page_title: Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812
section_title: 175th Infantry (ARNG MD)
hierarchical_section_title: Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812 / 175th Infantry (ARNG MD)
caption_attribution_description: English: Distinctive Unit Insignia of the 175th Infantry (ARNG MD)
context_page_description: Twenty-four current units of the Army National Guard perpetuate the lineages of militia units mustered into federal service during the War of 1812. Militia units from nine states that were part of the Union by the end of the War of 1812, plus the District of Columbia, are the predecessors of eighteen units that currently exist in the Army National Guard. Two of the four units derived from Virginia militias are in the West Virginia National Guard; at the time of the War of 1812, West Virginia was still part of Virginia. Only two current units, the 155th Infantry, a component of the Mississippi National Guard derived from militia units organized in the Mississippi Territory and the 130th Infantry, a component of the Illinois National Guard derived from militia units formed in the Illinois Territory, are from states or territories west of the Appalachians. Unfortunately, no militia units from the states of Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio or Tennessee, or from the Indiana, Michigan, Missouri or Louisiana Territories, where militia units played a major role in the fighting, have survived as units in the modern Army National Guard.
context_section_description: Campaigns: Bladensburg, Maryland 1814
  The 175th Infantry traces its lineage all the way back to the Baltimore Independent Cadets, a company of sixty "gentlemen of honour, family, and fortune" organized in 1774. In 1776 the Cadets were absorbed into William Smallwood's Maryland Battalion, which was later expanded and reorganized into the 1st through the 7th Maryland Regiments. These seven regiments earned credit for fourteen campaigns during the Revolutionary War. In 1794 the volunteer militia companies of Baltimore were reorganized as elements of the 5th Regiment of Militia.
  The 5th Regiment was in federal service from August 19, 1814, through November 18, 1814.  During the Battle of Bladensburg, which culminated on August 24, 1814, the "Dandy Fifth," along with other Maryland militia units, provided the first line of defense against the attacking British. As the British advanced, the 5th Maryland counterattacked, but when the 1st and 2nd Regiments on their left broke and fled, the 5th joined the rest of Maryland militia in a disorderly retreat from the field.
  The 5th gave a much better account of itself on September 12, 1814, at the Battle of North Point, which was part of the Battle of Baltimore. The 5th Regiment held its position against the attacking British, and then conducted a successful fighting retreat that significantly slowed the British advance on Baltimore.
caption: Distinctive Unit Insignia: 175 Inf
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