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The Commission, in preparing the histories of the different regiments, batteries, companies and battalions, realized that the scope of the work entrusted to them did not contemplate more than compendiums; nevertheless, they have as briefly as possible, with the official data at their command and the assistance of survivors of the war, set forth the material facts in connection with the organizations in as fair, just and impartial a manner as the facts at their disposal warranted.
It has been a difficult matter, after the lapse of so many years and the death of so many of the survivors, with so many muster rolls missing and inaccuracies therein, to do complete justice to this work.
To recapitulate, the Commission have derived data and information from the official records of the Adjutant-General's office, at Annapolis, Md., and the War Department, Washington, D. C .; from retained copies of rolls, data and memoranda furnished by
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PREFACE.
survivors of the war; from " Regimental Losses of the American Civil War," by Fox; and from J. W. Kirkley's manuscripts of his history of Maryland troops during the Civil War.
While this work may not be as complete as some would wish, while it may be thought that a more particular account of individual deeds should have been given, it must be remembered that the primary object of the publication is to preserve a faithful, true and impartial record of the names and length of service of those Marylanders who served their country in the late conflict, to be held in honor and reverence not only by the survivors and the descendants of their departed comrades in this day and genera- tion, but by every patriotic Marylander for generations to come.
L. ALLISON WILMER, GEO. W. F. VERNON, JAMES H. JARRETT,
Commissioners.
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ADDENDUM.
It is only fair that credit should be given Colonel George W. F. Vernon for his invaluable services as one of the Commission. While all of the members of the Com- mission attended meetings and exercised general supervision, the clerical work was under the immediate charge and constant supervision of Colonel Vernon, as Secretary. and he compiled and prepared the historical part of this record.
L. ALLISON WILMER, President of the Commission.
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ABBREVIATIONS.
A. A. A. Gen .. Acting Assistant Adjutant-Generai.
Ab
. Absent.
A. C.
Army Corps.
Act.
Acting.
A. D. C.
.Aide-de-Camp.
Adjt
.Adjutant.
Asst.
Assistant.
Batt.
Battalion.
Batt'y
.Battery.
Bd
Band.
Brig
Brigadier.
Capt.
Captain.
Capt'd
.Captured.
Cert
Certificate.
Chap.
Chaplain.
Cav.
.Cavalry.
Co.
Company.
Col.
.Colonel.
Com
Commissioned, or Commissary.
Corp'l
Corporal.
C. H.
Coal Heaver.
Des.
.Deserter.
Dept
Department.
Dis.
Dismissed.
Disch
.Discharged.
Dis'y
Disability.
Div
Division.
Eng.
Engineer.
Ex.
Expiration.
Fir'm
Fireman.
Fur.
.Furlough.
Gen.
General.
G. O.
General Order.
Hos.
Hospital.
Infty
Infantry.
Lieut
Lieutenant.
Lds'm
Landsman.
Maj.
.Major.
Mil
Military.
Musc.
Musician.
Mus.
Mustered.
N. C.
Non- Commissioned.
N. W. Dept
.Northwest Department.
Pvte.
Private.
Q. M.
Quartermaster.
Regt.
Regiment.
Red.
Reduced.
Res.
Resigned.
Ret.
Returned.
Sec ..
Section.
Sergt
Sergeant.
Serv.
Service.
S. O.
Special Order.
Surg.
.Surgeon.
Sub.
.Subsistence.
Stew
.Steward.
Team
.Teamster.
Transfd
. Transferred.
Vet.
Veteran.
Voi.
. Volunteer.
V. R. C.
Veteran Reserve Corps.
Wd.
Wounded.
Wds
Wounds.
-Dead.
-Transferred.
Deserted.
ADDENDA AND ERRATA.
On page 22-In case of Nicholas Laule, name should read Laul. On page 31-Case of George W. Bantam, should read Banthem. On page 44-In case of John Keller, rank should read Corporal.
