Second Brigade

In the Army of the Potomac's Twelfth Corps, First Division, the Second Brigade under Brig. Gen. Henry H. Lockwood included the 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade, 1st Maryland Eastern Shore, and 150th New York Infantry. On July 2, the 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade and 150th New York arrived at 8 a.m. and went into position between Rock Creek and the Baltimore Pike on the right of the division, with Lockwood receiving orders directly from the corps commander. Late in the day, the brigade went with the division to support the Third Corps line and advanced over ground from which that corps had previously been forced. The 150th New York drew off three abandoned guns of the 9th Mass. Battery and returned about midnight. On July 3, the brigade took part in the recapture of works that Major Gen. Johnson's Division had occupied during the division's absence the previous night. At 8 a.m., the 1st Maryland Eastern Shore arrived and joined the brigade. In the afternoon, it was ordered to the Second Corps line near Cemetery to render support where needed. The brigade was not assigned to the division until July 5. Its casualties were 3 officers and 32 men killed, 3 officers and 118 men wounded, and 18 men captured or missing, for a total of 174.

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