The National tribune., 1882-08-26
REUNION OF MARYLAND VOLUNTEERS,

hEONION Or MAXI LAND tOLU " EEhOI
4 Reunion of the surviving members of the
Sixth Regiment Maryland Volunteers will be
held at Wilson Post Hall, G. A. r., Baltimore
City, on the afternoon of Thursday, September
II, 1882.
Among the many excellent regiments that
Maryland sent into the field during the late
war, few, if any, have more brilliant record
than the Sixth.
1t was organized under the Presidents call
of July 1862, its rendezvous being established
at Baltimore City. The companies were Or
ganized as follows: A, Carroll county, August
II, 1862; 3, Cecil county, August 90, 1862; c,
Carroll county, August %, 1862; d, Frederick
county, August 49, 1862; Z, Cecil county, Au
gust q, 1862; F, Baltimore City, September
s, 1862; G., Cecil county, August 2S, 1862; ii,
Washington county, September 5, 1862; l,
Baltimore City, August %, 1862; X, Queen
Anne county, September 2, 1862.
George r. Howard, of Elkton, was appointed
colonel; John w. Horn, of Baltimore city, for
merly captain in the Fifth Maryland lieu
tenant-colonel, and William A. McKellip, of
Westminster, major
Colonel Howard resigned May 5, 1868, and
was succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel Horn, pro-
NOTED in his stead. Colonel Horn was dis
charged February 5, 1867 for disability frem
wounds received in action at the battle of the
Opequan, when the command devolved upon
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph c. Hill, who was
subsequently commissioned colonel. The regi
ment left for the seat of war on the Upper Po-
tomac September 90, 1862, with orders to join
: b,in
Kenly, then stationed at Williamsport. 1t re-
manned with this command, performing much
arduous service, until March 2S 1868, when it
was assigned TO the Third brigade Second di-
vision, Eighth Corps, stationed at Berryville,
Va. On the 18th of June 1868, it covered the
retreat of McReynoldss brigade from Berry
vile, and took an active part in the battle of
Winchester, under Milroy, on the 14th and 18th
Of June. During the night Of the 18th the
order was given for the silent evacuation of
Winchester, and the Sixth, by making wide
detour reached Maryland Heights. After
guarding the public property sent from Har-
per's Ferry to Washington, it finally joined the
Army of the Potomac on the 10th of July, and
in the campaign which followed during the
fall and winter of 1863 the regiment shared
the fortunes Of the Third Corps. From May
) to July Z, 1864, as part Of the Sixth Corps
it was engaged in the battles Of the Wilder
ness, SpottsylYania, Cold HarbOr, and the as
saults on Petersburg, sustaining loss in all
these conflicts. During this period the fatigue
and exhaustion incident TO the night marches
and continued encounters with the enemy
We're extraordinary, notwithstanding which
both officers and men met them nobly and un-
complaingly, cheerfully bearing all the hard
ships they were called upon to endure.
Being transferred to Sheridan's army in the
Shenandoah Valley, the Sixth participated in
all the principal engagements of that campaign
and returned to the Petersburg lines in time to
bear an important part in the final assault on
the enemy's works. April 2, 1865. AS a clos
ing scene in its career, the regiment was en-
gagged in the battle of Sailors Creek, and was
also present at the surrender of the insurgent
army under Lee at Appomattox, thus being
permitted to see the desired end accomplished
for which it had so Loyalty struggled
It's list Of battles, &c, embraces the follow
ing:
SIlirmish at Bcrryville, Va, June -, 1868;
sllirmish at the Opequan, Va, June -, 1868;
battle Of Winchester, Va, June IA and Is, 1868;
skirmish at Brandy Station, Va, Nov g. 1863;
battle Of Mine Run Locust Grove, Va, Nov.
q, 1868; battle of the Wilderness, Va, May
81, 1864; battle Of Spottsylvania, Va, May
9-2O 1864; battle Of Cold Harbor, Va. June
I-3. 1861: siege of Petersburg, Va, June 10 to
July 6, 1864, and Dec. Z, 1864, to April 2, 1865
skirmish at Charlestown, Va, Aguust %, 1864;
battle of the Opequan, Va, September 10, 1864;
battle Of Fishers Hill, Va, September 22, 1864;
battle of Cedar Greek, Va, October 10, 1864;
assault on Petersburg, Va, April 2, 1865; bat
tie of Sailors Creek, Na April g, 1865; surren-
der at kppomattox, Va, April 8, 1860.
The loss among the enlisted men of the regi-
ment in these actions was 70 killed and 233
wounded. OF the latter IS died from the
effects of their wounds; making a total of III
slain in defense Of tho Union.
-.Thcy rose in dark and evil days
To right their native land;
They kind!ed here living blaze
That nothing shall withstand.
Then here's their memory-Inay it DO
For us guiding light
To cheer strife for liberty,
And teach US TO unite"
In its successful advances, as we'll as its
dispiriting retreats, the Sixth travelled by rail
$50 miles, by boat 577, and on foot 1851 miles;
a total distance of 2, 1903 miles.
ON the Goth of June, 1865, the regiment, as
an organization, was mustered out of service
near Washington, ID C,-the recruits, forty in
number, whose terms expired subsequent to
October l, 1865, being transferred to the First
Maryland,-and returned to Baltimore, whence
the officers and men dispersed to their homes,
once more to join their fellow citizens in cult