5th Maryland Regiment

5th 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
Nickname	Dandy Fifth
Battles/wars	Monmouth, Battle of Camden, Guilford Court House
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel William Richardson General Johann DeKalb

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

The 5th Maryland Regiment (The Dandy Fifth) was organized on 27 March 1776 composing of 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.

Recruitment Areas

It was assigned to the main Continental Army on 27 December 1776. On 22 May 1777, it was assigned to the 1st Maryland Brigade and re-organized on 12 May 1779 to nine companies. It was re-assigned to the Southern Department on 5 April 1780. The regiment was re-assigned from the 1st Maryland Brigade to the Maryland Brigade on 1 January 1781. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, Battle of Camden and the Battle of Guilford Court House. the regiment was furloughed January 1, 1782, at Round O, South Carolina and disbanded on January 1, 1783.

[edit] References

Wright, Richard K. [1983]. "Lineages", The Continental Army (HTML) (in English), Washington, D.C.: Center of Military Hisory. Retrieved on 24 May.

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

Brewer, James H. Fitzgerald [1955]. History of the 175th Infantry (Fifth Maryland) (in English). War Records Division: Maryland Historical Society.

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.