The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-03-18
MUSTER ROLLS OF THIS STATE.
Some interesting Informa alton Regard
ing the Patriotic Sons of Mary
land, My Maryland.

missioner OF the Lana OlHce OF
Maryland, has our thanks for a
copy of his last report to Governor
Frank Brown.
In this report. among other things
of interest, we find the Army and
Navy Muster Rolls of Maryland"
and reproduce it IN full, knowing
that 1t will be of interest to all our
readers:
"In the trials and sufferings
through which the United States
passed during and since the war for
independence. the sons OF Mary
land have not shirked any share of
the common burden, and their post
has been the post of honor. In all of
these contests, the flower of the
youth of Maryland took up arms in
its defense, and no State bore a
more conspicuous part, and no
State is more distinguished through
the gallant deeds of her patriotic
sons. In the war for independence,
Maryland furnished to the Cont
mental Armv, grand total of 90
636 men, and no troops rendered
better service, endured more fatigue
or won greater glory than the
Maryland Line.
"In the second war for Indepen.
dence, in 1Sl2-l4, our patriotic
State had in the service 42.636
men. In proportion to population,
this was the largest contingent
furnished by any State in the Union,
and in actual numbers, it was only
exceeded by Virginia and New
York.
'In the war with Mexico, Mary
land contributed to the armies over
$500 men, and in the ACHIEVEMENTS
of her sons upon the battle flds of
Mexico, she possesses a precious in
heritance OF glory. Her losses in
distinguished officers were greater
than those sustained by any other
State.
''In the war for the Union, az In
every other war with which this
country has been engaged, there Is
neither spot nor blemish to mar
Maryland's beautiful and time.
honored escutcheon. She did her
whole duty to both sectors in that
unfortunate contest and was not
wearied. From the beginning to
the close of the war for the Union,
the number of organizations put
into the service of the United States,
were three regiments, TWO battal-
lion, and one Independent company
of cavalry, six batteries of light
artillery, and nineteen regiments
and one independent company Of
infantry
"There we're also three incom-
plete regiments, which having
failed to perfect an organization,
were consolidated with other COM
mands. The enlistments in the
naval service and marine corps, ad-
ded to the military force, gives a
grand aggregate of 1885 men
furnished by this State to the Union
forces. OF this number 44,973
were volunteers, ,426 drafted men,
and 2,456 substitutes. Reduced to
three years standard. this force
aggregated 41,275 men.
"Maryland contributed to the
Confederate Army, it is estimated,
about II, 900 men, scattered through
a hundred commands. The Society
of tie Army and Navy OF the Con-
federate States in Maryland, has in
it's possession the muster rolls OF
nearly four thousand Marylanders
who served in the armies of the
Confederacy. Gen. Robert +. Lee
once said: They were among the
best troops | had and could always
be depended on. And the late
Jefferson Davis said, The world
will accord to them peculiar credit,
as it has always done to those who
leave their hearthstones to fight for
principle in the land of others.
1T is the duty Of every Mary
lander to cherish the memory, ano
preserve the names, of those who
were the immediate representatives
of the patriotism and bravery Of
our peope. The names of such
men should not be lost, nor their
services failed to be remembered.
1 he State. therefore, would fifty
honor itself and our patriotic peo-
pie by perpetuating in print the
names of the officers and soldiers,
with their rank, and the company
and regiment in which they served,
of all those who enlisted from
Maryland in the armies of the
French and Indian war. the Revo-
luton. the Whiskey Insurrection,
the war of lSl2-l3. the Mexican
war and the war for the Union,
lS6l-6a, both in the Federal and
Confederate Armies. Nearly all Of
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