7th Maine Light Artillery Battery

7th Maine Light Artillery Battery
Active	December 30, 1863, to June 21, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery
Engagements	Overland Campaign

7th Maine Light Artillery Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 7th Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on December 30, 1863.

The battery was attached to 3rd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1864. Artillery Brigade, IX Corps, to June 1865.

The 7th Maine Battery mustered out of service June 21, 1865, at Augusta, Maine.

Detailed service

Left Maine for Washington, D.C., February 1, 1864. Duty at Camp Barry until April 25. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River, Va., May 3-June 15, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5–7; Spotsylvania May 8–12; Spotsylvania Court House May 12–21; North Anna May 23–26. Ox Ford May 23–24. Line of the Pamunkey May 26–28. Totopotomoy May 28–31. Cold Harbor June 1–12. Bethesda Church June 1–3. Before Petersburg June 16–18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Ream's Station August 25. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Pegram's Farm October 2. Garrison, Fort Welsh, until November 30, and Fort Sedgwick (Fort Hell) and Battery 21 until April 3, 1865. Assault on and capture of Petersburg April. 2-3. Pursuit of Lee April 4–9. At Farmville April 10–20. Moved to Washington, D.C., April 20–28, and camp near Fairfax Seminary to June 5. Grand Review of the Armies May 24. Moved to Augusta, Me., June 5–8.

Casualties

The battery lost a total of 40 enlisted men during service; 13 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 27 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

• Captain (Brevet Major) Adelbert B. Twitchell

Notable members

• Private James A. Roberts - lawyer and New York state politician

See also

• List of Maine Civil War units
• Maine in the American Civil War

References

Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (pdf). Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Company. p. 1218. hdl:2027/mdp.39015026937642. LCCN 09005239. OCLC 1403309. Retrieved October 25, 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Federal Publishing Company (1908). Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New York, Maryland, West Virginia, And Ohio (PDF). The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. Vol. I. Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company. p. 66. hdl:2027/uva.x001126604. OCLC 1086145633. Retrieved October 25, 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Lapham, William Berry (1892). My Recollections of the War of the Rebellion (pdf). Augusta, ME: Burleigh & Flynt. pp. 89–99. hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t5db88n63. LCCN 02019808. OCLC 1199893. Retrieved December 30, 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Twitchell, A. S. (1892). History of the Seventh Maine Light Battery Volunteers in the Great Rebellion ... also, Personal Sketches of a Large Number of Members, Portraits, Illustrations and Poems (pdf). Boston, MA: E.B. Stillings & Co. pp. 1–240. hdl:2027/hvd.hx2nbt. LCCN 06022960. OCLC 893928273. Retrieved December 30, 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Whitman, William E. S. & True, Charles Henry (1865). Maine in the War for the Union: A History of the Part Borne by Maine Troops in the Suppression of the American Rebellion (pdf) (1st ed.). Lewiston, ME: Nelson Dingley jr. & Co. pp. 570–572. hdl:2027/yale.39002005165825. LCCN 02013155. OCLC 709537027. Retrieved October 25, 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.