On page 83-Add name of Chas. B. Bausmith, en- listed May, 1861; discharged, Novem- ber, 1862; omitted on Muster Roll furnished Commission for compila- tion, but service subsequently estab- lished.
On page 89-Add name of John G. Yunker, enlisted February 17, 1865; discharged, July 17, 1865; omitted on Muster Roll fur- nished Commission for compilation, but service subsequently established. On page 99-Name of John W. Chapman, Corporal, Company H, Second Regiment, In- fantry, Maryland Volunteers, enlist- ed August 1, 1861, discharged, Octo- ber 3, 1862, omitted.
On page 123-In case of Arthur Darry, name should read Davey.
On page 146-Add name of Jefferson H. Haslam, Drummer, enlisted October, 1861; dis- charged, May, 1862; omitted on Mus- ter Roll furnished Commission for compilation, but service subsequently established.
On page 156-Case of Thomas S. Norwood, to remarks should be added commissioned First Lieutenant, May, 1865.
On page 166-In case of George F. Groves, date of dis- charge should be erased, and in col- umn of remarks add: Dled whilst a prisoner of war.
On page 172-Case of Jacob R. Tucker, to remarks should be added : Received a medal of honor for gallant and meritorious service on the battle-field and des- ignated by Lleutenant-General U. S. Grant as one of the three bravest men of the Army of the Potomac.
On page 182-Add name of Jacob Hoffman, Musician, enlisted September 20, 1861; dis- charged, August 13, 1862; omitted on Muster Roll furnished Commission for compllation, but service subse- quently established.
On page 194-Case of Henry E. O'Neil, should read Henry E. O'Nelll.
On page 194-Case of John T. Conaway, to remarks should be added: Wounded, Antle- tam, Md., September 17, 1862.
On page 195-Case of Charles Hess, remarks should read: Wounded September 17, 1862, battle of Antietam, Md .; taken pris- oner at battle of Winchester, June, 1863.
On page 195-Case of William A. Cowen, to remarks should be added: Wounded, Antie- tam, Md., September 17, 1862.
On page 195-Case of Samuel Hayward, to remarks should be added: Wounded at An- tietam, Md., September 17, 1862.
On page 195-Case of James Fallin, to remarks should be added: Wounded at Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862.
On page 196-Case of Stephen Lynch, add in the col- umn of remarks: Wounded at An- tietam, Md., September 17, 1862.
On page 196-Case of John Rice, add in column of remarks: Wounded, battle of Antle- tam, September 17, 1862.
On page 197-Case of Augustus Wroton, to remarks should be added: Wounded at An- tietam, Md., September 17, 1862.
On page 218-In case of Gotlieb Degler, name should read Gottep Degler.
On page 233-Case of Augustus Wroton, Company D, 6th Regiment Maryland Infantry, to remarks add: Disabllity.
On page 233-In case of Jas. L. Haze, name should read Hayes.
On page 233-Case of Captain Chas. A. Damuth, Com- pany D, 6th Regiment Maryland In- fantry, to remarks add: Wounded at battle of Wilderness, Va., May 5, '1864. On page 247-Case of head line unassigned enlisted offi- cers should read unassigned enlisted men.
On page 277-Case of Robt. K. Robinson, surgeon, re- marks should read entered the service as assistant surgeon, 2d Md. E. S., March, 1862; asst. surg., 7th Md., Sept. 26, 1862; assigned to 3d Div., 1st A. C. On page 279-Name of Chas. M. Futtener should read Chas. M. Futterer.
On page 280-Name of Daniel M. Trittle should read Daniel M. Trible, and remarks read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness.
On page 281-Case of George W. Beard, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness. On page 281-Case of John M. Anders, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilder- ness.
On page 281-Case of Isaiah Baker, remarks should read wounded May 8, 1864, Spottsyl- vania.
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ADDENDA AND ERRATA.
On page 281-Case of Andrew J. Brown, remarks should read color guard, wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness.
On page 281-Case of Geo. W. Gittings, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilder- ness.
