Howard County, MD in the Civil War

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Below is a listing of all units (or parts thereof) that spent at least a few days in the Howard County area. Also listed are a partial list of documentary sources for each unit, where available. [Note: The notation CWA means the information was derived from the Civil War Archive website (http://www.civilwararchive.com/)]

1st Delaware Cavalry - Duty at Wilmington, Del., till June, 1863, and in the Defenses of Baltimore, Md. Engaged in provost duty at Baltimore City and in the surrounding country till June, 1864.

• Diary of Harrison Vandegrift, Winterthur Digial Collections
• McKee, R. B., Hamilton, W. N., Heald, T., Massey, G. V., Jones, T., Shields, J. H., Clark, D. C., ... Frank, E. B. (1861). Robert B. McKee papers., University of Delaware Library
• Correspondence for James N. Eckles, Delaware Archives.
• Sergeant Samuel Hitch Diary, 1st Delaware[?], Delaware Archives.
• William Townsend Downes, Sergeant Diaries. Delaware Archives

1st Connecticut Cavalry - At Annapolis Junction March 8-15, 1864.

• Riding for Uncle Samuel: The Civil War History of the 1st Connecticut Cavalry Volunteers Hardcover – 2014 by Robert B Angelovich (Author)

1st District Regiment - 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.”

1st Eastern Shore Volunteers - at Elysville, July 1864. At Relay House, 10/20/1864.

• Rastall, J. E. (1861). Papers of John E. Rastall. University of Maryland Libraries
• Maryland Infantry 1st Regiment Eastern Shore papers, 1861-1865. USAHEC.

1st Maryland Infantry - [Mustered in United States service for three years 27 May, 1861. Stationed at Relay House, on the junction of the Washington Branch and Baltimore & Ohio Railroads, Howard County, Baltimore City, Maryland, 20 May-6 June, 1861.]

• Historical record of the First regiment Maryland infantry, ... Camper, Charles

1st Michigan Infantry - Headquartered at Annapolis Junction, 1861. [Duty at Bladensburg, Md., October, 1861, and at Annapolis Junction guarding Washington & Baltimore Railroad until March, 1862.] From Annapolis Junction to Bladensburg, 11/30/1861. Between Annapolis Junction and Beltsville, 12/31/1861. Some soldiers were at Laurel, 1/30/1862.

• Abbott, General Ira Coray. 1st Michigan Infantry, Co. G & C. Diary. 1861-1863. Ms-42pp. CWVFM-131. Gettysburg College.
• And the generations yet unborn, will bless the heroes name: letters and poetry of Abner Van Dyke, 1st Michigan Infantry, 25th Michigan Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops
• Letter of the 1st Michigan
• “Give Michigan its due” : letters of Benjamin G. Bennett, 1st Michigan Infantry, 11th Michigan Infantry. [transcribed by E. Elden Davis].
• Folder 114 1st Regiment, (Mich. Vol.) Co. B, 1861, 1862. (2), Civil War Collection, 1859-1990, Lancaster (PA), Historical Society
• Christiancy-Pickett papers, 1854-1977. USAHEC.

1st New Jersey Militia - Ordered to Relay House, 7/15/1864. Reported at Relay House, 8/10/1864.

• The History of Camden County, New Jersey.

1st Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry - [Four companies were assigned to guard the Annapolis and Elkridge Railroad between Annapolis and Annapolis Junction, between 7/27/1861 and 8/30/1861.]

• Minnigh, H. N. (1891). History of Company K., 1st (Inft) Penn'a Reserves: "the boys who fought at home". Duncansville, Pa: Home Print Publisher.
• History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5, Vol. 1
• Michael Murray Miller Letters
• Folder 9 Official Record of Henry Flick, 457 E. Strawberry Street, Lancaster, Penna., Company E, 30th Regiment, First Pennsylvania Reserve Vol., War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1864., Civil War Collection, 1859-1990, Lancaster (PA), Historical Society
• ALFRED RUPERT CIVIL WAR PAPERS, Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA.
• CHARLES SPEAKMAN CIVIL WAR LETTERS, Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA.

1st Rhode Island Cavalry - [Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until June 22. At Monrovia Station and Relay House, Md., until August. Mustered out at Baltimore, Md., August 3, 1865.] - CWA. [Only] Troop A to Relay House, June 24, 1864, rest of unit at Monrovia. July 25th, 1865 rest of unit to Relay House. July 29th - August 3rd, 1865, mustering out at Relay House.

