The 1st Regiment Eastern Shore Maryland Volunteer Infantry was an

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that served in the

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during the

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. The regiment was organized at

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in September 1861. Enlistments were for 3 years. Companies A, B and C were recruited in

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, Companies D, E, F and G in Caroline County, Company H in Talbot County, Company I at

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, and Company K in Somerset County. Once formed, the regiment was attached to Major General

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's division of the

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. It was assigned to the

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. The regiment was originally commanded by Colonel James Wallace, a slaveowning lawyer and state legislator from Cambridge. In the fall of 1861, Dix led an expeditionary force, including the 1st Maryland Eastern Shore, south to occupy the Virginia counties of Accomack and Northampton. In January, 1863, the regiment was attached to the

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. {{Quote box , align=left , width=35% , quote= ''“The 1st Maryland Confederate Regiment met us and were cut to pieces. We sorrowfully gathered up many of our old friends and acquaintances and had them carefully and tenderly cared for.”'' , source=Colonel James Wallace, 1st Maryland Eastern Shore, on the confederate assault on Culp’s Hill at the

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. When Lee invaded Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863, the regiment was attached to Brig. Gen. Henry H. Lockwood’s Brigade of the

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of the Army of the Potomac and sent north to

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. The regiment arrived at the

on the morning of July 3 and engaged the

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, suffering 5 dead, 16 wounded, and 2 missing, out of 583 total men.{{Cite web, title=Monument to the 1st Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry at Gettysburg, url=https://gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/union-monuments/maryland/1st-maryland-eastern-shore-infantry/, access-date=2021-08-31, website=The Battle of Gettysburg, language=en-US At Gettysburg, Color Sergeant Robert Ross of the Union 1st Maryland Eastern Shore regiment was a cousin to Color Sergeant P.M. Moore of the Confederate 1st Maryland regiment, who was wounded several times. In December 1863, Colonel Wallace resigned his command over the issue of enlisting African-Americans in the army. The 1st Regiment Eastern Shore Maryland Volunteer Infantry was eventually consolidated into the

11th Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry The 11th Maryland Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 11th Maryland Infantry was organized at Baltimore, Maryland, and mustered in on June 15, 1864, for 10 ...

References

{{reflist Military units and formations established in 1861 Units and formations of the Union Army from Maryland 1861 establishments in Maryland Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 1865 disestablishments in Maryland 1865 disestablishments in the United States