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| The first regular encampment of the regiment was located at the Relay House, or Washington junction of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and was named "Camp Cooper," in honor of Briga- | The first regular encampment of the regiment was located at the Relay House, or Washington junction of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and was named "Camp Cooper," in honor of Briga- | ||
| - | + | FIRST MARYLAND INFANTRY. 7 | |
| - | {{ :1st_md_inf:historical_record_of_the_first_regiment_maryland_infantry_..._camper_charles_p1.png?linkonly|}} | + | dier-General James Cooper, then engaged in the rising of a brigade of Maryland volunteers. |
| + | This officer, who subsequently died on the twenty-eighth day of March, 1863, at Columbus, Ohio, aged about 53 years, was a native of Frederick county, Maryland, but in early life removed to Pennsylvania, where he became a prominent Whig politician, and was known as one of the leading advocates of the tariff of 1842. He was elected to the United States Senate and served two terms with much ability, taking a prominent part in all the important events then agitating the country. A few years before the war he took up his residence in Frederick City, Maryland, and on the breaking out of the rebellion promptly offered his services for the Government, and was appointed the first Brigadier-General from Maryland, and assigned to the duty of raising and organizing the volunteers of the State. | ||
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| + | In this connection it is deemed fittingly proper to remark that General Cooper's continuous and successful labors for that object, under the authority which he had from the War Department, was characterized by a degree of zeal, fidelity, and devotion to principle worthy of the highest emulation. | ||
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| + | The regiment remained at "Camp Cooper" but a brief period, for the morning of June the 6th found it en route to Baltimore, where it went into camp for instruction and drill, on the grounds | ||
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