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1st Battery,

1st Maine Light Artillery

Muster In: December 18, 1861 at Portland
Muster Out: July 15, 1865 at Portland
Length of Service: Three Years, seven months

Engagements

  • Labadieville, LA - October 27, 1862
  • Pattersonville, LA - January 14, 1863
  • Port Hudson, LA - March 14, 1863
  • Bisland, LA - April 12, 1863
  • Donaldsonville, LA - July 13, 1863
  • Fort Stevens, DC - July 11, 1864
  • Winchester, VA - July 19, 1864
  • Strasburg, VA - September 22, 1864
  • Cedar Creek, VA - October 19, 1864

    Casualties

    15 killed or died of wounds
    28 died of disease
    49 horses killed in harness

    Civil War Records Common To All Regiments

  • Civil War Correspondence
  • Civil War Index for Soldiers and Sailors
  • Civil War Muster Rolls
  • Civil War Obituaries
  • Civil War Photos (Mostly Officers)
  • Cemetery Index
  • General Law Pension
  • Graves Registration Cards

    Civil War Records Unique to the First Battery, First Maine Light Artillery

  • Enlistment Papers 1862-1864 (Box 44)

  • Muster and Descriptive Rolls 1863-1864 (Box 175)

  • Post War Post Office Addresses
  • List of men mustered out on a single muster roll
  • Clothing Book, Volume marked Co. A.
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