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Military Operations at Annapolis Junction, MD, 1861-1865

Timeline of Occupation at Annapolis Junction

Images of Annapolis Junction

[NOTE: National Archives, RG46, item 74, “2 items. Manuscript maps of the camp of instruction at Annapolis Junction and the surrounding area (L101).]

4/24/1861 - “A messenger who arrived late last evening from Annapolis Junction, brings us the intelligence that 100 troops have arrived from Washington, and are stationed at the Junction.” - Daily Exchange, 4/24/1861

4/29/1861 - “A gentleman just from Annapolis junction has arrived here. He reports several regiments of northern troops encamped there, one from New York and another from Rhode Island. They occupy the picnic grounds at the Junction. Fitzsimmons' Junction Hotel was occupied by them as headquarters and an armory…” - Baltimore Sun, 4/29/1861

4/29/1861 - There was a New York regiment at the Annapolis Junction, under Col. Butterfield, numbering, with others, about 1,200.” - Baltimore Sun, 4/29/1861

4/30/1861 - 5/12/1861 - 5th New York State Militia (National Guard) - […to Annapolis, Md., April 30. Guard duty along railroad from Annapolis to Annapolis Junction until May 12.] - CWA

5/1/1861 - “…for Annapolis Junction…The Sixty-ninth New York Regiment was quartered there, but they were to leave for Washington last evening, when two more regiments would arrive from Annapolis, and occupy the place. It has been turned into a regular recruiting depot, and the raw recruits are daily drilled, and exercised in marching and firing on a field adjacent the junction.” - Baltimore Sun, 5/1/1861

5/4/1861 - “Letter from Annapolis Junction…On my return from Washington yesterday, I was unexpectedly detained at the Annapolis Junction…I found here the 69 regiment of New York..The closing scenes of our evening during our stay consisted of cotillons and jig dances around blazing bon-fires, in which the whole regiment participated…1,400 men…They proceeded on to Washington last night…” - Baltimore Sun, 5/4/1861

5/11/1861 - “At twelve o'clock, on the eleventh of May, we took up our line of march for Annapolis Junction…We established ten picket posts along the line of the road…the camp will be known as Camp Reynolds…located in an open field, near to and in full view of the railroad.” - The “Ulster Guard” (20th N. Y. State Militia) and the War of the Rebellion … By Theodore Burr Gates

5/13/1861 - “At Annapolis Junction was the advance guard, 400 strong, of the Twentieth (Ulster county) New York regiment, which, on last night, relieved the Fifth New York regiment from duty on the Annapolis road.” - Evening Star, 5/13/1861

5/14/1861 - “The road between Annapolis and the Junction, and thence on either side to Washington and the Relay House, is strongly guarded by the 5th Regiment New-York State troops under command of Col. Schwarzwaelder. The soldiers along the line are now tolerably well protected against inclement weather by tents and rough plank homes. Facing the Junction, on a hill to the north, is a camp of 25 tents, and here sentinels are continually posted…” - New York Tribune, 5/14/1861

5/16/1861 - “An Annapolis Junction everything wears a cheerful aspect. The main body of the twentieth regiment of New York volunteers are still there…Portions of this regiment remain on guard at various points between Annapolis and the Junction…” - Baltimore Sun, 5/16/1861

6/3/1861 - “A few miles further towards Washington is the Annapolis Junction. Here is stationed the Twentieth New York Regiment…Their camp is upon a ten-acre lot, next to, and in full view of the depot. Their cooking department is an adjoining grove.”- Charleston Courier, 6/3/1861

6/16/1861 - “The Massachusetts Sixth and New York Thirteenth Regiments, which were brought to this city on Thursday (election day)…were yesterday sent back to their old quarters. The Massachusetts men were from the Relay House, and the New York Regiment from Annapolis Junction.” - Daily Exchange, 6/15/1861