• Sabres and spurs: the First regiment Rhode Island cavalry in the civil war, 1861-1865.
• Rhode Island Historical Society, Bliss papers.
• Alfred N. Duffié and the First Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment in the American Civil War, by James Caroll Shepard.

2nd Battalion New York Light Artillery - [Reserve Artillery, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. At Relay House, Md., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to October, 1862. Designated 15th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery October, 1862.] - CWA

2nd Maryland - reported at Relay House, 1864, by No Greater Glory: Third Edition By Daniel A. Masters.

2nd New Jersey Militia - Several companies guarding railroads at Annapolis Junction and Beltsville, 5/5/1861 - 7/24/1861. [Organized at Trenton, N.J. Enrolled April 26 and mustered in May 1, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., May 3. Reported to General Butler at Annapolis, Md., May 5; thence moved to Washington, arriving there May 6. Attached to Runyon's New Jersey Brigade, Defenses of Washington, to June, 1861. 1st Brigade, Runyon's Reserve Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to July, 1861.]

3rd Delaware Infantry - 6/24/1863, “…the Purnell Legion and the Third Delaware are at the Relay House, and guarding the railroad out to Annapolis Junction, where they connect with Heintzelman, and from the Relay House out to Elysville, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad…” - O.R.– SERIES I–VOLUME XXVII/3 [S# 45] [September 16-17. Duty at Frederick, Md.; Relay House, Md., and Elysville, Md., guarding R. R., and garrison duty in Middle Dept. until May, 1864.] - CWA

• Edmund Townsend Papers, 1862-1864, University of Michigan.
• Primarily correspondence from John V. Harrington, sergeant in the 3rd Delaware Infantry. Delaware Archives.
• John Shilling Collection. Delaware Archives.

3rd Pennsylvania Artillery - “In the spring of 1863, by order of the war department, the commands of Segebarth and Roberts were consolidated to form the 3d Pa. heavy artillery. Co. H, Capt. William D. Rank, was detached for garrison duty in the defenses of Baltimore, where it remained throughout its term of service…” Two guns served at the skirmish at Cooksville, June, 1863. At Relay House, 8/10/1864.

• "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 1

3rd Potomac Home Brigade/3rd Maryland Volunteer Infantry - at Elysville, June 1863. [Guard Washington Branch, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, June 28-July 10. At Annapolis, Relay Station, Annapolis Junction and Monocacy until July, 1864.] Disposition on June 10, 1864, Company C at Elysville, Co. F at Hoods Mill, Cos. A and G at Mount Airy.

• Battle of West Frederick, July 7, 1864: Prelude to Battle of Monocacy By Joseph V. Collins
• Farmers that Helped Shape America by Joseph Collins

4th Maryland Infantry - Reported at Relay House, September 1862, in letter from the 118th New York.

4th Wisconsin Infantry - [Arrived at Relay House, 7/29/1861. Stationed at Relay House until 11/4/1861.]

• Martin, Michael, A History of the 4th Wisconsin Infantry and Cavalry in the American Civil War. Savas-Beatie, 2006.
• Collection Newton H. Culver, WVM ID Number WVM Mss 234, Title Papers and photographs, 1916.
• Paine, Halbert E, Halbert E. Paine, Eliza P. Ladd, Eliza L. B. Paine, Thomas Williams, and Fred G. Benton. Halbert E. Paine Papers. , 1861. Archival material. Louisiana State University.
• A Wisconsin Yankee in Confederate Bayou Country, The Civil War Reminiscences of a Union General by Halbert E. Paine
• 4th Wisconsin Letters
• History and catalogue of the Fourth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, from June, 1861 to March, 1864.
• Jerry E. Flint papers, 1861-1866. University of Wisconsin - Madison.
• Letters, 1861. Alvin J Hoskins, 1861. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.
• Sanborn and Crandall family papers, 1857-2006. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.
• Dear and beloved wife– : no more at present, Albert A. Plumb : love letters from the Civil War, Author: Gordon S Wood; Juliann Wood-Parshall; Clara Barton
• Folder 119 4th Regiment (Wis. Vol) Co. A, K, I, 1861, 1862. (5), Civil War Collection, 1859-1990, Lancaster (PA), Historical Society
• Civil War letters, 1861-1864 / written by George Walton Durgin, Jr. ; [compiled by George L. Durgin and Virginia M. Durgin]. USAHEC.
• Hero of the Red River : the life and times of Joseph Bailey / [Michael J. Goc.]. USAHEC.
• “The Experiences of a Child in the Civil War”, Eliza P. Ladd, LSU Archives

5th New York Heavy Artillery - At Relay House, September 1862. [Stationed at Relay House, January to April 9, 1864.]

