1st Regiment Maryland Cavalry

The 1st Regiment Maryland Cavalry, commanded by Lt. Col. James M. Deems in the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, was organized at Baltimore, Maryland, in November 1861 and participated in sixty-two engagements during the war, including Charlestown, Virginia, on May 23, 1862; 2d Bull Run on August 29-30, 1862; Stoneman's Raid in Virginia in April and May 1863; Brandy Station, Virginia, on June 9, 1863; Aldie, Virginia, on June 19, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 2-3, 1863; Deep Bottom, Virginia, on August 16-18, 1864; Five Forks, Virginia, on April 4, 1865; and Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. Its casualties in action during the war were 33 killed, including 1 officer and 32 men; 157 wounded, including 10 officers and 147 men; and 220 captured or missing, including 12 officers and 208 men, for an aggregate of 410. The regiment was mustered out on August 8, 1865.

Pennsylvania · United States