5th Maryland Regiment
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Active
| 1776?1783
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Country
| United States
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Allegiance
| Continental Congress
of the United States
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Branch
| Army
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Type
| Infantry
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Size
| 728 soldiers(1776) re-organized to 611 soldiers(1781)
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Part of
| Maryland Line
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Engagements
| American Revolutionary War
- Defense of Philadelphia
- Philadelphia- Monmouth
- Defense of the Carolinas
- Greene's Campaign
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Notable
commanders
| Colonel William Richardson
General
Johann DeKalb
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Military unit
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The
5th Maryland Regiment
is a designation which has been held by several units over the years, not all of which necessarily share the same lineage and honors. The term "5th Maryland" has most frequently been connected to militia units in Baltimore, even though the first unit to bear the designation was formed in 1776 from volunteers in rural Maryland. The "5th Maryland" designation is the officially recognized traditional designation of the
175th Infantry Regiment
, Maryland Army National Guard. This entry refers to the rural 5th Maryland, whose lineage is separate and distinct from the Baltimore 5th Maryland perpetuated by the 175th Infantry Regiment.
American Revolution
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The first
5th Maryland Regiment
was organized on March 27, 1776, comprising eight companies of
volunteers
from the counties of
Queen Anne's
,
Kent
,
Caroline
, and
Dorchester
of the colony of
Maryland
and was authorized on September 16, 1776, for service with the
Continental Army
.
It was assigned to the main
Continental Army
on December 27, 1776. On May 22, 1777, it was assigned to the 1st Maryland Brigade and re-organized on May 12, 1779, to nine companies. It was reassigned to the
Southern Department
on April 5, 1780. The regiment was reassigned from the 1st Maryland Brigade to the Maryland Brigade on January 1, 1781. The regiment would see action during the
Battle of Long Island
(1776), the
Battle of Brandywine
(1777), the
Battle of Germantown
(1777), the
Battle of Monmouth
(1778), the
Battle of Camden
(1780), and the
Battle of Guilford Court House
(1781). The regiment was furloughed January 1, 1782, at
Round O, South Carolina
and disbanded on January 1, 1783.
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War of 1812
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Difference From the Modern Fifth Regiment
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Another 5th Maryland, nicknamed "
The Dandy Fifth
," was formed in 1867. The lineage of this unit is carried on today by the
Maryland Army National Guard
's
175th Infantry Regiment
. This 5th Maryland also traces its lineage back to the
American Revolutionary War
, but ironically, its lineage does not include the Revolutionary War 5th Regiment. Instead, it traces its ancestry to militia raised in Baltimore, and its battle honors differ from those of the Revolutionary 5th Regiment. The 175th Infantry's lineage and honors does include the 5th Maryland Regiment of the War of 1812 and
1st Maryland Infantry, CSA
of the
American Civil War
.
References
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Further reading
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- Balch, Thomas (1857).
Papers Relating Chiefly to the Maryland Line During the Revolution
. Philadelphia. p. 218 pgs.
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- Brewer, James H. Fitzgerald (1955).
History of the 175th Infantry (Fifth Maryland)
. War Records Division: Maryland Historical Society.
- Christian, Bernard (1972) [1900].
Muster Rolls & other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution 1775-1783
(Reprint ed.). Baltimore, Maryland: Lord Baltimore Press, Maryland Historical Society. p. 736 pgs
. Retrieved
May 29,
2006
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- Steuart, Rieman (1972).
History of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783
. Towson;Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland.
- "The Revolutionary War American Units"
. Retrieved
May 24,
2006
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