Contributed by Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description
This photograph is of James M. Parker of Somesville who joined the 18th Maine Regiment, later renamed the First Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, in 1862. After serving on garrison duty in forts near Washington D.C., the regiment was ordered to serve as infantry during the Overland Campaign in the spring of 1864. Parker was killed in the regiment's charge against Confederate fortifications near Petersburg Virginia on June 18, 1864.
About This Item
- Title: James Parker, Artificer, First Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, ca. 1863
- Creation Date: circa 1863
- Subject Date: circa 1863
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: 001.59.74
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Portrait photographs
- Recruiting & enlistment--1860-1870
- Military service, Voluntary
- United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 18th (1862)
- Military service--1860-1870
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Mount Desert Island Historical SocietyPO Box 653, 353 Sound Drive, Mount Desert, ME 04660
(207) 276-9323
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