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 +<​html><​center><​b><​u><​font size="​+2">​The 8th New York State Militia in Howard County</​font></​u></​b></​center></​html>​
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 +Service at Relay House, 5/​5/​1861-5/​17/​1861\\ ​
 +[[8th New York State Militia Sources|Primary Sources]]\\ ​
 +[[8th New York State Militia Secondary Sources|Archival and Secondary Sources]]\\ ​
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 https://​dmna.ny.gov/​historic/​reghist/​civil/​infantry/​8thInfNYSM/​8thInfNYSMMain.htm https://​dmna.ny.gov/​historic/​reghist/​civil/​infantry/​8thInfNYSM/​8thInfNYSMMain.htm
  
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 Upon first entering service, the regiment remained at Annapolis until the 8th of May, when, accompanied by the 6th Massachusetts Militia, the whole under command of General Butler, they proceeded to the Relay House and took position commanding Railroad Bridge. On the 19th of May, a detachment of 600 men, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Waterbury and Major Wentworth, and a like detachment of the Sixth Massachusetts,​ under Colonel Jones, proceeded by railroad to Baltimore and took possession of Federal Hill, thus commanding that city; being the first troops to enter Baltimore after the riots. A few days afterwards, being relieved by Pennsylvania troops, the detachment returned to the Relay House, where the regiment remained until about the 8th of June, when it proceeded to Washington and went into camp at Kalorama,​..."​ Upon first entering service, the regiment remained at Annapolis until the 8th of May, when, accompanied by the 6th Massachusetts Militia, the whole under command of General Butler, they proceeded to the Relay House and took position commanding Railroad Bridge. On the 19th of May, a detachment of 600 men, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Waterbury and Major Wentworth, and a like detachment of the Sixth Massachusetts,​ under Colonel Jones, proceeded by railroad to Baltimore and took possession of Federal Hill, thus commanding that city; being the first troops to enter Baltimore after the riots. A few days afterwards, being relieved by Pennsylvania troops, the detachment returned to the Relay House, where the regiment remained until about the 8th of June, when it proceeded to Washington and went into camp at Kalorama,​..."​
  
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