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I've seen ranges from 3500 all the way to 23,000. Anyone have insights on this?
You can use Dyers Compendium for Maryland CSA units but it is said that many men from Maryland enlisted in CSA Virginia Regiments.I've seen ranges from 3500 all the way to 23,000. Anyone have insights on this?
No answer on the numbers, but you may read Henry Kid Douglas' book, I Rode with Stonewall.
Douglas was a Marylander and his book will tell you a lot about what was going on, especially with Stonewall Jackson. Good luck in your search.
Thanks rpkennedy.I would venture that the majority of Marylanders who fought in the Confederate armies probably enlisted in Virginia units since there were so few Maryland ones. That said, I bet that the most accurate estimate would be closer to your 3500 rather than 23,000. A nice round number which, IMHO, is reasonable would be 5000-8000.
Ryan
Thanks Bruce.The Wikipedia entry for the Maryland Line states there were an estimated 25,000 Marylanders in the Confederate army, although it tellingly cites no source for this info. I am on a holiday visit out of town right now, but I'll check some books about Maryland and the Civil War I have at home when I return.
Thanks Stone in the wall.Some companies served in Virginia units such as:
Maryland Guard Co B 21st Va Inf
Maryland Zouave's Co H 47th Va Inf
Griffen's Battery Stuarts horse Artillery
and others may be harder to track down.
Thanks Drew.No answer on the numbers, but you may read Henry Kid Douglas' book, I Rode with Stonewall.
Douglas was a Marylander and his book will tell you a lot about what was going on, especially with Stonewall Jackson. Good luck in your search.
Thanks Lefty.You can use Dyers Compendium for Maryland CSA units but it is said that many men from Maryland enlisted in CSA Virginia Regiments.
Leftyhunter
Maryland soldiers also served in multiple Maryland units, so would be double counted in the aggregate. Dan Toomey is the expert on Marylanders in the Confederate army (author of "The Civil War in Maryland," and "The War came by Train," among other books on Maryland in the Civil War). He has studied both historical and modern rosters of Confederate Maryland units, and adding an estimate of those Maryland soldiers serving in units from other states, comes up with a number between 10,000 and 11,000. This is probably the best estimate.
Gilmor's book is a really good read, but he sure likes to blow his own horn. Should be taken with a grain of salt.A similar book was written by Harry Gilmor, a Marylander who served in a Virginia unit in the first half of the war. I doubt, however, that Gilmor's Four Years in the Saddle contains any reliable statistical info on Maryland enlistments.
Gilmor's book is a really good read, but he sure likes to blow his own horn. Should be taken with a grain of salt.
Not sure why? Chambersburg was nothing to what Hunter and Sheridan burned in the valley.Yeah, a grain of salt, or two!
Seems to me one of his motivaitons for publishing the book was to provide a defense against possible war crimes charges for the burning of Chambersburg, PA. At the time of publication in 1866, some people were still talking about bringing some sort of charges agaainst the Confederate officers responsible.