On page 281-Case of Edw. S. Gernard, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilder- ness.
On page 281-Case of James W. Hider, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness. On page 281-Case of Luther E. Harn, remarks should read wounded May 8, 1864, Spottsyl- vania.
On page 282-Case of Ezra Keeny, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness.
On page 282-Case of Treborn G. Miles, remarks should read wounded May 8, 1864, Spottsylva- nia; disability.
On page 282-Case of Wm. H. Poole, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness. On page 282-Case of James Riggs, remarks should read wounded May 8, 1864, Spottsyl- vania.
On page 282-Case of Wm. H. H. Saylor, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness.
On page 283-Case of William Brewer, remarks should read May 5, 1864.
On page 286-Case of Moses Arnold, remarks should read color guard.
On page 288-Case of David R. Coblentz, remarks should read color guard.
On page 291-Case of Hanson F. Fogle, remarks should read color guard.
On page 292-Case of Ephraim Myers, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness. On page 292-Case of Chas. W. Mullinix, remarks should read May 8, 1864.
On page 293-Case of George Delauter, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness.
On page 294-Name of Joshua Mettart should read Joshua Medtart, and remarks read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness.
On page 294-Case of Benjamin F. Powers, remarks should read wounded May 8, 1864, Spottsylvania.
On page 294-Case of John H. Rice, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness. On page 294-Case of Samuel E. Weise, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness.
On page 294-Case of Samuel E. Young, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness.
On page 295-Case of First Lieutenant Gornell C. Skip- with, remarks should read disability. On page 295-Case of Second Lieutenant Jos. Robin- son, remarks should read disability.
On page 295-Case of John S. Creamer, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilder- ness.
On page 295-Case of Geo. O. Creamer, remarks should read killed, Wilderness.
On page 295-Case of Sylvester M. Dick, remarks should read color guard, killed, Spottsylvania.
On page 295-Case of Chas. W. Gilbert, remarks should read wounded May 8, 1864, Spottsyl- vania.
On page 296-Case of John W. Hawkins, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness.
On page 296-Case of George E. Howett, remarks should read killed, Spottsylvania.
On page 296-Case of Wm. A. Hawkins, remarks should read wounded May 8, 1864, Spottsylvania.
On page 296-Case of Samuel Horner, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilder- ness.
On page 296-Case of James Johnson, rank should read sergeant.
On page 296-Case of James McCammons, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness.
On page 296-Case of Edward R. McCommons, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wil- derness.
On page 296-Case of Wm. P. Rogers, remarks should read May 8, 1864, Spottsylvania.
On page 296-Case of Isaac H. Reed, remarks should read wounded May 8, 1864, Spottsylva- nia.
On page 296-Name of George Stockam should read George Stockham, and remarks color sergeant.
On page 296-Case of Amos E. Stephens, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness.
On page 296-Name of Charles Stockam should read Charles Stockham.
On page 296-Case of William Simms, remarks should read wounded May 8, 1864, Spottsyl- vania.
On page 296-Case of Chas. J. Thompson, remarks should read wounded May 8, 1864, Spottsylvania.
On page 297-Case of Frisby Hagenberger, remarks should read Spottsylvania.
On page 298-Case of Martin L. Knodle, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wil- derness.
On page 298-Case of Daniel H. Mowen, remarks should read wounded May 8, 1864. Spottsylvania.
On page 298-Case of Hanson McCarter, the date of muster out should not appear, and re- marks should read killed May 5, 1864, Wilderness.
On page 298-Name of Solomon Roher should read Solomon Rohrer, and remarks should read color guard; wounded mortally May 8, 1864, Spottsylvania.
On page 298-Case of Cyrus Ridenour, remarks should read wounded May 5, 1864, Wilderness. On page 298-Case of John Stull, remarks should read May 8, 1864, Spottsylvania.
