5th Maryland Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=5th Maryland Regiment


caption=
country= United States
allegiance=Continental Congress of the United States
type=Infantry
branch= Army
dates=1776-1783
specialization=
command_structure=Maryland Line
size=728 soldiers(1776) re-organized to 611 soldiers(1781)
current_commander=
garrison=
ceremonial_chief=
nickname=Dandy Fifth
motto=
colors=
march=
mascot=
battles=American Revolutionary War
*Monmouth
*Battle of Camden
*Guilford Court House
notable_commanders= Colonel William Richardson
General Johann DeKalb
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 – YorktownThe 5th Maryland Regiment (The Dandy Fifth) was organized on 27 March 1776 composing of eight companies of .
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1-175in.htm Note the 175th Infantry MNG claims descent from the 5th 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=24 May| accessyear=2006 | accessmonth= | edition= | date= | year= | month= | publisher=Center of Military Hisory | location=Washington, D.C. | language=English | id= | pages= | chapter=Lineages | chapterurl=http://battleofcamden.org/wright.htm#5md

Bibliography

*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=Brewer | first=James H. Fitzgerald | authorlink= | coauthors= | editor= | others= | title=History of the 175th Infantry (Fifth Maryland) | origdate= | origyear=1955 | origmonth= | url= | format= | accessdate= | accessyear= | accessmonth= | edition= | date= | year= | month= | publisher=Maryland Historical Society | location=War Records Division | language=English | id= | pages= | 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=

*cite book | last=Steuart | first=Rieman | authorlink= | coauthors= | editor= | others= | title=History of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783 | origdate= | origyear=1972 | origmonth= | url= | format= | accessdate= | accessyear= | accessmonth= | edition= | date= | year= | month= | publisher=Towson;Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland | location= | language=English | id= | pages= | chapter= | chapterurl=

External links

*cite web | title=The Revolutionary War American Units| url=http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/states/md/md-05.htm | accessdate=May 24 | accessyear=2006