2nd Independent Maryland Company – Somerset County

2nd Independent Maryland Company Somerset County
Active	1776–1781
Allegiance	Continental Congress of the United States
Type	Infantry
Size	103 soldiers and officers
Part of	Maryland Line
Engagements	American Revolutionary War Battle of White Plains Battle of Trenton Second Battle of Trenton Battle of Brandywine Battle of Monmouth
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel John Gunby

New York and New Jersey campaigns participation, 1776–1777
White Plains – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage War

Philadelphia campaign participation, 1777–1778
Brandywine Monmouth

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The Second Independent Maryland Company - Somerset County was an infantry company formed on the orders of the Maryland Convention for the protection of the province during the American Revolutionary War.

History

On January 1, 1776, the Maryland Convention, meeting in Frederick Town order the creation of seven "independent" companies of infantry, one of these was Second Independent Maryland. On the following day, the convention elected the officer corps of the company with John Gunby as captain, Uriah Forrest as 1st lieutenant, William Bowie as second lieutenant and Benjamin Brooks as third lieutenant. The troops of the company were made up men from Somerset County, Maryland and numbered a hundred and three men, including officers.

In the early part of the war, the Second Independent Maryland Company spent much of their time patrolling southern Maryland and breaking up Tory camps which were to be found on the lower part of the peninsula as Somerset County was a leading Tory stronghold.

On August 16, the Maryland Council of Safety dispatched the Second Independent Maryland Company to reinforce Washington's forces deployed around New York.

Although they did not arrive in time for the Battle of Long Island, the Second Independent Maryland Company participated in the Battle of White Plains, the Battle of Trenton, the Second Battle of Trenton, Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Monmouth as part of the Maryland Line, before being absorbed into the 2nd Maryland Regiment in 1781.

References

Scharf, John Thomas History of Maryland: From the Earliest Period to the Present Day J. B. Piet 1879
Archives of Maryland - Muster Rolls of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution
Heitman, Francis B. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution. New, enlarged, and revised edition. Washington, D.C.: Rare Book Shop Publishing Company, 1914.

External links

Bibliography of the Continental Army in Maryland compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History

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