6/28/1861 - “…the Twentieth New York regiment, stationed at Annapolis Junction…were brought to this city…” - Baltimore Sun, 6/28/1861

7/27/1861 - “The first Pennsylvania regiment of the reserved corps…left yesterday to relieve those stationed at the Annapolis Junction and Annapolis city.” - Baltimore Sun, 7/27/1861

7/31/1861 - “On Monday night the pickets of the Second Pennsylvania Regiment were fired upon at Annapolis Junction.” - Baltimore Sun, 7/31/1861

8/30/1861 - “On the morning of the 30th six companies went on to Annapolis…and four were left to occupy the Junction, picket the Annapolis and Elkridge Railroad…The 21st relieve a poorly drilled Pennsylvania regiment…” - History of the Twenty-first regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, in the war for the preservation of the union, 1861-1865: with statistics of the war and of Rebel prisons.

8/30/1861 - The Twenty-first Massachusetts Regiment, which has been in camp at Patterson's Park since Sunday last, yesterday received orders to repair to Annapolis Junction. The First Pennsylvania reserve, hitherto stationed there, has gone to Washington…“ - Daily Exchange, 8/30/1861

10/1/1861 - “One of our boys was shot last night on guard. He stood about 8 rods from a sessionist house. Three companys have been detailed for guard this morning and have gone out on the Baltimore and Washington R. R. which is in front of our camp. There is a battery on a hill over us.” - Frost, William I. Michigan Civil War Collection, (http://micivilwar.com/regiment/001st-michigan-infantry/page/2/)

10/2/1861 - “On Monday night, a lieutenant of the 21st Massachusetts regiment…stationed at Annapolis Junction, was shot and killed.” - Baltimore Sun, 10/2/1861

10/23/1861 - “Rumors prevailing of a contemplated raid by the rebels…Company A of the Twenty-Seventh Massachusetts reported to Colonel Morse of the Twenty-First Massachusetts Regiment for this duty. The company was divided into three detachments…the first being left about seven miles…a second, five miles…and the remainder at Anderson's Switch, two miles - from Annapolis Junction…The company returned to camp the 13th…” - Bearing arms in the Twenty-Seventh Massachusetts Regiment … Derby, W. P. (William P.)

10/29/1861 - “The four companies on picket duty along the railroad and at Annapolis Junction were relieved by four of the companies at Annapolis.” - History of the Twenty-first regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, in the war for the preservation of the union, 1861-1865: with statistics of the war and of Rebel prisons.

11/5/1861 - “Two companies of the Twenty-first Massachusetts Regiment are at Annapolis Junction.” - Baltimore Sun, 11/5/1861

11/21/1861 - 10th Maine reported at Annapolis Junction, see Sasche image above.

11/22/1861 - ”…from the Annapolis Junction to Bladensburg, the First Michigan regiment…“ - Baltimore Sun, 11/22/1861

11/30/1861 - “The First District of Columbia regiment marched from the city in the morning to the line of the Washington Branch railroad, which they are to assist in guarding between this and Annapolis Junction.” - Baltimore Sun, 11/30/1861

12/7/1861 - “Pvt. Henry Brown, 21st Mass. Vol…There is four companies on picket. They have got log shanties built.” - THE STORY OF PVT. HENRY W. BROWN,THOMPSON, CT. Thompson Historical Society

12/18/1861 - “The four companies of the 21st on picket duty were relieved by a detachment from a Pennsylvania regiment.” - History of the Twenty-first regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, in the war for the preservation of the union, 1861-1865: with statistics of the war and of Rebel prisons.

