1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion (Confederate)

May 2026 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion Confederate States of America Cavalry Volunteer Army May, 1862–April, 1865 American Civil War Maryland campaignGettysburg campaignValley campaigns of 1864Overland Campaign Colonel Harry Gilmor William E. Jones (general) Gus Dorsey C. Irving Ditty The 1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion was a small Confederate cavalry unit during the American Civil War. History On May 15, 1862, a group of Marylanders who had been attached to the 1st Virginia Cavalry formed what would formally become the 1st Maryland under Ridgely Brown of Montgomery County. The group was attached to Stonewall Jackson's Corp and participated in Valley Campaign.Goldsborough 1900 165Driver 1999 16 It served with the 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment under Thomas T. Munford. On September 4, it crossed the Potomac River at Edward's Ferry participated in the Maryland Campaign. But did not actively fight at Antietam.Driver 1999 24 The unit served under George H. Steuart in the Maryland Line. It formally was organized at Winchester on November 25, 1862, and staff officers were appointed.Mettam 1963Driver 1999 26 In spring 1863, the unit was part of the Jones–Imboden Raid under Grumble Jones. Summer 1863 saw it invade the North with the Army of Northern Virginia. It was attached to Ewell's Corps and acted as scouts and messengers. After the Battle of Gettysburg a portion of the unit, served with John Imboden's men escorting the wounded.Wittenberg Petruzzi Nugent 2008 26 Members of the unit also fought at Monterey Pass. On July 6, it participated at the Battle of Hagerstown.1898 Confederate Veteran https://archive.org/details/confederateveter02conf/page/164/mode/2up? 3 January 2024 79 6 In early May 1864 a portion of the unit "annoyed" a group of George Custer's Michigan cavalry.Rhea 1997 118 Then Colonel Brown was killed on June 1, near the South Anna River.Goldsborough 1900 243 It participated at the Battle of Trevilian StationSearch for Battle Units - the Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units.htm#sort=score+desc&q=1st+maryland 2024-01-11 Soldiers and Sailors Database National Park Service In July 1864, it again encountered the Michigan cavalry and it drove the unit to Hanover Town, Virginia.Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 829,832 In 1864 a section of the unit, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864, invaded Maryland and took part in Gilmor's Raid across Maryland.Mettam 1963 156 July 30 saw it engage, along with the other troops under John McCausland, in the burning of Chambersburg, PennsylvaniaGoldsborough 1900 253Driver 1999 92 In August, it raided Moorefield, West Virginia.1894 Confederate Veteran https://archive.org/details/confederateveter02conf/page/164/mode/2up? 3 January 2024 165 1Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIII, Part 1, pages 5-6 In 1865, it served in the Appomattox campaign. It was again attached to Munford. At the very end of the war it dispersed and the men returned to their homes rather than surrender to the Union. This after receiving a letter in late April, from Munford near Lynchburg.Goldsborough 1900 225–227 See also Maryland Civil War Confederate Units Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State References Sources Driver Robert J. First and Second Maryland Cavalry, C. S. A. 1999 Charlottesville Rockbridge Publishing Goldsborough W.W. The Maryland Line in the Confederate Army 1900 none 58632 The Maryland Line in the Confederate States Army 253 Mettam Henry C. 1963 Civil War Memoirs https://archive.org/details/marylandhistoric58brow/page/n163/mode/2up https://archive.org/ 2016-09-26 2024-01-10 Maryland Historical Magazine Maryland Historical Society Baltimore Rhea Gordon C. Gordon C. Rhea The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7–12, 1864 1997 Louisiana State University Press Wittenberg Eric. J. One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, July 4–14, 1863 2008 New York Savas Beatie Petruzzi J. David Nugent Michael F. Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Maryland