Civil War Unit Listing Below is a listing of all units (or parts thereof) that spent at least a few days in the Howard County area. The unit page contains primary and secondary source material for that unit. [[units:1st Delaware Cavalry]] - Part of the unit was at Relay House, from approximately 4/11/1864-5/8/1864. [[1st Connecticut Cavalry|1st Connecticut Cavalry]] - At Annapolis Junction 3/8/1864-3/15/1864. [[units:1st District Regiment]] - Service along Railroad from Annapolis Junction southwards, 11/30/1861-5/31/1862, at least. Possibly merged into 60th New York at that time. [[units:1st Eastern Shore Volunteers|1st Eastern Shore Volunteers]] - at Elysville, July 1864. At Relay House, 10/20/1864. [[units:1st Maryland Infantry]] - At Relay House, 5/20/1861-6/6/1861. [[1st Maryland Cavalry|1st Maryland Cavalry]] - Reported at Annapolis Junction, 3/16/1864. [[1st Michigan Infantry|1st Michigan Infantry]] - At Annapolis Junction and Laurel, 10/4/1861-2/7/1862 (at least). [[1st New Jersey Militia|1st New Jersey Militia]] - At Relay House, 7/15/1864-8/12/1864. [[units:1st Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry]] - At Annapolis Junction and Relay House, 7/27/1861-8/30/1861. [[units:1st Rhode Island Cavalry|1st Rhode Island Cavalry]] - Troop A to Relay House, June 24, 1864, rest of unit at Monrovia. July 25th, 1865 rest of unit to Relay House. 7/29/1865-8/3/1865, mustered out at Relay House. 2nd Battalion New York Light Artillery - At Relay House, Md. September to October, 1862. Designated [[units:15th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery|15th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery]] October, 1862. 2nd Maryland - reported at Relay House, 1864, by No Greater Glory: Third Edition By Daniel A. Masters. [[2nd New Jersey Militia|2nd New Jersey Militia]] - Several companies guarding railroads at Annapolis Junction and Beltsville, 5/5/1861 - 7/24/1861. [[3rd Delaware Infantry|3rd Delaware Infantry]] - Service at Relay House and Elysville, 6/24/1863-4/1/1864 [at least] [[3rd Pennsylvania Artillery|3rd Pennsylvania Artillery]] - Company H, Capt. William D. Rank, was in skirmish near Cooksville. and served at Relay House, 6/28/1863-8/10/1864 [at least] [[units:3rd Potomac Home Brigade/3rd Maryland Volunteer Infantry|3rd Potomac Home Brigade/3rd Maryland Volunteer Infantry]] - Service at Relay House, Elysville, and Annapolis Junction. Was in skirmish near Cooksville. 6/28/1863-6/10/1864 [at least] [[units:4th Maryland Infantry|4th Maryland Infantry]] - Reported at Relay House, September 1862, in letter from the 118th New York. [[units:4th Wisconsin Infantry|4th Wisconsin Infantry]] - Service at Relay House, 7/29/1861-11/4/1861. [[units:5th New York Heavy Artillery|5th New York Heavy Artillery]] - At Relay House, September 1862. [Stationed at Relay House, January to April 9, 1864.] [[units:5th New York State Militia|5th New York State Militia]] - Service at Annapolis Junction, 4/30/1861-5/12/1861 5th US Artillery - Two guns and thirty men attached to the 14th New Jersey Infantry at Monocacy, 9/4/1862. OR reports a detachment of the 5th US Artillery, under Lieutenant Spooner, with 29 men, at Relay House, August, 1863. [[units:6th Massachusetts Infantry|6th Massachusetts Infantry]] - Service at Relay House, 5/5/1861-7/29/1861 [[6th New York Cavalry|6th New York Cavalry]] - Company E, under Captain Beardsley, stationed at Cooksville, 9/9/1862 through (at least) 9/11/1862. [[6th New York State Militia|6th