Civil War Diary of William H. Perkins

In 1862, as a young man of 21, William H. Perkins enlisted in the Baltimore Light Artillery Association, Maryland Volunteers. His battery was assigned to the Maryland Brigade, where he served honorably in various engagements including Winchester and Martinsburg in 1862 and in 1864 at Cedar Creek and the Battle of Monocacy (Roster of Civil War soldiers from Washington County, Maryland, Roger Keller, 2008).