• Hewitt, ., Hewitt, F., & Hewitt, F. K. (1863). Frederick and Frank Hewitt letters., University of Michigan.

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

5th US Artillery - OR reports a detachment of the 5th US Artillery, under Lieutenant Spooner, with 29 men, at Relay House, August, 1863.

6th Massachusetts Infantry - [May 13, 1861 ordered to Relay House, stationed until July 30, 1861.] [Moved to Relay House May 5 and to Baltimore May 13, returning to Relay House May 16. Guard railroad until June 13. Duty at Baltimore and Relay House until July 29. Relieved from duty July 29, and mustered out August 2, 1861.] - CWA

• William Henry Snow Papers, 1831-1902; 1934., University of North Carolina
• Lois Wright Richardson Davis family papers, Duke University
• Historical sketch of the old Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts, Hanson, J. W. (John Wesley), 1823-1901.
• Addresses, reviews and episodes, chiefly concerning the "Old ... Watson, Benjamin Frank, 1826-1905.
• History of the Salem Light Infantry from 1805-1890 / by George ... Whipple, George M.
• The Harvard magazine. v.7 (1861).
• “Military Waif: A Sidelight on the Baltimore Riot of 19 April 1861”. Maryland Historical Magazine, 1994.
• Surgeon of the Old Sixth: The Life and Times of Dr. Norman Smith and the Civil War's 6th Massachusetts
• Letter dated May 26, 1861 from George Reed, to his cousin (Acton Memorial Library archives 2007.7.3)
• Letters from Levi H. Robbins
• Picket Pins and Sabers: The Civil War Letters of John Burden Weston

6th New York Cavalry - Company E, under Captain Beardsley, stationed at Cooksville, 9/9/1862 through (at least) 9/11/1862, per OR.

• History of the Sixth New York Cavalry (Second Ira Harris Guard) ... Hall, Hillman Allyn
• Muldoon, John. 6th New York Cavalry, Co. D. Papers (1859-1885). 1 box (0.25 cu. ft.). Collection Call Number: SC12337. State Library of New York.
• William Davies letters 1862-1863. SUNY-Oswego, Penfield Library.

6th New York State Militia - Relieved at Relay House by the 8th Mass, ca. 5/16/1861. [June 29, 1861 - July 29, 1861 at Annapolis Junction. ]

6th Veteran Reserve Corps - Reported to be at Laurel, April 26, 1864.

7th Maryland Infantry - spent five days at Relay House in September, 1862.

• Daniel H. Mowen memoir, undated. mm 90006216

7th Delaware Infantry - Company B at Relay House, 7/22/1864.

8th Massachusetts Infantry - [May 12, 1861 stationed on Elkridge Heights, in the vicinity of Relay House. Back and forth to Baltimore until July 3, 1861.]

• John P. Reynolds journal, University of Michigan. [“Particularly noteworthy descriptions include those of the camp at Relay House, of particular drills, flag-raising ceremonies, and of celebrations of the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill and of the Fourth of July.”]
• “In her hour of sore distress and peril” : the Civil War diaries of John P. Reynolds, Eighth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
• The life of Gilbert Haven : bishop of the Methodist Episcopal ... Prentice, George
• Breed, B. B., Breed, H. P., In Breed, A. G., & In White, R. L. (2016). My own dear wife: A Yankee couple's Civil War.
• Beverly, MA, Historical Society, assorted letters.
• Henry S. Briggs papers, 1824-1887, bulk 1861-1865. USAHEC.
• Joseph Barlow papers, 1861-1865. USAHEC.

8th New York Cavalry - 1862. “The regiment did duty on the fortifications on Maryland Heights until June 23d, when the regiment started for Relay House in Maryland…to draw horses…We arrived there on the 24th…The regiment received part of their horses July 8th and the rest about the 20th…We drilled our horses every day until the 29th of August, when we were ordered to Harper's Ferry.”

• Online letter.
• A Sketch of the 8th N.Y. Cavalry: Unwritten History of the Rebellion
• Deeds of Daring: Or, History of the Eighth N. Y. Volunteer Cavalry...by Henry Norton, 1889.
• Calkins, Harriette. Papers (1800-1940). 2 boxes (0.50 cu. ft.). Collection Call Number: C12631. New York State Library.

8th New York State Militia - 1861. [Relay House, on the junction of the Washington Branch & Baltimore & Ohio Railroads, Howard County, Maryland, 5-17 May.]

