Port Hudson |
| July 12-13 | Koch’s Plantation, Donaldsonville |
| August 3- September 18 |
Moved to Baton Rouge |
| October 3- November 18 |
Western Louisiana Campaign |
| November | At New Iberia |
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1864
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| January 7 | Moved to Franklin and attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps |
| January 18-20 | To Brashear City and New Orleans |
| February – March | On Veteran furlough |
| April 15-19 | Moved to Annapolis, Maryland. |
| April 20 | To Camp Barry, Washington, D.C. Duty there and at Forts Smith and Strong. Attached to Camp Barry, Defences of Washington, 22nd Army Corps. |
| July 11-12 |
Repulse of Early’s attack on Washington |
| July | At Camp Barry |
| July 30 | Ordered to Tennallytown. |
| August 1 | At Monocacy Junction |
| August 7- November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley CampaignAttached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 19th Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
| August 6-15 | March to Middletown |
| August 15-17 | To Winchester, then to Berryville |
| August 21 | To Halltown |
| August 28-September 18 | At Berryville |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester (Opequan) |
| September 22 |
Fisher’s Hill |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October 20 | Duty near Cedar Creek |
| November 9 | Near Winchester |
| December 30 | At Stevenson’s Depot |
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1865
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| January 14 | At Manchester |
| April 14 | At Winchester |
| July 9-13 | Moved to Portland, Me. |
| July 15 | The 1st Maine Battery mustered out |