The Union Army of the Potomac fought in most of the Eastern Theater campaigns, primarily in (Eastern) Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. After the end of the war, it was disbanded on June 28, 1865, shortly following its participation in the Grand Review of the Armies.= Famous Units =Because of its proximity to the large cities of the North, such as Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New Yor...
The 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment was a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It suffered more casualties in an ill-fated charge during the Siege of Petersburg than any Union regiment lost in a single day of combat throughout the war. It was also the Union regiment with the highest number of officers killed (23).The regiment was mustered in Bangor, Maine, in 1862 as the...
BATTERY "E" 3rd ARTILLERY. At Washington, D.C., May, 1861. Attached to Sherman's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army, Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. Sherman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1861. W. T. Sherman's South Carolina Expeditionary Corps to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South, t...