12/23/1861 - ”…the First Michigan between Beltsville and Annapolis Junction…“ - Baltimore Sun, 12/23/1861

3/13/1862 - “Major Robinson, of the Fifth infantry, who for some time has commanded the railroad brigade at Annapolis Junction, has returned…” - Baltimore Sun, 3/13/1862

5/2/1862 - 60th New York Infantry. [“Cos. A. and G. are at Annapolis Junction, about half way between Baltimore and Washington. Co's, K, C, E and I, are at Camp Preston King near Baltimore, and the remainder of them are at Camp Miles near Relay House.”] - St. Lawrence Plaindealer, 5/2/1862

7/24/1862 - ”…with the hospital which is to be established at the Annapolis Junction…“ - Baltimore Sun, 7/24/1862

9/3/1862 - “A camp of instruction for soldiers has been established at the Annapolis Junction. Numbers of tents have been put up for the accomodation of those under instruction. A New York regiment had arrived on Monday, and more were expected during the night.” - Baltimore Sun, 9/3/1862

9/6/1862 - “There is no camp of instruction at Annapolis Junction further than the 109th New York Regiment of Volunteers is there, with tents pitched, &c, going through the usual exercises for attaining due efficiency. The extensive frame barracks at that point, occupied by troops last winter, have been now appropriated for hospital purposes.” - Baltimore Sun, 9/6/1862

10/24/1862 - “141st New York. Co. G…stationed at Annapolis Junction” - Addison (NY) Advertiser, 11/5/1862

7/10/1863 - “ANNAPOLIS MD, July 8, 1863…The hospitals are rapidly filling up. Two hundred and hinety patients arrived at Annapolis Junction Hospital the night before last, among whom were 53 from Pennsylvania Regiments.” - Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/10/1863

7/13/1863 - “The Secretary of War has designated Annapolis Junction as the rendezvous point for persons drafted in Maryland…” - Baltimore Sun, 7/13/1863

1/25/1864 - “The report…shows the number of patients in the various army hospitals…Annapolis Junction, 33…” - Baltimore Sun, 1/25/1864

5/16/1864 - “COMMANDING OFFICER NINETY-FOURTH NEW YORK VETERAN INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS: You are hereby directed to bring your regiment by railroad to Annapolis Junction without delay, and there await orders from me. Report by letter to me on your arrival at the Junction.” - OR. Vol. XXXVI, Pt II.

5/30/1864 - 144th Ohio State National Guard. “On Friday evening last, 27th inst…we marched from Relay Barracks to the Depot…and in about half an hour arrived here - and at present writing we are encamped in a fine grove of oak, a short distance from the railroad station….only a few rods east of the station are fifteen or twenty one-story wooden buildings erected by the Government, for general hospital purposes.” Perrysburg (OH) Journal, 6/8/1864

7/27/1864 - 144th Ohio State National Guard. “Annapolis Junction, July 16th A. D. 1864…We immediately commenced preparations for the defense of the place, and for this purpose build breastworks on the bank of the Railroad, where it is cut at right angles by the County road, along which the Rebels would pass in their approach to the Junction. We also barricaded the County road, and obtained…a six pound brass field piece…” - Perrysburg (OH) Journal, 7/27/1864

8/10/1864 - “Annapolis Junction (Washington Branch), Company F, One hundred and forty-fourth Ohio State National Guard, 72. ” - O.R.–SERIES I–VOLUME XLIII/1 [S# 90]

9/19/1864 - “Annapolis Junction: Company E, Ninety-third Regiment New York State National Guard, Capt. H. P. Franklin.” - O.R.–SERIES I–VOLUME XLIII/1 [S# 91]

10/20/1864 - “The Ninety-third New York State National Guard have six companies at Elysville and one company at Annapolis Junction.” - O.R.–SERIES I–VOLUME XLIII/1 [S# 91]

8/25/1865 - “The Government will sell in a few days all the buildings, some sixty in number, constituting Rulison General Hospital at Annapolis Junction.” - Alexandria Gazette, 8/25/1865

9/6/1865 - “Col. Luddington on Monday sold twenty-seven frame buildings at Annapolis Junction, comprising those known as Rulison U. S. A. General Hospital…” - Baltimore Sun, 9/6/1865

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Figure 1: Philadelphia PA Inquirer 9/9/1867
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