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Vicksburg (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.21
hnson, promoted to Brigadier-General. Second infantry--Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph R. Herbert. First cavalry--Lieutenant-Colonel Ridgeley Brown, killed; Lieutenant-Colonel G. W. Dorsey. Second cavalry--Major Harry Gilmore. First battery--Captain R. Snowden Andrews, promoted Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain W. F. Dernent. Second battery--Captain J. B. Brockenborough, promoted Major; Captain W. H. Griffin. Third battery--Captain H. B. Latrobe, promoted March 1st, 1863; killed at Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 22d, 1863; Captain John B. Rowan, promoted June 30th, 1863; killed before Nashville, Tennessee, December 16th, 1864; Captain William L. Ritter, promoted December 16th, 1864, on the battle-field before Nashville, Tennessee. Fourth battery--Captain William Brown, killed; Captain W. S. Chew. First Maryland infantry--The First Maryland infantry was organized in June, 1861, and shortly after their organization were complimented by General J. E. Johnston, in the following speci
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.21
the guns till the surrender of the enemy. The Second Maryland ( Baltimore Light ) Artillery was organized early in the fall of 1861, under the command of Captain J. B. Brockenborough, who was promoted to Major in September, 1862. After this Captain W. H. Griffin had command of it. They served in the Army of Northern Virginia to the close of the war, and were looked upon as one of the best batteries in the service. The Third Maryland Artillery was organized in January, 1862, at Richmond, Virginia, under command of Captain H. B. Latrobe. They were sent to the Western army, and served till the close of the war. They aided very materially in the capture of the ironclad Federal steamer Indianola, on the Mississippi river. Major J. L. Brent, who commanded the expedition against the steamer, says, in his official report, a detachment from the Third Maryland artillery were in the expedition, and acted with courage and discipline when under fire. The Fourth Maryland ( Chesapeake )
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 3.21
ot you will join in the feeling. A Virginian. The following letter from Brigadier-General William McComb will give a general outline of the history of the Second Maryland from Cold Harbor to Appomattox, and show the part they took in the closing scenes of our struggle for independence: Gordonsville, Virginia, December 16, 1876. Mr. Lamar Hollyday: Dear Sir — I am glad to learn you propose writing an article for the Southern Historical papers on the Maryland soldiers of the Confederate States Army. It affords me pleasure to give you some information of a command so worthy of notice in your article as the Second Maryland infantry. The command reported for duty to the commanding officer of Archer's brigade, about the 20th June, 1864. General Archer at that time was a prisoner at Johnson's Island, and from exposure there contracted a disease which resulted in his death in the fall of 1864. In his death the writer lost one of his warmest friends, Maryland one of her most ga
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.21
joined them afterward, one in about two months and the other about a year after their organization. They were in service up to the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox. During the fall and winter of 1862-3 they were attached to General Jones' cavalry brigade, and were on duty in the Valley of Virginia; being constantly on t Virginian. The following letter from Brigadier-General William McComb will give a general outline of the history of the Second Maryland from Cold Harbor to Appomattox, and show the part they took in the closing scenes of our struggle for independence: Gordonsville, Virginia, December 16, 1876. Mr. Lamar Hollyday: Deabsequently they were joined by three other companies. They served throughout the war with great honor, and after cutting their way through the Federal lines at Appomattox, finally disbanded about the 28th of April, 1865. The following letter from Brigadier-General Munford explains itself: Cloverdale, Botetourt county, Vi
Charlottesville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.21
) appended to the color-staff of the First Maryland regiment. By order of Major-General Ewell. James Barbour, Assistant Adjutant-General. As soon as the Valley campaign was over the regiment was ordered to Staunton, to muster out two companies whose term of service had expired, and to receive a new company. They had not been there long before they were ordered to again join the main army, and took an active part in the Seven Days fights before Richmond; after which they went to Charlottesville; from thence to Gordonsville, where, in August, 1862, they were mustered out of the service, some of the men joining new infantry companies which were then forming, while others entered the cavalry and artillery. The total length of service of the First regiment was fourteen to sixteen months. Second Maryland infantry. The Second Maryland infantry was organized in the fall of 1862, and numbered six companies. Two other companies joined them afterward, one in about two months and
