2nd Regiment, Maryland Infantry

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Brief History
The 2nd Regiment, Maryland Infantry was organized at Baltimore, Md., June to September, 1861. It had duty in the Department of Washington till July and mustered out July 7, 1865.

For more information on the history of this unit, see:


 * The Civil War Archive section, 2nd Regiment Infantry, (accessed 21 March 2012).
 * The Wikipedia article, 2nd Maryland Infantry, (accessed 9 July 2012).

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices and Staff - see Roster;  Roster on page 73 - 74
 * Company A - no cities or counties given - see Roster:; Roster on page 74 - 78
 * Company B - no cities or counties given - see Roster; Roster on page 78 - 82
 * Company C - no cities or counties given - see Roster; Roster on page 82 - 85
 * Company D - no cities or counties given - see Roster; Roster on page 85 - 89
 * Company E - no cities or counties given - see Roster; Roster on page 89 - 92
 * Company F - no cities or counties given - see Roster; Roster on page 92 - 95
 * Company G - no cities or counties given - see Roster; Roster on page 95 - 98
 * Company H - no cities or counties given - see Roster; Roster on page 99 - 101
 * Company I - no cities or counties given - see Roster; Roster on page 102 - 104
 * Company K - no cities or counties given - see Roster; Roster on page 105 - 109

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 2nd Regiment, Maryland Infantry in L. Allison Wilmer, J. H. Jarrett, and Geo. W. F. Vernon. 1898. History and roster of Maryland volunteers, war of 1861-5. Baltimore: Press of Guggenheimer, Weil &amp; Co. other library  INTERNET ARCHIVE    Maryland State Archives

Other Sources

 * 2nd Maryland Infantry Regiment time line


 * Research in Military Records: Civil War National Archives


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Maryland in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Maryland in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Maryland, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * McKim, Randolph Harrison. The Second Maryland Infantry : an oration delivered in the State House at Annapolis, Md., on Friday May 7th, 1909 : upon the occasion of the presentation of one of its battle flags to the governor of the state. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990),