Maryland in the Civil War

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Introduction
Maryland was a border state between the Union and the Confederacy. Nearly 85,000 men signed up to join the military. Though it was a slave state, only a fourth of them joined Confederate units. The majority joined Union forces.

For more information, see the Wikipedia article, Maryland in the American Civil War.

Maryland Military Units
Most units were numbered, however, some were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and unassigned companies.

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Union Units

 * 1st Regiment, Maryland Heavy Artillery Organization not completed. Company "A" on duty in the Defences of Baltimore, Md


 * 1st Regiment, Maryland Light Artillery "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Maryland Cavalry Organized at Baltimore and Williamsport, Md., Pittsburg, Pa., and Washington, D. C., August, 1861, to June, 1862. Mustered out August 8, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, Maryland Cavalry, Potomac Home Brigade Independent Cavalry Companies organized at Frederick, Md., August 10 to November 27, 1861. . Mustered out June 28, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, Maryland Infantry Organized at Baltimore, Md. Mustered in: Company "A" May 10; Companies "B," "C," May 11; Company "D," May 16, 1861. Moved to Relay House, Md. May 24, 1861. Company "E" mustered in May 25, and Companies "F," "G," "H," "I" and "K" mustered in at Relay House May 27, 1861. Mustered out July 2, 1865


 * 1st Regiment, Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry Organized at Cambridge, Md., September, 1861. Company "A" mustered out by order of the War Department August 16, 1862. Regiment consolidated with 11th Maryland Infantry February 23, 1865.


 * 2nd Regiment, Maryland Cavalry (6 months, 1863-1864) Organized at Baltimore and Annapolis, Md., July 1 to August 12, 1863, for 6 months. Mustered out Companies "A" and "B" January 26, 1864; Companies "C" and "D" February 6, 1864; Company "E" January 31, 1864.


 * 2nd Regiment, Maryland Infantry Organized at Baltimore, Md., June to September, 1861. Duty in the Department of Washington till July. Mustered out July 7, 1865.


 * 2nd Regiment, Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry Organized at Charlestown, Kent County, Md., October 2 to December 28, 1861.2nd Regiment,


 * 2nd Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade Organized at Cumberland, Md., August 27 to October 31, 1861. Mustered out May 29, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, Maryland Cavalry Organized at Baltimore, Md., August 8, 1863, to January 9, 1864. Mustered out at Vicksburg, Miss., September 7, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, Maryland Infantry Organized at Baltimore and Williamsport, Md., June 18, 1861, to February 17, 1862. Mustered out July 31, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade Organized at Cumberland, Hagerstown and Baltimore, Md., October 31, 1861, to May 20, 1862. Mustered out May 29, 1865.


 * 4th Regiment, Maryland Infantry (Old) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Regiment, Maryland Infantry (New) Organized at Baltimore, Md., July and August, 1862. Mustered out May 31, 1865.


 * 4th Regiment, Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade Organization not completed. Mustered out May 29, 1865.


 * 5th Regiment, Maryland Infantry Organized at Baltimore, Md., September, 1861. Mustered out September 1, 1865, at Fredericksburg, Va.


 * 6th Regiment, Maryland Infantry Organized at Baltimore, Md., August 12 to September 3, 1862. Mustered out June 20, 1865.


 * 7th Regiment, Maryland Infantry Organized at Baltimore, Md., August and September, 1862. Mustered out May 31, 1865.


 * 8th Regiment, Maryland Infantry Organized at Baltimore, Md., August, 1862. Mustered out May 31, 1865.


 * 9th Regiment, Maryland Infantry (6 months, 1863-1864) Organized at Baltimore, Md., June and July, 1863, for six months. Mustered out February 24, 1864.


 * Battery A, Maryland Junior Light Artillery (6 months, 1863-1864) Organized at Baltimore, Md., for 6 months' service July 14, 1862. Mustered out January 19, 1864.


 * Battery B, Maryland Light Artillery (6 months, 1863-1864) Organized at Baltimore, Md., July 14, 1863, for 6 months' service. Mustered out January 16, 1864.


 * 10th Regiment, Maryland Infantry (6 months, 1863-1864) Organized at Baltimore, Md., June and July, 1863, for six months. Mustered out January 29, 1864.


 * 11th Regiment, Maryland Infantry (100 days, 1864) Organized at Baltimore, Md., for 100 days, June 16, 1864. Mustered out June 15, 1865.


 * 12th Regiment, Maryland Infantry (100 days, 1864) Organized at Baltimore, Md., for 100 days, July 30, 1864. Mustered out November 14, 1864.


 * 13th Regiment, Maryland Infantry Organized at Baltimore, Md., for 100 days, July 30, 1864. Mustered out November 14, 1864.


 * Baltimore Light Infantry, Maryland Organized at Baltimore November and December, 1861.


 * Baltimore Battery, Maryland Light Artillery Organized at Baltimore, Md. Mustered in August 18, 1862. Mustered out June 17, 1865.


