1st Regiment, Maryland Cavalry (Union)

Brief History
The 1st Regiment, Maryland Cavalry.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices and Staff - see Roster on page 704
 * Company A -no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 706 -708
 * Company B - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 709 - 712
 * Company C - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 712 - 716
 * Company D - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 716 - 719
 * Company E - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 720 - 722
 * Company F - no cities or counties givenr - see Roster on page 722 - 725
 * Company G - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 726 - 728
 * Company H - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 728 - 731
 * Company I - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 731 - 735
 * Company K - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 735 - 738
 * Company L - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 738 - 741
 * Company M - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 741 - 744
 * Unassigned Enlisted Men - see Roster on page 744 - 747

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 1st Regiment, Maryland Cavalry in L. Allison Wilmer, J. H. Jarrett, and Geo. W. F. Vernon. 1898. History and roster of Maryland volunteers, war of 1861-5. Baltimore: Press of Guggenheimer, Weil &amp; Co. other library  INTERNET ARCHIVE

Regimental History and Roster

 * The citizen soldiers at North Point and Fort McHenry. By Nathaniel Hickman. Baltimore: J. Young, printer, 1858. Online at: Internet Archive

Other Sources

 * 1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment timeline


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Maryland in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Maryland in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Maryland, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * 1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment monument