Newtown (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.21
ts of the town of Winchester; but fearing that the enemy would shell the town from the main fort, I ordered him back. * * I must also commend the gallantry of Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert and Major Goldsborough, of the Maryland line, and their troops. General Ewell also, in his official report of the Gettysburg campaign, gives additional evidence of the existence of the command. He says: On the 13th, I sent Early's division and Colonel Brown's artillery battalion (under Captain Dance) to Newtown, on the Valley pike, where they were joined by the Maryland battalion of infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert, and the Baltimore light artillery, Captain Griffin. Immediately after the battle of Winchester, the Second Maryland joined General George H. Steuart's brigade, and took an active and distinguished part in the battle of Gettysburg, assisted in the capture of the Federal breastworks at Culp's Hill, which they held all of the night of 2d July and a part of the next day, losing in k
Alexandria (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.21
who guarded every avenue to the South, and it was a very hard matter to keep the underground railway in operation. Large sums were paid to get through — in some instances one hundred dollars and more. A party who was living in New York when the war broke out was one month in making his way from that city to Richmond; for three days was hid in a swamp on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, sleeping at night in a potato hole or house dug in the ground, and finally, in the attempt to cross the Potomac river, was intercepted and shot at by some Yankees in a launch from a Federal gunboat. He however escaped and reached the Virginia shore in safety, losing all his baggage, and the boat in which he crossed was captured. Many persons have said if the Marylanders were so anxious to enlist in the Confederate service, why did they not do so when General Lee's army was in their State. It must be remembered that the army only went into the western part of the State, which was to Maryland the sam
Hatcher's Run (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.21
Pegram was killed, and the morning the lines south of Petersburg were broken, particularly in the latter engagement, when over one-half of General Heth's division had been withdrawn from the line the day before to reinforce the line south of Hatcher's Run, leaving our soldiers deployed in the main works at about five paces; yet even under these trying circumstances the Second Maryland and the Tennessee troops composing the brigade held every foot of line entrusted to them until they received onth Tennessee regiments, and the writer is happy to say that when the order was given (by General Cooke, commanding the division) to retreat, there was not the least confusion, although the only means of escape was to swim the military dam on Hatcher's Run. The entire brigade (except those disabled) swam across or crossed on trees, and were ready for duty in the next engagement, and were ready to fight their way out at Appomattox Courthouse if the word had been given; but there, as elsewhere,
Johnson's Island (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.21
Virginia, December 16, 1876. Mr. Lamar Hollyday: Dear Sir — I am glad to learn you propose writing an article for the Southern Historical papers on the Maryland soldiers of the Confederate States Army. It affords me pleasure to give you some information of a command so worthy of notice in your article as the Second Maryland infantry. The command reported for duty to the commanding officer of Archer's brigade, about the 20th June, 1864. General Archer at that time was a prisoner at Johnson's Island, and from exposure there contracted a disease which resulted in his death in the fall of 1864. In his death the writer lost one of his warmest friends, Maryland one of her most gallant sons, the brigade, the best commander it ever had, and the Confederacy, one of the bravest officers in the army--one competent to fill any position in the corps. He could see, decide and act with as much alacrity as any officer I ever knew. The writer had the honor of commanding the brigade the greater
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.21
-Captain William Brown, killed; Captain W. S. Chew. First Maryland infantry--The First Maryland infantry was organized in June, 1861, and shortly after their organization were complimented by General J. E. Johnston, in the following special order: headquarters, Winchester, June 22, 1861. special order. The Commanding General thanks Lieutenant-Colonel Steuart and the Maryland regiment for the faithful and exact manner in which they carried out his orders of the 19th instant at Harper's Ferry. He is glad to learn that, owing to their discipline, no private property was injured and no unoffending citizen disturbed. The soldierly qualities of the Maryland regiment will not be forgotten in the day of action. By order of General Joseph E. Johnston. W. H. Whiting, Inspector-General. General G. T. Beauregard, in his letter to Mr. J. Thomas Scharf under date of November 5th, 1873, published in the Baltimore Chronicle, thus speaks of the First Maryland's participation in th
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