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Muster In: Organized at Augusta and mustered in December 11, 1861.1
Muster Out: Mustered out June 17, 1865.2
Commander(s):
Captain Ezekiel R. Mayo
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Lieutenant Willis M. Haycock
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Camp Barry, Washington, D.C.3
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.4
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Camp Barry, Washington, D.C.5
- Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.6
Third Offensive Order of Battle:
Camp Barry, Washington, D.C. (July 1-8, 1864)7
Artillery Brigade | IX Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army (July 9-31, 1864)8,9
- Commander: Captain Ezekiel R. Mayo (July 31, 1864)10
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- Note: The 3rd Btty ME Lt Arty joined the Artillery Brigade on July 9, 1864. It had been stationed at Camp Barry in the defenses of Washington prior to joining Ninth Corps.11,12
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Artillery Park | Reserve Artillery | Army of the Potomac | Union Army13
- Commander: Captain Ezekiel R. Mayo (August 31, 1864)14
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Artillery Park | Reserve Artillery | Army of the Potomac | Union Army15
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- Note: The 3rd Maine Battery operated with Harn’s demi-brigade during the Fifth Offensive. Harn’s demi-brigade was basically the Sixth Corps batteries left at Petersburg when that corps went to Washington, D.C. in July 1864.16
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Artillery Park | Reserve Artillery | Army of the Potomac | Union Army17
- Commander: Captain Ezekiel R. Mayo (October 31, 1864)18
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Artillery Park | Reserve Artillery | Army of the Potomac | Union Army19
- Commander: Captain Ezekiel R. Mayo (December 31, 1864)20
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Artillery Park | Reserve Artillery | Army of the Potomac | Union Army21,22
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- Note: This battery was stationed in the Defenses of City Point, Va.25
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Artillery Park | Reserve Artillery | Army of the Potomac | Union Army26,27
- Commander: Captain Ezekiel R. Mayo (March 31, 1865)28
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- Note: This battery was stationed in the Defenses of City Point, Va.29
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles30:
- Moved to Camp Barry March 25, and duty there until July 5.
- Moved to City Point, thence to Petersburg front July 5-9.
- Siege of Petersburg July 9-October 25.
- Moved to City Point, Va., October 25, and duty in the defences at that point until May 3, 1865.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- NP: March 30, 1893 Boston Journal: 3rd Maine Battery at the Crater
- OR XL P1 #216: Report of Captain Ezekiel R. Mayo, 3rd ME Btty, July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #217: Report of Lieutenant Seth A. Emery, 3rd ME Btty, July 9-30, 1864
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
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- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 612: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
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- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1297. ↩
- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1297. ↩
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- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 325: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
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