On page 321-Add name of Peter Yager, enlisted Au- gust 14, 1862; discharged, May 31, 1865; omitted on Muster Roll fur- nished Commission for compilation, but service subsequently established. On page 324-Add name of John W. Lowe, enlisted October 1, 1862; discharged, Novem- ber 10, 1864; omitted on Muster Roll furnished Commission for compila- tion, but service subsequently estab- lished.
On page 336-Case of head line, unassigned enlisted officers, should read non-commis-
sioned officers.
On page 365-Add name of Jacob Schierlitz, enlisted July 10, 1863; discharged, January 29, 1864; omitted on Muster Roll fur- nished Commission for compilation, but service subsequently established.
On page 371-In case of Amos Reed, name also found as Elias A. Reed.
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ADDENDA AND ERRATA.
On page 381-In case of John W. Schooley, name should read Joseph W. Schooley.
On page 395-In case of Anneal Miller, name should read Emil Miller.
On page 414-In case of Frank Conrad, name should read Konrad.
On page 440-Case of names beginning with the letter M there should appear the name of Alexander C. Mentzel, Private, Com- pany C, Thirteenth Regiment In- fantry; enlisted February 14, 1865; discharged May 29, 1865.
On page 440-In case of John Ludenthal, name should read Laengraef.
On page 449-In case of Pasqus Defalca, name should read Pasqule Defalco.
On page 481-In case of Nathan C. Eusey, name should read Ensey.
On page 553-Case of Second Lieutenant Richard T. Browning, date of enlistment should read September 28, 1861, and in col- umn of remarks add: Wounded, battle of Lynchburg, Va., June 18, 1864.
On page 557-In case of Geo. W. Sill, name should read Geo. W. Gill.
On page 565-Case of Private Richard T. Browning, date of enlistment should read Sep- tember 28, 1861.
On page 565-Case of Andrew C. Frend, should read " Friend."
On page 599-In case of Wm .. Weecker, name should read Waickert.
On page 643-Case of head line omitted, should read enlisted men.
On page 719-In case of Conrad Schossler, name should read Schissler.
On page 776-Case of Lieutenant Willlam J. Ely, should read William J. Eby.
On page 777-In case of John L. Harding, name should read Ed. S. Harding.
On page 783-Case of head line, Purnell Leglon Regi- ment Cavalry, should read Purnell Legion Cavalry.
On page 800-Case of W. H. Parken, Battery A, Light Artillery (Rigby's), should read W. H. Parker.
On page 821-Case of James A. Douglas, should read James H. Douglass; and in column of remarks should read: Captured, battle of Winchester, Va., June 17, 1863.
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A BRIEF RETROSPECT OF
THE HISTORY OF MARYLAND'S REPRESENTATIVES IN THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE GREAT CIVIL WAR, A. D. 1861 TO 1865.
HE State of Maryland responded promptly to the call for the preser- vation of the Federal Union. While her people were divided in sentiment, many of them being connected by social and business ties with the Southern States, which attempted to divide the Union and set up a separate Confederacy, nevertheless the dominant sentiment was in favor of the Union. The Union people, especially in the western-section of the State, in the early days of 1861, with- out waiting for the authorities to act, took initiatory proceedings to form military organizations to protect themselves and preserve order.
They subsequently, upon the call of the proper authorities, enlisted regularly in the Army or Navy of the United States.
A considerable number of the people of Maryland who sympathized with the South- ern Confederacy, and who had the courage of their convictions, promptly left the State and joined the Confederate troops.
Maryland was on the border land, and in the early days of the Civil War, before the Government was apparently making any serious effort for its own maintenance, and while Confederate troops were stationed on the banks of the Potomac (on her borders), with a full knowledge that her territory would become, in part, the seat of war, her people did not hesitate as to their duty.
