2nd Maryland Regiment

"For the American Civil War regiment, see 2nd Maryland Infantry."

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=2nd Maryland Regiment


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country=
allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type=Infantry
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dates=1776-1783
specialization=
command_structure=Maryland Line
size=728 soldiers(1776) re-organized to 611 soldiers(1781)
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garrison=
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battles=Monmouth; Battle of Camden and Guilford Court House
notable_commanders=Colonel Thomas Price Colonel John Gunby
anniversaries=Campaign
name=New York and New Jersey campaigns participation, 1776–1777
battles=Long Island –White Plains – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage WarCampaign
name=Philadelphia campaign participation, 1777–1778
battles=Brandywine - Germantown – White Marsh – Matson's Ford – MonmouthCampaign
name=Southern theater campaign participation, 1780–1783
battles=Camden – Cowpens – Guilford Court House – Hobkirk's Hill – Eutaw Springs – Yorktown

ummary

The 2nd Maryland Regiment origins were authorized on January 14, 1776 in the Maryland State Troops as seven independent companies..

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=May 28 | accessyear=2006 | accessmonth= | edition= | date= | year= | month= | publisher=Center of Military Hisory | location= | language= | 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=

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