• Hopkins, Charles A. Papers, 1861-1885; (bulk 1861-1878). Rutgers University
• Kincaid, Thomas H. When we were boys in blue, 1861-1865. [New York: 1903].
• The Knickerbocker : or, New-York monthly magazine. ... v.58 1861 Jul-Dec.

8th New York Heavy Artillery - Detachment at Relay House, 8/10/1864, 9/19/1864 and 10/20/1864.

• Hard, John. 8th New York Artillery, Co. K. Diaries (1860-1864). 4 volumes. Collection Call Number: 14742.
• Howell, Elmer. 8th New York Artillery, Co. I. Diary (1863). 1 Item. Collection Call Number: BD20807. New York State Library.
• Full Measure of Devotion: The Eighth New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery Paperback – 1997, by Wilbur Russell Dunn (Author)
• Baker, Naomi B., ed. Letters Home: Joel B. Baker. [Delevan, N.Y.: N.B. Baker, 1996.]
• Anna E. Wilcox Collection, Binghamton University Special Collections
• From Camp to Cannon's Mouth: The Letters of Four Union Soldiers During the Civil War Paperback – April 1, 2011

by Douglas Holden

9th New York Heavy Artillery - Detachment at Relay House, 8/10/1864, 9/19/1864 and 10/20/1864.

• The Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, A History of Its Organization, Services in the Defenses of Washington, Marches, Camps, Battles, and Muster-out ... and a Complete Roster of the Regiment – Alfred Seelye Roe
• Ever true : a Union private and his wife : Civil War letters of Private Charles McDowell, New York Ninth Heavy Artillery by McDowell, Charles, 1836 or 1837-1913

10th Maine Infantry - Relieved 4th Wisconsin at Relay House, 11/3/1861. Stationed on the railroad through 3/8/1862.

• “Dear Friend Anna” : the Civil War letters of a common soldier from Maine by Abial Hall Edwards (Book)
• History of the First - Tenth - Twenty-ninth Maine regiment. In service of the United States from May 3, 1861, to June 21, 1866 by John Mead Gould
• The Civil War journals of John Mead Gould, 1861-1866 by John Mead Gould (Book)
• Civil War Regimental Correspondence, Box 46 10th Maine - 1861-1863 (366 letters). Maine State Archives.
• Civil War Letters of Charles Henry Anderson Private in the Tenth Maine Infantry Regiment
• Rundlett's war : Civil War letters of James C. Rundlett, 10th Maine volunteers, company G, as they fought from Maine to Virginia / edited by Carlotta Wells, assisted by John W. Wells and James C. Rundlett, II.
• Whitmore Swett collection. Mat. Type Archival Material, Maine Historical Society.
• The marching and fighting of the Tenth Maine Regiment, Author Russell, Benjamin. Maine Historical Society
• John Mead Gould papers Date 1841-194

10th Vermont Volunteers - Sent to Ellicott's Mills and then the Relay House after the battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864.. Stayed for perhaps 2 days, part left on July 11th, the rest on July 14th.

• A History of the Tenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers: With Biographical Sketches...Edwin Mortimer Haynes
• Davis, James S. “Bully for the band!” the Civil War letters and diary of four brothers in the 10th Vermont
• Waite, Oscar. Three Years with the 10th Vermont. Manuscript. (Source: Anthenaeum, VHS, ACPL)
• White, William. Correspondence, 1863-1866. Letters from William White of the 10th Vermont Regiment, Co. I, to Jacob Wead, Sheldon, Vt., 1863-1864, and one undated letter from White. There is also a letter from D.D. Wead, Sheldon, Vt., to “Jakey,” 1866 June 5, in which he mentions the Fenians gathers in Fairfield. (Source: VHS)
• Personal recollections and civil war diary, 1864; by Abbott, Lemuel Abijah

11th Maryland Infantry - at Mount Airy, 8/10/1864. Guard duty at Monocacy and Mt. Airy, Maryland, until October 1, 1864.

• History and roster of Maryland volunteers, war of 1861-5
• Multiple letters from soldiers in newspaper The Church Advocate, Voice of the Church of God, Published in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

12th Maryland Infantry - at Mount Airy, 9/19/1864. On guard duty along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Md., and Kearneysville, Va.