They enlisted in the regular Army or Navy of the United States, and in regiments from other States of the Union. They formed military organizations, and the Union Home Guards, of Western Maryland, armed and equipped, protected, confirmed and strengthened the Union sentiment in that section of the State. No appeal made to them, even when their territory was occupied by Confederate armies, or their fair fields desolated by contending hosts, property seized, appropriated, consumed, burned or destroyed, could make them waver in their allegiance to the Union.
The sacrifices made by the people of Maryland for the preservation of the Union have never been properly understood or appreciated.
The first naval contingent which manned the fleet of Commander Foote, in the year 1861, on the Mississippi, and which did such splendid service, was composed in part of Baltimore sailors, descendants of that gallant body of men who carried the American flag to victory on the high seas in the famous Baltimore privateers during the war of 1812-1815.
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HISTORY OF MARYLAND TROOPS, WAR OF 1861-1865.
Maryland sailors helped man the fleets of Admirals Farragut and Porter at New Orleans, Mobile Bay, Charleston and Wilmington. In fact, wherever a naval engage- ment was had during the Civil War, you could " find the Baltimore sailor" on the ship- ping lists.
The First Regiment of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, was organized at Baltimore in May, 1861, composed not only of citizens of Baltimore, but from a number of the counties, especially Frederick, Howard and Baltimore counties. Major John R. Kenly, a veteran soldier of the Mexican War, was commissioned Colonel. Colonel Kenly was subsequently promoted Brigadier-General and Brevet Major-General.
The regiment promptly proceeded to the front, and at Front Royal, Virginia, May 23, 1862, it emulated the old Maryland line of yore, by the terrible sacrifice it made to save General Banks' Army of the Shenandoah from annihilation, as its progenitors had done at Long Island, New York, in the War of the Revolution, to save the army of General Washington.
This regiment maintained its reputation for gallantry all through the Civil War ; re-enlisted for the war and veteranized upon the expiration of their original terms of enlistment, and was at the front, with the 5th Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac, at the final surrender of General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.
The Second and Third Regiments of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, were organized in June, 1861, and rendered splendid service in the States of North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, as well as on the sanguinary battlefield of Antietam, Md., Sep- tember 17, 1862, where the Second Regiment particularly distinguished itself in the charge at the Burnside Bridge, as it also did at the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., November 18 to December 6, 1863.
The Third Regiment acted with conspicuous gallantry at the great Battle of Gettys- burg, Pa., July 2 and 3, 1863.
The Fourth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Regiments of Infantry, Maryland Volun- teers, were organized from June to September, 1862.
The Fifth Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, was organized in September, 1861.
The Purnell Legion, consisting of a regiment of infantry, three companies of cav- alry, and two batteries of artillery, was organized from October to December, 1861, through the instrumentality of the Hon. William H. Purnell, who was Postmaster at Baltimore City at the time, and after whom it was named. Colonel Samuel Graham, of this regiment, was a prominent Maryland lawyer.
The First, Second and Third Regiments of Potomac Home Brigade Infantry, Mary- land Volunteers, and Cole's Battalion, Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry, Maryland Volun- teers, were organized in the western section of the State between August 1, 1861, and October, 1861, through the instrumentality of the Hon. Francis Thomas, member of Congress, by special authority of the Secretary of War.
Like the famous Pennsylvania Reserves, this brigade was organized for special service and contained excellent material, and from the battlefields of Gettysburg, Pa. (where the First Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade Infantry, under the command of Colonel William P Maulsby, a distinguished Maryland lawyer of Revolutionary stock,
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HISTORY OF MARYLAND TROOPS, WAR OF 1861-1865.
rendered signal service and suffered severely), to Lynchburg, Va., on the James River, they rendered gallant service, especially the cavalry battalion, which was always known officially and otherwise as "Cole's Cavalry," and which made quite a reputation for its daring and successful raids. It was composed of farmers' sons from the border land, who owned their own horses and who were natural born cavalrymen.
