1st Maryland Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=1st Maryland Regiment


caption=1st Maryland Regiment holding the line at the Battle of Guilford
country=
allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type=Infantry
branch=
dates=1776-1783
specialization=
command_structure=Maryland Line
size=728 soldiers(1776) re-organized to 611 soldiers(1781)
current_commander=
garrison=
ceremonial_chief=
nickname=
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battles=Monmouth; Battle of Camden and Guilford Court House
notable_commanders=Colonel William Smallwood Colonel John Gunby
anniversaries=command structure
name=
date=12-31 August 1776
parent=Stirling's Brigade
subordinate=1st Company - Captain John Hoskins Stone
2d Company - Captain Patrick Sims
3d Company - Captain Barton Lucas
4th Company - Captain Thomas Ewing
5th Company - Captain Nathaniel Ramsey
6th Company - Captain Peter Adams
7th Company - Captain John Day Scott
8th Company - Captain Samuel Smith
9th Company of Light Infantry - Captain George Strickercommand structure
name=
date=31 August - 10 November 1776
parent=McDougall's Brigade
subordinate=Maryland Independent Companies (19 September 1776) added consisting of: 1st Independent Maryland Company (Charles & Calvert Counties) - Captain Rezin Beall
2d Independent Maryland Company (Somerset County) - Captain John Gunby
3d Independent Maryland Company (Worcester COounty)- Captain John Watkins
4th Independent Maryland Company (Talbot County)- Captain James Hindman
5th Independent Maryland Company (St. Mary's County)-Captain John Allen Thomas
6th Independent Maryland Company- Captain Thomas Woolford
7th Independent Maryland company (Queene Anne & Kent Counties)-Captain Edward Veazy command structure
name=
date=10 December 1776 - January 1777
parent=Mercer's Brigade
subordinate=command structure
name=
date=22 May 1777 - 15 November 1783
parent=1st Maryland Brigade
subordinate=Campaign
name=New York and New Jersey campaigns participation, 1776–1777
battles=Long Island –White Plains – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage WarCampaign
name=Southern theater campaign participation, 1780–1783
battles=Camden – Cowpens – Guilford Court House – Hobkirk's Hill – Eutaw Springs – Yorktown

1st Maryland Regiment

The 1st Maryland Regiment (Smallwood's Regiment) originated with the authorization of a Maryland Battalion of the Maryland State Troops on January 14, 1776 which was organized in the spring at Baltimore, Maryland (three companies) and Annapolis, Maryland (six companies) under the command of Colonel William Smallwood consisting of eight companies and one light infantry company from the northern and western counties of the colony of Maryland.On 6 July 1776 the Maryland Battalion was assigned to the main Continental Army. On 12 August 1776 it was assigned to Stirling's Brigade and five days later (17 August 1776) adopted into the main Continental Army. On 31 August the Maryland Battalion was re-assigned from Stirling's Brigade to McDougall's Brigade. On 19 September 1776 the Maryland Independent Companies were assigned to the Maryland Battalion. This element was relieved from McDougall's Brigade on 10 November 1776. From 10 December 1776 to January 1777 the element was assigned to Mercer's Brigade. In January 1777 this element was re-organized to eight companies and was re-designated as the 1st Maryland Regiment and assigned to the 1st Maryland Brigade on 22 May 1777 of the main continental Army. On 12 May 1779 the regiment was re-organized to nine companies. On 5 April 1780 the 1st Maryland Brigade was re-assigned to the Southern Department. On 1 January 1781 it was re-assigned to the Maryland Brigade of the Southern Department. The regiment would see action during the New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, Battle of Camden and the Battle of Guilford Court House. The regiment was furloughed July 27, 1783 at Baltimore and disbanded on November 15, 1783.

The Maryland Battalion distinguished itself at the Battle of Long Island by singlehandedly covering the retreat of the American forces against numerically superior British and Hessian forces. Thereafter, General George Washington relied heavily upon the Marylanders as one of the few reliable fighting units in the early Continental Army. For this reason, Maryland is sometimes known as "The Old Line State." [ [http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname2.htm State Nicknames ] ] See the 115th Infantry Regiment.

References

*cite book | last=Wright | first=Richard K. | authorlink= | coauthors= | editor= | others= | title=The Continental Army | origdate= | origyear=1983 | origmonth= | url=http://www.army.mil/cmh/books/RevWar/ContArmy/CA-fm.htm | format=HTML | accessdate=2006-05-29 | accessyear=2006 | edition= | date= | year= | month= | publisher=Center of Military Hisory | location=Washington, D.C. | language=English | id= | pages= | chapter=Lineage | chapterurl=

Further reading

*cite book | last=Balch | first=Thomas | authorlink= | coauthors= | editor= | others= | title=Papers Relating Chiefly to the Maryland Line During the Revolution | origdate= | origyear=1857 | origmonth= | url= | format= | accessdate= | accessyear= | accessmonth= | edition= | date= | year= | month= | publisher= | location=Philadelphia | language=English | id= | pages=218 pgs | chapter= | chapterurl=

*cite book | last=Christian|first=Bernard | authorlink= | coauthors= | editor= | others= | title=Muster Rolls & other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution 1775-1783 | origdate= | origyear=1900 | origmonth= | url=http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000018/html/index.html | format=(HTML) | accessdate=May 29 | accessyear=2006 | edition=Reprint | date= | year=1972 | month= | publisher=Lord Baltimore Press, Maryland Historical Society | location=Baltimore, Maryland | language=English | id= | pages=736 pgs | chapter= | chapterurl=

External links

* [http://www.marylandmilitaryhistory.org Maryland Military Historical Society]