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+ | <html><center><b><u><font size="+2">The 1st Eastern Shore Volunteers in Howard County</font></u></b></center></html> | ||
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+ | 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. | Consolidated with the 11th Maryland Infantry in February, 1865. Company F had a skirmish in 1864. | ||
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