3rd Maryland Regiment

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3rd 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
Engagements	Guilford Court House, Battle of Camden Yorktown
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Mordecai Gist, Colonel John E. Howard Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Ramsey

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

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Contents 1 Summary 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External links

[edit] Summary

The 3rd Maryland Regiment was organized on 27 March 1776 of eight companies from Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Talbot, Harford and Somerset counties of the colony of Maryland.

The regiment was authorized on September 16, 1776 for service with the Continental Army and was assigned on 27 December 1776 to the main element. On 22 May 1777 it was assigned to the 1st Maryland Brigade. The regiment was re-organized to nine companies on 12 May 1779. On 5 April 1780 the 1st Maryland Brigade was re-assigned to the Southern Department. The regiment was relieved from the 1st Maryland Brigade on 1 January 1781. It was assigned to Gist's Brigade on 24 September 1781 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 from Gist's Brigade 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, Battle of Eutaw Springs and the Battle of Yorktown. The regiment disbanded on January 1, 1783 at Charleston, South Carolina.

[edit] References

• Wright, Richard K. [1983]. "lineage", The Continental Army (HTML), Center of Military History. Retrieved on 2006-05-28. 

[edit] Further reading

• 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. 

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