 * McGowan's Independent Company, Maryland Infantry (Patapsco Guards) Organized at Ellicott's Mills, Md., September 25, 1861. Mustered out August 17, 1865.


 * Purnell Legion, Maryland Cavalry Companies "A" and "B" organized at Pikesville September to November, 1861. Mustered out October 26, 1864.


 * Purnell Legion, Maryland Infantry Organized at Pikesville, Md., near Baltimore, under special authority of the Secretary of War, October 31 to December 31, 1861. Mustered out October 24, 1864.


 * Smith's Independent Company, Maryland Cavalry Organized at Snow Hill October 15, 1862. Mustered out June 30, 1865.


 * Unassigned Maryland "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

Confederate Units

 * 1st Battalion, Maryland Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Maryland Cavalry Began its formation in May, 1862 and became a four-company battalion at Winchester, Virginia in November. In April, 1865, it cut through Federal lines at Appomattox and disbanded.


 * 1st Regiment, Maryland Infantry 1st Infantry Regiment was assembled at Winchester, Virginia, during the early summer of 1861 On August 11, 1862, the unit disbanded at Gordonsville, Virginia.


 * 1st Battery, Maryland Artillery 1st Artillery Company [also called the Maryland Flying Battery] was organized at Richmond, Virginia, in July, 1861. It surrendered


 * 2nd Battalion, Maryland Cavalry 2nd Cavalry Battalion was organized at Staunton, Virginia, in September, 1863. After serving as partisan rangers, it was mustered into Confederate service in May, 1864


 * 2nd Battalion, Maryland Infantry 2nd Infantry Regiment, often called 1st or 2nd Battalion, formerly the 1st Infantry Battalion, was organized at Winchester, Virginia in September, 1862. In May, 1864, it surrendered


 * 2nd Battery, Maryland Artillery 2nd Artillery Company, usually known as the Baltimore Battery, was formed in September, 1861. It served as infantry in the trenches of Petersburg; It lost. And in action at Gettysburg, it surrendered


 * 3rd Battery, Maryland Artillery 3rd Artillery Company was organized at Richmond, Virginia, in January, 1862 Was captured at Vicksburg. After being exchanged, the officers and men were consolidated with the Stephens Georgia Light Artillery


 * 4th Battery, Maryland Artillery 4th Artillery Company [also called Chesapeake Battery] was organized at Richmond, Virginia, during the spring of 1862. The battery lost 1 wounded at Second Manassas, had 4 killed and 12 wounded of the 76 at Gettysburg, and surrendered


 * Maryland Line "Units of the Confederate States Army", by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Maryland Quartermaster Department "Units of the Confederate States Army", by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Unattached Maryland Company(Misc) "Units of the Confederate States Army"by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit. 


 * Walter's Company, Maryland (Zarvona Zouaves) "Units of the Confederate States Army", by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Weston's Battalion, Maryland Infantry "Units of the Confederate States Army", by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Guides to Records
Guide to Civil War Sources by the Maryland Historical Society is helpful with your Civil War era research. Maryland was officially a Union state, but some men—particularly from southern Maryland—did serve in the Confederate Army. For more information about the Civil War see the Civil War page. For service records of Union soldiers, see:


 * Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Maryland
 * Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Maryland.

For service record of Confederate soldiers, see Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Maryland

Pension Records
The Family History Library has an index to Civil War pension records Family History Library films You must order photocopies of Union pension applications from the National Archives. The state of Maryland did not offer pensions to those who served in the Confederacy.


 * Civil War Pension Index Cards - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch Record Search. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included.

Rosters
Published rosters of Confederate and Union soldiers are in:


 * The Maryland Line in the Confederate Army, 1861-1865 Full text on Google Books
 * Marylanders in the Confederacy
 * Maryland in the Civil War
 * History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-65
 * Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the Confederate States: To January 1, 1863

History

 * A Memoir, Richard Snowden Andrews, Lieutenant-Colonel Full Text is available at Google Books. This is a history from the recollections of Richard Snowden Andrews Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding the first Maryland Artillery (Andrews Battalion) Confederate States Army of the account of a fight of two guns at Sevenson's Depot near Winchester in 1863.

The Family History Library has some Maryland regimental histories. An example is Colored Volunteers of Maryland Civil War, 7th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, 1863-1866 To learn more about Maryland Confederate forces, see Confederate Military History Volume two deals only with Maryland.

Online Resources

 * Civil War Rosters is a directory of Civil War Rosters and Muster Rolls that have been found on the internet. Some of the units may not be listed as only about 50-60% of all rosters are on the internet. Links are given for further research.
 * History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers War of 1861-5 Volume 1. Maintained by Maryland State Archives.
 * The National Museum of Civil War Medicine located in Frederick, Maryland is a repository of exhibits and artifacts devoted to effectively weave the narrative of suffering soldiers, caregivers, their families and the dramatic and innovative developments in medical treatment.
 * Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861–1865 by Lineages.com is searchable by last name. This is a roster of 49,038 Maryland troops who fought for the Union during the Civil War. Site provides the following information: • Name • Rank • Enlisted • Remarks • Regiment • Discharged