• History and roster of Maryland volunteers, war of 1861-5

12th New Jersey Infantry - 1862. [September 8 Guard duty at Ellicott’s Mills, Md. December 10 Moved to Washington, D.C.] - CWA

• To Gettysburg and beyond : the Twelfth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, 1862-1865 by Edward G Longacre (Book)
• While my country is in danger : the life and letters of Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Thompson, Twelfth New Jersey Volunteers by Gerry Harder Poriss (Book)
• Diary of Richard S. Thompson, 12th New Jersey
• 12th New Jersey Volunteers, 1862-65 by Frederick W Jago (Book)
• History of the men of Co. F, with description of the marches and battles of the 12th New Jersey Vols. by Wm. P Haines
• Joseph B. Husted diary, University of Michigan.
• Stratton, James S., Civil War Papers, Virginia and Trenton, NJ, 1863-1864, reflecting service as an officer in the 12th New Jersey Infantry. Rutgers University.
• Buck, Alfred H., Civil War journal, 1862-1864, Rutgers University.
• Capt. George Bowen Civil War papers, 1862-1865, Salem County Historical Society, Salem, N.J.
• Smith, David V. M. (1823-1863) - Collection of David V. Smith, D company, 12th regiment, New Jersey, infantry. Gilder Lehrman Collection GLC04189
• Letter from J. Frank Brown, Quartermaster, headquarters of the 12th NJ Regiment, to Capt. E.L. Stratton of Co. [I], regarding a special order from Col. Johnson on the size of the camp, dated September 27th, 1862. Gloucester (NJ) County Historical Society
• Copy of a letter from Lieutenant Benjamin F. VanMeter, Co. H of the 12th NJ Regiment, to Rev. J.[E] Morell, with an account of important events the 12th NJ Regiment was involved in from May 3rd, 1862 to November 9th, 1864. Gloucester (NJ) County Historical Society
• Letter from Thomas J. Sprou[?] to Captain George Bow[en] containing assorted reminisces of Thomas’s experiences in the 12th NJ Regiment starting with his enlistment in 1862, dated November 18th, 1904. Gloucester (NJ) County Historical Society
• https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/NJSArchivesCatalogDetail.aspx?SeriesNo=SDEA4019, NJ Archives, Regimental Records
• The patriot. (Trenton, N.J.) 1861-1862, Division of Arch & Records Mgt, Trenton, NJ, 1862:5:30-10:29.
• The Constitution, and farmers' and mechanics' advertiser. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1834-1945, Gloucester Cnty Hist Soc, Woodbury, NJ, 1834:8:19-1945:4:25> 0,5.
• Kiger, James S. (fl. 1859-1873) [Collection of James S. Kiger, A company, 12th regiment, New Jersey, infantry]

13th New York State Militia - possible service at Annapolis Junction, June 1861.

• Correspondence, 1857-1863 [manuscript]. Author: Gorham, Henry W., Duke University
• History of the 13th regiment, N.G., S.N.Y.

13th Pennsylvania Cavalry - 9/12/1862, ordered to report to Col. Johnson at Ellicott's Mills. 12/10/1862, replaces the 12th NJ at Ellicott's Mills.

• Hand, Harold, Jr. One Good Regiment: The 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry in the Civil War,1861-1865.
• George W. Nailer papers, 1824-1864, Emory University

14th New Jersey Infantry - At Sykesville, 9/8/1862. At Elysville, 9/5/1862 - 9/16/1862. Reorganized at Ellicott's Mills after Monocacy.

• Upon the Tented Field, by Bernard A. Olsen
• Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by Terrill, J. Newton.
• The Monocacy Regiment: a commemorative history of the Fourteenth New Jersey Infantry in the Civil War, 1862-1865, David George Martin
• Author: Sherman, Gordon. Title Letters, 1862-1863. Dartmouth University
• Peter Vredenburgh (1837-1864) Papers, 1856 - 1868 (Manuscript)
• Manuscript Group 48 John Vance Powers Papers, 1861-1863

15th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery - [Duty at Relay House, Md., October, 1862, to January, 1863.] - CWA

18th Veteran Reserve Corps - reported to be at Annapolis Junction, June, July, and August, 1864. Detachment at Beltsville, 8/1864. Definitely at Laurel, July 1864 - Oct., 1864.

• The Civil War Letters of Colonel Charles F. Johnson, Invalid Corps By Charles Francis Johnson

20th New York State Militia - [The 20th New York State Militia was ordered to Annapolis Junction, Howard County, Maryland, at 12 PM on 11 May, 1861, and arrived at Camp Reynolds, on the Annapolis & Elkridge Railroad, Annapolis Junction, Howard County, Maryland, in the evening the same day. The regiment was assigned to guard the Annapolis & Elkridge Railroad between Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, and Annapolis Junction, Howard County, as far as Laurel, Prince George's County, Maryland, between 11 May and 29 June, 1861.]

