United States Regiments & Batteries > Maine
The Second Maine Battery lost 1 officer and 4 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, and 26 enlisted men by disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| November 20 | Organized at Augusta and mustered in; Duty at Augusta |
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1862
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| March 10 | At Fort Preble, Portland, Me. |
| April 2 | Ordered to Washington, D.C. and camp at Capital Hill |
| April 20 | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division (McDowell’s), Dept. of the Rappahannock |
| April 20-27 | Moved to Potomac Creek, Va., then to Belie Plains |
| May 9 | Moved to Falmouth |
| May 25-30 | To Manassas and Front Royal |
| June | Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps. Army of Virginia |
| June 16 | Moved to Manassas |
| July 5 | Warrenton |
| July 9 | To Waterloo |
| August 5 | To Culpeper C. H. |
| August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain |
| August 16 | Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 21-23 | Fords of the Rappahannock |
| August 25-27 | Plains of Manassas |
| August 28 | Thoroughfare Gap |
| August 29 | Battle of Groveton |
| August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
| September 1 | Battle of Centreville |
| September | Attached to Artillery, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| September 11 – October 13 |
Duty in the Defences of Washington |
| October 13 – November 23 |
Operations in Maryland and Virginia |
| November 23 – December 9 |
Camp at Brooks Station |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863 |
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| February – April | Camp near Fletcher’s Chapel |
| April 28 – May 8 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| April 29 – May 2 | Operations at Fitzhugh’s Crossing |
| May 2-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| June | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 1st Army Corps |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe battery was commanded by Captain James A. Hall. It brought to the field 127 men serving six Ordnance Rifles, and suffered 18 wounded. |
| August 2- September 16 |
At Norman’s Ford |
| September 17 | Moved to Culpeper, thence to the Rapidan River |
| November 5 | Attached to Camp Barry, Defences of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps |
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1864 |
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| April 25 | Attached to Artillery, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| May 3 | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-12 |
Battle of Spottsylvania Court House |
| May 10 | Ny River |
| May 23-26 | North Anna River |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey River |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 1-3 | Bethesda Church |
| June 15 | Before Petersburg |
| July | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 9th Army Corps |
| August | Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac |
| September 17 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg |
| September 17 | Moved to City Point and duty in the defences at that point |
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1865
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| May 3 | Moved to Alexandria, Va. |
| May 31 | To Augusta |
| June 16 | Mustered out |