4th Maryland Regiment

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4th Maryland Regiment
Active	1776-1783
Allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
Type	Infantry
Size	728 soldiers(1776) re-organized to 611 soldiers(1781)
Part of	Maryland Line
Battles/wars	Guilford Court House, Battle of Camden Yorktown
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Josias Hall

Philadelphia campaign participation, 1777–1778
Brandywine – Germantown – White Marsh – Matson's Ford – Monmouth

Southern theater participation, 1780–1783
Camden – Cowpens – Guilford Court House – Hobkirk's Hill – Eutaw Springs – Yorktown

Contents 1 Summary 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External links

[edit] Summary

The 4th Maryland Regiment was organized on 27 March 1776 with eight companies from Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Somerset counties in the colony of Maryland.

It was authorized on September 16, 1776 for service with the Continental Army and assigned to the main on 27 December 1776. It was assigned to the 2d Maryland Brigade on 22 May 1777. The regiment was re-organized to nine companies on 12 May 1779. On 5 April 1780 the 2d Maryland Brigade was re-assigned to the Southern Department. On 1 January 1781 the regiment was relieved from the 2d Maryland Brigade. On 24 September 1781 the regiment was assigned to Gist's Brigade in the main Continental Army. Three days later, (27 September 1781) Gist's Brigade was re-assigned to the Southern Department. On 4 January 1782 the regiment was re-assigned to the Maryland Brigade in the Southern Department. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, Battle of Camden, Battle of Guilford Court House and the Battle of Yorktown. the regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1783 at Charleston, South Carolina.

[edit] References

• Wright, Richard K. [1983]. “Lineage”, The Continental Army (HTML), Center of Military Hisory. Retrieved on 24 May 2006.

[edit] Further reading

• Batt, Richard J. [1974]. The Maryland Continentals 1780-1781 (in English). Tulane University.

• Balch, Thomas [1857]. Papers Relating Chiefly to the Maryland Line During the Revolution (in English), 218 pgs.

• Christian, Bernard [1900] (1972). Muster Rolls & other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution 1775-1783 ((HTML)), Reprint (in English), Baltimore, Maryland: Lord Baltimore Press, Maryland Historical Society, 736 pgs. Retrieved on May 29.

• Steuart, Rieman [1972]. History of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. Towson:Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland.

• Zlatich, Marko [1980]. Uniform of the 4th Maryland Regiment Continental Line (in English). Military Collector and Historian, 85.

[edit] External links

• The Revolutionary War American Units. Retrieved on May 24, 2006.