• THE THREE-MONTH SERVICE OF THE 20TH NEW YORK STATE MILITIA, APRIL 28-AUGUST 2, 1861. Osborne, Seward
• The Civil War diaries of Col. Theodore B. Gates, 20th New York State Militia.
• Reminiscences of a Boy in the Civil War By Enos Ballard Vail
• The "Ulster Guard" (20th N. Y. State Militia) and the War of the Rebellion ... By Theodore Burr Gates
• Banners and bugles; a record of Ulster County, New York and the ... Plank, Will.
• John Lechtrecker letters, 1861-1863; Columbia University

21st Massachusetts Infantry - Stationed at Annapolis Junction from 8/30/1861 through 12/18/1861. Some men were previously detailed there as well.

• 21stregiment00walcrich.pdf 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. Walcott, Charles F.
• Henry White Diaries [manuscript], 1861-1864, 1880.
• Personal Recollections of the Civil War By James Madison Stone
• THE STORY OF PVT. HENRY W. BROWN, THOMPSON, CT. Thompson Historical Society
• The Civil War Letters of Thompson, Connecticut’s Henry Washington Brown

27th Massachusetts Infantry - Company A served at and near Annapolis Junction, mid-November, 1861.

• Bearing arms in the Twenty-Seventh Massachusetts Regiment ... Derby, W. P. (William P.)
• The Long Road for Home: The Civil War Experiences of Four Farmboy Soldiers … edited by Henry C. Lind

44th Pennsylvania Volunteers - Also known as the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry and the 15th Pennsylvania Reserves. Companies serving on detached duty in and around Baltimore throughout War.

• History of Washington County : from its first settlement to the present time ...by Creigh, Alfred, b. 1810
• History of the First Reg't. Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry

60th Massachusetts Infantry - One week's duty at Relay House, August 1st to August 9th, 1864.

60th New York Infantry - At Relay House, 11/9/1861. [Duty at Baltimore, Md., and between there and Washington, D.C.; also at Relay House, Md., and Harper's Ferry, W. Va., until June, 1862.] - CWA

• History of the Sixtieth Regiment New York State Volunteers, From the Commencement of Its Organization in July, 1861, to Its Public Reception at Ogdensburgh as a Veteran Command, January 7th, 1864 – Richard Eddy
• Those who took "The Left of the Line" : a history of Company "B", 60th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, October 30th, 1861 to July 17th, 1865 - USAHEC
• Wetherall Family papers, 1830-1900. St. Lawrence University.

67th Pennsylvania Infantry - Retreated from Monocacy with the 10th Vermont. Stayed at Ellicott's Mills briefly, and then to Relay House for perhaps 3 days. See: https://archive.org/details/personalrecollec00abbo/page/118

• Templeton, Robert F., Co. I, 67th Pennsylvania, from Indiana, County, Pennsylvania Letters 1-33 to his Mother Eliza Martin Incomplete portion of a letter Letter to Robert F. Templeton from Eliza Martin Letter to Robert F Templeton from Walter Templeton Map of encampments. Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Also: Tansfield, Thomas Co. D 67th Pennsylvania Letters, typescript 1862-1865.

69th New York State Militia - [Annapolis Junction, Howard County, Maryland, 29 April-2 May, 1861.]

71st New York State Militia - 5/19/1861. “A part of the seventy-first New York regiment relieved the eighth at the Relay camp”

• History of Company F, 1st regiment, R.I. volunteers, during the spring and summer of 1861 by Clarke, Charles H
• History of the 71st regiment, N. G., N. Y., American guard.. by Francis, Augustus Theodore

93rd New York State Militia - at Relay House, 7/26/1864, 8/10/1864. At Elysville, 9/19/1864.

• “Jul-Oct, 1864: Lewis Le Clear: Six Weeks on Provost Guard”. Howard County Historical Society
• Diary of the war / by Robt. S. Robertson, 93d Regt. N.Y. Vols. & A.D.C. to Gen. N. A. Miles, commanding 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2d Army Corps. 1861-2-3-4 ; edited by Charles N. and Rosemary Walker.[?]

94th New York Infantry - Ordered by General Henry H. Lockwood to report to Annapolis Junction and await orders, 5/16/1864.

106th New York Volunteer Infantry - Retreated to Ellicott's Mills after battle of Moncacy, July 9, 1864. Stayed until the 14th.