New York State Militia]] - Service at Relay House, ca. 5/16/1861 and at Annapolis Junction, 6/29/1861-7/29/1861 6th Veteran Reserve Corps - Reported to be at Laurel, April 26, 1864. [[7th Maryland Infantry|7th Maryland Infantry]] - spent five days at Relay House in September, 1862. [[7th Delaware Infantry|7th Delaware Infantry]] - Company B at Relay House, 7/22/1864. [[units:8th Massachusetts Infantry|8th Massachusetts Infantry]] - Service at Relay House, 5/12/1861-7/3/1861 [[units:8th New York Cavalry|8th New York Cavalry]] - Service at Relay House, 6/23/1862-8/29/1862 [[units:8th New York State Militia|8th New York State Militia]] - Service at Relay House, 5/5/1861-5/17/1861 [[8th New York Heavy Artillery|8th New York Heavy Artillery]] - Detachment at Relay House, 8/10/1864, 9/19/1864 and 10/20/1864. [[9th New York Heavy Artillery|9th New York Heavy Artillery]] - Detachment at Relay House, 8/10/1864, 9/19/1864 and 10/20/1864. [[units:10th Maine Infantry|10th Maine Infantry]] - Service at Relay House and Annapolis Junction, 11/3/1861-3/8/1862 [[units:10th Vermont Volunteers|10th Vermont Volunteers]] - At Ellicott's Mills and Relay House, 7/9/1864-7/14/1864 [[units:11th Maryland Infantry|11th Maryland Infantry]] - Company C at Relay House, 12/1864-3/11/1865 [at least] [[12th Maryland Infantry|12th Maryland Infantry]] - Possible duty on railroad, 11/1864 [[units:12th New Jersey Infantry|12th New Jersey Infantry]] - Service at Ellicott's Mills, 9/8/1862-12/10/1862 [[units:13th New York State Militia|13th New York State Militia]] - possible service at Annapolis Junction, June 1861. [[13th Pennsylvania Cavalry|13th Pennsylvania Cavalry]] - 9/12/1862, ordered to report to Col. Johnson at Ellicott's Mills. 12/10/1862, replaces the 12th NJ at Ellicott's Mills. [[14th New Jersey Infantry|14th New Jersey Infantry]] - At Sykesville, 9/8/1862. At Elysville, 9/5/1862-9/16/1862. Reorganized at Ellicott's Mills after Monocacy. [[units:15th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery|15th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery]] - [Duty at Relay House, Md., October, 1862, to January, 1863.] - CWA [[units:18th Veteran Reserve Corps|18th Veteran Reserve Corps]] - reported to be at Annapolis Junction, June, July, and August, 1864. Detachment at Beltsville, 8/1864. Definitely at Laurel, July 1864 - Oct., 1864. [[units:20th New York State Militia|20th New York State Militia]] - Service at Annapolis Junction, 5/11/1861-8/2/1861 [[units:21st Massachusetts Infantry|21st Massachusetts Infantry]] - Stationed at Annapolis Junction from 8/30/1861 through 12/18/1861. Some men were previously detailed there as well. [[27th Massachusetts Infantry|27th Massachusetts Infantry]] - Company A served at and near Annapolis Junction, mid-November, 1861. [[44th Pennsylvania Volunteers|44th Pennsylvania Volunteers]] - Also known as the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry and the 15th Pennsylvania Reserves. Companies served on detached duty in and around Baltimore throughout War. [[units:60th Massachusetts Infantry|60th Massachusetts Infantry]] - One week's duty at Relay House, 8/1/1864-8/9/1864. [[units:60th New York Infantry|60th New York Infantry]] - Service at Relay House, 11/9/1861-6/1862. [[units:67th Pennsylvania Infantry|67th Pennsylvania Infantry]] - Retreated from Monocacy with the 10th Vermont, July 9, 1864. Stayed at Ellicott's Mills briefly, and then to Relay House. 