1st Maryland Regiment holding the line at the Battle of Guilford Court House
Active
1776–1783
Country
United States of America
Allegiance
Maryland
Type
Infantry
Size
728 soldiers (1776) re-organized to 611 soldiers (1781)
Part of
Maryland Line
Engagements
Brooklyn, Harlem Heights White Plains, Trenton Princeton, Brandywine Germantown, Monmouth Camden, Cowpens, Guilford Court House Siege of Yorktown
Commanders
Notable commanders
Colonel William Smallwood Colonel John Gunby
Military unit
(12–31 August 1776)
Parent unit
Stirling's Brigade
Components
1st Company – Captain John Hoskins Stone 2d Company – Captain Patrick Sims 3d Company – Captain Barton Lucas 4th Company – Captain Thomas Ewing 5th Company – Captain Nathaniel Ramsey 6th Company – Captain Peter Adams 7th Company – Captain John Day Scott 8th Company – Captain Samuel Smith 9th Company of Light Infantry – Captain George Stricker
(31 August – 10 November 1776)
Parent unit
McDougall's Brigade
Components
Maryland Independent Companies (19 September 1776) added consisting of: 1st Independent Maryland Company (Charles & Calvert Counties) – Captain Rezin Beall 2d Independent Maryland Company (Somerset County) – Captain John Gunby 3d Independent Maryland Company (Worcester County)- Captain John Watkins 4th Independent Maryland Company (Talbot County)- Captain James Hindman 5th Independent Maryland Company (St. Mary's County)-Captain John Allen Thomas 6th Independent Maryland Company- Captain Thomas Woolford 7th Independent Maryland company (Queene Anne & Kent Counties)-Captain Edward Veazy
The 1st Maryland Regiment (Smallwood's Regiment) originated with the authorization of a Maryland Battalion of the Maryland State Troops on 14 January 1776. It was organized in the spring at Baltimore, Maryland (three companies) and Annapolis, Maryland (six companies) under the command of Colonel William Smallwood consisting of eight companies and one light infantry company from the northern and western counties of the colony of Maryland.
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