109th New York Volunteer Infantry - [“…served at Annapolis Junction, Md., and in Middle Department, 8th Corps, from September, 1862; in the defenses of Washington and 22d Corps, from October, 1862, as Railroad Guard; in the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 9th Corps, from March, 1864; in the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac, from August, 1864”] - New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. [““The regiment left Binghamton promptly, proceeding to Annapolis Junction, Md., where it was placed on guard duty along the line of railroad to Washington, a few of the companies being stationed at Laurel, Md. It remained there the rest of the year and during all of 1863. In the spring of 1864…”] - The Union army: a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 – records of the regiments in the Union army – cyclopedia of battles – memoirs of commanders and soldiers. Madison, WI: Federal Pub. Co., 1908. volume II.

• Ashley, Jesse Albert. Letters (1862-1865). New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections.
• Brown, Peter Ogden. “Collectors Field Book : The diary and messkit of Sergeant Fred A. Ogden, 109th New York Volunteers.” Military Collector & Historian. 32 :4 Winter 1980. 174-175.
• De Bell, William H. Letter (April 6, 1863). New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections.
• Dear Friend Amelia, the Civil War Letters of Private John Tidd by Mary Jordan and Joyce Hatch (Author)
• The 109th New York Volunteer Infantry Remembered – 1862 - 1865 by Mary Jordan and Joyce Hatch (Author)
• James M. Williams Papers : 1862-1865, Auburn University.
• Osburn, Franklin E. (Franklin Eleazar), 1845-1864. Title: Letters, 1862-1864. New York State Library

118th New York Infantry - At Relay House, September, 1862 through at least 10/23/1862. Some soldiers appeared to have remained at Relay House into 1863.

• https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/118thInf/118thInfCWN.htm
• Three Years with the Adirondack Regiment: 118th New York Volunteers Infantry, John Lovell Cunningham
• Charles L. Hagar Papers, 1862-1895. New York State Library.
• Dobie, David F. 118th New York Infantry, Co. H. Letters (1863-1865). 9 items. Collection Call Number: 10934. New York State Library.
• Letters of James Oscar Tyrel, 1862, Relay House

126th New York Infantry - Letter written from “Ellicottsville, MD” after surrendering at Harper's Ferry, 9/20/1862 only evidence.

• Written in Blood: A History of the 126th New York Infantry in the Civil War

131st New York Volunteer Infantry - One week encamped at Laurel, MD., 9/15/1862-9/20/1862.

• https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Education-Website/131st-New-York-Volunteer-Infantry-Web-Page-964541230268443/
• Reminiscences of the late war by Stearns, Albert
• William H. Aldis papers, 1860-1864. Author: William H Aldis, Jr.; Sarah Aldis. New York Historical Society
• William E. Conrow papers, 1860-1867. New York Historical Society

138th Pennsylvania Volunteers - [Organized at Harrisburg August 16, 1862. Moved to Baltimore, Md., August 30, thence to Relay House. Attached to Relay House, Defenses of Baltimore, 8th Corps, Middle Dept., to February, 1863…Duty at Relay House, Md., until June 16, 1863.] - CWA. Company A at Dorsey's Switch, April 20, 1864 through June 12, 1864.

• History of the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry By Osceola Lewis
• "They will not be forgotten": A Narrative History of the 138th Pennsylvania. by Stephen Light
• https://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/civilwar/articles/138pa.aspx#
• 138th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment diary. University of Michigan
• Markley, John H. Diary, 15 August 1862 to 18 November 1863 (in Ferdinand J. Dreer autograph collection, Collection 175, Volume 47). Company 'H,' 138th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment.

141st New York Volunteer Infantry - Two months duty at Laurel, September 15 to November 24, 1862.

• Houghton, Charles A. The Charles A. Houghton papers, 1858-1865. Description: 1 box. Abstract: Contains the following type of materials: correspondence. Contains information pertaining to the following wars: Civil War – Eastern theater, – Atlantic coast, – Western theater, –Northern interior. Contains information pertaining to the following military units: 141st New York Infantry Regiment; 72nd New York Infantry Regiment; 86th New York Infantry Regiment; 84th New York Infantry Regiment. General description of the collection: The Charles A Houghton papers include soldiers letters, 141st, August 1862-June 1865; campaigns: Suffolk Peninsula, 1863, Gettysburg, Wauhatchie, Chattanooga, Resaca, New Hope Church, Atlanta, march to the sea, Savannah, and Carolinas; served: Laurel, Maryland, Arlington, and White House Virginia; Shell Mound, Tennessee, Nickajack, Georgia, Stanton General Hospital, District of Columbia; cattle herd; longs for home, Lindleytown, NY; letters, 72nd,1863; 86th,1861-1864; and 84th, 1862-1865. Located at the Military History Institute in Carlisle, PA.
• Document - Diary entry with description of Camp “Hathaway”, 141st Regiment N.Y. Volunteers, September 28, 1862. MC 02 Civil War Collection. Chemung County Historical Society.

