Archives of Maryland, Volume 0367

FIRST REGIMENT, EASTERN SHORE INFANTRY.

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The First Eastern Shore Regiment of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, was organized at Cambridge, Maryland, in September, 1861, to serve three years.

Company A was mustered out of service August 16, 1862, in accordance with orders from the War Department.
On the expiration of the term of service of the regiment the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the
organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until February 23, 1865, when it was consolidated with the 11th Regiment of Infantry.

Companies A, B and G 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.

The 1st Eastern Shore Regiment of Infantry, immediately after its organization, was assigned to special duty on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

In November, 1861, it formed a part of General Lock wood's Brigade in its expedition into and pacification of the Counties of Accomac and Northampton, the eastern shore counties of Virginia.

Upon the invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania by General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in June, 1863, the 1st Eastern Shore Regiment of Infantry asked to be sent to the Army of the Potomac at the front, and, with General Lockwood's Brigade, the regiment was transported to Baltimore, and thence marched to the battlefield of Gettysburg, which it reached on the morning of July 3, 1863, and immediately went into action with the 12th Army Corps on Culp's Hill, where it did good service.

After the battle of Gettysburg the 1st Regiment, Eastern Shore Infantry, continued with the Army of the Potomac until Lee's Confederate Army was driven out of Maryland, when, after a brief duty on the upper Potomac, the regiment again returned to the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia, where it continued in the performance of special duty until its consolidation with 11th Regiment of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers.

During its term of service the 1st Regiment, Eastern Shore Infantry, marched seven hundred and sixty (760) miles, was transported by rail two hundred and eighty-three (283) miles, and by water one thousand three hundred and twenty-three (1323) miles.

The death list of the 1st Regiment, Eastern Shore Infantry, during its term of service was as follows: Killed in battle, nine (9) enlisted men ; died of disease, wounds, etc., fifty-two (52) enlisted men; or an aggregate loss by death of sixty-one (61).

The Eleventh Regiment of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, was organized at Baltimore, Md., June 16, 1864, to serve one hun-
dred days. They were really emergency men, called into the military service of the United States at the special request of
the Secretary of War, under special agreement by the President of the United States with the Governors of the States of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Maryland, for the purpose of relieving certain troops in garrison, to enable them to at once proceed to the front. The 11th Regiment of Infantry proceeded to Monocacy Junction, Md., on the 1st day of July, 1864, where, on the 9th day of July, 1864, it took part in the battle of Monocacy with the troops under General Wallace, who was compelled to fight an overwhelming force of the enemy in order to gain time for reinforcements from the Army of the
Potomac, to reach Washington and save the Capitol of the Nation from capture by the enemy then invading Maryland.

After the battle of Monocacy the 11th Regiment of Infantry performed guard duty at Monrovia and Mt. Airey until October 1, 1864, when it was mustered out of the military service of the United States by reason of the expiration of its term of enlistment.
The 11th Regiment of Infantry, one year's men, were composed, in part, of the 11^th Regiment of Infantry, one hundred days' men, who re-enlisted for one year just prior to the expiration of the term of their original enlistment.

These re-enlisted men constituted three companies, namely, Companies A, B and C, and were, in January, 1865, consolidated with seven companies of the 1st Eastern Shore Regiment of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, making the regimental organization complete again.

Company C was then assigned to duty at the Relay House on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Company I in Baltimore City, and the balance of the regiment was sent to perform garrison duty at Fort Delaware.

The 11th Regiment of Infantry, as then constituted, was mustered out of service at Baltimore, Md., June 15, 1865. All members whose term of service expired subsequent to October 1,1865, were transferred to the 2d Regiment of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers. The casualties in the 11th Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, both one hundred days' and one year men, were as follows, viz.: Died of wounds, disease, etc., twenty-nine enlisted men.

SECOND REGIMENT, EASTERN SHORE INFANTRY.

THE Second Regiment, Eastern Shore Infantry, was composed of eight companies. The regiment was organized at Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland, from October 2d to December 28, 1861, to serve three years. On the expiration of its term of service the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits, retained in service until January 23, 1865, when it was consolidated with the 1^st Regiment, Eastern Shore Infantry.

Companies A, B, C, D and E were recruited in Kent County; Company F at Baltimore City; Companies G and H in Harford County.

The regiment, after perfecting its organization, was assigned to special duty on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia during the winter of 1861-62.

In March, 1862, the regiment was transported by boat to Baltimore, but in October, 1862, returned to the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and in the spring of 1863 were assigned to duty on the lower Potomac.

In June, 1863, the regiment was ordered by General Schenck, in command of the Middle Department, to proceed to Baltimore, in order to reinforce the Army of the Potomac in repelling the invasion of Maryland by1 the Confederate Army under General Robert E. Lee, as well as to protect Baltimore City from an attack.

The regiment joined General Lockwood's Brigade of the 12th Army Corps at Frederick, Maryland, in July, 1863, during the pursuit of the enemy's army. After Lee's Army recrossed into Virginia, the regiment was assigned to duty on the upper Potomac, in Maryland and West Virginia.

The 2d Regiment, Eastern Shore Infantry, formed a part of General David Hunter's Army, who advanced up the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in May, 1864, and participated in the battles fought by that Army at Piedmont, Va., June 5, 1864, and at Lynchburg, Va., June 18, 1864, after the repulse of that Army at Lynchburg, Va., and its retirement through the Kanawha Valley to the Ohio river.

The 2d Eastern Shore Infantry shared all the hardships and trials incident to that march and retreat through the mountains of Western Virginia.

When the Army of Western Virginia moved eastward again and joined the 6th and 19th Army Corps, the 2d Eastern Shore Regiment came with them and participated in the fight at Snicker's Gap, Va., July 18, 1864, and Winchester, Va., July 24, 1864.

The regiment remained in the Department of West Virginia until January 23, 1865, when it was consolidated with the 1st Regiment, Eastern Shore Infantry.

The 2d Regiment, Eastern Shore Infantry, marched one thousand and forty-one miles; they were transported by rail nine hundred and sixty-seven miles, and by boat nine hundred and fifteen miles; or an aggregate of two thousand nine hundred and twenty-three miles.

The 2d Regiment Eastern Shore Infantry participated in the following engagements, viz.: Falling Waters, Md., July 14, 1863;'Piedmont, Va., June 5, 1864; Lynchburg, Va., June 18, 1864; Snicker's Ford or Gap, Va., July 18, 1864; Winchester, Va., July 24, 1864; Berryville, Va., September 3, 1864.

The casualties from death in this regiment during its term of service was as follows: Killed in battle, nine (9) enlisted men; died of disease, wounds, etc., one (1) commissioned officer and sixty-two (62) enlisted men—total, sixty-three (63), or an aggregate death list of seventy-two (72).