3rd Maryland Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=3rd Maryland Regiment


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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=
motto=
colors=
march=
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battles=Guilford Court House,
Battle of Camden
Yorktown
notable_commanders=Colonel Mordecai Gist,
Colonel John E. Howard
Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Ramsey
anniversaries=Campaign
name=Philadelphia campaign participation, 1777–1778
battles=Brandywine – Germantown – White Marsh – Matson's Ford – MonmouthCampaign
name=Southern theater participation, 1780–1783
battles=Camden – Cowpens – Guilford Court House – Hobkirk's Hill – Eutaw Springs – Yorktown

ummary

The 3rd Maryland Regiment was organized on 27 March 1776 of eight companies from Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Talbot, Harford and Somerset counties of the colony of Maryland..

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=2006-05-28| accessyear=2006 | accessmonth=May | edition= | date= | year= | month= | publisher=Center of Military History | 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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