CONFEDERATE MARYLAND TROOPS
2nd Battalion, Maryland Infantry
- Overview:
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2nd Infantry Regiment, often called 1st or 2nd Battalion, formerly the 1st Infantry
Battalion, was organized at Winchester, Virginia in September, 1862. It served in Steuart's
Brigade, the Maryland Line, then H.H. Walker's and McComb's Brigade. The unit fought at Gettysburg, served in the
Department of Richmond, and saw action at Cold Harbor. It continued the fight in the
trenches of Petersburg and ended
the war at Appomattox. The unit
lost forty percent of the 400 engaged at Gettysburg, had 286 effectives in May, 1864, and
surrendered 3 officers and 59 men. The field officers were Lieutenant Colonel James R. Herbert
and Major William W. Goldsborough.
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