HISTORY OF MARYLAND TROOPS, WAR OF 1861-1865. 5

The Twelfth Regiment of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, was organized July 30,
1864, as another emergency regiment for one hundred days, and was assigned to guard
duty to enable veteran regiments to proceed to the front.

The Second Regiment of Cavalry, Maryland Volunteers, was organized from July
1, 1863, to August 19, 1863, for six months, us an emergency regiment and for
special service in Southern Maryland.

Batteries A and B (Second), Maryland Light Artillery, were organized in July, 1863,
to serve six months, and were assigned to garrison duty in the fortifications for the
defenses of Baltimore, Md.

The Fourth, Seventh and Eighth Regiments of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, with
the First Regiment of Infantry, constituted the famous Maryland Brigade. This
brigade, after rendering valuable service in Western Maryland and "West Virginia,
became a part of the great Army of the Potomac, and from the year 1863 to close
of the war was an integral part thereof, sharing all of its hardships, marches, vicissi-
tudes, reverses and victories until the close of the war.

The history of the Fourth, Seventh and Eighth Regiments of Infantry was substan-
tially the same. The gallant conduct of these regiments during the campaign of 1864
and 1865, under General Grant, until the surrender of Lee at Appomattox, reflected
great honor and credit upon themselves and the State of Maryland.

These regiments were made up of Marylanders from all sections of the State. Many
distinguished and representative Marylanders were officers in these regiments, amongst
whom might be mentioned Colonel Harrison Adreon, of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry,
afterwards Postmaster at Baltimore, Md. The Hon. Edwin H. Webster, a prominent
lawyer of Harford County, a member of Congress for several terms, and afterwards
Collector of Customs at Baltimore, was the first colonel of the Seventh Regiment. He
was succeeded by the Hon. Charles E. Phelps, also a member of Congress, who was
severely wounded, and breveted brigadier-general for gallant and meritorious conduct
on the battlefield, and who is at present one of the Justices of the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City, highly respected and honored by all classes of our people as a jurist and
a citizen. Colonel Andrew Dennison, °of the Eighth Regiment, came of an old mercan-
tile family of Baltimore, Md., lost an arm in battle, and was breveted brigadier-general.
He was afterwards Postmaster at Baltimore.

The Sixth Regiment of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, known as " The Fighting
Sixth," was one of the two Maryland regiments (the First Regiment of Infantry being
the other) classified by Colonel Fox as one of the three hundred fighting regiments of
the war who suffered the severest losses.

The Sixth Regiment had certainly a very brilliant record, and during a long period
of its service was a component part of the Sixth Army Corps, which rendered such
splendid service to the Union cause, both under Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley
campaign, and under Grant in the Wilderness and through to the end. Colonel John
W. Horn, of this regiment, was promoted brigadier-general, and was afterwards at the
head of several Maryland institutions, displaying rare executive ability in their man-
agement.

The Fifth Regiment of Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, fought at Bloody Lane on
the Antietam battlefield, September 17, 1862, with distinguished gallantry, and its