Maine 30th Regiment Infantry "Organized at Augusta and mustered in January 8, 1864. Left State for New Orleans, La., January 31, 1864, arriving February 16. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864; and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December, 1864. Garrison of Winchester, Va., Army of the Shenandoah, to April, 1865. Dept. of Washington to June, 1865. District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South, to August, 1865." -- "30th Regiment Infantry." Civil War Archive. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmeinf3.htm#30thinf (Retrieved October 2, 2009)
William H. Foster (b. 1836?) was a carpenter born in Albany, Maine. He was a 1st Lieutenant in Company K, 30th Maine Volunteer Infantry and served as Ambulance Officer at Head Quarters, District of Savannah (Ga.) in July and August 1865.
From the description of William H. Foster papers, 1864-1865. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 460745259
