47
Regiments raised
59,233
Men in the records
14
Confederate
33
Union
9
Pinned to a town
Civil War regiments were raised locally: each was recruited from the eligible men of one or more nearby counties, organized at a rendezvous camp, and sent to the front. In Maryland, 9 of the 47 regiments below are pinned to the specific town where they formed; the rest are recorded honestly at the state level. The largest single unit raised in Maryland was the 1 Maryland Infantry, with 3,932 men in the records.
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Confederate regiments raised in Maryland
14 recorded, largest first. Raising town shown where documented.
- 1 Maryland Cavalry · Raised in Maryland · 1,705 men
- 1 Maryland Infantry · Raised in Maryland · 1,139 men
- 2 Batt'n Maryland Infantry · Raised in Maryland · 975 men
- 2 Batt'n Maryland Cavalry · Raised in Maryland · 693 men
- 3 Battery Maryland Artillery · Raised in Maryland · 370 men
- 2 Battery Maryland Artillery · Raised in Maryland · 344 men
- 1 Battery Maryland Artillery · Raised in Maryland · 333 men
- Weston's Batt'n. Maryland · Raised in Maryland · 187 men
- 4 Battery Maryland Artillery · Raised in Maryland · 185 men
- Capt. Walters' Co. (Zarvona Zouaves), Maryland · Raised in Maryland · 68 men
- Md. Line (Misc.) · Raised in Maryland · 38 men
- Q.M. Dept., Maryland · Raised in Maryland · 8 men
- 1 Batt'n Maryland Infantry · Raised in Maryland · 5 men
- Unattached Md. Co. (Misc. File) · Raised in Maryland · 1 men
Union regiments raised in Maryland
33 recorded, largest first. Raising town shown where documented.
- 1 Maryland Infantry · Raised in Maryland · 3,932 menFought at: Battle of Front Royal, First Battle of Winchester
- 1 Maryland Cavalry · Raised in Maryland · 3,853 men
- 2 Maryland Infantry · Raised in Maryland · 3,765 men
- 3 Maryland Infantry · Raised in Maryland · 3,672 men
- 5 Maryland Infantry · Raised at Baltimore · 3,302 men
- 13 Maryland Infantry · Raised in Maryland · 3,232 men
- 1 Potomac Home Brig., Md. Cav. · Raised in Maryland · 2,890 men
- 11 Maryland Infantry · Raised at Baltimore · 2,655 men
- 3 Potomac Home Brig., Md. Inf. · Raised in Maryland · 2,256 men
- 8 Maryland Infantry · Raised at Baltimore · 2,192 men
- 3 Maryland Cavalry · Raised at Baltimore · 2,059 men
- 2 Potomac Home Brig., Md. Inf. · Raised in Maryland · 1,944 men
- 7 Maryland Infantry · Raised at Baltimore · 1,742 men
- 6 Maryland Infantry · Raised in Maryland · 1,735 men
- 1 Eastern Shore Maryland Inf. · Raised in Maryland · 1,646 men
- 4 Maryland Infantry (New Organization) · Raised at Baltimore · 1,541 men
- Purnell Legion, Maryland Inf. · Raised in Maryland · 1,459 men
- 2 Eastern Shore Maryland Inf. · Raised in Maryland · 1,398 men
- 10 Maryland Infantry (6 Months, 1863-4) · Raised in Maryland · 1,197 men
- 1 Maryland L. Art'y. · Raised in Maryland · 1,185 men
- 9 Maryland Infantry (6 Months, 1863-4) · Raised at Baltimore · 1,031 men
- 2 Maryland Cavalry (6 Months, 1863-4) · Raised at Baltimore and Annapolis · 691 men
- Purnell Legion, Maryland Cav. · Raised in Maryland · 629 men
- 4 Maryland Infantry (Old Organization) · Raised in Maryland · 591 men
- 12 Maryland Infantry (100 Days, 1864) · Raised at Baltimore · 554 men
- Baltimore Light Inf., Md. Vols. · Raised in Maryland · 531 men
- 4 Potomac Home Brig., Md. Inf. · Raised in Maryland · 385 men
- Baltimore Batt'y., Maryland Light Art'y. · Raised in Maryland · 312 men
- Batt'y B, Maryland Light Art'y. (6 Months, 1863-4.) · Raised in Maryland · 205 men
- Batt'y. A, Maryland Junior L. Art'y. (6 Months, 1863-4) · Raised in Maryland · 180 men
- Smith's Indpt. Co., Maryland Cavalry · Raised in Maryland · 176 men
- McGowan's Indpt. Co., Patapsco Guards, Maryland Infantry · Raised in Maryland · 140 men
- 1 Maryland H. Art'y. · Raised in Maryland · 102 men
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