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Third Battery Light Artillery (C)

Organized at Augusta and mustered in December 11, 1861. Duty at Augusta until March 19, 1862, and at Portland, Me., until April 1. Moved to Washington, D.C., April 1-8. Camp at Capital Hill until April 14. Assigned to duty as Pontooneers, McDowell's Dept. of the Rappahannock, April to June, 1862. Pontooneers, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, Haskins' Division, Defences of Washington, to February. 1863. Battery assigned to 1st Maine Heavy Artillery as Company "M" March 28, 1863. Attached to Haskins' Division, 22nd Army Corps, to February, 1864. Detached from 1st Maine Heavy Artillery and reorganized as 3rd Battery February 23, 1864. Attached to Camp Barry. Defences of Washington, 22nd Corps, April to July, 1864. Artillery, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1864. Artillery Reserve, Array Potomac, to June, 1865.

SERVICE -- Duty with Pontoon Train at Falmouth, Va., Washington. D.C., and at Alexandria, Va., April to November, 1862. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Battle of Bull Run August 30. At Fort Lincoln, Defences of Washington, until March 28, 1863, and in the Defences with 1st Maine Heavy Artillery until January, 1864. On Veteran furlough January and February: 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. Moved to Washington, D.C., May 3-17. At Fairfax Seminary until June 2. Ordered to Augusta, Me., and mustered out June 17, 1865.

Battery lost during service 3 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 14 Enlisted men by disease. Total 17

from "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer, 1908