The Civil War in the East

1st Maine Battery (A)

The First Maine Battery lost 2 officers and 13 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, and 28 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

1861

December 18

Organized at Portland and mustered in

December 19

Moved to Lowell, Mass.

1862

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

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

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

Battle of Opequan, Winchester

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

January 14

At Manchester

April 14

At Winchester

July 9-13

Moved to Portland, Me.

July 15

Mustered out