Book is titled “INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING QUARTERLY RETURNS OF ORDNANCE AND ORDNANCE STORES, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE ARMY; INCLUDING DIRECTIONS RESPECTING THE EVIDENCE REQUIRED IN SETTLING THE ORDNANCE PROPERTY ACCOUNTS OF OFFICERS LEAVING THE SERVICE” prepared by the Ordnance Bureau and published by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. in 1863.

Volume is hardbound in brown cloth with the Ordnance Corps insignia in gold on the front cover and just plainly embossed on the reverse. Title is in gold on the spine. Covers show minor age wear.

Interior is good with only slight toning to page edges. Volume meas. 5.50 x 9.50 inches and runs 140 pages.

Inside front cover and first blank page are inscribed with period ink “W. A. BARKER / 1^ST LIEUT. CMDG CO. G / 4^TH MAINE VOLS. / MAY 21, 1863.”

William Abbott Barker was born in England in 1834. After coming to the U.S. he settled in Rockland, Maine where he enlisted as a private in the 4^th Maine Infantry on June 15, 1861. By September he was promoted to sergeant-major of the regiment. He received a commission as 2^nd lieutenant in Company G on April 1, 1862. He made 1^st lieutenant on January 1, 1863 and became captain of Company H on September 1, 1863. He remained with that Company until he was mustered out on July 19, 1864.

During his time with the regiment it was engaged at 1^st Bull Run, Peninsula Campaign, 2^nd Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, North Anna, Cold Harbor and Petersburg.

After the war Barker lived in South Portland, Maine where he married and raised three children. He died in South Portland on September 22, 1921 and is buried there in Evergreen Cemetery.   [AD][ph:L]

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