United States Regiments & Batteries > Maine
The 6th Maine Battery lost 13 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 27 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1862
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| January 1 | Organized at Augusta and mustered in; Duty at Augusta until March and at Portland, Me. |
| April 1-3 | Moved to Washington, D.C.; Camp at East Capital Hill and at Forts Buffalo and Ramsey, and at Falls Church, Va. Attached to the Military District of Washington |
| June | Ordered to report to General Banks at Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.; Attached to 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia; Duty at Harper’s Ferry, Cedar Creek and Little Washington, Va. |
| August | Attached to 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| August 9 | Battle of Cedar Mountain |
| August 16 – September 2 |
Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August | Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps |
| August 20-26 | Fords of the Rappahannock |
| August 29 | Battle of Groveton |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
| September 1 | Chantilly |
| September | Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 12th Corps, Army Potomac |
| September – October |
Maryland Campaign |
| September 14 |
Crampton’s Pass, Battle of South Mountain |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
| September – December | Duty at Sandy Hook, Md. and at Harper’s Ferry, W. Va. |
| December 2-6 | Reconnaissance to Winchester |
| December 27 | Action at Dumfries |
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1863
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| January – May | Duty at Dumfries |
| May 27 | At Falmouth |
| June | Assigned to the 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
| June – July | Gettysburg Campaign |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe battery was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Edwin B. Dow. It brought 103 men to the field serving four 12-pounded Napoleons, and suffered 13 wounded. |
| July 7-14 | Pursuit to Williamsport, Md. |
| July 13 | Frederick, Maryland |
| July 18 – August 2 |
March to Warrenton Junction, Va. and duty there |
| September | Assigned to the 1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve |
| September 16 | At Culpeper |
| October 12-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| October 12-13 | Culpeper |
| October 14 | Bristoe |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of Rappahannock |
| November 26 – December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
| November 28-30 | Mine Run |
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1864
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| April | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 2nd Army Corps |
| May 3 | Campaign from the Rapidan to James River |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spottsylvania Court House |
| May 12 | “Bloody Angle,” Spottsylvania C. H. |
| May 23-26 | North Anna River |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 16-19 | First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 16 | Siege of Petersburg |
| June 22-23 | Jerusalem Plank Road |
| July 27-28 | Deep Bottom |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion (Reserve) |
| August 14-18 | Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
| October 20 | Garrison, Fort Davis |
| October | At Fort McGilvrey and Battery 9 |
| November | Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
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1865
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| March 15 | At Fort Sampson |
| April 2-3 | Assault on and capture of Petersburg |
| April 3 | Ordered to Reserve Artillery at City Point |
| May 3 | Ordered to Alexandria |
| June 4 | Ordered to Augusta, Me. |
| June 7 | Mustered out |