Maine at Gettysburg [electronic resource] . S. Larrabee, Mar. 3, 1863: George L. Whitmore, Nov. 7, 1863. First Lieutenants: James Johnson, Oct., 1862; Joseph H. Hunt, Oct. 21,1862; William Clements, Oct. 17, 1862; Francis M. Ames, Nov. 18, 1862;Gershom F. Burgess, Feb. 10, 1863; John S. Tapley, Feb. 14, 1863; JasonGordon, Feb. 17,1863; James W Wakefield, Quartermaster, Nov. 13, 1863;Elisha W. Ellis, Dec. 12, 1863; Josiah W. Tucker, Dec. 28, 1864. Second Lieutenants: Levi Rackliff, Oct. 29, 1862; Almon Goodwin,Dec. 17, 1862; George C. Hopkins, Jan. 27, 1863; Benjamin B. Hanson, , 1863; St
Maine at Gettysburg [electronic resource] . S. Larrabee, Mar. 3, 1863: George L. Whitmore, Nov. 7, 1863. First Lieutenants: James Johnson, Oct., 1862; Joseph H. Hunt, Oct. 21,1862; William Clements, Oct. 17, 1862; Francis M. Ames, Nov. 18, 1862;Gershom F. Burgess, Feb. 10, 1863; John S. Tapley, Feb. 14, 1863; JasonGordon, Feb. 17,1863; James W Wakefield, Quartermaster, Nov. 13, 1863;Elisha W. Ellis, Dec. 12, 1863; Josiah W. Tucker, Dec. 28, 1864. Second Lieutenants: Levi Rackliff, Oct. 29, 1862; Almon Goodwin,Dec. 17, 1862; George C. Hopkins, Jan. 27, 1863; Benjamin B. Hanson, , 1863; Stephen R. Gordon, Nov. 5, 1863; Joseph L. Clark, Nov. 30, 1863. Surgeons: Adoniram J. Billings, Jan. n, 1864; John Q. A. Hawes, , 1864,—resigned as Assistant Surgeon, June 22, 1863, and commissionedas Surgeon, Feb. 29, 1864. Assistant Surgeons: Wallace Bolan, Mar. 22,1864; Benjamin F. Sturgis, Oct. 22, 1864. Chaplain Edwin B. Palmer, Feb. 10, 1863. Otherwise Left the Service. First Lieutenant Joseph Nichols, Feb. 16, 1863, DOWS SIXTH MAINE BATTERY 325 MONUMENT. The monument of the Sixth Maine Battery, of Hallowell granite, standsin a conspicuous position upon Hancock avenue, in the left centre of theUnion line. The monument is surmounted by a pyramid of five black cannonballs made of Addison granite. Upon its plinth is a group of cannon, flags,swords, etc., carved in bas relief; and on the die above is a five-pointed star,also in relief. Admeasurements: Base, six feet by six feet by one foot six inches;plinth, four feet four inches by four feet four inches by two feet four inches; die,three feet six inches by three feet six inches by four feet eight inches; fiveballs, each one foot two inches in diameter. Total height, nine feet eight its front and two flanking sides are the following inscriptions: Doavs6th Maine Battery Campaigns A. P 1862 1865. McGilverys BrigadeReserve Artillery DOWS SIXTH MAINE BATTERY, FIRST VOLUNTEER BRIGADE, RESERVE ARTILLERY,
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