5th Maryland Regiment The 5th Maryland Regiment is a designation which has been held by several units over the years , not all of which necessarily share the same lineage and honors . Although the first unit to carry the " 5th Maryland " designation was organized in 1776 from volunteers in rural Maryland , the designation has been most often associated with militia units in Baltimore . The " 5th Maryland " designation is the officially recognized traditional designation of the 175th Infantry Regiment , Maryland Army National Guard . American Revolution . The first 5th Maryland Regiment was organized on 27 March 1776 composing of eight companies of volunteers ] ] from the counties of Queen Anne ' s , Kent , Caroline , and Dorchester ] ] of the colony of Maryland and was authorized on 16 September 1776 for service with the Continental Army . [ [ File : Map of maryland counties QA , Kent , Caroline , Dorchester ( 5th RGT ) . PNG | right | thumb | 200px | Recruitment Areas It was assigned to the main [ [ Continental Army on 27 December 1776 . On 22 May 1777 , it was assigned to the 1st Maryland Brigade and re - organized on 12 May 1779 to nine companies . It was re - assigned to the [ [ Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War | Southern Department ] ] on 5 April 1780 . The regiment was re - assigned from the 1st Maryland Brigade to the Maryland Brigade on 1 January 1781 . The regiment would see action during the [ [ Battle of Long Island ] ] ( 1776 ) , the [ [ Battle of Brandywine ] ] ( 1777 ) , the [ [ Battle of Germantown ] ] ( 1777 ) , the [ [ Battle of Monmouth ] ] ( 1778 ) , the [ [ Battle of Camden ] ] ( 1780 ) , and the [ [ Battle of Guilford Court House ] ] ( 1781 ) . The regiment was furloughed 1 January 1782 , at [ [ Round O , South Carolina ] ] and disbanded on 1 January 1783 . War of 1812 . [ [ File : Northpt . jpg | right | thumb | 250px | Painting of the [ [ Battle of North Point ] ] by Don Troiani , at which the [ [ Maryland Army National Guard | Maryland Militia ] ] , including the 5th Maryland Regiment , held up the British advance long enough to organize the successful defense of Baltimore . ] ] [ [ File : Lithograph of painting byThomas Ruckle . jpg | right | thumb | 300px | " The Battle of North Point " , Lithograph of an original painting by militiaman and amateur painter [ [ Thomas Ruckle ] ] . Ruckle served with the Washington Blues , a company of the 5th Regiment , [ [ Maryland National Guard | Maryland Militia ] ] , at the Battle of North Point . ] ] The 5th Maryland Regiment saw action during the [ [ War of 1812 ] ] at both the [ [ Battle of Bladensberg ] ] and the [ [ Battle of North Point ] ] . At Bladensberg the regiment was defeated , along with the rest of the army , by the advancing British , but at North Point they proved more effective . There , the Maryland Volunteers under General [ [ John Stricker ] ] bore the brunt of the British attack , holding off the enemy long enough for the defense of Baltimore to be successfully shored up . The battle formed part of the larger [ [ Battle of Baltimore ] ] and proved a turning point in the [ [ War of 1812 ] ] . Not all the militia regiments performed with equal distinction . The 51st , and some members of 39th , broke and ran under fire . However , the 5th and 27th held their ground and were able to retreat in good order having inflicted significant casualties on the advancing enemy . Corporal John McHenry of the 5th Regiment wrote an account of the battle : Civil War . With the outbreak of the Civil War , most members of the 5th Regiment travelled south to join for the Confederacy . The unit combined with the 53rd Maryland Infantry to reform as the 1st Maryland Infantry ( CSA ) and served under Stonewall Jackson . Modern Fifth Regiment . Another 5th Maryland , nicknamed " The Dandy Fifth , " was formed in 1867 . The lineage of this unit is carried on today by the Maryland Army National Guard ' s [ [ 175th Infantry Regiment ( United States ) | 175th Infantry Regiment ] ] . This 5th Maryland also traces its lineage back to the American Revolution , but ironically , its lineage does not include the Revolutionary War 5th Regiment . Instead , it traces its ancestry to militia raised in Baltimore , and its battle honors differ from those of the Revolutionary 5th Regiment . The 175th Infantry ' s lineage and honors does include the 5th Maryland Regiment of the War of 1812 and 1st Maryland Infantry ( CSA ) of the American Civil War . < br > External links . [ [ Category : Maryland regiments of the Continental Army ] ] [ [ Category : Military units and formations established in 1776 ] ] [ [ Category : Military units and formations disestablished in 1783 ] ] [ [ Category : Maryland in the War of 1812 ] ] [ [ Category : Military units and formations of the War of 1812 ] ]