7/11/1864-7/14/1864. See: https://archive.org/details/personalrecollec00abbo/page/118 [[units:69th New York State Militia|69th New York State Militia]] - Service at Annapolis Junction, 4/29/1861-5/2/1861 [[units:71st New York State Militia|71st New York State Militia]] - 5/19/1861. "A part of the seventy-first New York regiment relieved the eighth at the Relay camp" [[units:93rd Regiment New York State Militia|93rd New York State Militia]] - at Relay House, 7/26/1864, 8/10/1864. At Elysville, 9/19/1864. At least through 10/4/1864. [[94th New York Infantry|94th New York Infantry]] - Ordered by General Henry H. Lockwood to report to Annapolis Junction and await orders, 5/16/1864. [[106th New York Volunteer Infantry|106th New York Volunteer Infantry]] - Retreated to Ellicott's Mills after battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864. Stayed until the 14th. [[109th New York Volunteer Infantry|109th New York Volunteer Infantry]] - Served in various locations - Laurel, Savage, Beltsville, and Annapolis Junction, 9/8/1862-3/1864. Most of the unit moved to Washington, D. C. in October of 1863. Two companies remained to guard the railroad until approximately March of 1864. [[118th New York Infantry|118th New York Infantry]] - At Relay House, September, 1862 through at least 10/23/1862. Some soldiers appeared to have remained at Relay House into 1863. [[126th New York Infantry|126th New York Infantry]] - Stayed at Ellicott's Mills, Relay House, and Annapolis Junction for part of 2 days after surrendering at Harper's Ferry, 9/20/1862-9/22/1862. [[131st New York Volunteer Infantry|131st New York Volunteer Infantry]] - One week encamped at Laurel, MD., 9/15/1862-9/20/1862. [[units:138th Pennsylvania Volunteers|138th Pennsylvania Volunteers]] -Service at Relay House, 8/30/1862-6/16/1863. Company A at Dorsey's Switch, 4/20/1864-6/12/1864. [[141st New York Volunteer Infantry|141st New York Volunteer Infantry]] - Service at Laurel, 9/15/1862-11/24/1862. [[144th Ohio Infantry|144th Ohio Infantry]] - At Annapolis Junction, May 30, 1864. At Relay House, Elysville, and Annapolis Junction, 8/18/1864. [[147th Pennsylvania|147th Pennsylvania Infantry]] - Reported at Relay House, 9/1/1862. [[149th Ohio Infantry|149th Ohio Infantry]] - Reported at Relay House, 8/10/1864, per OR, but no evidence they were ever there, see below. [[150th New York Infantry|150th New York Infantry]] - Company D spent several days at Elysville, December, 1862. [[157th Ohio Volunteer Infantry|157th Ohio Volunteer Infantry]] - [[http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15005coll41/id/66/rec/33|Letters]] of Jefferson Glover indicate unit was at Relay House from May 20th, 1864 through June 5, 1864. [[213th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry|213th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry]] - Service at Elysville and Relay House, 4/6/1865-6/15/1865 [at least]. [[units:Cook's Battery Boston Light Artillery|Cook's Battery Boston Light Artillery, 1st Massachusetts Light Artillery]] - Service at Relay House, 5/5/1861-6/16/1861. [[Dodd's Rifles|Dodd's Rifles]] - Also known as Company D, Third Battalion of Rifles, Militia Infantry, Minute Men of '61. Service at Relay House, 5/14/1861 [[units:Howard Dragoons|Howard Dragoons]] - At Ellicott's Mills, 4/19/1861. Eventually became the 1st Maryland Cavalry, C. S. A. [[Patapsco Guard|Patapsco Guard]] - Organized at Ellicott's Mills, 9/25/1861, service until 5/24/1862. [[Purnell Legion|Purnell Legion]] - Service at Relay House 6/15/1863-6/24/1863.