For its gallant conduct in heading the cavalry column which cut its way through the enemy's lines at Harper's Ferry, Va., prior to its surrender, September 14, 1862, and for its splendid conduct at the midnight battle in the snow on Loudon Heights, Va., January 10, 1864 (for which it received a congratulatory order from the General-in- Chief of the Armies of the United States), the battalion was augmented to a full regi- ment of three battalions in the spring of 1864.
Lieutenant-Colonel Vernon, who lost an eye in this battle, was afterwards Surveyor of Customs at Baltimore, Md., and Major Alexander Shaw, of Second Regiment Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade, who rendered gallant service with his command in West Vir- ginia, is at present one of the most successful financiers and business men of Maryland.
The First and Second Regiments of Eastern Shore Infantry Volunteers were organized from September to December, 1861, of excellent material, and many of the offi- cers, like Colonel Wallace, Colonel Wilkens and Captain W. D. Burchinal (afterwards Surveyor of Customs at Baltimore, Md.), were members of the oldest and best families of that section of Maryland.
The First Eastern Shore Regiment performed gallant service on Culp's Hill, at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2 and 3, 1863, and the Second Regiment was con- spicuous for its soldiery qualities during the Lynchburg campaign of 1864.
The Thirteenth Regiment of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, was organized March 1, 1865.
The First Regiment of Cavalry, Maryland Volunteers, was organized between August, 1861, and June, 1862. A portion of this regiment came from the District of Columbia and the State of Pennsylvania. They rendered invaluable service with the cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac, and particularly distinguished themselves at the cavalry fights and victories of Brandy Station, Va., June 9, 1863, and Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3, 1863. Many of the officers were promoted from the ranks for gallantry and meritorious conduct.
The Third Regiment of Cavalry was organized at Baltimore, Md., from August 8, 1863, to January 9, 1864, and performed good service in the States of Louisiana, Mis- sissippi and Alabama.
The Patapsco Guards, Independent Company of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, was organized September 25, 1861.
Smith's Independent Company of Cavalry was organized October 15, 1862.
The Baltimore Battery, Light Artillery (Alexander's), was organized August 18, 1862. It was composed of most excellent material; one of its former lieutenants, Peter Leary, is now captain, of fine record, of Battery D, 4th Regiment, United States Artillery.
It rendered splendid service at the battle of Winchester, Va., June 14 and 15, 1863, and at Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864.
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HISTORY OF MARYLAND TROOPS, WAR OF 1861-1865.
Battery D, Maryland Light Artillery, was organized June 24 to November 2, 1864, and assigned to the defenses of Washington.
Batteries A (Rigby's) and B, Maryland Light Artillery, were organized from August to October, 1861, and originally constituted a part of the Purnell Legion.
They had a splendid record, and particularly distinguished themselves at the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862, as a part of that grand park of artillery which drove back, with such severe losses, the victorious troops of Lee and saved the Army of the Potomac.
Again, at battles of Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862, Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862, and Gettysburg, Pa., July 2 and 3, 1863, they were conspicuous for their gallant and efficient service.
All of the aforementioned regiments of infantry and cavalry and batteries of artil- lery enlisted for three years, or during the war-that is, the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Thirteenth Regiments of Infantry, Maryland Volun- teers; the First Regiment of Cavalry, Maryland Volunteers, and Cole's Cavalry (First Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry, Maryland Volunteers); Batteries A (Rigby's), B and D, Maryland Light Artillery; and the Baltimore Battery, Maryland Light Artillery (Alexander's).
The older commands, as aforesaid, on the expiration of their terms of enlistments, re-enlisted for the war-that is, the First, Second, Third, Fifth Regiments of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers; First, Second, Third Regiments of Potomac Home Brigade Infan- try, Maryland Volunteers, and the First and Second Regiments of Eastern Shore Infan- try, Maryland Volunteers ; the First Regiment of Cavalry, Maryland Volunteers, and Cole's Cavalry (1st Regiment. P. H. B. Cavalry, Maryland Volunteers); Companies A, B and C Cavalry, Purnell Legion; Patapsco Guards, Independent Company of Infan- try, Maryland Volunteers.
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