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The 2nd Maryland Regiment origins were authorized on 14 January 1776 in the Maryland State Troops as seven independent companies. From 7 to 14 March 1776 the companies were organized from various counties from the eastern region of the colony of Maryland. From 6 July to 15 August 1776 the companies were assigned to the main Continental Army and ...
The Continental Army was the army raised by the Second Continental Congress to oppose the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.The army went through three major establishments: the first in 1775, the second in 1776, and the third from 1777 until after the end of the war.
During the American Revolutionary War, Delaware raised several units of militia in support of the Patriot side of the war. In the War of 1812 , all of the Delaware volunteer units saw combat at Lewes , where they comprised the majority of an American force that drove off a Royal Navy squadron seeking control of the Delaware River. [ 5 ]
The "Maryland Line" was assigned a quota of eight regiments in 1777, which was reduced to five in 1781. The regiments of the line were: 1st Maryland Regiment, disbanded in 1783; 2nd Maryland Regiment, disbanded in 1783; 3rd Maryland Regiment, disbanded in 1783; 4th Maryland Regiment, disbanded in 1783; 5th Maryland Regiment, disbanded in 1783
On January 1, 1776, the Maryland Convention, meeting in Frederick Town order created seven "independent" infantry companies, one of which was Second Independent Maryland. . On the following day, the convention elected the officer corps of the company with John Gunby as captain, Uriah Forrest as 1st lieutenant, William Bowie as second lieutenant and Benjamin Brooks as third lieutena
When the Continental Army was demobilized in 1783, a single regiment, the 1st American Regiment remained, under the command of Colonel Henry Jackson. In 1784 this regiment was disbanded. A single company of artillery was reassigned to a new regiment, the First American Regiment, the predecessor to the United States Army's 3rd US Infantry Regiment.
During the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress directed the organization of the Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment in resolves dated June 17 and 27, 1776. [3] The unit comprised three of the four independent Continental rifle companies that had formed in Maryland and Virginia by decree of Congress in mid-1775, [ 4 ] and six ...
2nd Maryland Regiment; 4th Maryland Regiment, Colonel Josias Hall, Major John Eager Howard [17] 6th Maryland Regiment; 2nd Canadian Regiment, Colonel Moses Hazen; Anthony Wayne. Division: Brigadier General Anthony Wayne (2,000 including Conway) [18] 1st Pennsylvania Brigade: Colonel Thomas Hartley. 1st Pennsylvania Regiment; 2nd Pennsylvania ...