page_title: Maryland Line (CSA)
section_title: Notable Commanders
hierarchical_section_title: Maryland Line (CSA) / Notable Commanders
caption_attribution_description: English: George H. Steuart, Confederate General, from www.generalsandbrevets.com
context_page_description: The Maryland Line in the Army of the Confederate States of America was made up of volunteers from Maryland who, despite their home state remaining in the Union, fought for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Of approximately 25,000 Marylanders who volunteered, most fought in the Army of Northern Virginia, and it was not until late in 1863 that a Maryland Line in the CSA was formally created. However, by this late stage in the war, few men wished to leave the units they had fought alongside for more than two years, and the exiles' dream of an independent Maryland Line in the Confederate army would never be fully realized.
context_section_description: Arnold Elzey (1816–1871) was a Marylander who fought in both the United States Army and the Confederate Army, serving as a major general during the American Civil War. He was one of the few officers to receive an on-the-field promotion to general by President Jefferson Davis.
  Brigadier General George Hume Steuart (1828–1903). Steuart was an American military officer who served thirteen years in the United States Army, then resigned at the start of the American Civil War, rising to the rank of brigadier general in the Army of Northern Virginia. Nicknamed "Maryland Steuart" to avoid verbal confusion with Virginia cavalryman J.E.B. Stuart, Steuart zealously promoted the secession of Maryland before and during the conflict. Wounded at Cross Keys and then captured at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Steuart was exchanged in the summer of 1864, returning to a brigade command in the Army of Northern Virginia for the remainder of the war, serving in the division of MG George Pickett. Steuart was one of the officers who with Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
caption: Brig. Gen. George H. "Maryland" Steuart
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