Civil War Order Book : 1st Maine Light Artillery (Original Manuscript Book, 1862-1864

1st Maine Light Artillery

1st Maine Light Artillery; Union Army, 1862

[Union Army Order Book] Large folio. 75 pages. Written by a fine hand, 1862-1864. Also includes original typed orders from General Butler, etc. Includes orders received by the unit from January 16, 1862 through July 14, 1864.  Much of this period the battery was assigned to Louisiana, Mississippi, the Gulf of Mexico. 

The battery was attached to 3rd Brigade, Department of the Gulf, until September 1862. It was attached to Weitzel's Reserve Brigade, Department of the Gulf, until January 1863. It was attached to Artillery, 1st Division, XIX Corps, Department of the Gulf, until January 1864, and the 2nd Division until April 1864. It then served at Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, XXII Corps, until July 1864.  

  The Battery notably served in the following engagements: Siege of Port Hudson; Battle of Fort Stevens; Third Battle of Winchester; Battle of Fisher's Hill; Battle of Cedar Creek.