Tag Archives: 1st Maine Heavy Artillery

“Because You Was Always True To Me”: A Union Soldier & His Sweetheart

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Dear Friend… I should like to sean [have seen] you before I enlisted, but I thought that you had something against me. But if I have said anything against you, I hope you will forgive me, for I thought that … Continue reading →

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The Siege of Petersburg: The 1st Maine Heavies

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Chris Mackowski

During the Spotsylvania sesquicentennial, I called particular attention to the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, which saw its first major combat of the war at the battle of Harris Farm on May 19. Members of the unit called Harris Farm their … Continue reading →

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“Death of a Bangor Boy”—The Casualties of Harris Farm

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Chris Mackowski

The May 30, 1864, edition of the Bangor (ME) Whig & Courier included a notice titled “Death of a Bangor Boy”—a sixty-four-word obituary for Corporal Charles W. Smith of the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Company D, who “died of a … Continue reading →

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“We lost some noble men”: The 1st Maine Heavies at Harris Farm

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Chris Mackowski

May 19, 1864, was “a day long to be remembered by the 1st Maine Heavy,” wrote a member of the regiment, “as it was on this day that we received our baptism of fire and learned the stern duties of … Continue reading →

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