144th Ohio Infantry - At Annapolis Junction, May 30, 1864. At Relay House, Elysville, and Annapolis Junction, 8/18/1864. [ May 11. Companies assigned to duty as follows: …“I” at Fort Dix, Relay House. ..Attached to 1st Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department. Regiment relieved from duty at Baltimore and moved to Relay House. ] - CWA. Disposition on June 10, 1864, Three companies at Relay House, two companies at Fort Dix, Company F at Annapolis Junction.

• Samuel McClain Papers 1864. Samuel McClain Co. I 144th OVI. Bowling Green University.
• No Greater Glory. The 144th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. By Daniel Masters.
• Diary during service with the 144th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Warner, Elliott Martin
• https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/libraries/documents/cac/CivilWarNewspaperIndex.pdf
• Civil War-Correspondence, Union-Hurd, William B. (144th Ohio)

147th Pennsylvania Infantry - Reported at Relay House, 9/1/1862.

• A Civil War history of the 147th Pennsylvania Regiment / [by ... Schmidt, Lewis G.
• The Civil War letters of James Lee. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, NY.
• https://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/infantry/147th/147thbiblio.html

149th Ohio Infantry - Reported at Relay House, 8/10/1864, per OR, but no evidence they were ever there, see below.

• A Summer in Maryland and Virginia; or, Campaigning with the 149th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a Sketch of Events Connected With the Service of the Regiment in Maryland and the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Written by George Perkins.
• William M. James Civil War diary
• https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/libraries/documents/cac/CivilWarNewspaperIndex.pdf

150th New York Infantry - Company D spent several days at Elysville, December, 1862, protecting the bridge.

• The "Dutchess county regiment" (150th regiment of New York state volunteer infantry) in the Civil War;by Cook, Stephen G.
• Thomas Powell papers, 1838-1887. Oswego State University.

157th Ohio Volunteer Infantry - Letters of Jefferson Glover indicate unit was at Relay House from May 20th, 1864 through June 5, 1864.

• Hundred Day Wonders At Fort Delaware

213th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry - only evidence is Huber letter.

Cook's Battery Boston Light Artillery - [May 5, 1861 at Relay House. A section of the Boston Light Artillery was stationed at Camp Essex, Woodside's Farm, on Elkridge Heights, overlooking the Thomas Viaduct on the Patapsco River, in the vicinity of Relay House. Back and forth to Baltimore, until June 13.]

• History and complete roster of the Massachusetts regiments, minute men of '61...

Dodd's Rifles - Also known as Company D, Third Battalion of Rifles, Militia Infantry, Minute Men of '61. [to Elkridge Heights, in the vicinity of Relay House, at the junction of the Washington Branch and Baltimore & Ohio Railroads, Howard County, Maryland, Companies B, E, F, G, & H, 14 May, 1861: The 8th Massachusetts Infantry… were accompanied by Dodd's Rifles or Carvers.]

• The Third Massachusetts Regiment Volunteer Militia in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1863 by Gammons, John Gray

Howard Dragoons - [The company was ordered to rendezvous at Ellicott's Mills, on the Patapsco River, Baltimore County, Maryland, on 19 April, 1861, and was assigned to Major General G H Steuart, Maryland Militia, at Baltimore City, Maryland, in the afternoon on 20 April, 1861.] Eventually became the 1st Maryland Cavalry, C. S. A.

Patapsco Guard - [Organized at Ellicott's Mills, Md, September 25, 1861. Attached to Dix's Command, Baltimore, Md, to March, 1862. Railroad Brigade, Middle Department, to July, 1862.] - CWA. Left Ellicott's Mills May 24, 1862 for Harper's Ferry.

Purnell Legion - 6/24/1863. ”…the Purnell Legion and the Third Delaware are at the Relay House, and guarding the railroad out to Annapolis Junction, where they connect with Heintzelman, and from the Relay House out to Elysville, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad…“ - O.R.– SERIES I–VOLUME XXVII/3 [S# 45]

• Historical Record of the First Regiment Maryland Infantry: With an Appendix
• History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-5, Volume 1