We are a
Carolinas based unit that portrays the 1st Maryland during the Southern
Campaign.
The 1st Maryland/Southern Campaign is part of a non-profit, educational, historical organization dedicated to preserving and honoring the memory of the soldiers of the Revolutionary War era. Our goal is to portray the Maryland Continental soldier as accurately as possible, through battle reenactments, living history programs, parades, local festivals, school lectures and memorial services. Many of our rules/regulations may seem petty and insignificant but since our goal is to be as accurately as possible, we have to be that way. The more authentic we are, the better we can increase the public's awareness and understanding as to how and why they fought. To do any less would be doing our ancestors and ourselves a disservice.
Original Unit History
The 1st Maryland was organized as the Maryland Battalion in the spring of 1776 at Baltimore and Annapolis. Made up from men from northern and western Maryland, it was assigned to the Main Army under George Washington on 6 July 1776. Later the unit was reorganized and redesigneated as the 1st Maryland Regiment in January 1777. On 5 April 1780 it was assigned to the Southern Army under Horatio Gates and later Nathaniel Greene. One of the few Continental regiments that fought in both the Northern and Southern campaigns, it took part in the following major battles: Long Island, Harlem Heights, White Plains, Trenton-Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Camden, Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse, Hobkirk Hill, Ninety-Six and Eutaw Springs. It was furloughed on 27 July 1783 at Baltimore and disbanded 15 November 1783.
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This website was created Saturday, April 14, 2001 and is maintained by Michael and Sonja Meals of www.revwar.com
This page was last updated Sunday, March 11, 2007