Lot comprising three officers and two enlisted men. Two different views of Capt. J.B. Hubbard, one identified in old block letters beneath armed portrait with Killed at Port Hudson May 27, 1863 neatly inked along left margin. Additional notations on verso over Warren, Lowell, Mass imprint. The other view, a vignette pencil signed Capt. Hubbard, showing the officer with moustache as well as mutton chops. John Barrett Hubbard joined the 1st Maine Battery as 1st Lieut. 12/61; discharged for promotion to US Vol. Adjutant General Department 10/62; commissioned Captain & AAG 10/27/62; KIA Port Hudson 5/27/63. An ink identified vignette of Lt. Col. Geo. Francis Leppien/mortally wounded in battle of/ Chancellorsville, Va./Died May 24, 1863. Carte with Schreiber & Son, Philadelphia imprint. Leppien joined the 1st Maine Light Battery as 1st Lieut., 11/61; promoted Captain, 5th Maine Battery, 11/61; promoted Lieut. Colonel 2/63; WIA Chancellorsville 5/3/63 & DOW 5/24/63. The enlisted men are George Phelps who entered as Private, 1st Maine Battery 12/61; m/o 7/15/65. Also, Private Edward Conner, who joined 9/64; no further record. 1st and 7th Maine Battery Battery A, 1st Maine Light Artillery was organized at Portland in December 1861 and sailed for New Orleans, joining the Department of the Gulf in March 1862. The Battery participated in a number of skirmishes and expeditions leading up to the Siege of Port Hudson in May-June 1863. The Battery re-enlisted as a veteran organization in February 1864, and afterwards was assigned to the Washington Defenses during the summer of 1864, assisting in repelling the attack on the Capitol by Jubal Early’s Army. In August 1864, the 1st Battery joined the Army of the Shenandoah and was heavily engaged during that campaign, suffering proportionately heavy losses at Winchester on September 19, 1864, and at Cedar Creek where 20 men became casualties on October 19. The Battery remained on duty in the Valley until mustering out on July 15, 1865, having lost 15 gunners killed or mortally wounded during the war. Battery G, 7th Maine Light Artillery was the last organized by the state in December 1863. The 7th Maine Battery served briefly in the Washington Defenses as part of the 22nd Corps. In preparation for Grant’s Overland Campaign, the battery was reassigned to the 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac in April 1864, and saw extensive action at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg during the bloody summer attritional fighting. Helping to break the entrenched Confederate Army at Petersburg in April, the Maine boys joined in the pursuit of the beleaguered ANV before mustering out on June 21, 1865, paying with 13 men killed and mortally wounded. Provenance: The Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection Condition: Officers both G+. having soft corners with moderate wear and soiling. Pvt. Phelps with wear and extensive mottling. Conner G+.
Lot comprising three officers and two enlisted men. Two different views of Capt. J.B. Hubbard, one identified in old block letters beneath armed portrait with Killed at Port Hudson May 27, 1863 neatly inked along left margin. Additional notations on verso over Warren, Lowell, Mass imprint. The other view, a vignette pencil signed Capt. Hubbard, showing the officer with moustache as well as mutton chops. John Barrett Hubbard joined the 1st Maine Battery as 1st Lieut. 12/61; discharged for promotion to US Vol. Adjutant General Department 10/62; commissioned Captain & AAG 10/27/62; KIA Port Hudson 5/27/63. An ink identified vignette of Lt. Col. Geo. Francis Leppien/mortally wounded in battle of/ Chancellorsville, Va./Died May 24, 1863. Carte with Schreiber & Son, Philadelphia imprint. Leppien joined the 1st Maine Light Battery as 1st Lieut., 11/61; promoted Captain, 5th Maine Battery, 11/61; promoted Lieut. Colonel 2/63; WIA Chancellorsville 5/3/63 & DOW 5/24/63. The enlisted men are George Phelps who entered as Private, 1st Maine Battery 12/61; m/o 7/15/65. Also, Private Edward Conner, who joined 9/64; no further record. 1st and 7th Maine Battery Battery A, 1st Maine Light Artillery was organized at Portland in December 1861 and sailed for New Orleans, joining the Department of the Gulf in March 1862. The Battery participated in a number of skirmishes and expeditions leading up to the Siege of Port Hudson in May-June 1863. The Battery re-enlisted as a veteran organization in February 1864, and afterwards was assigned to the Washington Defenses during the summer of 1864, assisting in repelling the attack on the Capitol by Jubal Early’s Army. In August 1864, the 1st Battery joined the Army of the Shenandoah and was heavily engaged during that campaign, suffering proportionately heavy losses at Winchester on September 19, 1864, and at Cedar Creek where 20 men became casualties on October 19. The Battery remained on duty in the Valley until mustering out on July 15, 1865, having lost 15 gunners killed or mortally wounded during the war. Battery G, 7th Maine Light Artillery was the last organized by the state in December 1863. The 7th Maine Battery served briefly in the Washington Defenses as part of the 22nd Corps. In preparation for Grant’s Overland Campaign, the battery was reassigned to the 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac in April 1864, and saw extensive action at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg during the bloody summer attritional fighting. Helping to break the entrenched Confederate Army at Petersburg in April, the Maine boys joined in the pursuit of the beleaguered ANV before mustering out on June 21, 1865, paying with 13 men killed and mortally wounded. Provenance: The Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection Condition: Officers both G+. having soft corners with moderate wear and soiling. Pvt. Phelps with wear and extensive mottling. Conner G+.
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