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Sixth Maryland Infantry.
Keifer's Brigade —
Ricketts's Division--Sixth Corps
Losses. | Officers | En.
Men. | Total. |
Killed and mortally wounded | 8 | 120 | 128 |
Died of disease, accidents, etc. | 1 | 73 | 74 |
Died in Confederate prisons | | 34 | 34 |
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Totals | 9 | 227 | 236 |
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Battles. | Killed. | Wounded.1 | Missing.2 | Total. |
Winchester, Va. (1863) | 1 | 6 | 167 | 174 |
Mine Run, Va. | 10 | 42 | | 52 |
Wilderness, Va. | 24 | 112 | 34 | 170 |
Spotsylvania, Va. | 2 | 4 | | 6 |
Cold Harbor, Va. | 5 | 29 | 1 | 35 |
Opequon, Va. | 7 | 32 | 3 | 42 |
Fisher's Hill, Va. | | 10 | | 10 |
Cedar Creek, Va. | 8 | 42 | 1 | 51 |
Petersburg, Va. | 11 | 68 | 7 | 86 |
Sailor's Creek, Va. | 2 | 5 | | 7 |
Picket and Skirmishes | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
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Totals | 72 | 359 | 214 | 645 |
Present, also, at Wapping Heights: Bristoe Station;
Brandy Station;
Monocacy;
Hatcher's Run;
Appomattox.
notes.--The Sixth was organized in August, 1862, under the
President's second call for troops, six of the companies coming from
Baltimore.
Leaving that city on September 19, 1862, it proceeded to
Williamsport, on the
Upper Potomac, where it joined the Maryland Brigade.
It left that brigade in March, 1863, and became a part of the Third Brigade, Second Division (
Milroy's), Eighth Corps.
This division retired before
Lee's advance to
Gettysburg, but not without some hard fighting at
Winchester, Va., in which the Sixth was engaged; it then moved into
Maryland, where it was subsequently assigned to the Third Corps, becoming the Third Division.
The regiment was in the Third Corps at
Mine Run, in which affair it took a prominent part, being then in
Keifer's (2d) Brigade,
Carr's (3d) Division, Third Corps.
The principal engagement of the
Mine Run campaign occurred at
Locust Grove, a fight which devolved almost wholly on
Carr's Division, and largely on the Sixth Maryland.
In March, 1864, the entire division was transferred to the Sixth Corps, the regiment becoming a part of the Second Brigade (
Col. B. F. Smith's). Upon its transfer to the Sixth Corps, the division was placed under the command of
General Ricketts.
Colonel Howard resigned May 5, 1863, and was succeeded by
Colonel Horn, who resigned in February, 1865.
The Sixth fought with signal gallantry in the battles of the
Wilderness and
Cold Harbor, its losses in the former action being unusually severe.
On July 6, 1864, the division was ordered on transports at
City Point, Va., and sailed for
Baltimore to meet
Early's invasion of
Maryland.
Owing to delay in transportation, the regiment did not arrive in time to participate in the battle of the
Monocacy, but in time to cover the retreat of
Ricketts's Division.
General Ricketts was wounded at
Cedar Creek, and was succeeded by
General Seymour The regiment did some good fighting in the
Valley, and, also, in the final battles of the war. It was mustered out June 20, 1865.