United States Regiments & Batteries > Maine
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.
1861
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December 18 | Organized at Portland and mustered in |
December 19 | Moved to Lowell, Mass. |
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 and duty there |
May 8-15 | Moved from Ship Island, Miss., to New Orleans, La. 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 |
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 |
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, Md., |
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 Campaign. Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 19th Army 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 |
1865
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January 14 | At Manchester |
April 14 | At Winchester |
July 9-13 | Moved to Portland, Me. |
July 15 | Mustered out |