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-<figure label> +<html><center><​b><​u><​font size="​+2">​The 1st Eastern Shore Volunteers in Howard County</font></u></​b></​center></​html>​ 
-{{:{{ :​evening_star_tue_jul_12_1864_.jpg?​400 |img}} + 
-<caption>evening_star_tue_jul_12_1864.jpg</caption> +Service at Elysville, July 1864 and at Relay House, 10/​20/​1864.\\  
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 +[[1st Eastern Shore Sources|Primary Sources]]\\  
 +[[1st Eastern Shore Secondary Sources|Archival and Secondary Sources]]\\  
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 +WIKIPEDIA - "The 1st Regiment Eastern Shore Maryland Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. 
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 +The regiment was organized at Cambridge, Maryland in September 1861. Enlistments were for 3 years.[1] 
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 +Companies A, B and C were recruited in Dorchester County, Companies D, E, F and G in Caroline County, Company H in Talbot County, Company I at Baltimore City, and Company K in Somerset County. 
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 +Once formed, the regiment was attached to Major General John Adams Dix's division of the Army of the Potomac.[2] It was assigned to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 
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 +The regiment was originally commanded by Colonel James Wallace, a slaveowning lawyer and state legislator from Cambridge. 
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 +In the fall of 1861, Dix led an expeditionary force, including the 1st Maryland Eastern Shore, south to occupy the Virginia counties of Accomack and Northampton.[3] 
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 +In January, 1863, the regiment was attached to the VIII Corps."​ 
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 +Consolidated with the 11th Maryland Infantry in February, 1865. Company F had a skirmish in 1864. 
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